Following the recent European launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Wii, players everywhere have been discovering for themselves why the game has attracted glowing reviews from critics and fellow fans alike.

If you want to find out more about the work that goes into making a modern classic like Super Mario Galaxy 2, what better way than to go behind the scenes with the team that created the game?

In the third volume of his interview series with the staff responsible for Super Mario Galaxy 2, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata speaks to Koji Kondo, Ryo Nagamatsu and Mahito Yokota – three key members of the team that worked on the game’s soundtrack.

Click here to check out Volume 3 of Iwata Asks: Super Mario Galaxy 2, which includes video footage of an orchestra playing music from Super Mario Galaxy 2, insights into what the essence of Mario music is and some interesting thoughts on how one classic Mario tune may have been more complex than even its creator originally realised!

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is in shops now, only for Wii.