When we received word earlier today that Super Mario Galaxy 2 would be released before Christmas this year, we didn’t think they meant quite this early… Nintendo has just confirmed at its San Francisco media summit that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be hitting stores in the US on May 23.

The release date was revealed by Nintendo of America executive Cammie Dunaway at the summit mere minutes before this story was posted.

So much for a “summer”  release date. Looks like some of us will have a reason to get our Wiis out of the back of the dust closet a little earlier than expected.