It is now official that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will feature Traditional World Map instead of the standard Hub World found in Super Mario’s other 3D adventures.
Shigeru Miyamoto explained in an interview with gameinformer,
You can think of it in terms of something similar to Super Mario World or New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where you will have a rather convenient map to navigate.
We want players to focus on the joy of the action instead of getting to each game course. We wanted to make it as accessible as possible and as easy as possible for the players. Also because we’re going to incorporate a number of different stars and conquering all the stars is going to be one of the most challenging missions for the player, we want them to understand as easy as possible where they should go next and which places they should go back to in order to get access to the remaining stars.
Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy featured hubs which we feel added a non-linear feel to them. Which one do you prefer? Make your thoughts heard in the comments section below.