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The Japanese Club Nintendo is getting another prize that we can only hope comes our way. VG Chartz reports that the rewards program is offering the soundtrack to Super Mario Galaxy 2 for a scant 300 points, if the product is registered by the end of December. Without registering, it would go for 500 points. The two-disc set includes 70 songs performed by the “Mario Galaxy Orchestra.”

As usual, we have no word on a U.S. release. Some Japanese rewards have made the trip to the North American Club Nintendo, but not all of them. On the bright side, there is hope. Nintendo updates its rewards sporadically, and the soundtrack could even be one of this year’s platinum or gold level rewards. Nothing is set in stone, but keep your fingers crossed.

VG247: Nintendo’s released Super Mario Galaxy 2 box-art. Don’t look if you’re having a tough day.

This week, CoffeewithGames.Blogspot.com says, "Wii Sports Resort had an increase of 12,317 players reporting play-time data this week.

Wii Fit Plus had an increase of 8,468 players reporting play-time data this week, than last week.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii increased by 20,321 players reporting play-time this week on the Nintendo Channel.

Wii Sports Resort had 6,469,680 "Total" game-play hours reported, an increase of 347,613 hours from last week.

Wii Fit Plus had 1,894,086 "Total" game-play hours reported, an increase of 177,018 hours.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii had 6,315,022 "Total" game-play hours reported, an increase of 690,331 on the Wii’s Nintendo Channel data."

Hard Line says "We all know Mario as the happy go-lucky, kiddy-friendly, mushroom munching plumber, but is this ‘image’ going to damage Nintendo future relationship with the now adult gamers?"

Nintendo’s David Young swung by the News10 studios and showed Game Guy Barry White a bit of the game in the interview that can be seen on the right side of your screen.

One company has created a surprisingly blatant ripoff of Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy, which mimics the same types locations, gameplay, and moves.

If you believe that the original Super Mario Kart is still the best, then you’re in luck. The classic racer will be available on Virtual Console next week, along with two other highly-requested games.

GameSpot is reporting that Super Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. and Pilotwings are all on their way to the service, which should be welcome news for fans who have been waiting for the games since launch. They will all be available for 800 Wii Points ($8).

All three games are regarded as classics, with Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. having kicked off two of Nintendo’s top franchises. Pilotwings, meanwhile, was a Super Nintendo launch title that served as a showpiece for the system’s Mode-7 graphics.

TVGB: "In his second sales prediction of the day, the first one being about Modern Warfare 2, industry crystal ball Michael Pachter reckons the sales of Nintendo’s upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii will "shock.""

IncGamers’ Tim McDonald takes on Nintendo’s new Mario RPG for the DS.

From the review:

"I’m consistently amazed at the lack of penetration the Mario RPGs seem to have. The first was Super Mario RPG on the SNES, which was Squaresoft, and was highly acclaimed. The second, Paper Mario, was on the N64 so it’s not entirely surprising that didn’t do wonderfully. Since then, we’ve had a Game Boy Advance title, a Gamecube title, a Wii title, and – with Bowser’s Inside Story – two DS titles. It’s a well-received series, but not one that’s spoken about in the same hushed tones as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest."

"Super Mario Collection" has been recently trademarked by Nintendo in Japan.