‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Was a Shining Philosophical Endeavor for Nintendo

Eighteen years after the Nintendo Wii’s November 19th, 2006 release, one game still lingers in hearts like few others

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It’s hard to deny that video games shaped my childhood. But most of my life until middle school was spent playing second-hand games on intensively used consoles. With the zeitgeist surrounding the Wii prior to its release slowly mounting, I begged and pleaded with my father for months to get my hands on one come the fateful day of the product la…