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The Rainbow Star is a power-up item which appears in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, serving as the spiritual successor to the Starman.

Description[]

This glittery Star causes Mario or Luigi to turn into Rainbow Mario temporarily, making them invincible. While in this form, Mario or Luigi leave behind a trail of rainbow light wherever he moves. Under this form, the plumbers are invincible to all enemies and all enemy attacks and can kill most enemies (even those that are invincible to most attacks), they can also destroy objects which normally require certain Ground Pounds or Star Spins such as Crates or Item Crystals however there are some things that even the Rainbow Star cannot protect the plumbers from such as falling into Bottomless pits. If Mario keeps on running and doesn't stop he'll get Star Bits. If he stops he won't get any. If he keeps running, he will as well spread his arms out like when Mario continuously runs in Super Mario Bros. 3 and he also possesses larger jumps. As it wears off, the music, and Mario's running will get faster and faster, until it ends, every enemy the plumbers kill will also drop Star Bits upon defeat.

Locations[]

Super Mario Galaxy[]

Super Mario Galaxy 2[]

Trivia[]

  • The theme that plays after collecting a Rainbow Star is a remixed version of the classic invincibility music.
  • The Rainbow Star's appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy games over the Starman is likely to avoid confusion with the Power Stars, the collectibles required to complete the game's missions.
  • The Rainbow Star is the only power-up in Super Mario Galaxy 2 that does not appear as a souvenir in the Engine Room of Starship Mario.

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