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Let the Perfect Strangers gang help you achieve your dreams
You could either work hard and make sacrifices as you try to achieve your dreams ... or you could let Balki Bartokomous guide you on a brilliant, literal translation of the Perfect Strangers theme song. Do that right now because it's the best thing.Now, for those of you too young to remember what Perfect Strangers is, let us sum it up for you: Balki, cousin to Larry, moves to Chicago from his native land of Mypos, a real place that exists so don't bother looking it up on a map. Hijinks ensue, laughs are had and the two achieve personal growth as they search for love in the big city and try their best not to be ridiculous all the time. Maybe it doesn't help that this game is absolutely ridiculous.
SMG video update: Powerups, galaxies, and a live orchestra
The Super Mario Galaxy media frenzy continues with a bucketful of new videos. Naturally, we're emptying that bucket over your head, partly to douse you with fresh movies, but mostly for comedic effect.You'll find the streaming clips in the Japanese site's powerups and galaxies sections, yelling out with orange word balloons, "New!" You can watch them past the post break, too. Also on the list of updates for today, the third volume of Iwata Asks (Super Mario Galaxy edition) has some great footage of a live orchestra recording one of the game's songs while Koji Kondo and Shigeru Miyamoto watch, an overturned tea table likely nearby. According to the interview, 28 tracks in all have been recorded by the orchestra.It's likely just us -- in fact, we're sure of it -- but there's something about Super Mario Galaxy's main theme that reminds us of the Perfect Strangers opening credits, particularly the part where the song crescendos, "Staaanding tall!" Also, the action-platformer's music makes us break out into the "Dance of Joy" whenever we hear it, causing us to jump into the arms of anyone nearby. It's really quite embarrassing for everyone involved.
