Official Nintendo Magazine message boards administrator Chris recently got some quality 'me' time with the world's favorite plumber and his next-gen adventure on the Wii, Super Mario Galaxy, and in a very cosy Q&A session in the magazine's boards, revealed quite a ton of details about this year's most highly-anticipated platformer.

Of course, we here at QJ.NET are here to give you the skinny on just what went down in that session, in neat bullet-point format. Here they are, in no particular order:

• The controls are easy to get used to, much like the controls of Super Mario 64.
• It feels like a true Mario game, more than Sunshine did. Lots of goombas walking around helped.
• The new Princess is not Peach in disguise, as she talks about helping Mario find his love.
• The "Galaxies" background works well - not only are you introduced to different levels, but also add gravity to the mix.
• Multiplayer functions are only relegated to taking over the Wiimote pointing duties at the moment.
• The levels were designed very well, but it's too early to tell.
• Picking up star shards is easier with the Wiimote pointer, rather than running over to pick them all up.
• Bee Mario is lots of fun, and enables you to find secret areas and shards.
• Firing shards at enemies work well in stunning them.
  
• The levels look and play more well-planned than those in Super Mario Sunshine.
• Graphics look just like they do in the trailers: beautiful.
• No castle as a central hub as of yet, missions are selectable from a basic menu.
• Gameplay feels very similar to the first games.
• Super Mario Galaxy looks great at 480p.
• No sign of Yoshi, Toad or Luigi.
• No glaring bugs or glitches found.
• Mushrooms increase your life bars.
• The game is horribly FUN.

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