Mario Galaxy 2 has tutorial DVD

By Robert Purchese Published 4 May, 2010

That you can't play on Wii.

Nintendo has revealed that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will sell with a bonus tutorial DVD.

This contains a quick beginner's guide to the game, wrote Cubed3. Things like navigating worlds, using the controls simultaneously and starbits are explained.

Amusingly, this DVD - like all others - won't play on a Wii.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is due out on 11th June.

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Comments (35) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Mr_Brown #1 2 years ago

    Hahaha irony

  • Boomerang #2 2 years ago

    Surely a "how to" DVD will only help complete newbs to the series, and is of little or no use to those of us who have played the first game? Which, i'd hazard a guess at, will make up the large majority?

    Unless it's gonna be punishingly difficult :)

  • chrisjm #3 2 years ago

    talk about dumbing down mario.
    it would of been much wiser cheaper and environmentally friendly to just include a URL on a dumb-sheet-insert to view via wii browser or any computer.

  • spudsbuckley #4 2 years ago

    Or just write a decent manual.

  • deez #5 2 years ago

    Strange thing to do... why not make the game disc a dual layer dvd and stick a long compressed video on there, like smash bros.... unless it already is dual layer...

    They COULD make a normal DVD playable with a software update, as hacked ones can... but I don't see that happening.
    Edited by deez at 04/05/10 @ 15:46

  • reelbigkris #6 2 years ago

    The DVD would be nice to retell the previous game... However, i expect it to be completely void as we'll no doubt have on screen instructions telling us how to play the game from a selection of non player characters...

  • TonyHarrison #7 2 years ago

    It's not really that strange, you can have both running at once this way rather than having to eject the game to play the tutorial disc (which I'm sure would be the criticism if that scenario were plausible)... do you lot not have the ability to switch between input sources with one button press on your TV's or something?

  • Mr_Bogus #8 2 years ago

    Didn't the first SMG only use 1GB or so on disc? There's gotta be room on there for a mobiclip video.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #9 2 years ago

    It'll play on my Wii ;)

  • S.J.Rogers #10 2 years ago

    Wii, DVD, lol..!

  • gamingdave #11 2 years ago

    Well, its really not a problem is it.

    Nintendos reasoning for not including a DVD player (or the software for playback) in the first place was why have the extra cost, when everyone has a DVD player already.

  • chrisjm #12 2 years ago

    ironically i think the people this dvd will be aimed at will think

    "i need a dvd to know how to play this, it must be really hard" and skip it.

  • richardiox #13 2 years ago

    I thought the Wii's main raison d'etre was the fact it would break down walls and make gaming easier for non-gamers to just "pick up and play".....

    ....so why the need for a supplementary intructional DVD?!

  • nuanimal #14 2 years ago

    As an old 'core gamer I think this is a good idea.

    There's only so much you can infer from a manual, and seeing something running in the flesh is easily more understable. I agree with deez though that have a video tutorial on the game disc would've been tidier.

    The DVD won't help regular games players (you'll instinctively know how a platform game works when you come accross one?), but makes the learning easily usable by not-so-core gamers, and can show off a game better than 16 pages of text and screenshots.

    Yeah, there is no DVD playback on Wii which makes it a strange medium to pick, but that's not the point. A tutorial DVD is going to be easier for new and not-so-sure players to get their heads round.

    And is no different than the Mass Effect 2/Ghost Recon AW in-game video tutorials in concept.






  • deez #15 2 years ago

    @TonyHarrison - come on, it's bonkers. I for one do not own a dvd player... unless of course Nintendo want me to turn on my 360 to learn how to play their game!!

    I just can't believe there won't be enough space on the game disc for this tutorial thing. Plus surely a bonus dvd is dumb all round (commercially, practically..) when they could fit it all on one dual layer that CAN play on Wii? Then it would be press pause for tutorial, for that relevant part rather than cock about with a dvd player?

    I will pretty surprised if the game itself is dual layer, so that's what, 3gb spare (at least) for tutorials?...

  • Slipstream #16 2 years ago

    What IS this!? I don't even...!?
    Edited by Slipstream at 04/05/10 @ 16:08

  • deez #17 2 years ago

    I'm a double post idiot...
    Edited by deez at 04/05/10 @ 16:11

  • BlinxHDD #18 2 years ago

    At least it's not on the game disk. Whichever video codec and bitrate Nintendo used for Sunshine and Galaxy 1 wasn't fit-for-purpose.

  • nikobe #19 2 years ago

    how many people do you think will buy it and put the DVD straight in the Wii (assuming it will work) and then think its broken

  • Beano #20 2 years ago

    I hope there will be a extra "How to play the DVD" DVD... argh my head!

  • Acrid #21 2 years ago

    Wow, really old news. Took your time to Copy and Paste this didn't you.

    My Wii doesn't need to play DVDs my DVD Player plays them, and my super special PS3 plays those new fangled Blu-Rays.
    If I wanted to watch this DVD I could do whilst playing SMG2 at the same time, how amazing is that.

  • asharkman #22 2 years ago

    I have my wii under my tv, would have thrown out my dvd player and used the wii instead if it had dvd playback.
    I think it would have been a nice little feature.
    No harm, very little cost.
    I mean considering the wii has been basically nothing but profit, what difference would a 5euro chip have been.
    Instead i have even more wires and remotes.

  • GamesConnoisseur #23 2 years ago

    Would a lot of people just bung SMG2 DVD into either PS3 or X360 to access and view the DVD?!

    Could have done it a bit differently but DVD may works out as most practial but interesting WHAT Nintendo discounted. Nintendo own channel could have done something but it's terrible innit?

    Tutorial video in game not an option so would we see BD as the standard for Wii HD?

  • Raid #24 2 years ago

    On the plus side, this does mean they may skip the tedious tutorial section in the game itself. I'm sure everyone who played the original SMG would be happy to just get on with the game rather than learning how to waggle-spinjump again.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #25 2 years ago

    Weird decision. They could have just rendered the tutorial scenes in real time with voiceover and a cursor; Or, if they are lazy and want to use pre-recorded material, just made this a menu option so you could watch it on the Wii. If there isn't enough room on the disc they could have just included a second disc but keep the Wii compatibility.

    Personally I think the content could be awesome. We had bright, colorful manuals a few years ago, then went to black and white manuals and now publishers are already talking about not supplying anything at all anymore. Even though I know how the game plays (of course I completed SMG1) I will still watch it - just like I used to read all my manuals back in the day even though I was already half through the game.

  • CallousB #26 2 years ago

    "I just can't believe there won't be enough space on the game disc for this tutorial thing"

    There is. The DVD is supposed to be a compilation of all the player guides included in the game (from what I have read elsewhere).

  • Hobo #27 2 years ago

    "You'll not often find me lavishing unfounded praise upon the likes of Grand Theft Auto or Gears of War, but rather on actual high quality games such as Okami and Super Mario Galaxy, which really are examples of excellent and polished gaming design."

    Still makes me laugh.
    Edited by Hobo at 04/05/10 @ 18:20

  • Rizzle #28 2 years ago

    Having recently taught my mother how to use the Wii on her lonesome, I can see how Nintendo might want to explore ways of bringing more folk into the 'serious' game-y games they've produced. I doubt it'll be half as effective at getting someone used to the hardware as the Everybody Votes channel was, though. Stealth tutorial FTW!
    Edited by Rizzle at 04/05/10 @ 18:34

  • bdaggers #29 2 years ago

    'This contains a quick beginner's guide to the game, wrote Cubed3.'

    Who / what is Cubed3 ? Should we know this already ?

  • malloc #30 2 years ago

    I was under the impression that SMG2 was quite a bit more difficult that the first one, no?

  • smelly #31 2 years ago

    *insert "nintendo sucks" post here to be "cool" with all the other fanboy children on this forum and get a load of postives*

  • Flooq #32 2 years ago

    @bdaggers No, that's what hyperlinks are for. Welcome to the web.

  • Stuz359 #33 2 years ago

    A baffling decision actually. Nintendo usually make the best in game tutorials, unless there is something they cannot explain in these tutorials it really is a bizarre decision. Unless of course there are other goodies on it, then it's a stroke of genius.

  • callum9999 #34 2 years ago

    @gamingdave - if the Wii games are on DVD disks then surely the extra cost to let it play real DVDs will be minimal?

  • Crunchers #35 2 years ago

    I always assumed the Wii played DVDs. Oh well...