Super Mario Galaxy

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Super Mario Galaxy is a video game released for the Wii. It is an entry to the series of Mario's 3D platformers, after the games Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario 64 DS. It had 700,000 copies pre-ordered in Japan, and 400,000 in the U.S.

Super Mario Galaxy, unlike the 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 and final Star.

Story

Endingscene — 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 were reborn as a great Power Star. That 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 attacked the Toads with his airships and froze them in crystals. He "invited" Peach to the creation of his new galaxy and warped into space with her castle to the center of the universe. When Mario tried to save her, a Magikoopa named Kamek broke the airborne path to the castle causing Mario to fall into an unknown land.

Mario later woke up on a small grassy moon and met three Star Bunnies who promised to tell Mario where he was if he caught them. When he did, they took him to meet Princess Rosalina, who told Mario that the universe was in great peril after Bowser had attacked her "ship", the Comet Observatory, and stole the Power Stars, including the seven Grand Stars. Without them, the Comet Observatory was doomed. Rosalina asked Mario to rescue the Grand Stars in order to defeat Bowser, who took Peach to the center of the universe. Mario then started his journey across the galaxies, freeing Power and Grand Stars. Once five of the Grand Stars were collected, the Comet Observatory became a starship and was able to take Mario to the center of the universe.

There he defeated Bowser in his brand-new galaxy, retrieved the last Grand Star, and rescued Princess Peach. Without this Grand Star, the sun of Bowser's near-complete galaxy went supernova and became a gigantic black hole. Everything in the universe began to fall into the black hole. The Lumas from the Comet Observatory, including the Luma who had faithfully accompanied Mario, sacrificed themselves in order to neutralize it. The Lumas attacked the black hole's singularity, and it soon disintegrated in a massive explosion. Mario appeared in front of Rosalina, who had somehow managed to save him from the cataclysm. She told him that "this was not the end, but a new beginning for the universe," and that "the universe was an endless cycle, but one that never repeats itself exactly the same way each time."

Mario later awoke in the Mushroom Kingdom near Peach's castle. He saw everyone he'd met throughout his adventure celebrating, while Bowser and Peach sat next to him. When he looked into the sky, he noticed a green light of a new galaxy. "Welcome! Welcome, new galaxy!" Mario exclaimed, as the camera zoomed out into space, revealing that the whole universe had been merged into one giant galaxy (although 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 will watch over you from beyond the stars," and flies off to the Comet Observatory. Then the white baby 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 continues 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 collects 120 Stars, 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 121st, and final 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 slightly lower traction than Mario. He is also taller than Mario, but shorter than the Non-Playable Luigi.

Characters

Playable

Mario
Luigi

Supporting

Non-Playable Characters

Enemies

New

Returning

Bosses

Transformations and Abilities

Transformations

Super Mario Galaxy introduces new transformations and only reuses the Fire Flower powe-rup from previous games (Rainbow Star replacing the Star from the other games).

Galaxies and 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
Purple Coin Spacewalk	Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance	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	English Actor	Japanese Actor
Mario	Charles Martinet	Akihiko Ishizumi
Luigi	Charles Martinet	Akio Suyama
Princess Peach	Samantha Kelly	Yuri Shiratori
Toads	Samantha Kelly	Makoto Tsumura
Bowser	Kenny James	Kenji Utsumi
Bowser Jr.	Catey Sagoian	Tōko Aoyama
Rosalina	Mercedes Rose	Nao Takamori

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 3D Mario game to include the Fire Flower, as well as its transformation, it also marks the first 3D Mario game to feature Invincible Mario.
This is the first fully 3D Mario title to feature a numbered sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2.
The game 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.
The low-battery sound effect for this game is reused in the Wii version of Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. Additionally, the same icon is shown but the P1 icon isn't present.
This is the first 3D Mario game for the Wii.
This is the first 3D Mario game to receive a sequel.
- Super Mario 64 was supposed to receive a sequel for the Nintendo 64DD, but was cancelled due to the failure of the 64DD.
Due to a mixup involving GameStop, the automated phone message sent to those who preordered the game stated Super Mario Galaxy to be a Mature-rated game.^[1]

Gallery

To view Super Mario Galaxy's

image gallery, click here.

References

Super Mario Galaxy Instruction Booklet

↑ Super Mario Galaxy - rated Mature?!

External links

[1] Super Mario Galaxy - rated Mature?!

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