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*Coincidentally, the title "''Super Mario Galaxy''" was first mentioned in a fan letter written to ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' in 1991. The letter details a fantasy game console called the "Raw Power System" that would come bundled with a game named "Super Mario Galaxy", otherwise known as "Super Mario Bros. 24".<ref>Peterford, Jimmy. "If Only We Had 27 Fingers!" ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', no. 31, Dec. 1991, p. 6.</ref> | *Coincidentally, the title "''Super Mario Galaxy''" was first mentioned in a fan letter written to ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' in 1991. The letter details a fantasy game console called the "Raw Power System" that would come bundled with a game named "Super Mario Galaxy", otherwise known as "Super Mario Bros. 24".<ref>Peterford, Jimmy. "If Only We Had 27 Fingers!" ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', no. 31, Dec. 1991, p. 6.</ref> | ||
*Ryan Schneider, the marketing director of {{wp|Insomniac Games}}, believed the game's spherical world concept potentially derived from ''{{wp|Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando}}'' and ''{{wp|Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal|Up Your Arsenal}}''. He considered the likeness "extremely flattering."<ref>Doree, Adam. "[http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/ratchet_ps3_iv_p1.asp Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for PS3: Insomniac Interview, October 2007]." ''Kikizo'', 3 Oct. 2007. Accessed 7 Jan. 2024.</ref> When asked if this was a correct observation in an interview with ''{{wp|Official Nintendo Magazine}}'', [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] shared he was unfamiliar with the ''{{wp|Ratchet & Clank}}'' games and did not even know what consoles they were on.<ref name=jackson>Jackson, Mike. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230065735/https://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=177554 Miyamoto's "never seen" Ratchet and Clank]" [archived from [https://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=177554 the original]]. ''Computer and Video Games'', 14 Dec. 2007. Accessed 7 Jan. 2024.</ref> | |||
*An automated phone message sent to people who preordered the game at {{wp|GameStop}} incorrectly stated ''Super Mario Galaxy'' is a Mature-rated game.<ref>GoNintendoRMC. "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbQTeKXwZI Super Mario Galaxy - rated Mature?!]" ''YouTube'', 14 Nov. 2007. Accessed 30 Dec. 2015.</ref> | *An automated phone message sent to people who preordered the game at {{wp|GameStop}} incorrectly stated ''Super Mario Galaxy'' is a Mature-rated game.<ref>GoNintendoRMC. "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbQTeKXwZI Super Mario Galaxy - rated Mature?!]" ''YouTube'', 14 Nov. 2007. Accessed 30 Dec. 2015.</ref> | ||
*The galaxy image in [[:File:SMG Logo.png|the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' wordmark]] derives from [https://t.co/spMNj4aJS3?amp=1 this photograph] of the {{wp|Andromeda Galaxy}}.<ref>Captain Byte! [@CometMedal]. "[https://twitter.com/CometMedal/status/1296637781842722822 I found the full image of the galaxy depicted in Super Mario Galaxy's logo - an edited image of Andromeda Galaxy taken by Robert Gendler in 2005. It took some tricky work to confirm, but I pulled it off]." ''Twitter'', 20 Aug. 2020. Accessed 15 Mar. 2021.</ref><ref>Captain Byte! [@CometMedal]. "[https://twitter.com/CometMedal/status/1335745247708667908 Here's the exact edited image used by Nintendo, from Sonzaijiten, Vol. 21 (Space / Planets).]" ''Twitter'', 6 Dec. 2020. Accessed 15 Mar. 2021.</ref> | *The galaxy image in [[:File:SMG Logo.png|the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' wordmark]] derives from [https://t.co/spMNj4aJS3?amp=1 this photograph] of the {{wp|Andromeda Galaxy}}.<ref>Captain Byte! [@CometMedal]. "[https://twitter.com/CometMedal/status/1296637781842722822 I found the full image of the galaxy depicted in Super Mario Galaxy's logo - an edited image of Andromeda Galaxy taken by Robert Gendler in 2005. It took some tricky work to confirm, but I pulled it off]." ''Twitter'', 20 Aug. 2020. Accessed 15 Mar. 2021.</ref><ref>Captain Byte! [@CometMedal]. "[https://twitter.com/CometMedal/status/1335745247708667908 Here's the exact edited image used by Nintendo, from Sonzaijiten, Vol. 21 (Space / Planets).]" ''Twitter'', 6 Dec. 2020. Accessed 15 Mar. 2021.</ref> | ||