The Melty Monster Galaxy is a galaxy in the game Super Mario Galaxy 2. It is located in World 6. This galaxy includes new giant fire monsters like Magmaarghs and Magmaws, and its icon displays an attacking Magmaargh on a spherical lava mass.
Missions[]
The Magnificent Magma Sea[]
This is the only star you have the option to do when first visiting this galaxy. You start on a floating platform with a hidden pipe leading to the Chimp's Bowling Challenge. The first section is filled with Magmaarghs and Pull Stars so you can navigate through. After using the launch star, you make a close encounter with a Magmaargh while in another launch star. This leads to a volcano area with Podoboos and Octoombas, with waves of lava flowing. It contains many poles for Mario or Luigi to climb. Afterwards, there are tornadoes that allow Mario or Luigi to fly and glide. This leads to a launch star, going to the final area. It's a lava planet with tons of Magmaws and Magmaarghs. The mini-planets darkened with ash show that there is a lava monster that may attack on that mini-planet. The comet medal is located on the side of one of the non-darkened planets The star is contained within a crystal on a darkened planet, and upon being freed, heads to the farthest non-darkened planet.
A Stroll Down Rolling Lane[]
This star is available after the first star has been obtained. However, upon entering, the pull stars are gone and instead there is a rock mushroom and a ramp, which leads to a completely different part of the level. After using a launch star, you are given another rock mushroom and put into a fenced-off platform with a bridge to knock over. It is also full of Prickly Plants that Rock Mario/Luigi can destroy in their boulder form. After knocking down the bridge and heading over the ramp, Rock Mario/Luigi keeps endlessly rolling down many areas, most of which are not fenced off. Lots of star bits are scattered across the course. Eventually, Mario/Luigi will reach a completely fenced off platform with the star. There is a block in the upper left corner to stop Rock Mario/Luigi's movement, allowing you to grab the star.
The Chimp's Bowling Challenge[]
This star is available from the beginning, but does not appear as an option until the star is obtained. In order to get to it, you must go down a pipe located on the starting platform. This is easily achieveable, as you can just fall off of the front of the platform. Upon entering, you can see the chimp by what looks like a bowling floor. Upon accepting it, you are given a rock mushroom, and a platform appears, allowing you to run over the bowling pin enemies. Your goal is 5000 points and each pin gives 100 when it is hit. When losing, you will lose all your health, resulting in a loss of a life. If you win, the Chimp will award you with a star, which completes the mission. Curiously, this is the penultimate Chimp star (assuming you did it before the challenge in Slimy Spring Galaxy, otherwise it's the last).
Green Star Locations[]
- Green Star 1: The first green star takes place during the first mission, The Magnificent Magma Sea. The green star itself is located right in the first section, far above the launch star. The way to get this is to gain momentum by using the pull stars and letting go at the right time.
- Green Star 2: The second green star also takes place in the Magnificent Magma Sea. However, it is in the second section of the level. Go through the obstacles as usual. Once you get to the tornadoes, go to the leftmost one and you will grab it after spinning Mario/Luigi into the air.
- Green Star 3: The third green star takes place during the second mission, A Stroll Down Rolling Lane. Make your way through the level as you usually would. When you reach the platform leading to the one with the star, don't bounce off of the fence. Instead, go farther right and it will be grabbed. This star may require a bit of precision and timing.
Planets and Areas[]
Planet/Area | Description | Visited | Gravity |
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Starting Planet | A concrete platform floating in space. There is a ramp added in the second mission pointing east, while the path to the north leads to a Pull Star chain. If Mario drops off the north path, he will encounter a Warp Pipe leading to the Bowling Lane Planet. | All missions | Downward? |
Lava Planets | Spherical masses of lava floating in the void after the Starting Planet. One is orbited by small moonlets near the end. The first Green Power Star is located here. | The Magnificent Magmaw Sea (although Mario can attempt to perform a Long Jump towards them in A Stroll down Rolling Lane at the cost of his life) | |
Magma Lake Planet | A planet shaped roughly like a triangle or a heart. It has three volcanoes on its surface, with one on the south pole and two to the sides of the lava lake. Lava waves ravage the low platforms, so Mario has to stick to the high ground to stay out of their reach. | The Magnificent Magma Sea | Uncertain |
Magmaw Asteroids | Small moons that orbit the lava planet where Magmaws roam. The magmaws will blacken some with their heat, barring the one that Mario lands on. | The Magnificent Magma Sea | Standard |
Rolling Lane Planets | A steel road divided into several segments that Mario must traverse using his boulder transformation from the Rock suit. The third Green Star is off the side of the second-to-last Rolling Lane Planet. | A Stroll Down Rolling Lane | Downward |
Bowling Lane Planets | Planets designed after bowling lanes. The Chimp challenges Mario to a bowling challenge, granting him a Power Star if the plumber succeeds. Notably, the background changes to a black background striated by veins of colour which can be eclipsed themselves by a black net. | The Magnificent Magma Sea (optional)
The Chimp's Bowling Challenge |
Downward |
Behind the Scenes[]
Etymology[]
"Melty Monster" seems to stem from the Melty Molten Galaxy in the original, albeit with "molten" replaced with "monster."
Trivia[]
- Close to the end of the Galaxy's theme, you can hear the Overture theme from the first game being remixed.
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Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Yoshi • Co-Star Luma |
Non-playable | Baby Luma • Bill Board • Black Jibberjay • Bob-omb Buddies • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Co-Star Luma • Coach • Cosmic Spirit • Fluzzard • Gearmos (Gold · Silver) • Honeybees • Hungry Lumas (Coin Lumas) • Jibberjays • Lubba • Lumalee • Lumas • Penguin • Penguru • Piantas • Princess Peach • Queen Bee • Rosalina • Seagull • Star Bunnies • The Chimp • Toad Brigade • Toads • Whittles | |
Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. | |
Enemies | Enemies | Amp • Astro Goomba • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Big Gringill • Big Wiggler • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bomp • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Chomp Pup • Choppah • Clam • Cluckboom • Cosmic Clone • Crabber • Digga • Dry Bones • Elite Octoomba • Fizzlit • Flaptack • Flipbug • Flimp • Fuzzy • Gargantua Koopa Troopa • Gold Chomp • Golden Gummit • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Gummit • Hammer Bro • Huge Paragoomba • Jack O'Goomba • Jammyfish • Kleptoad • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Li'l Brr • Li'l Cinder • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mandibug • Mattermouth • Mega Boo • Mega Thwomp • Micro Mecha-Bowser • Micro Goomba • Mikey Mine • Octoboo • Octoguy • Octoomba • Octopus • Paragoomba • Pinhead • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Pokey Head • Preying Mantas • Prickly Piranha Plant • Puffer Fish • Pupdozer • Rhomp • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Silver Chomp • Skeeter • Slurple • Smeech • Snoodle • Spiky Gummit • Spiky Piranha Plant • Spiky Topman • Spiny • Spiny Hermit • Spiky Stretch Plant • Spiny Egg • Spoing • Sprangler • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swaphopper • Thwomp • Topman • Topmini • Tox Box • Twirlip • Undergrunt • Undergrunt Gunner • Urchin • Venus Flower Trap • Whimp • Whomp • Wiggler |
Obstacles | Obstacles | Banzai Bill Cannon • Bars • Bill Blaster • Black Hole • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bowser Statue • Boulder • Buzz Saw • Cactus • Chomp box • Current • Dark matter • Electric rail • Electricity Shooter • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Gravity field • Lava • Lava Plume • Ledge Hammer • Meteor • Millstone • Mud • Poison Swamp • Prickly Plant • Quicksand • Ring of Fire • Space Mine • Spike Block • Water Shooter • Wind |
Bosses | Bosses | Peewee Piranha • Giga Lakitu • Digga-Leg • Gobblegut • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Rollodillo • Sorbetti • Megahammer • Glamdozer • Squizzard • Prince Pikante • Boomsday Machine • Whomp King • Fiery Gobblegut • Giant Bowser • Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Major Burrows • Bouldergeist • Fiery Dino Piranha |
Galaxies | World 1 | Sky Station Galaxy • Yoshi Star Galaxy • Spin-Dig Galaxy • Fluffy Bluff Galaxy • Flip-Swap Galaxy • Rightside Down Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla |
World 2 | Puzzle Plank Galaxy • Hightail Falls Galaxy • Boulder Bowl Galaxy • Cosmic Cove Galaxy • Wild Glide Galaxy • Honeybloom Galaxy • Bowser's Lava Lair | |
World 3 | Tall Trunk Galaxy • Cloudy Court Galaxy • Haunty Halls Galaxy • Freezy Flake Galaxy • Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy • Beat Block Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet | |
World 4 | Supermassive Galaxy • Flipsville Galaxy • Starshine Beach Galaxy • Chompworks Galaxy • Sweet Mystery Galaxy • Honeyhop Galaxy • Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet | |
World 5 | Space Storm Galaxy • Slipsand Galaxy • Shiverburn Galaxy • Boo Moon Galaxy • Upside Dizzy Galaxy • Fleet Glide Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker | |
World 6 | Melty Monster Galaxy • Clockwork Ruins Galaxy • Throwback Galaxy • Battle Belt Galaxy • Flash Black Galaxy • Slimy Spring Galaxy • Bowser's Galaxy Generator | |
World S | Mario Squared Galaxy • Rolling Coaster Galaxy • Twisty Trials Galaxy • Stone Cyclone Galaxy • Boss Blitz Galaxy • Flip-Out Galaxy • Grandmaster Galaxy | |
Items | Items | ? Coin • 1-Up Mushroom • Bee Mushroom • Berries • Blimp Fruit • Boo Mushroom • Brick Block • Bronze Star • Bubble • Bulb Berry • Clock • Cloud Flower • Coin • Comet Medal • Dash Pepper • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Key • Life Mushroom • Music Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Rock Mushroom • Silver Star • Spin Drill • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip • Star Crystal • Watermelon • Yoshi Egg |
Objects | Objects | ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Assembly Block • Balloon • Banandelion • Bar • Beacon • Beat Block • Big Block • Blue Switch • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cage • Cannon • Chance Cube • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Coconut • Crate • Divot • Empty Block • Flip-Out Wall • Flip-Swap Platform • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Flower Grapple • Flower (platform) • Flowers • Flying ? Block • Galactic Tornado • Gate • Glass case • Golden peg • Grate • Gravity switch • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Honeycomb wall • Ice block • Ice Meteor • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf raft • Lever Switch • Lift • Lucky Cube • Mega ? Block • Meteorite • Nail • Picture block • Pink block • Pipe • Pole • Portal • Pull Star • Purple Coin Ball • Ramp • Ring • Rock • Rubbery Bulb • Sand Bird • Shrinking platform • Sign • Sling Star • Snake Block • Snow sculpture • Snowball • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Star Ball • Star Barrier • Star Piece Cluster Rock • Starship Mario • Starshroom • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stump • Swing • Teeter-totter moon • Teleporter • Tip Network • Torch • Treasure chest • Tree • Underwater ring • Warp Pad • Water Ball • Water spout • Watermelon |
Moves | Moves | Backward somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double jump • Double kick • Eat • Flutter jump • Ground pound • Head Shake • Jump • Kick • Long jump • Side somersault • Skate • Slide • Spin jump • Star Spin • Stomp • Sweep kick • Swim • Triple jump • Wall jump |
Missions | Sky Station Galaxy | Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum • Storming the Sky Fleet • Peewee Piranha's Speed Run* |
Yoshi Star Galaxy | Saddle Up with Yoshi • Spiny Control • Spiny Rainbow Romp* | |
Spin-Dig Galaxy | Digga-Leg's Planet • Silver Stars Down Deep • Digga-Leg's Daredevil Run* | |
Fluffy Bluff Galaxy | Search for the Toad Brigade Captain • The Chimp's Stomp Challenge** • Every Planet Has Its Price | |
Rightside Down Galaxy | Breaking the Laws of Gravity • The Great Crate Incinerator | |
Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla | Gobblegut's Aching Belly • Fiery Flotilla Speed Run* | |
Flip-Swap Galaxy | Think Before You Shake • Purple Coin Flip 'n' Sprint* | |
Puzzle Plank Galaxy | The Puzzling Picture Block • Bugaboom's Back • Purple Coin Shadow Vault* | |
Hightail Falls Galaxy | Hot-Stepping Dash Pepper • Hightail Falls Speed Run* • Silver Stars in Hightail Falls | |
Boulder Bowl Galaxy | Rock and Rollodillo • C'mere, Goomba** • Rolling Crabber Romp* | |
Cosmic Cove Galaxy | Twin Falls Hideaway • Exploring the Cosmic Cavern • Catch That Star Bunny | |
Wild Glide Galaxy | Fluzzard's First Flight • Jungle Fluzzard Race** | |
Bowser's Lava Lair | Bowser's Big Lava Power Party • Lava Lair Speed Run* | |
Honeybloom Galaxy | *Bumble Beginnings • The Secret Wall Jump | |
Tall Trunk Galaxy | The Flotacious Blimp Fruit • Tall Trunk's Big Slide • Tall Trunk's Purple Coin Slide* | |
Cloudy Court Galaxy | Head in the Clouds • The Shadow Lining* • Silver Stars in the Purple Pond | |
Haunty Halls Galaxy | A Glimmer of Bulb Berry • Sneaking Down the Creepy Corridor • Spooky Cosmic Clone Chase* | |
Freezy Flake Galaxy | Bowser on Ice • Sorbetti's Chilly Reception • The Chimp's Skating Challenge | |
Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy | Silver Chomp Grudge Match • Masterpiece Speed Run* | |
Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet | Bowser Jr.'s Mighty Megahammer • Megahammer's Daredevil Bash* | |
Beat Block Galaxy | Step to the Beep • Silver Stars in Double Time* | |
Supermassive Galaxy | Huge Trouble with Big Wigglers • Big Wigglers Speed Run* • In Full Bloom | |
Flipsville Galaxy | Flip-Flopping in Flipsville • Flipsville's New Digs • Purple Coin Spin Speed Run* | |
Honeyhop Galaxy | The Sweetest Silver Stars • The Chimp's Score Challenge** | |
Starshine Beach Galaxy | Surf, Sand, and Silver Stars • Climbing the Cloudy Tower • Purple Coin Beach Dash* | |
Chompworks Galaxy | Where the Chomps Are Made of Gold • Spring into the Chompworks • Cosmic Clones in the Chompworks* | |
Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet | Breaking into Bowser's Castle • Gravity Star Speed Run* | |
Sweet Mystery Galaxy | Bulb Berry's Mysterious Glow • Bulb Berry's Purple Coin Glow* | |
Space Storm Galaxy | Follow Me, Bob-omb • To the Top of Topman's Tower • C'mere, Topman** | |
Slipsand Galaxy | Squizzard's Sandy Sinkhole • Sailing the Sandy Seas • Squizzard's Daredevil Run* | |
Shiverburn Galaxy | Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood • Octo-Army Icy Rainbow Romp* • The Chimp's Ultimate Skating Challenge | |
Boo Moon Galaxy | Silver Stars Pop-Up • Haunting the Howling Tower • The Star in the Sinking Swamp | |
Upside Dizzy Galaxy | A Walk on the Weird Side • Burning Upside Dizzy | |
Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker | Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine • Boomsday Machine Daredevil Run* | |
Fleet Glide Galaxy | Fluzzard's Wild Battlefield Glide • Fastest Feathers in the Galaxy** | |
Melty Monster Galaxy | The Magnificent Magma Sea • A Stroll Down Rolling Lane • The Chimp's Bowling Challenge | |
Clockwork Ruins Galaxy | Time for Adventure • The Adventure of the Purple Coins* • The Ledge Hammer Trap | |
Slimy Spring Galaxy | The Deep Shell Well • The Chimp's Coin Challenge** | |
Throwback Galaxy | Return of the Whomp King • Silver Stars in the Whomp Fortress • Whomp Silver Star Speed Run* | |
Battle Belt Galaxy | Mini-Planet Mega-Run • Mini-Planet Daredevil Run* • Snacktime for Gobblegut | |
Bowser's Galaxy Generator | Bowser's Fortified Fortress • Bowser's Big Bad Speed Run* | |
Flash Black Galaxy | Jumping Around in the Dark • Dark Octo-Army Romp* | |
Mario Squared Galaxy | Make Mario a Star • Luigi's Purple Coin Chaos* | |
Rolling Coaster Galaxy | The Rainbow Road Roll • Purple Coins on the Rainbow Road* | |
Twisty Trials Galaxy | Spinning and Spinning and Spinning • Turning Turning Double Time* | |
Stone Cyclone Galaxy | Silver Stars on the Cyclone • Tox Box Speed Run* | |
Boss Blitz Galaxy | Throwback Throwdown • Throwback Throwdown Speed Run* | |
Grandmaster Galaxy | The Ultimate Test • The Perfect Run* | |
Flip-Out Galaxy | Wicked Wall Jumps • Cosmic Clone Wall Jumpers* | |
Miscellaneous | Minigames | Crate Burning • Fluzzard Gliding • Star Ball Rolling |
Other | Star Pointer• Mario Mandate | |
Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are exclusively available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit. Missions marked with two asterisks (**) are only available when receiving a letter from Mailtoad. |