Super Mario Galaxy isn’t released in Japan for another month, but a Belgian gaming magazine has published a review of the much-anticipated platformer - an analysis that many gamers are looking on with suspect eyes.

Super Mario Galaxy isn’t released in Japan for another month, but a Belgian gaming magazine has published a review of the much-anticipated platformer - an analysis that many gamers are looking on with suspect eyes.

The publication, Gunk, awards Super Mario Galaxy a score of 92%, but given that it is still generally too early to expect any journalists (let alone Europeans, who receive the title later than in North America and Japan) to be sent review copies of the game, we’re also not sure it is a critical write-up of the genuine article.

One NeoGAF member, Ruud_Luiten writes in a thread started by MMaRsu:

“Gunk is most famous for not playing games. They reviewed a game last year which was to be released for at least 4 months later. They don;t play, just write some random facts of the game everybody knows and give it a rating. Worst magazine EVER!

…Which also doesn’t fill us with faith in pretty much Belgium’s only dedicated gaming magazine.

The review summary praises the arrival of a new Mario title, as well as the vibrant colour palette used. There weren’t any negatives other than that it wasn’t available at the Wii’s launch. The breakdown was as follows:

Graphics: 18/20
Sound: 17/20
Value: 9/10
Gameplay 48/50

What do you guys think, real or fake?