Star Bit

A Projectile use in Super Mario Galaxy. Collect 50 and you get a one up. They come in a rainbow of colors. You can feed lumas and they will be happy. If you pay the blue lumas with with a certain amount of star bits in the Galaxies, they give you items, such as life mushrooms and 1-up mushrooms. If you feed the hungry pink lumas with hundreds or thousands of star bits, they will unlock you a new galaxy. If you feed the purple luma, it will change the position of the comets. When you shoot a star bit at an enemy, it will usually not kill it. Star bits ether stun or bounce of the enemy.