'Super Mario Galaxy' named best game ever

Not content with being the fastest-selling Wii game in the UK and in the US, Super Mario Galaxy has now been officially named the best game ever.

Following news that the Mario release clocked up 500,000 sales in America in its first week, statistics from gamerankings.com, a site that collates review scores from across the internet, has shown that the Nintendo best-seller has the highest overall average review score of any game ever released at 97.9%.

The rating puts the title ahead of other acclaimed launches, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time at 97.6%, Metroid Prime at 96.3%, The Orange Box at 96.2%, Resident Evil 4 at 95.8% and Super Mario 64 at 95.7%.

The game, which also scored 10/10 in the high-end games magazine Edge, now looks likely to see worldwide sales of Mario games top the record-breaking 200 million mark.