Game Art Styles

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)

Nintendo EAD Tokyo · 2025

Third-person · Platformer · Console

Dimension
3D
Rendering
Stylized 3D
Colors
Linework
No outlines
Shading
Soft gradient, Rim lighting
Post-processing
Bloom
Palette
Vibrant
Proportions
Exaggerated, Cute
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About

A 3D platform game in which Mario travels between galaxies aboard Starship Mario, collecting Power Stars and using transformations and Yoshi's abilities. Its small planets and changing gravity shape exploration and platforming challenges.

Art style

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) (2025, Nintendo EAD Tokyo) is a stylized 3D game played from a third-person view. Its look is built from shapes without outlines, soft gradient shading, rim lighting and bloom. The palette is vibrant.

Details

Release
Remaster · Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)
Developer
Nintendo EAD Tokyo
Ported by
Nintendo Software Technology, Nintendo EPD Tokyo
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2025-10-02 Worldwide, Nintendo Switch
Platforms
Nintendo Switch
Also known as
スーパーマリオギャラクシー２ (Japan)
슈퍼 마리오 갤럭시 2 (South Korea)
超级马力欧银河 ２
超級瑪利歐銀河 ２
سوبر ماريو جالاكسي 2
Credits
Kenta Motokura Design Director
Daisuke Watanabe Character Design Lead
Koichi Hayashida Director
Yoshiaki Koizumi Producer
Takashi Tezuka Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mariowiki.com

Screenshots 4

Versions of Super Mario Galaxy 2 2

Super Mario Galaxy 2 screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character, combat)2010 · Original releaseSuper Mario Galaxy 2 WiiSuper Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2025 · RemasterSuper Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)

Related

Mario series 23 games

Super Mario Bros. screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1985Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)1986Super Mario Bros.: The Lost LevelsSuper Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1988Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)1988Super Mario Bros. 3Super Mario Land screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1989Super Mario LandSuper Mario World screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1990Super Mario WorldSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1992Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island screenshot: pixel art, hand-drawn, side-scrolling, black outlines, hatching (environment)1995Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSuper Mario 64 screenshot: low-poly, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)1996Super Mario 64Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, character)2001Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2Super Mario Sunshine screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2002Super Mario SunshineSuper Mario Galaxy screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2007Super Mario GalaxyNew Super Mario Bros. Wii screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, combat)2009New Super Mario Bros. WiiSuper Mario Galaxy 2 screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character, combat)2010Super Mario Galaxy 2New Super Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2012New Super Mario Bros. 2New Super Mario Bros. U screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, combat)2012New Super Mario Bros. USuper Mario 3D World screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, combat)2013Super Mario 3D WorldSuper Mario Odyssey screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2017Super Mario OdysseyNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe screenshot: stylized 3d, painterly, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2019New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeSuper Mario Maker 2 screenshot: pixel art, stylized 3d, side-scrolling, flat / unlit (environment)2019Super Mario Maker 2Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2021Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's FurySuper Mario Bros. Wonder screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2023Super Mario Bros. WonderSuper Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2025Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)

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