Awards and Nominations
Towards the end of 2007, Super Mario Galaxy was named Game of the Year by IGN, GameSpot, Nintendo Power, GameTrailers, Edge and Yahoo! Games. On February 7, 2008, the game received the "Adventure Game of the Year" award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the Interactive Achievement Awards. The game placed third in Official Nintendo Magazine's "100 greatest Nintendo games of all time". On March 10, 2009, the game won the "Game of the Year" award at the 5th British Academy Video Games Awards. Guinness World Records ranked Super Mario Galaxy 29th in their list of top 50 console games of all time based on initial impact and lasting legacy. On November 26, 2009, Super Mario Galaxy was named the number one Wii game by IGN. Super Mario Galaxy was also named the Nintendo game of the decade (2000–2009) by both Nintendo Power and Official Nintendo Magazine.
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