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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

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Toad Town, where the game started and ended.

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
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
Mario, Luigi Charles Martinet
Bowser Kenny James
Bowser Jr. Catey Sagoian
Princess Peach, Toads Samantha Kelly
Rosalina Mercedes Rose
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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

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image gallery, click here.

References

Super Mario Galaxy Instruction Booklet

External links

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