Super Mario Galaxy 2 Coming May 23rd In US

At Nintendo’s media summit today in San Francisco, Cammie Dunaway confirmed a specific release date for ‘Super Mario Galaxy 2‘ in the US. The game hits shelves May 23rd on the continent and release dates for other regions will likely be revealed at tomorrows press event in Europe.

We also learned today that ‘Metroid: Other M‘ will also be releasing around the same time of year, which is great news as that leaves Xmas 2010 for Zelda Wii!

Keep it tuned as hopefully we will have some new footage of these games later today.

UPDATE – New details after the break.

• “Every level is new,” allaying concerns that Galaxy 2 would recycle a lot of the first Galaxy’s content.

• Mario can ride Yoshi in “some stages”

• Yoshi can eat a Dash Pepper to run up vertical walls and Blimp Fruit to float like a balloon.

• Mario can drill into planets.

• “Skilled players will want to collect new Comet Metals, which will unlock harder levels with even more challenges.”

• The game supports 1-2 players, though no details yet as to whether that indicates anything more than one person playing as Mario and the other assisting with control of a helper cursor, a la the first Super Mario Galaxy.

Thanks Kotaku