Super Mario Galaxy has received its first review from Famitsu magazine and all seems well in the land of Mario, scoring a 38/40 with two reviewers giving it a perfect score. It has been quoted that the game has a good but balanced difficulty, and is accompanied with beautifully animated gravity changes that combined with Marios special actions, improve boss fights. More inside The game paces itself well, gradually building up things available in the game with a good tempo. It was also said that the Wiimote controls work almost too well, but the fact remains that this is a game that everyone can play. Just being able to point and gather star pieces is exhilarating. For comparison Super Mario 64 received a 39/40 and Super Mario Sunshine a 37/40.
Source: NeoGAF