A direct sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2, was released for the Wii in 2010. The game is the ninth best-selling Wii game worldwide with sales of 12.75 million, as well as the best-selling 3D entry in the Super Mario series.
It is listed among the top-rated games on various aggregate sites.
Upon release it won several awards from gaming publications, including multiple 'Game of the Year' titles, and became the first Nintendo title to win the British Academy Games Award for Best Game. Critics praised the game's graphics, gravity mechanics, soundtrack, and setting. Super Mario Galaxy was a critical and commercial success, hailed as one of the greatest video games of all time.
