The Quiet Sadness of Mario Galaxy

“Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.
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Visual Media used: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Odyssey, The Little Prince (2015)
Music used: Various tracks from Super Mario Galaxy, Excerpts from AJ DiSpirito’s Mario Galaxy Medley
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[@commediaDollArte]

"Because... Because..." "She's sleeping under the tree on the hill!" When I was younger, I didn't understand that that was a euphemism for the fact that her mother is dead, and she's buried under that tree. Now, twelve years on, I just did. And now I'm crying.

[@firenzarfrenzy4985]

I played this game 3 yrs ago and this video lengthened the depth at to which i understand it now. It seems alot more peaceful with such narrations.

[@guyontheinternet3232]

I was in tears when I learned about what this euphemism meant

[@leafyyay6190]

i havent played the game in so long since my wii stopped reading discs, but i just realized that too and i was always so confused. the line shows so much innocence especially since little rosalina is saying it, but it hides the darker meaning of it and i find that so wonderful

[@williammartin9585]

The WubMeister same! All the more love for this game

[@shokwaiv8790]

I remembered i cried when i was a kid because of this game, and like you, i didnt understand thats what it was implying. Now im crying while i search on amazon how much a wii is, because i need one just so i can play this game again

[@Midnight-Starfish]

I'm sorry but my mom didn't sign the permission slip for this feels trip.

[@Kalieeee]

Underrated comment

[@Odinsday]

The nostalgia is fucking killing me right now

[@HH-kl8ed]

I’m literally trying my hardest to hold back tears rn

[@porksoda703]

she cant sign the slip bc she is sleeping under a tree on a hill

[@ProtatoLlama]

​@@porksoda703 you really went there didn't you XD

[@akuwaa_]

“We didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.” -Winnie the Pooh

[@kyriix8287]

😢😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@catdownthestreet]

This quote summarizes everything I love about both Nintendo and Winnie the Pooh

[@koalajones3053]

Funky

[@underground2691]

@@koalajones3053 what

[@AfromanRants]

@@underground2691 FUNKY

[@deltafrost8642]

I still can’t get through Rosalina’s full backstory without crying and feeling a wave of utter depression. This game…is a lot more than a game to me.

[@johnpett1955]

Rosalina's backstory feels like it's about how you can be lost in even the most vastness of space and time but even when lost or sad, you can still look for ways to be happy.

[@goodbyeg7032]

@@Mortablunt I feel you

[@goodbyeg7032]

@@Mortablunt as much as I don’t wanna die too early I don’t wanna see my mom dying

[@EnderPanReigns]

@@Mortablunta tough guy who cries is a protector, a tough guy who doesn’t is just dangerous. Empathy and emotion are vital to be balanced and moral as a human being

[@yyuuu___77]

@@goodbyeg7032 same 😢

[@elid5090]

When I was a kid I used to wait for Mario to lay down on the bed in the observatory before quitting the game

[@Bleagle]

Does he do that on his own if you don't control him for some time?

[@elid5090]

Bleagle yeah

[@sirscratchy1230]

I used to do the exact same thing bruv

[@TytoSwift]

I did that in Mario 64 in the room with the chair

[@Ond3]

Aww :))

[@fool9711]

“When you only realize you’re smiling, because you feel it slowly fading from your face” W o a h

[@Howwi]

Your* face UwU

[@fool9711]

thank you for catching that my guy

[@ComputerGirlMae]

This line is too true, its happened to me way too much. Theres also those moments that I only realize my mouth is hanging open in a really akward way until my mouth closes and I realize i've been doing it for 5 minutes straight

[@squidlump]

UwU U_U O_O

[@nintendogamer1926]

Sometimes at night I just realoze my eyes are open because it starts to hurt.

[@nothinghere8434]

I want to share my perspective: I could talk about this game for way too long, so I'll only focus on the main aspect I see. Every single time space is mentioned in reality, it is either followed by scientific discovery or cosmic horror. Either it is cool but pragmatic stuff or full on nihilistic dread. But by combining it with the vital element of a childish, friendly platformer, something else emerges, something new. No longer do you need to worry about lack of atmosphere, cold, extreme radiation, tiny piercing high-speed pebbles or BOILING BLOOD. You can just explore and enjoy it to your hearts content without any real danger. And suddenly space no longer is like the inside of a volcano or the deep sea, deadly and scary, but rather vast, quiet, mysterious and beautiful. Space Junk Galaxy being the prime example. It is almost like making peace with and befriending a former enemy. It is not an empty hell, it is nature. It becomes its own special biome, like forests, deserts, mountains. The game even goes so far as to frame space not as a scary monster, but an innocent victim, tormented by Bowser's tyranny. A crying interstellar ecosystem. All those strange worlds are no longer real-life hazards, but friends in need. The universe becomes one giant family. A place where everyone is meant to be and to live peacefully with each other. After all, the ending and Mario/Luigi's final words before the credits did not come out of nowhere. Hardly anyone is gonna see this comment by now... Edit: Well, given the replies you see down there, I suppose my judgement above was premature. Edit-Edit: I'm going to get replies to this comment for the rest of my life, aren't I?😆

[@abibeur]

Absolutely.

[@Dark_Art41]

Well it’s 5 months later and u caught me attention, very interesting take

[@nothinghere8434]

@@abibeur The former or the latter part? :*)

[@abibeur]

I don't knowwwww~ (the former)

[@nothinghere8434]

@@Dark_Art41 Thank you!

[@Gingster2max]

I feel like Japanese media is really good at conveying these emotions. I always feel the same way after a Ghibli movie. I don't know how to describe it any way except for a happy sadness. It's been a wonderful story and adventure but it has to end no matter how much I want more of it. I don't know why this isn't done more in media in America, I think our collective culture is just really uncomfortable with endings

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah most western media (keyword, most) and culture don’t want endings and when they actually do they try to have it go out with a bang. I’m not saying that western is incapable, because it can do good powerful endings! But often times people don’t want things to end which sucks.

[@shcdemolisher]

I do think the collective culture aspect is a negative when it comes to experiencing things like that. It causes a disconnect from empathy and emotions that make people feel from things like endings and music. I’m saying this as someone who does feel things from endings and music, so yes I do know people are different.

[@dotsdot5608]

Japan is an island/ a couple of islands. i think there’s 4 major, with a bunch of tiny ones scattered across the sea. on one face of the coin theres loneliness in isolation, on the other theres snugness or homeliness.

[@crylune]

America has no culture

[@Jeremy-cd1wi]

true

[@kristiandamaso1688]

"You know those times when you realize when you've been smiling, because you feel it slowly fade from your face?" - I've seen some good lines, but this has quickly become one of my favorite

[@theoverseer393]

when I got my first kiss, I remember about 10 minutes after the smile started to fade and I realized that was the most natural smile I could have done

[@ShannonBlake444]

I literally went down to the comments as soon as I heard that line. I was like "Dang, that's a good one"

[@YoutubePizzer]

The way Jacob phrased “you feel it slowly fade from your face” instead of something like “you start consciously paying attention to your mouth”

[@Chris.Batchelor]

This was me throughout my replay of Mario Odyssey. I forgot how good that game was.

[@excessivereading9768]

This makes me depressed

[@kaelanmarriner2871]

”Super Mario Galaxy uses the coldness of the cosmos to make the space we do have that much warmer, that much more delicate.”

[@Swinburned]

Wiseness 100+

[@kaelanmarriner2871]

@@Swinburned indeed

[@julienmauguin3214]

I think that this beautiful sentence beautifully describes a beautiful game

[@kaelanmarriner2871]

@@julienmauguin3214 This sentence encaptulates the very reason I felt so close, nearly a part of the game while playing it, as well as describing why I want to feel so close to it even now...

[@novustalks7525]

🥲

[@bradycox4873]

I feel like I’m growing up too fast, and I’ve been struggling with nostalgia and my past, and what’s in store for the future, and this video sums up my feelings. It just hits different. Thanks, man.

[@okayokey]

Same.

[@TheseHDGamers]

[@ceebs7263]

Same thing here, it’s crazy the kind of emotions a mario game can make you feel.

[@spaghettiopizza8686]

@@ceebs7263 it really is. Gateway Galaxy makes me want to cry almost every time.

[@dioghane2990]

Same

[@thatsleepybirb]

This doesn’t even feel like a game anymore, it feels like it opens a door in your mind that you couldn’t find the key for

[@stefanostsougkranis5851]

What a great comment.

[@motivationalspeaker7145]

@@stefanostsougkranis5851I was just about to comment that too. It really is a great comment ❤

[@themockingdragon135]

And at least until I played it, I didn't really know the door was there.

[@Annihilasian]

"It's that sadness at the end of a birthday party or coming home after a vacation, there's a moment happiness leaves you" Damn. I felt that.

[@MrGrass97]

Annihilasian Me too. It was a beautiful way to phrase it.

[@dontmindme5290]

I literally left someone's birthday party 10 minutes ago

[@felipealarcon4622]

I like my home, having the security to always have fun and never be bored, i will travel of course but nothing will be as relaxing for me to go to the same place i would rest, a rest from the world, from people, from constant movement, even if its just for a moment i will enjoy it, not because i hate the other places or going out but because it makes me feel like the time has stoped to take a little rest, like winning a fight with an extreamly difficult boss that you shouldnt be able to pass, and being able to rest after saving to think about the great things you did.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Me everytime the clock ticks at 11pm Sunday

[@Ruexia]

That hit hard.

[@java6177]

Mario Galaxy’s atmosphere is like knowing you can’t go home because it doesn’t exist anymore

[@thehermit8618]

...But you eventually realize you can make a new home, somewhere else

[@lenseofleni]

@@thehermit8618 and at some point you're realising that you can be home everywhere because yourself can be your home

[@java6177]

@@lenseofleni Yeah, this is basically what Rosalina’s story is about

[@TheAbsol7448]

This statements feels like it's telling me you can't go back and experience it for the first time as a kid again because you can't erase your memory and you're a grown adult.

[@java6177]

@@TheAbsol7448 yeah, that too

[@epicgamner1139]

videogames are really art and more people should recognize this

[@waikeonglim7703]

Amen

[@StellarPone]

I believe all media has that potential. Many people fail to recognise the artistic value of cartoons for some reason. I think it's a shame that they miss out on so many emotions via so many cartoons, simply because they associate them with children. Their loss, I suppose.

[@Speedster428]

Agreed

[@Kenyan-Karavan-Klub]

Not all videogames are art, but all art is videoga... wait no that's not right...

[@Quintendo3ds]

In mario galaxy 2, there’s this giant cave level i think about a lot. Right at the beginning, you fly into this giant, unending cave. You never see the beginning of the cave, so the thought of a giant, galaxy sized cavern has always unnerved me.

[@Dylan_-tu7zk]

I believe that would be Slimy Spring Galaxy. I might be wrong however.

[@Quintendo3ds]

@@Dylan_-tu7zk it is

[@yellowpowr8455]

Super Mario Galaxy 1 is my favorite game out of the two but Slimy Spring Galaxy is my favorite galaxy between the two, I think because it perfects that Galaxy 1 feel, from the sombre cave to the hopeful, melancholy sunset.

[@TheMarioManiac]

A fun fact is Rosalina’s story was snuck in without Miyamoto knowing as well.

[@jaguar4120]

That is a great thing. Mario Galaxy wouldn't be the same. Rosalina and her backstory is simply amazing and great character development. 🤩

[@PTp1ranha]

That's not wholly accurate, I think he just didn't know about the one guy printing a personal copy.

[@reddemon8802]

PTp1ranha what?

[@FabioSaturno]

Mario, you smell bad. 😡😡😡

[@awesomness6775]

I think I heard it was added with full consent from the whole team, but it originally didn't exist at all and there was no plan for it to. Someone just showed up to work one day with a full story they had written and asked if they could put it in the game and it was an instant yes.

[@fabi.6080]

when I was a kid I never realized how good of a game this actually was. It was just so relaxing to play. I really wanna get my Wii now and play the game again just to escape everything

[@APPPPPPPPPPPPP]

My brother sold my wii and GameCube, along with many classic games that made my childhood. I really just need to buy everything I had just for the memories

[@NikoSummers]

@@APPPPPPPPPPPPP I mean if you've got a pc you can just emulate it. I've been playing it the past couple days with a 4k texture pack and mods, its actually so good

[@yasu3d]

@@NikoSummers Dolphin Emulator and if you still have the games, dump them from the Discs. Theres plenty programs that can do it.

[@xXxMashMallowxXx]

@@NikoSummers how do you do the controls? I can't seem to set it up properly :(

[@NikoSummers]

@@xXxMashMallowxXx send me your discord name, I can send you some screenshots and help you out :) or alternatively you can add me - NipSquishy#4963

[@DimaPreo_]

I one time played Gusty Garden galaxy in my high school band because it was one of my favorite songs on the last day of school. My teacher printed out all the sheet music for all the sections. We even brought the orchestra in for one last huzzah. And I didn’t know I would, but I started crying from how beautiful it was. How much nostalgia was placed in the sound track was stunning. Mario Galaxy, to this day, is my favorite work of art.

[@petewuellner5403]

I couldn’t have described it any better. It doesn’t feel like just a game. It feels like art that captures every human emotion that I know, and it gives me faith in something larger than ourselves. I would also like to make this point: I respect everyone’s choice in how they approach religion. With that being said, I feel that both Super Mario Galaxy games have the power to turn any agnostic or athiest person into a deeply religious person. The creativity and beauty within these games feel like something beyond the mortality of humanity.

[@dhans9662]

@@petewuellner5403 As an atheist I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you there. While it does make you think about your existence and how vast the universe is, I don't quite see how it makes you convert to a religion. Though I am free to hear why you say that, no disrespect.

[@Zel-Veraan]

I can never hear the Library's theme or Rosalina's story without utterly breaking down. I'm in tears writing this. This game does an inconceivably good job of delivering you a dose of totally gut wrenching emotion but with the most gentle, tender touch.

[@dprototype6431]

I feel like Galaxy 1 better captured the whole “sad spacey” feel compared to 2, even if 2’s really good.

[@stevenliang3213]

D Prototype : SmG2 is mainly for gameplay. More worlds, better level design, more variety of power ups, higher difficulty, etc. SMG1 has the story, atmosphere, and aura. It’s always my favorite among all Mario games

[@bigpenisparker9930]

D Prototype 2 is worse in my opinion

[@Odinsday]

2 is made as a gameplay extravaganza/greatest hits and it works very well. I have more fun with the overall gameplay of 2, but the atmosphere of 1 is just makes it an experience like no other.

[@AndrewPRoberts]

@@Odinsday I just really loved exploring the Comet Observatory. Such a great place.

[@Dash120z]

Galaxy 2 was more like an expansion of the first game.

[@alivegman3155]

I remember this quote from a Guinness World record book “It’s a shame they don’t make games like this anymore, except at Nintendo, where they do”

[@alessandrobozzi7085]

Nintendo kept platformers and generally good games afloat while the rest of the industry was reveling in samey shooters and loot boxes, before indies got shit back on track

[@h56_mza]

@@alessandrobozzi7085 shooters are still alive there are just not many good ones like call of duty is shit but doom is amazing also I’m not saying platforms are bad I just bought 3d all stars and I’m loving it

[@georgetowle8903]

@@h56_mza cod is getting better but it’s for different people

[@MrSkme]

Damn thats actually so true

[@dragonator1012]

@@alessandrobozzi7085 guess you forgot about sonic. Oh wait you think every game is a sonic 06 or sonic forces

[@chuckleberry2142]

10:15 That's why I love Captain Toad and the toad brigade so much. As lonely as SMG is, it was nice to have a small rag tag team of mushroom men to explore the cosmos with you. Not to sideline the other npcs, like Rosalina and the Lumas, but I guess I like the toad brigade more because they were more of a comic relief. Relief in what was otherwise a lonely, solemn game. I'm glad that the team behind the 3d Mario games are giving Captain Toad so much spotlight. He even got his own game for some reason! And I know it sounds weird to like a toad npc, considering how overused they are (looking at you, Paper Mario), but I guess that's just my weird opinion.

[@broncos435]

wholeheartedly agree. the toad brigade is just a feeling of "space may be lonely, but _you_ don't have to be". i was always happy to run into them doing whatever goofy toad thing they happened to be doing

[@swissadonis815]

For my Captain Toad is the real Toad, the one we play in Mario Kart, the sport games and so on. An old Common friend who travels the unknown universe with us...

[@lara3540]

Super Mario Galaxy is a game that feels so much like home to me. It breaks my heart knowing that we‘ll probably never get another part of it.

[@sololeveling7390]

Never say never! (Let me keep inhaling my hopium😭)

[@Sly_Maverick_19]

It's like something Bob Ross said, "You can't know happiness without knowing a little bit of sorrow." EDIT: "If you have light on light, you have nothing. If you have dark on dark, you basically have nothing. Y'know, it's a lot like life, you have to have a little sadness in order to know when the good times roll. I'm waiting on the good times now."

[@starlenestilltouringyoutub2116]

Ooof I remember that :(

[@CryoKonk]

That episode was filmed right after the death of his wife from what I know. Pretty incredible how he was able to relate his feelings to the audience

[@AstraIVagabond]

And vice versa? ... I think.

[@stevenliang3213]

Solomona Leiato : Inside out the movie describes this very well

[@jaydenc367]

haven't I seen you on a smash bros comment section argument about melee and brawl?

[@DesignFrameCaseStudies]

I think, if anything, this proves how powerful character development can be. Rosalina takes shape as an actual character. Not only that, but in such a powerful context, molded from the Galaxy's Quiet Sadness.

[@isaaccook1890]

It's a shame they tossed it all out the window the next game.

[@plantinapot9169]

Isaac Cook oof

[@andresmarrero8666]

It is like it is forbidden for a Mario game or character to have such lore, story, and character development, or the franchise at least has that heavy air around it. I remember one of the creators of Mario galaxy saying something along those lines.

[@Sensiav703]

I would say that Rosalina is the best character in the Mario universe, but that's not really a contest because she's pretty much the *only* character. The rest of Mario's cast are essentially actors filling a role for the game they're currently in, they have no real personality of their own that's consistent.

[@bobisnotaperson]

@paula She was playable in 3d World

[@EtropolisGhost]

When you said, "and the game just does this", and at 47 seconds it zoomed out and showed the tiny cheerful planet Mario was on and the dark, somber, expansive planet in the background, I got it. From another Mario video I watched, I'm sure the point of that scene was just what you also described: the Devs letting their young audience know that there is no need to fear the vastness of the task before them - the game will guide them and see them through, one step at a time. But of course this visual they used to communicate that can be taken in deeper, unintended ways. Parental Care: The imagery can remind the player of the care their parents gave them. When we were newcomers to this planet, we too needed guidance and protection and reassurance, and a safe place to go home to. Escapism and Nostalgia: We are growing up or have grown up into a potentially cold, empty, lonely world; certainly an adult world. The imagery in this scene mirrors our view of the game and its associated memories: a small, carefree, dreamy haven from the harsher realities we now face. Love in the midst of a dreadful expanse: Childhood memories and wonderful games might not be the only things we can hold on to to deal with reality. We can find love in family, friends, or romance. An ambitious man who never made it very far complains of the problems and strife in the world today, and bemoans the fact that he's too small and insignificant to make a difference. His wife reassures him, "But you mean the world to me." Alone An old, musty planet with weary people Marching incessantly about their business Trying to acquire more. At the store two people yelled at each other Because they were both so important. Above us, you tell me, the leaders are ruining everything. It's a funny thing that we will die before this hopeless world ends. But I love you softly.

[@catdownthestreet]

Dang this comment hit like a train, well done

[@pianoplayer2147]

@@catdownthestreet agreed. That was good to read

[@sebbo8324]

Top 5 comments of all time, I teared up

[@EtropolisGhost]

@@sebbo8324 Thanks - one day I'd love to write a book, make a video game, or make a movie that some people can call their favorite, but I don't really know how to do those things. I'm more in my head than in reality. But if I made a KZbin comment that some people consider one of the top 5, well, that's something like what I want.

[@jbook4719]

You know, until I read this I wasn't really seeing the bigger planet on the background. I was like "They're talking about the star? I dunno, it's big and all, but doesn't really look THAT intimidating to me. It doesn't even look like a planet in fact, isn't it more like a constellation in the sk-". Saying I had an "oh" moment would be both completely true and nowhere close to capturing how hard it hit me to finally see it. Yeah, there were the two tones of blue, but I just thought it was a different region from space dust or something. Something so massive, so out of scale, so beyond my comprehension and so intimidating once you realize that's not just more space that only now, after having seen this moment so, so many times, I've been able to even register it. The impression makes the scene even more mesmerizing. So I guess I'm writing this to thank you both for your beautiful insight and for helping me to finally spot the colossal elephant in the boundless room. That and to help other not-so-observant travelers as myself, I guess.

[@silver6380]

I used to get a feeling while playing this game. I don't know how to describe it. It was a feeling of loneliness, but also openness and infinite possibility. It was associated most strongly with the background of so many galaxies, the one with a star rising over a huge blue planet. It's very much a "The Little Prince" feeling, which makes your video description fit very well. Occasionally, for a moment, I'll feel it again, and this video did that. Thank you

[@danielsgarden9283]

Agreed, it’s strange. Nostalgia as well makes it even more strange

[@noahrobinson5952]

“Mario has gotta save Princess Peach, and he’s going to. Don’t worry. But if it takes a little while, that’s okay.” I’ve felt like my life is going nowhere for a while now, and I think this is something I really needed to hear. Thank you so much.

[@carlycrays2831]

You know, a year and a half ago, I lost my job. By that I mean I was fired because I was really, absurdly bad at it. And it really upset me. Losing that job traumatized me because it was my first "adult" job. It was the job that was going to send me places! It had good pay and benefits...and damn did I hate it. I hated helping people on the worst days of their lives and I hated how I had to be "on" constantly. And I hated how I just felt like I was waiting for something bigger to come along. But I also felt like I knew where I my life was headed. I could see exactly how my life was headed and it scared me to be so sure of something. I am not where I want to be now, and yet, I feel happier now. Like, actually happy. I don't know where my life is headed, I still feel depressed and unsure, and yet I am so much happier and that bit of uncertainty and challenge feels right.

[@abbysheremeta7837]

Carly Crays wow, thank-you for sharing. It’s really reassuring to hear this as the unknown is very scary like we all know. I’m really happy that you’ve reached a place you were scared of but the outcome has surprised you!

[@carlycrays2831]

@@abbysheremeta7837 I mean, you know, it surprises you sometimes, just what makes you happy. The important thing to remember is to remember that you can only do a job you hate for so long anyways.

[@troubledpickle5986]

Noah Robinson that made me cry. I’m in math class

[@JulioCesar-xr5vv]

I felt that

[@starkeeper_youtube]

I remember the moment when I realized what Rosalina meant when she said her mom was asleep under the tree... I think that was the day I grew up. Super Mario Galaxy, in my opinion, is a game with one of the most masterful grasps of atmosphere in any game ever. Not just Mario. Any game.

[@comradeofallcorvids5056]

I’m sorry I’m to dumb, do you mean she’s dead or? Like buried under the tree?

[@TheAngelboi17]

@@comradeofallcorvids5056 yea

[@EaZea]

MarFinitor too*

[@JTheMelon]

It's kinda funny how Rosalina was established as a lonely princess; only having little lumas as company, living in the vastness of space, and having a sad backstory... And now she's that character from Super Mario Party lol

[@sergiogarciagonzalez1391]

@@JTheMelon How do I sad react in KZbin?

[@mooparr]

I love when Mario Galaxy's music gets all reflective and despite the fact you're literally only ever in space the entire game it still feels like this impossible to reach infinity in every direction. Space is right there but you're still standing on something. If there was a level that had no matter in it besides you at all and it's just moving through the void to find the star it would be called one of the greatest game moments ever.

[@fantasticbirdblue]

This is the most beautiful mario video I've ever seen It's not a theory or a prediction It's not a rant addressing Nintendos copyright stakes It's not a review about how great it is It's not a review about how bad it is It's a nice and calm video that even got a little tears out of me.

[@weirdchamp4601]

Did anyone else used to go to their favourite level even though it’s been completed, and just played through it slowly and for fun

[@bethanylutty4622]

Yup. ☺ To the Top of Topman's Tower in Galaxy 2

[@weirdchamp4601]

Bethany Lutty for me it was the bee level near the beginning of that game, I went and explored the whole thing from top to bottom, just having innocent fun, I must have spent like 5-7 hours total just on that one level for all the times I’ve played it , it was so wholesome

[@amethyst_cat9532]

I still replay levels in the Beach Bowl Galaxy just for fun. It feels like I'm giving Mario a vacation

[@jose_joestar4228]

It was the first level you get cloud Mario in the second game. I would just jump around and make clouds.

[@Jereonn]

Lapo In galaxy 2 there was a flying level with a vulture or something, I replayed that one too many times

[@Savoryy]

I feel like I wanna cry when people talk about super Mario galaxy. I wish I appreciated it more when I played it

[@perttutunkkari3275]

Yeah I didn't appreciate it that much when I first played it but now I understand the beaty of Mario Galaxy

[@medeniofacaselnshs6163]

Savory it was that game we all played but man how I’d kill to go back to coconut mall in Mario kart and the countless galaxies in this game, life seems so depressing nowadays

[@perttutunkkari3275]

@@medeniofacaselnshs6163 Maybe someday we get Mario Galaxy 3 www.deviantart.com/koopshikinggeoshi/journal/Super-Mario-Galaxy-3-still-possible-Why-I-want-it-766926084

[@MpSniperM1911]

it's like spongebob, i since i was very young and i don't speak english as a native i can't remember what episodes i watched, i only know that i was there when i saw on the tv, and only now after watching some episodes i understand why my mother says it's a "boring cartoon", and why i just some people just started enjoying more squidward character

[@rukifere]

Super sad ending I cry every time i beat it

[@mdgirish]

It’s 3 years after you posted this, but I wanted you to know this is the first video I’ve seen that’s been able to express how I feel about this game. Thank you so much ❤️

[@pianoplayer2147]

Yes, agreed. This video captures what a lot of people think about Super Mario Galaxy. If I had to put it in one word I would say. “I can’t because this game is much more than one word”.

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@pianoplayer2147 I know this is unrelated but what do you think of bowsers fury?

[@pianoplayer2147]

@@Blue-Apple-fc9eo I do like bowsers fury! The concept is pretty cool I think. It’s a mashup of linear levels in an open world 3D space. The music too… so amazing. The games pretty fun. It’s very cool as an expansion.

[@pianoplayer2147]

@@Blue-Apple-fc9eo what about you?

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@pianoplayer2147 I hadn’t tried it yet, But I will in Christmas!

[@Poyostar]

To be honest, this is still one of my all time favorite Mario video essays. Like, ever. God, Super Mario Galaxy is such a masterpiece...

[@delsinrowe2014]

”Quiet Sadness” Me: remembers the incredibly sad music that plays during the Rosalina story time scenes

[@darkmatter4555]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH_bg4GJeKypl7s sadness :(

[@tsukarikaoru]

I still cry every single time I reach chapter 7 and the music changes

[@rithvikyagnamurthy6560]

I cried when I read it as a child playing the game lol

[@Bradyoup]

@@tsukarikaoru I totally agree.

[@daniidanboy]

I cried on just listening to the music

[@Skrighk]

Friend, I want you to know this made me tear up. This was one of the last games I played as a child, as both my parents became sick right after it's release, and died within a few years. I forgot how... Important this game is to me. I look at my general outlook on life and... Your description of this game, the message it sends is how I see the world we live in. I didn't have a way to put it into words until your video though. Thank you.

[@kaizospeedrunsandgaming8280]

Skrighk man that’s deep

[@gabrielrubens4505]

I played this when I was 13 and mostly a jerk teenager, when I finished it I cried so much. It is fantastic in every conceivable way. It is tied with undertale for my favourite game ever made.

[@jackhays5780]

I’m sorry man

[@nautilume7114]

Man, I’m sorry to hear about that...

[@mm3shadowman982]

@Shiva R First 3D, huh? (*cough* Super Mario 64 *cough*)

[@sineadgaming69]

the quiet sadness of hearing bing bing, wahoo, yippee! every 8 seconds

[@lightningrodstudios2441]

3:58 “You know those times when you only know you’ve been smiling because you feel it slowly fade from your face?” That is gonna stick with me

[@club_a_seal3037]

You sound like a man with some sort of philosophical degree and some serious nostalgia

[@tommyhvalberg]

@@jo-er3cv Damn dude, you're on the wrong side of youtube. Such negativity on such a great video.

[@someweirdo]

Chickentandoori87 How is what he said negativity?? Lol

[@tommyhvalberg]

@@someweirdo Look who i actually replied to. Called OP gay or something, he deleted the comment.

[@someweirdo]

Chickentandoori87 Ohhhhh ok. I didn’t notice that. Sorry.

[@tommyhvalberg]

@@someweirdo All gud

[@robertcardosodefreitas7241]

I feel like this is a Koizumi thing. Majora's Mask also has some beautiful melancholic but gentle moments. The kids on the Grassy Playfield inside the Moon really stuck with me.

[@JacobGeller]

You're absolutely right, that moment is so similar to the ones in Galaxy. The man has a reverence for unexpected nature when you expect chaos.

[@thelarkascend1ng]

@@JacobGeller It's insane that Nintendo of all companies inserts these quality existentially-challenging-yet-profoundly-dreamlike moments in so many of their games. I don't know how you communicate this as a lead concept person in game development. I don't know how you get a team of people to rally on the weird and create, as you put it, these "exhales" in their games that are so ambiguous but also so necessary.

[@thegrandberry4418]

I don’t know who wrote the soundtrack for twilight princess, but the lost woods has a similar feeling to the garden in galaxy, if a lot more somber. Nintendo has some amazing composers that really need to get a lot more recognition

[@Arkatox]

Thegrandberry I thought I recalled they were both done by legendary Nintendo composer Koji Kondo, but I looked it up and was mistaken. He only did Galaxy. Still, two wonderful Nintendo games from the same era. I’m sure they influenced each other to some degree.

[@emblemblade9245]

Wasn’t Koizumi the one who made Odyssey too?

[@formula091]

the quiet sadness of YAHOO WA WA WAHOO!!! YIPPEE!!! bwomp bing bing YAHAAA

[@funninoriginal6054]

There are black holes... There are black people!

[@ronch550]

I noticed this sadness too because I often think of the loneliness of the real universe myself. Just an endless, lonely, dark void. Christianity also talks about 'outer darkness', which supports this concept. That regardless of how joyful a place may be, once you step out, there's only loneliness and nothingness in all directions, and it just goes on and on forever. Yes we know the universe is a lonely place once you leave our bustling planet, but we've become so used to this idea that it no longer affects us. In contrast, SMG's worlds are so colorful, so ideal, so cheerful, that it much more sharply contrasts with the empty blue void of the game's universe. That all this color and cheerfulness sits in an endless sea of nothingness and loneliness. Having no one with you as you traverse through the game only helps instill the loneliness as well.

[@PB-ji5rb]

"She is sleeping under the tree on the hill" Wow. That... Hit me way harder than I expected. I am not the sentimental type, especially when it comes to films or books or games. But that pure, inherently childish innocence, confronting such a depressing event made me tear up a bit. Truly beatiful.

[@iconx4167]

Phenomenal how hard this can hit someone. For a franchise all about getting sucked into black holes and dying gruesome deaths while carelessly killing helpless turtles, it’s amazing how such a basic death of someone you barely know can hit you so hard in your feelings.

[@Jun-fm1kp]

I never caught that as a child but now I know

[@odisleftpaw5663]

@@Jun-fm1kp same, as a kid I didn't get it but now this hits me hard

[@emceemunchapussy1891]

THOSE KOOPAS HAVE FAMILIES TOO I DON'T SEE ANYONE CRYING OVER THEM

[@orbic521]

@@iconx4167 I love the message but grrr why does everyone insist Bowser's minions are helpless innocents and Mario is a monster. They're evil, working for Bowser and trying to attack you that's why you take damage when they touch you!

[@chefboyardee2072]

“Give me a break, those levels had identical gravity”

[@GOING_POSTAL666]

Lol

[@SsbPrime]

Read thus comment as he said that

[@xyannail4678]

Do you believe in gravity?

[@finnvries7440]

Xyan Nail no I don’t,gravity doesn’t exist.People who believe that the earth is round are crazy,the earth is flat and that is a fact.Don‘t believe NASA they are liars.

[@chefboyardee2072]

Finn Vries please tell me you’re joking

[@purl2303]

somehow im so connected to this game, remembering the shiny and smooth edges of the star, with the nubs on the end. I dont know why that memory was so significant, i mean the only memories i have of this game were watching my sister play as I tried using the unplugged controller. Its almost like I sub consciously chose to remember this piece of art.

[@mr.sniffly5297]

Bruh you don’t even need to plug in a wii remote

[@isaiahvance9402]

bro i always made my sister play the rocky road level 😔

[@wordsoflove8787]

WAHOO!

[@NinjaPirateRabbit23]

I've always felt that Mario Galaxy was special. Even the fact that Rosalina refers to Peach as Mario's special one adds a smidge of emotion to the whole journey.

[@Lousfw]

It’s because Peach is apparently Rosalinas mother, from a different timeline.

[@David-ro9cb]

N o

[@i_teleported_bread7404]

@@Lousfw Well yeah, but that's from back in the day when Game Theory was actually good.

[@jojogape]

The second game also has this at the end of one of the last levels. Right after a long time diving with a Koopa shell and fighting to get as many air bubbles as possible so you don't drown... you find a small garden. There's no music, just you, a Toad, and the sunset. I think this is the last regular level before the final fight against Bowser. It's like the calm before the storm.

[@itzflamez6120]

Or another word for it, "respite"

[@josetolentino3965]

Also the final galaxy, the Perfect Run. Once you defeat all the hammer and boomerang bros a final launch star appears, as if the game is gonna take you to one last, excruciating challenge. But its just rosalina waiting for you on a little planet.

[@tsukarikaoru]

God I love slimy spring. Just the atmosphere, the music, the setting... it speaks to me. It gives that familiar feeling of sadness, and at the end you see the sun and are out of the cave. I sometimes play through that level just for the atmosphere itself

[@comfy88338]

@@josetolentino3965 Ngl, I was kinda expecting an extremely hard Rosalina boss battle or something to test how much you've improved, the Blue toad even shows Distrust about her in the first game, I was kinda expecting her to be a twist villain because of that in my first playthrough tbh.

[@logicaltips4107]

Which level is this?

[@maurin8117]

every 6 month or so, i come back to that video and cry when he talks about the garden and i really don't understand why. this video is a fucking masterpiece as is that game.

[@stevettebobbie1314]

This will probably get buried in the comments somewhere, but Mario Galaxy means so much to me because of its theme of impermanence, kind of like what the video grazes over. It really helps me accept my nihilistic views that life is ultimately meaningless. Whenever I feel depressed I come back and I play the music from this game, because it reminds me that ultimately, nothing is permanent, and in a way that is really beautiful. The depression I'm dealing with will pass. It takes the pressure off of me when I feel like everything is hopeless and I cant shake the stress, because ultimately, none of it will matter in the wider scheme of things, so I can accept that I have no obligation to do anything for the time being except to just take in the world around me. Whatever I'm going through, it will get better. There will be more pain and more joy to come, but for right now, I can just remember a happier time, when I used to play this game with my brother, and I still had that childlike, wonder-filled view on the world. I love this game

[@darkslide180]

i guess thats why i loved marios, *deep breathe" "Yeah...." he says after each star in this game

[@theladoflads7884]

He's patting himself on the back It's important to take pride sometimes

[@thechosenjuan8776]

darkslide180 Not gonna lie that moment made me and the boys cringe and fold like lawn chairs but I forgive the game for it.

[@2mccue4u27]

It's a contented sigh, a breather. I always loved that.

[@alphakrab5022]

My parents: Video game is not an art Me: *shows this game*

[@GOING_POSTAL666]

Y e s

[@TheBardorp]

Parents: shows you Black Ops 4.

[@alphakrab5022]

@@TheBardorp I don't think they know Black Ops 4, actually

[@whatwillmakebethebestforev8556]

Alpha Krab are your parents Russian?

[@amygustilogaming3748]

Gd: I'm I joke to you?

[@Fomortiis100]

THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE

[@israelmcclain8097]

This game took loneliness on a another level.....

[@Kirbychu1]

6:10 There's a Japanese term for this very feeling! "Mono no aware", the pathos of things. It's the acknowledgment of the impermanence of all things in life, and a sense of sensitivity towards it.

[@jemoeder5701]

Ok weeb

[@acedias12]

@@jemoeder5701 Certainly have no idea what that term means, do you.

[@williamwebb580]

Jemoede R Alright, someone said something meaningful in Japanese, where’s the douche bag calling them a we- there he is!

[@mennit4959]

for this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling this feeling NOT *very* feeling

[@izivert]

Jemoede R that reply was so fucking funny wow

[@Sidney_3]

When someone says “it’s just a video game”, no it’s not. It’s a work of art.

[@UL71M4]

Its just a video game lol

[@thesnazzycomet]

UL71M4 666 oof

[@Guing1]

@@UL71M4 haha funny

[@UL71M4]

@José del Carmen CRUZADO CASTILLO eh?

[@fungling7982]

wait it's not a videogame?

[@smallertoast8806]

You know, this video is oddly comforting. Like whenever I'm sad, I can watch this. And somehow, I feel better. It's weird, but I like it. It feels good.

[@rangopistacho6928]

after my grandad died when i read the whole rosalina story it somehow reminded me of him and the music combined just made me cry. whenever i hear the song luma i only think of one person: my grandad who i allways visited, he couldnt speak do to some brain damage in the area that lets him pronounce words but he could still whistle so if i can remember we used to whistle together and he showed me through his heart how to be a kind and happy soul. and that is why i love super mario galaxy, because its not only a piece of my childhood but it reminds me of grandad even when i have moved on after 9 years of his passing, as long as i remember my childhood ill remember my grandad. i dont care if this comment gets likes or not, i just wanted to express my feelings about this game and its true beauty: a link to ones inner child, to ones past

[@julianavila4983]

It’s always good to remember those we’ve lost... even if they’re gone, you still have those beautiful memories, I know it hurts to lose a family member, but they live on in your memory.

[@Josephhhhh2077]

That looks like the battle pass

[@ianparr9950]

I’m so sorry for your loss

[@Unkown-il9oz]

U made me cry and sorry for the loss your grandad

[@sansundertale9071]

My grandfather passed in january and this and only for dolphins by action bronson has been my coping music to get passed it. Idk why but everything but the gusting galaxy music is just soo theraputic and sort of sad to me. I hope you are doing well through life and even though i only know you through through these comments i care about you and i hope you are doing well.

[@brooke8362]

I just cried over a game I haven’t played since I was ten...

[@Idk-ko7lf]

Last time I played I was 7 but I remember everything so clearly like a rush of emotions came over me and that story about rosalina started playing and the tears just ran down my face lmao

[@TheSuzelfruz]

Glad I'm not the only one who shed some tears while watching this 😅

[@caralambson]

@@Idk-ko7lf I come watch this for a good cry every few months

[@hashly8521]

I never played this game and always wanted too, and I’m crying, lmao

[@hubert1154]

I know, right? This game gives me a lot of nostalgia as it's something I've been playing over and over again throughout a lot of my life. The soundtrack and the galaxies are something special that I cannot forget

[@nighttimestalker]

This is still the best in the series. I wish they would make something like this again The atmosphere, the music, the dark themes, bowsers rise in power, etc. Just such a masterpiece

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

as much as i agree, i think we all know it would be almost impossible to to this again. it would never be the same

[@nighttimestalker]

@@Professor_Wisteria_ Unfortunately.

[@SZF123456]

There are black people

[@mariodude89]

WAHOO

[@Crowens]

fuck's sake lol

[@funninoriginal6054]

Makes me catch my breath every time i cum in here...

[@Jpq-2014]

"but I know she's not there! I knew all along that she wasn't out there in the sky! Because...... Because..... She's sleeping under the tree on the hill.... One of the saddest Mario stories I ever heard damn

[@legna3407]

When I first read that. I just shrugged it off and moved on. Now that I'm older. I now realize that she dead.

[@sirrbryan]

@@legna3407 same

[@okayokey]

Gamer guy 9000 exactly

[@3Guys1Video]

;-;

[@werl_01]

Melancholy: the happiness of being sad.

[@GoIdheart]

@10K subs With no videos challenge! Yeah like how you're a sarcastic bitch?

[@jesusvilla5907]

@10K subs With no videos challenge! Damn chill out man

[@cantorlok2815]

That's literally not the definition of melancholy.

[@werl_01]

Cant Orlok I never said it was

[@cantorlok2815]

@@werl_01 Yes, but melancholy is not "The happiness of being sad" it's just another word for sadness.

[@hazzard_destroyer]

Watching this 3 years later I feel the same about this game it’s literally the best Mario game ever. The music just makes everything a reality. I really want a Galaxy 3

[@PantsaBear]

If Galaxy 2 was more like 1, Id agree. But tbh theyre more likely to make a game like Odyssey (which is great in a more bombastic, celbratory way) vs. make a somber epic adventure like Mario Galaxy 1. Breath of the Wild was the closest thing we've gotten since then

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

this is the first game is ever played on a console. safe to say this game changed my life, and when it got released on the Nintendo Switch i cried and ran to my mom to show her, and she cried with me. that's how much i love this game, how much it means to me. it's a masterpiece

[@Devyno]

Looks like someone's listened to '90 Minutes of Relaxing Super Mario Galaxy Music'

[@philjoseph6748]

"It's not sadness. It's just the moment you realise happiness leaves you" I don't do this often, but if this video is just as good as all your others thats a sub from me

[@lunchtiem]

Its pretty random content from this guy

[@april5054]

Chaim Raphaelsohn random, sure, but I’ve watched most of the content he’s made similar to this, and it’s definitely always equal if not greater in quality to this video.

[@marianafaguntes2762]

Super mario galaxy is such a contemplative game, I've never felt like this with any other videogame. The way all the scenaries are so beautiful and just waiting to have a story there. The lonely ones were my favorite, that shark cave, the space junk galaxy. I used to zoom in on the water or on the other textures and scenaries and just stay there, contemplating, listening to the soundtrack.

[@UnknownUser_10]

True. This game had something special. It had very exciting levels and very melancholic and quiet levels. The soundtrack is the best ever imo and perfectly fits the galaxy surrounding. As kid it felt like a big, exciting and fantastic journey even if it’s just a video game.

[@CIVstrike]

Took me 8 years to save peach. I only did it recently. When I first played the game, I was just a little 6 year old. I loved the game but I never was good at it. One day I lost my wii in moving to a new home. A little after a year into this house, we got a wii U. I found out that you can use it as a wii so that is what I did. I redownloaded SMG after 6 years. But I still didn't beat it. After 2 years, I found this video. I thought to myself, I want to revisit something that mean't a lot to me. I played, and did not stop until the game was over. I had finally done it. I rescued peach.... It was my first time ever seeing the end of the game... I l love you.... So much Super Mario Galaxy...

[@TotherKoala]

Same here. The amount of closure I felt after finally beating it was incredible

[@joshuaalbrecht8191]

This is one of the best opinion pieces I’ve ever seen. I never comment on KZbin but I wanted to shout you out my dude because this is GOOD. I always wondered what about this game made it stand out among the others in the series and this is it. The melancholy is such a perfect counterpoint to the unbridled joy of every Mario game and the sadness in this game just makes it’s bright moments so much brighter.

[@Thoomy]

I completely agree. Many of the points are something that I never considered before, while this being my favorite game of all time. I believe this is one of the best games/series that Nintendo has ever made. The overall gimmick of the game is simple but used in such a way that if a player did not analyze it, it would just go over their head why they are feeling what they are feeling. That is in addition to the overall gameplay of course, but the music is amazing too. Nintendo really outdid themselves on this game, and I really hope they make a third Mario Galaxy that lives up to the previous two, or even surpasses it.

[@silkworm2595]

Bob Ross

[@StephenG994]

You never write comments so here’s a refresher: you’re gay lel git REKT

[@jclkaytwo]

@@StephenG994 grow up.

[@berttzz]

JCL Kaytwo says a guy with a king boo profile picture... what a hypocrite.

[@Leo-ez5vp]

“Mario has gotta save Princess Peach, and he’s going to. Don’t worry. But if it takes a little while, that’s okay.” Thank you. So much for this one line. As someone who’s mental state is at a low, as it has been for a few years, this one line managed to make me tear up. It made me feel at peace, like I don’t have to endlessly push myself to be happy and that I don’t have to improve right away. It takes time. I don’t need to do that right now. It felt comfortable to hear this, so thank you. (Dear God I’m going on a tangent fjcndnd)

[@medeniofacaselnshs6163]

Squiddy T Hedgehog hey I think we all are a bit low now. With all we hear about climate change and pandemics it’s no surprise we are sad. But the Mario fandom, despite how different all just know that feeling that those games we grew up with give. The coconut mall theme or the mario and Luigi games like partners in time on the ds. We never thought much of it back then. But now I’d do anything to go back to those times. Things will get better though so keep your head held high :)

[@chobbis3]

It's alright to feel scared or sad, heck, i even breakdown at times, but just know, it will get better.

[@mategido]

Take care man, hope you are doing well c:

[@KatlsNalcrateo]

Waiting for an appointment with my therapist and feeling the same way. Take care, and hope you are doing well.

[@skweeky12345]

There is a creator of video essays here on youtube who goes by Razbuten. He has a video called "You Can't Save The Galaxy In A Day" that I think might help you. I rewatch it every so often just to hear the message. Link below. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6umlql8epWZg9U

[@anthonytamuzza591]

"There are black people." - Alex YIIK

[@nullanma5134]

This was incredibly powerful. It’s honestly making me think about my perspective on life as a whole

[@rented1102]

You can't get them all in one run Speedrunners: . . . *U N L E S S* Generic edit #6969: Wow guys we finally did it I got 2 whole likes on this comment, my whole life has lead to this point, I can finally jump into a blackhole with no regrets.

[@space_bacon1953]

_Haha just kidding.. unless...?_

[@marcovi2806]

It's impossible 😂

[@Talercebard]

I used to speedrun this for a few years. It's honestly a lot of fun, and one of the more gentle, smooth speedruns to get into. My record for all 242 stars is just under 15 hours lololol

[@harrylane4]

Unless...?

[@espicorn9850]

Maxwell C finally found a comment with an ok meme... that’s all I wanted, I’m prepared for this punchline to be overused now.

[@arlaxazure486]

"You know those times when you realize when you've been smiling, because you feel it slowly fade from your face?" Man, I wish I used this as my senior yearbook quote instead of freaking Winnie the Pooh.

[@justoniascool9410]

As you grow up it can be hard to slow down and breathe. You can get so caught up in worrying about grades, romance, social shenanigans, and saving for college. But anytime I play games like this or look back at these games I used to play when I was younger it reminds me of when I didn't have any of the responsibilities or worries I have now. I was new and curious about this strange world, but that's what's so magical about growing up. It's like exploring a vast new unfamiliar galaxy. Sometimes it can be scary and at other times it's joyful. And throughout the journey, you will have hardships and shortcomings. But it's your journey to quite literally becoming your true self. Discovering your interests, forming your personality, and making your first friends. But in a way, I feel that this game is almost the essence of that feeling of exploring, discovering, curiosity, fear, and sadness that you have well growing up. Sometimes you may lament the past but this is what I have to say to you even if you don't or still aren't grown up yet. If your growing up whether you have already grown up or you haven't, I just want to say first, enjoy it but don't expect that joy to just come. The key to making the best memories really is just not trying to. It's just having raw fun and happiness. And no matter how far you are on that path right now just remember to slow down and enjoy it. And now for those who are grown up, you may long for the past again but instead of idolizing it I encourage you to think of it more as a past journey. It's done and in the past. You spent all of that time trying to get to the end of that path, and now your there. Being an adult is a journey that can be even more magical in its own way. Now how are you going to start a new one? You've learned so much and are prepared for so long now to use those resources, experiences, and memories to begin and help you on your next journey. Well thank you to those who read my long-winded speech. I hope this message helped brighten up your day a bit ( :

[@jacobvanantwerp2001]

Mario Galaxy is my all-time favorite game, for many reasons. The atmosphere makes you feel like you're really in space, and if you can't go home no matter what you try, you can just make yourself a home at the Comet Observatory along with Rosalina and her Lumas. The music is mostly so calm, unlike anything that would ever come out of a Mario game, and sometimes, they can just tug at our heartstrings. And don't even get me started on Rosalina's storybook; it feels like one of the most tragic backstories you've ever heard--about Rosalina losing her mother in her youth while out in space with the first Luma she'd ever met, the Luma who created the energy of the Observatory she has today. That just starts the waterworks.

[@mitroujk]

I didn't realize what sleeping under a tree meant until now, god I thought she had runaway and her mother was back at earth just waiting for her :/

[@papaya-4817]

Same holy crap it puts a lot more meaning into the story for me. 💔

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

press f to pay respects

[@lukez9721]

Quite dark for Nintendo

[@catdownthestreet]

Nintendo is really good at disguising dark themes under our favorite games- Majora’s Mask and Twilight Princess proved that

[@atotalfiasco4213]

I always thought it was Rosalina clinging to the last memory she had of her mother before leaving for space, taking a nap under the tree. I don't know which is sadder tbh.

[@Nikoffee]

I... don't quite know how to describe what I just felt. This is not a just a video, it's an experience. A tragic, fun, nostalgic experience. It lets you look back at when you were an overexcited kid playing the game level after level, the good times, the bad times and the surprising or fun times. I cried over this video and the memories of this game and I'm proud of it. The use of the music is amazing, I smiled so much, sometimes you forget how often you don't smile truly, I've enjoyed this video and it is one of the best ones I've seen. Everyone should take a small break every now and then, just thinking or even simply taking a few deep breaths while sitting or laying down. I absolutely felt that rant about not being able to play tbh, it's just like that sometime. Lastly, Rosalina's story had me tearing up, as a kid I never truly understood the meaning of all of it. But now I understand and feel the pain for Rosalina. The garden is a big surprise, very strange at first but it's the first time when playing that game I stopped and took time to think about it all. If you took the time to read all this, Thank you. Have a nice day and enjoy yourself. Take time to reflect on yourself. And most importantly, never forget what is important to you.

[@alexvint4375]

The Engi Man this is so wholesome, i cried reading this

[@zachvela4837]

Thank you

[@lourdeshernandez8509]

you’re an awesome person. don’t forget that.

[@azophi]

This man writes a dissertation

[@zvincqnt4309]

Thank you. Reading this made me smile

[@IanFraser420]

What gets me most are the giant star shapes on the underside of the planet next to the comet observatory. It’s so ambiguous what exactly they are. Are they cities? Massive superstructures? Some kind of luminescent scar on the surface of the planet? Whatever they are, they’re impossibly big, and intentionally placed. It’s surreal to just stand there and think that there’s some entity within the universe of the game capable of placing structures of that scale.

[@damigamermx-us8291]

This is why Super Mario Galaxy is my favorite game of all time, because of details like this where almost nobody realize, people thinks Mario games are just “jump and smash turtles, happy and family friendly games for toddlers” but Galaxy is so underrated that only real Mario fans puts attention to the story and the details the ship gives you. And the music makes it even way better. When I was 9 years old I almost didn’t paid attention to the Rosalina story but when 20 years old me played the game for the 10th time, I almost cried on Rosalina backstory

[@bacca4813]

"Maybe Mario could use a power-up to fly outside the atmosphere of the ship. Maybe he could hop these small rocks and wonder out into the garden. But... why would he want to? We've got everything we need right here." Wow. Just... wow.

[@ElionMars]

Hits real different after a year and a half of COVID, don't it?

[@N12015]

Except Peach. That's why he's doing that adventure on the first place.

[@AllToastersToastToast]

Reminds me of ‘But what should I wish for? I got everything I need right here!’ from Omori. In context, all the character needed was the friends who care about him, and I love that.

[@TheBBCSlurpee]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Nami8302_OwO]

@MageBurger I guess the real friends were the mageburgers we ate along the way

[@hadookin47]

"Man, isn't Super Mario Galaxy just pure joy all the way through?" "Well yes, but actually no."

[@stt.9433]

for me it was, nothing sad about the game. It's either joyful or peaceful. Zelda is another story.

[@pinkturtle2016]

I'd honestly do anything to go back in time and play this game for the first time as a kid. The amount of happiness this game brought me is hard to put into words...I just want a mario galaxy 3 😢

[@HawkTeevs]

This is why Space Junk Galaxy is one of my favorite tracks in any video game. The chill and echoey piano, the electronic instruments almost sounding like distant comets and space debris flying through the cosmos, the strings, everything all culminates into a track that makes you feel like you're floating through the vast, and infinite vacuum of space that feels so empty yet so full. You're alone, but somehow you're okay with that. You're content. You're free.

[@totallynotshirouemiya6957]

"Haven't you played enough video games Jacob?" This fucking freaked me out when I heard it, I thought this man was directly speaking to me. Jesus Christ.

[@jakedragon7175]

Bro same

[@rogerfvb]

Now you have the privilege of knowing what the TV scene from American Gods feels like. Yikes.

[@jocabulous]

mhm

[@pango8143]

SAME LOL

[@thechosenjuan8776]

Flame Jakkai That is because he was. Fuck sake Jacob go socialise or something!

[@ruki4929]

“Mario has gotta save Princess Peach, and he’s going to. Don’t worry. But if it takes a little while, that’s okay.” As someone struggling with ADHD, this line stuck with me more than anything else. Part of ADHD is executive dysfunction; a trouble with changing tasks, or getting them started. So when I'm sitting at my desk for an hour, frustrated to tears because I can't. get. to. work. or failing thanks to careless mistakes my brain is too distracted to pay attention to, It's pretty easy to start feeling like I shouldn't be trying to do things at all. Yet that small idea saves me quite often - I am going to get the work done, no worries. But if it takes a little while to do it, that's okay. I guess it's my own idea of perseverance; one where I am allowed to get frustrated, take breaks, and give it more than one go. Fall seven times, stand up eight - but it's okay if you need to stay on the floor for a little bit to catch your breath again.

[@TheEntityRises]

As someone that has ADHD, and being a teenager, this is extremely relatable. I hope that your strategy is helping, and I’m glad I read this!

[@mellow_mallow]

I'm always struggling with this- I have ADHD and my meds don't always feel like they're helping. I really have a hard time with starting tasks, my room is a horrible mess that fills me with daily guilt, but there's a weird peace that comes from it? knowing that this mess is unique to me, it's not causes by anyone or anything else. even if I died suddenly, right now, a part of my self would remain here in the clutter and trash. i still know i need to clean up someday. but it's ok if i need to take my time. it's ok if I need help.

[@waluigiw.8132]

You amazing.

[@magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374]

As a teen with adhd, I feel this man. You’ll get through.

[@gbs155]

You're right. I also struggle with ADHD since my childhood, because of it I feel pretty much messed up thinkig about how my future is going to be. But thank you very much for sharing, it makes me at least feel that I'm not the only one who is struggling with this. This quote really is something we wouldn't want to forget^^

[@moss5356]

WHOO… WAHA… _UMPH_

[@Zel-Veraan]

This game feels like an on-going reminder to humanity as a whole that it is okay to morn the loss of love, but to also understand that it doesn't end there.

[@galelululu]

the garden always felt very weirdly solemn and beautiful to me because it’s filled with some of the hardest levels. I’d sit there, cold knuckles tight on the nunchuk, a fever in my head, fighting through the Dreadnought Galaxy whose scale, danger and name made me fear it more than just the set of platforming challenges would otherwise. I’d finally escape the horrible ship laying at the end of the universe, and be thrown back to safety, thrown back to.... a garden. A quiet garden that shelters you from the horrors beyond, like the sandbar before a dropoff, like the edge of your blanket before the cold air, like the sunset before the night. Maybe I’m just waxing poetic, but the garden never felt quite warm to me, just a little cold

[@simplysupreme1030]

N3lag that’s actually pretty nice. You should of gotten more likes for this

[@bellezuchowski6863]

Please write a poem

[@prussianvati1489]

I can't stop watching this video. As a kid, I grew up with Super Mario Galaxy and played it almost every night before bed. I remember asking my mom and dad if I could stay up late and play it because I didn't want to put it down. I was so in love with Galaxy as a child and I never understood why till I watched this. He takes what I love about the game and put it into words that are so descriptive and attention grabbing, just as the game is. I don't think there is any way to truly describe the feeling of how I felt playing this game though. Maybe there is no need to put it into words though, maybe just the feeling of thinking of those times and those moments is enough.

[@2Garins]

no, I can feel you on a spiritual level, you put those feelings into words in the best way possible... man this video really is powerful, couldn't be more thankful to youtubes algorithm, might be my favorite video of all time

[@Alex26108]

I too feel you I used to play with my grandma every time she’d come at my house The Music was so relaxing and really described the galaxy I was on I used to go in 1st person mode and just looked around to see how endless and empty the sky and horizon This game was 70% of my childhood

[@BloxxingDinosaurus]

The ability to enjoy and appreciate the little things is a strong and valuable gift. I wish I were as skilled at doing that as you are.

[@user-en4eo1cc4t]

The beautiful music You launching yourself into the silent and deep space just to blast into a new world The peaceful moments and the little progress you do besides all the planets you visit This game was really something else at moments it didn't even feel like a Mario game

[@erd1525]

When you first enter Mario galaxy at a young age, you think, “huh, another Mario game.” But when you grow up, you realize, it’s much more. The feeling when you go back to your wii after many years, you just wish, you could go back many years, forget about this whole game, and experience the whole thing, over, again. Not once, but many times. And when you look back, when this game came out, it was one of the best times of your life, it helped you get through tough times, like me. damn. i come back with 244 likes, tysm i’ve never had this much 🙂

[@bird_gang_az9598]

Same here, back when life wasn’t as stressful.

[@thomaswilkinson1841]

@@bird_gang_az9598 And now, we get to experience it anew, in a different way. Similar, still beautiful, yet not the same.

[@bird_gang_az9598]

@@thomaswilkinson1841 wel said, I’m gonna get it that way I can just vibe and play those games while traveling

[@banned2911]

shii :9 i recently started playing again completed both parts finally even the perfect run ye (with a little help) but still i felt so sad playing and also happy at the same time anyway it was just as much of a adventure as a decade ago

[@suspiciousindividual2174]

Theres Mario 64: Lonely and dreamlike. Every room, every level looks like a liminal space. Almost unsettling. Definately a fun experience, no doubt, but the whole game has the weird, eerie vibe to it that I can't quite explain. Then on the opposite end of the spectrum, Mario Galaxy: Lighthearted, maximalist, and cinematic. Not afraid to zoom out and exhale, either. But then, theres the outlier. Mario Sunshine: "I'm a chuckster!"

[@jump7holes]

With what you said about SM64 is true... The castle walls are empty.

[@ChaoticMushy]

Sunshine is just so goofy out of the 3

[@jrkanaan]

MARIO HOW DARE YOU INTERUPT MY FAMILY VACATION *godzilla noise*

[@Nepu_Nep]

Hey hey hey, Sunshine is amazing in terms of gameplay! Storytelling. . . Not so much. . . But it has the best controls of any Mario game to date

[@buzzytrombone4353]

And there's the DS remake: It feels more open and more fun to explore, even if the walls are empty, you still have the minigames to keep you occupied for however long you want and you have someone to give you that wish.

[@SentientIrisu]

I always wonder why all old games feel so lonely. I have been on a game binge, if you may, some N64 games, like Zelda, Kirby, Mario, etc; and I really like them. They're fun, spunky, but at the same time, there's always these small moments where I feel alone, in this bright, colorful world, and the first instance was Peach's Castle. The birds chirping, Mario's breath, and the ambience of being in a place thats distraught, the princess is gone, the toads are worried, and you *have* to save her, because without Peach, what is this castle but just an empty place? And, most other games are like that. It's lonely, just like Galaxy, I've been playing through it too, I love it, but holy shit it's lonely. Alone in space, again, you *have* to save her. Mario games are really good at showing ambience and stuff, I like it.

[@novustalks7525]

These 2 games are the most beautiful games I’ve ever played . The music .... oh my god ... The nostalgia that oozes out of every detail is just incredible. I was almost in tears even watching this

[@AintYourChannel]

Normally I'd never post two comments in a row, but this is an exception. I can't stop thinking about the way you've been able to connect this game to my life experience, and although it makes me sad, it is as you say, it is sort of a good kind of sad. It's been so long since I've been able to feel something this deeply. I lost my mother right after this game came out, when I was quite young. I never really paid attention to the deeper aspects of it, but you have such a way with words, it brought everything back. Even the things about the game that I've repressed because they were too painful at the time, I can now recognize for how beautiful they are. Once again, thank you for making this video. It has unexpectedly helped me a lot, and for that I am forever grateful.

[@dontlewdyourloli8182]

I lost my grandma around November. It was extremely sad for me because I am never able to see here again. I am sorry for your loss your mom probably meant a lot to you. After watching this video I think about how home isn’t we’re you’re house is, its where you family is

[@weirdchamp4601]

Don’t lewd your Loli or where you feel safe I guess lol

[@milliedinwoodie5264]

Lapo what's funny about someone's mother dying?

[@weirdchamp4601]

Millie Dinwoodie 🤦

[@milliedinwoodie5264]

Lapo sorry smh I'm so stupid I didn't read the comment properly