Template:Game infobox Super Mario Galaxy is a video game released for the Wii. It is an entry to the series of Mario's 3-D platformers, after Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. It had 700,000 copies pre-ordered in Japan, and 400,000 in the U.S.
Super Mario Galaxy, unlike other Mario games, takes place in deep space. Most of the game's levels consist of many small planets and planetoids, however some are as big as real life planets. The game has 121 stars to collect, although the player will have to go through the first 120 stars twice (once as Mario and once as Luigi) to unlock the 121st star or the final star.
Story
Every hundred years a huge comet (Grand Star) flies by in the skies above the Mushroom Kingdom. One year, that comet filled the entire sky, and from it fell a stream of shooting stars. The Toads scooped up the Star Bits and brought them to the castle, where they where reborn as a great power star. The one night Mario received a letter...
"Dear Mario, I'll be waiting for you at the castle on the night of the Star Festival. There's something I'd like to give you." From Peach.
With invitation in hand, Mario headed off to the [castle] just as the Star Festival was getting into full swing. Surrounded by Toads gleefully trying to catch falling Star Bits, Mario was looking forward to the night's festivities.
But then something happened...
Bowser attacks the Toads with his airships and freezes them in crystals. He "invites" Peach to the creation of his new galaxy and warps into space with her castle to the center of the universe. When Mario tries to save her, a Magikoopa breaks the airborne path to the castle causing Mario to fall onto an unknown land.
Mario later wakes up on a small grassy moon and meets three Star Bunnies who promise to tell Mario where he is if he catches them. When he does so, they take him to meet Princess Rosalina, who tells Mario that the universe is in great peril after Bowser attacked her "ship", the Comet Observatory, and stole the Power Stars, including the seven Grand Stars. Without these, the Comet Observatory is doomed. Rosalina asks him to rescue the Grand Stars in order to defeat Bowser, who took Peach to the center of the universe. Mario then starts his journey across the galaxies, freeing Power and Grand Stars. Once five of the Grand Stars are collected, the Comet Observatory becomes a starship and is able to takes Mario to the center of the universe.
Here he defeats Bowser in his brand-new galaxy, retrieves the last Grand Star, and rescues Princess Peach. Without this Grand Star, the sun of Bowser's near-complete galaxy undergoes a supernova and becomes a gigantic black hole. Everything in the universe begins to fall in. The Lumas from the Comet Observatory, including the Luma who had faithfully accompanied Mario, sacrifice themselves in order to neutralize it. The Lumas attack the black hole's singularity, and then it soon disintegrates in a massive explosion. Mario appears in front of Rosalina, who had somehow managed to save him from the cataclysm. She tells him that this is not the end, but a new beginning for the universe, and that the universe is an endless cycle, but one that never repeats itself exactly the same way each time.
Mario later awakens in the Mushroom Kingdom near Peach's castle. He sees everyone he's met throughout his adventure celebrating, while Bowser and Peach sit next to him. When he looks in the air, he notices a green light of a new galaxy. "Welcome! Welcome new galaxy!" Mario exclaims, as the camera zooms out into space, revealing that the whole universe has been merged into one giant galaxy, but the galaxy Mario saw in the sky is not shown. If the player continues with the file, Rosalina will say if all 120 Power Stars are collected, the player can travel the new world. If the player has finished the game with 120 stars, after the credits Rosalina and a group of Lumas appear on the planet Mario started on at the beginning of the game. Rosalina says "I'll be watching you from the stars," and flies off to the Comet Observatory. Then the white Luma is shown to be alive, now residing on the small planet. Finally, if the player has just beaten the game with 120 stars with Mario, a Luigi tab will appear with him saying "Super Luigi Galaxy!".
The Luigi Story goes exactly the same as Mario's. Even the Luigi in Mario's story is still Luigi. When the player has defeated Bowser and continue with the Luigi story, Rosalina will again say if Luigi collects all 120 stars, the player can travel to a new world. When the player collected 120, the player can travel to Grand Finale Galaxy, the new world and the same new galaxy Mario saw in the ending movie. This galaxy is parallel to the Mushroom World. This explains why there are two Luigis. The last 121st star can be found here.
Luigi Comparisons
In Super Mario Galaxy, also in its sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2, Luigi is a playable character. (See Luigi Story above) Comparing Luigi with Mario and his "Twin", Luigi runs faster and jumps higher than Mario does. But a disadvantage about him is that he has lower traction than Mario. He is also taller than Mario, but shorter than the Non-Playable Luigi.
Transformations and Abilities
Transformations
Super Mario Galaxy introduces new transformations and only reuses the Fire Flower powerup from previous games (Rainbow Star replacing the Star from other games).
Galaxies & Missions
Gate | |||
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Gateway Galaxy | Boo's Boneyard Galaxy* | ||
Grand Star Rescue | Gateway's Purple Coins | Racing the Spooky Speedster | |
Terrace | |||
Good Egg Galaxy | Honeyhive Galaxy | ||
Dino Piranha | A Snack of Cosmic Proportions | Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight | Trouble on the Tower |
King Kaliente's Battle Fleet | Dino Piranha Speed Run | Big Bad Bugaboom | Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race |
Purple Coin Omelet | Luigi on the Roof | Honeyhive's Purple Coins | Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom |
Loopdeeloop Galaxy | Flipswitch Galaxy | ||
Surfing 101 | Painting the Planet Yellow | ||
Sweet Sweet Galaxy* | Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | ||
Rocky Road | Megaleg's Moon | ||
Fountain | |||
Space Junk Galaxy | Battlerock Galaxy | ||
Pull Star Path | Kamella's Airship Attack | Battlerock Barrage | Breaking into the Battlerock |
Tarantox's Tangled Web | Pull Star Path Speed Run | Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe | Topmaniac's Daredevil Run |
Purple Coin Spacewalk | Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance | Purple Coins on the Battlerock | Battlerock's Garbage Dump |
Luigi under the Saucer | |||
Rolling Green Galaxy | Hurry-Scurry Galaxy | ||
Rolling in the Clouds | Shrinking Satellite | ||
Sling Pod Galaxy* | Bowser's Star Reactor | ||
A Very Sticky Situation | The Fiery Stronghold | ||
Kitchen | |||
Beach Bowl Galaxy | Ghostly Galaxy | ||
Sunken Treasure | Passing the Swim Test | Luigi and the Haunted Mansion | A Very Spooky Sprint |
The Secret Undersea Cavern | Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone | Beware of Bouldergeist | Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run |
Beachcombing for Purple Coins | Wall Jumping Up Waterfalls | Purple Coins in the Bone Pen | Matter Splatter Mansion |
Bubble Breeze Galaxy | Buoy Base Galaxy | ||
Through the Poison Swamp | The Floating Fortress | The Secret of Buoy Base | |
Drip Drop Galaxy* | Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | ||
Giant Eel Outbreak | Sinking the Airships | ||
Bedroom | |||
Gusty Garden Galaxy | Freezeflame Galaxy | ||
Bunnies in the Wind | The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows | The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr | Freezeflame's Blistering Core |
Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble | Major Burrow's Daredevil Run | Hot and Cold Collide | Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race |
Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube | The Golden Chomp | Purple Coins on the Summit | Conquering the Summit |
Dusty Dune Galaxy | Honeyclimb Galaxy | ||
Soaring on the Desert Winds | Blasting Through the Sand | Scaling the Sticky Wall | |
Sunbaked Sand Castle | Sandblast Speed Run | ||
Purple Coins in the Desert | Bullet Bill on Your Back | ||
Treasure of the Pyramid | |||
Bigmouth Galaxy* | Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | ||
Bigmouth's Gold Bait | Darkness on the Horizon | ||
Engine Room | |||
Gold Leaf Galaxy | Sea Slide Galaxy | ||
Star Bunnies on the Hunt | Cataquack to the Skies | Going After Guppy | Faster Than a Speeding Penguin |
When It Rains, It Pours | Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race | The Silver Stars of Sea Slide | Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race |
Purple Coins in the Woods | The Bell on the Big Tree | Purple Coins by the Seaside | Hurry, He's Hungry |
Toy Time Galaxy | Bonefin Galaxy | ||
Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser | Mario/Luigi Meets Mario | Kingfin's Fearsome Waters | |
Bouncing Down Cake Lane | Fast Foes of Toy Time | ||
Luigi's Purple Coins | The Flipswitch Chain | ||
Sand Spiral Galaxy* | Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | ||
Choosing a Favorite Snack | King Kaliente's Spicy Return | ||
Garden | |||
Deep Dark Galaxy | Dreadnought Galaxy | ||
The Underground Ghost Ship | Bubble Blastoff | Infiltrating the Dreadnought | Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons |
Guppy and the Underground Lake | Ghost Ship Daredevil Run | Revenge of the Topman Tribe | Topman Tribe Speed Run |
Plunder the Purple Coins | Boo in a Box | Battlestation's Purple Coins | Dreadnought's Garbage Dump |
Melty Molten Galaxy | Matter Splatter Galaxy | ||
The Sinking Lava Spire | Through the Meteor Storm | Watch Your Step | |
Fiery Dino Piranha | Lava Spire Daredevil Run | ||
Red-Hot Purple Coins | Burning Tide | ||
Snow Cap Galaxy* | |||
Star Bunnies in the Snow | |||
Planet of Trials | |||
Rolling Gizmo Galaxy | Bubble Blast Galaxy | ||
Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets | The Electric Labyrinth | ||
Loopdeeswoop Galaxy | Grand Finale Galaxy | ||
The Galaxy's Greatest Wave | The Star Festival | ||
Center of the Universe | |||
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | |||
The Fate of the Universe |
(*) = Unlocked by feeding a Hungry Luma.
Cast
Role | Actor |
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Mario, Luigi | Charles Martinet |
Bowser | Kenny James |
Bowser Jr. | Catey Sagoian |
Princess Peach, Toads | Samantha Kelly |
Rosalina | Mercedes Rose |
ah bay | ah toh |
bee dah | bee bay |
day boh | dee toh |
kee dah | kee bay |
loo kah | loo tah |
dee koh | day boo |
Trading Cards
The game featured its very own Trading Card game. It was an expression of a celebration for the game's release. The card game features 5 types of cards Regulars, Trivias, Foils, Standees and FunTats.
Mistakes
A few misprints were made in the cards, that includes:
- One of the cards has a misspelling, on the Home to Dino Piranha card, it reads, "Home to Dino Pirahna".
- Another one of the cards has a misspelling, on the Baron Brrr card, it reads "Baron Brr".
- Another one of the cards has completely misnamed Kingfin, naming him as "Bonefin".
- The artwork on the Piranha Plant Card is actually a Prickly Piranha Plant due to there being no artwork for a regular piranha plant in the game.
Trivia
- This is the first Mario game where the Fire Flower is 3-D.
- This is the first fully 3-D Mario title to spawn a direct sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- This is the first fully 3-D Platform Mario game to feature a Starman power-up.
- It uses certain elements inspired by the 2000 GameCube tech demo, Super Mario 128.
- This game had a completely new game engine made for it.
- This is the first appearance of Rosalina in the Mario series.
Gallery
To view Super Mario Galaxy's image gallery, click here.
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References
Super Mario Galaxy Instruction Booklet
External links
- Official North American Website
- Official Japanese Website
- Super Mario Galaxy's article on Wikipedia.
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Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Bowser • Luma • Polari • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Blue Toad · Mailtoad · Toad Brigade Captain · Yellow Toad) |
Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. | |
Supporting | Coach • Cosmic Luigi • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumacomète • Lumalee • Penguru • Queen Bee • Ray • Spooky Speedster | |
Species | Species | Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad |
Enemies | Enemies | Amp • Astro Goomba • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Bolt Beam • Bonefin • Black Hole • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Brrr Bit • Burn Bit • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Pup • Chomp • Clam • Cluckboom • Crab • Dry Bones • Electricity Shooter • Electrogoomba • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Flipbug • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice Bat • Jammyfish • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bouncer • Lava Plume • Li'l Springy • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha Bowser • Mini Topman • Mobile Sentry Beam • Monty • Octopus • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Ring Beam • Pink Electrogoomba • Preying Mantas • Prickly Plant • Puffer Fish • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Purple Piranha Plant • Red Pokey • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Sliding Stone • Spangler • Spiky Topman • Spoing • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swoopin' Poink • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Water Shooter • Wiggler |
Obstacles | Obstacles | Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Black Hole • Boulder • Bramble • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Dark Matter • Electric rail • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Floating Mine • Giant Prickly Plant • Gravity field • Honey • Icy Water • Lava • Lava Plume • Meteor • Mud • Poisoned Water • Prickly Plant • Quicksand • Skull Box • Spike • Steam Jet • Water Shooter • Whirlpool |
Bosses | Bosses | Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser |
Galaxies | Gate | Gateway Galaxy • Boo's Boneyard Galaxy |
Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Sweet Sweet Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | |
Fountain | Space Junk Galaxy • Battlerock Galaxy • Rolling Green Galaxy • Hurry-Scurry Galaxy • Sling Pod Galaxy • Bowser's Star Reactor | |
Kitchen | Beach Bowl Galaxy • Ghostly Galaxy • Bubble Breeze Galaxy • Buoy Base Galaxy • Drip Drop Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | |
Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy • Freezeflame Galaxy • Dusty Dune Galaxy • Honeyclimb Galaxy • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | |
Engine Room | Gold Leaf Galaxy • Sea Slide Galaxy • Toy Time Galaxy • Bonefin Galaxy • Sand Spiral Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | |
Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy • Dreadnought Galaxy • Melty Molten Galaxy • Matter Splatter Galaxy • Snow Cap Galaxy | |
Comet Observatory | Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | |
Planet of Trials | Rolling Gizmo Galaxy • Bubble Blast Galaxy • Loopdeeswoop Galaxy • Grand Finale Galaxy | |
Items | Items | 1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip |
Objects | Objects | ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Arrow Switch • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt (object) • Bolt (platform) • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cannon • Cloud • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Flower (platform) • Flowerbed • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity spotlight • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Honey wall • Honeycomb • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Lever Switch • Lift • Matter • Nail • Ocean Small Turtle • Pile of Leaves • Pole • Portrait • Pull Star • Ring (Rolling Ball) • Ring (underwater) • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sliding block • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Stalagmite • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone block • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stretch Plant • Swing • Tiny lamp • Torch • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Valve • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Water spout |
Moves | Moves | Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Star Spin • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump |
Missions | Gateway Galaxy | Grand Star Rescue • Gateway's Purple Coins |
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy | Racing the Spooky Speedster | |
Good Egg Galaxy | Dino Piranha • A Snack of Cosmic Proportions • King Kaliente's Battle Fleet • Dino Piranha Speed Run* • Purple Coin Omelet* • Luigi on the Roof | |
Honeyhive Galaxy | Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight • Trouble on the Tower • Big Bad Bugaboom • Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • The Honeyhive's Purple Coins* • Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom | |
Loopdeeloop Galaxy | Surfing 101 | |
Flipswitch Galaxy | Painting the Planet Yellow | |
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | Megaleg's Moon | |
Sweet Sweet Galaxy | Rocky Road | |
Space Junk Galaxy | Pull Star Path • Kamella's Airship Attack • Tarantox's Tangled Web • Pull Star Path Speed Run* • Purple Coin Spacewalk* • Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance | |
Rolling Green Galaxy | Rolling in the Clouds | |
Battlerock Galaxy | Battlerock Barrage • Breaking into the Battlerock • Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe • Topmaniac's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Battlerock* • Battlerock's Garbage Dump • Luigi under the Saucer | |
Hurry-Scurry Galaxy | Shrinking Satellite | |
Bowser's Star Reactor | The Fiery Stronghold | |
Sling Pod Galaxy | A Very Sticky Situation | |
Beach Bowl Galaxy | Sunken Treasure • Passing the Swim Test • The Secret Undersea Cavern • Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone* • Beachcombing for Purple Coins* • Wall Jumping up Waterfalls | |
Bubble Breeze Galaxy | Through the Poison Swamp | |
Ghostly Galaxy | Luigi and the Haunted Mansion • A Very Spooky Sprint • Beware of Bouldergeist • Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins in the Bone Pen* • Matter Splatter Mansion | |
Buoy Base Galaxy | The Floating Fortress • The Secret of Buoy Base | |
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | Sinking the Airships | |
Drip Drop Galaxy | Giant Eel Outbreak | |
Gusty Garden Galaxy | Bunnies in the Wind • The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows • Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble • Major Burrows's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube* • The Golden Chomp | |
Freezeflame Galaxy | The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr • Freezeflame's Blistering Core • Hot and Cold Collide • Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* •Purple Coins on the Summit* • Conquering the Summit | |
Dusty Dune Galaxy | Soaring on the Desert Winds • Blasting through the Sand • Sunbaked Sand Castle • Sandblast Speed Run* • Purple Coins in the Desert* • Bullet Bill on Your Back • Treasure of the Pyramid | |
Honeyclimb Galaxy | Scaling the Sticky Wall | |
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | Darkness on the Horizon | |
Bigmouth Galaxy | Bigmouth's Gold Bait | |
Gold Leaf Galaxy | Star Bunnies on the Hunt • Cataquack to the Skies • When It Rains, It Pours • Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race* • Purple Coins in the Woods* • The Bell on the Big Tree | |
Sea Slide Galaxy | Going after Guppy • Faster Than a Speeding Penguin • The Silver Stars of Sea Slide • Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • Purple Coins by the Seaside* • Hurry, He's Hungry | |
Toy Time Galaxy | Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Mario/Luigi Meets Mario • Bouncing Down Cake Lane • Fast Foes of Toy Time* • Luigi's Purple Coins* • The Flipswitch Chain | |
Bonefin Galaxy | Kingfin's Fearsome Waters | |
Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | King Kaliente's Spicy Return | |
Sand Spiral Galaxy | Choosing a Favorite Snack | |
Deep Dark Galaxy | The Underground Ghost Ship • Bubble Blastoff • Guppy and the Underground Lake • Ghost Ship Daredevil Run* • Plunder the Purple Coins* • Boo in a Box | |
Dreadnought Galaxy | Infiltrating the Dreadnought • Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons • Revenge of the Topman Tribe • Topman Tribe Speed Run* • Battlestation's Purple Coins* • Dreadnought's Garbage Dump | |
Matter Splatter Galaxy | Watch Your Step | |
Melty Molten Galaxy | The Sinking Lava Spire • Through the Meteor Storm • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Spire Daredevil Run* • Red-Hot Purple Coins* • Burning Tide | |
Snow Cap Galaxy | Star Bunnies in the Snow | |
Rolling Gizmo Galaxy | Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets | |
Loopdeeswoop Galaxy | The Galaxy's Greatest Wave | |
Bubble Blast Galaxy | The Electric Labyrinth | |
Grand Finale Galaxy | The Star Festival | |
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | The Fate of the Universe | |
Mini-games | Mini-games | Bob-omb Blasting • Bubble Blowing • Ray surfing • Star Ball Rolling |
Other | Other | Comet Observatory • Starbit Festival • Star Cursor • Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are only available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit. |