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Not to be confused with a Power Star.
A Super Star (also referred to as Starman) is a powerful Item in the Super Mario series. In most games, they grant Mario (or any of his friends like Luigi, Toad, Peach, or even Koopa) temporary invincibility. However, they do not protect Mario or other characters who use it from falling down to lava, a bottomless pit or getting crushed. They are found in 2D and 3D Mario games, including Super Mario Land and Super Mario Galaxy; and in the Super Smash Bros. series. Super Stars made their debut in Super Mario Bros..
Many Mario games, including the Super Mario Bros. series and the Mario Kart series, use Stars (AKA Invincibility Stars, Starmen, Super Stars). After picking up a Star, the user becomes temporarily invulnerable to all damage, except those of lava, deep water, falling, etc. Any projectiles or enemies that come into contact with the user of the Star while it is activated are either destroyed, damaged, or spun out (depending on the type of enemy and what game it is). The Star also increases the speed of the user substantially. The Star is undoubtedly one of the most powerful items in the Mario series, so powerful that it could even be use to kill a pack of hammer or fire bros. and even Boom Boom (which normally takes 3 hits) with one hit in one of the fortress level in Super Mario Bros. 3. Most side scrolling Mario games feature Stars to grant temporary invincibility, including Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and New Super Mario Bros. U.
In Super Mario World, if Mario or Luigi happens to defeat more than 8 enemies using the Starman, the scores will change to 1Ups resulting in the player getting more extra lives similar to if they countless stomp on enemies.
In Super Mario Galaxy, it appeared under the name Rainbow Star, and Mario's transformation is renamed Rainbow Mario.
Stars were used differently in Yoshi's Island when they were smiley faced, with blue shoes. They can be found by the player by defeating certain enemies and hitting some ? Clouds. They were used when Baby Mario fell off a Yoshi's back. The Stars would somehow make a bubble around the screaming infant, protecting him from the evil Toadies until the power of the Stars ran out. Every Star collected would add one second to the Star meter, and collecting thirty of them was essential to get a Perfect on a level. Also, "Super Stars" found only in a few levels (they looked like an ordinary Starman, but with no eyes) would seal the Yoshi in a huge egg, and Baby Mario would become invincible, and somehow sport a Cape, which allowed him to glide long distances. After a certain amount of time, the Yoshi would return to normal and Baby Mario once again would seat himself on his back, losing his cape and invulnerability. There are also packs of Stars that come in ten or twenty.
A Star from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Stars have made very few appearances in the Mario RPG series. Perhaps their only appearance as an item was in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, where Mario could occasionally find the rare item and use it to defeat enemies on the overworld (without having to go into battle with them). Doing this would, quite helpfully, still earn Mario Experience Points. Stars, despite being such rare items in the RPGs, are briefly mentioned in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where they are said to be an ingredient of Invincishrooms, and in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, in which a camera-wielding Lakitu near the Glitz Pit remarks, "Stars make you invincible?". During the Mario Kart series, Stars give the character invincibility for a short time. Any item that hits the character using the star will be destroyed.
Stars appear in the Super Smash Bros. series as well. If a player touches a Star, they become invincible, allowing them to attack the foe, without worrying about damage. However, unlike the actual Mario games, the player is not able to hurt them just by touching them.
Starmans reappear in Paper Mario: Sticker Star on only three levels: Whammino Mountain, Rustle Burrow, and Gauntlet Pond. Their purpose in this game is much like in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars as Mario turns invincible and runs though enemies without the need to battle them.
Starmen also appear in Mario Party: Island Tour, which doubles the player's Dice Block total during their turn.
Trivia
- In Super Mario Land, acquiring a Starman will play Galop Infernal by Jacques Offenbach from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld. This piece is commonly associated with the can can dance.[1]
Mario Kart series
A Starman is a rare item in the Mario Kart series. When the player is behind in a race, this item may appear, granting temporary invincibility. The player's speed will also increase helping them catch up with other drivers. If the player makes impact with another kart the player being hit will be knocked over. While the Starman is a useful item, it is usually only given to characters who are in sixth place and below when they contact the item box.
In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the rear character will be knocked off the kart and will drag on the ground. Upbeat music will play as the player uses it, and their kart will flash rainbow (or yellow if in Double Dash!!).
Also in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! a Star is seen with a smiling mouth. Also a truck in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City has "Star Travel" written on it. Its license plate is STR.
Storing the Star can be a good defensive tactic as well, firing it off when incoming shells and POW blocks are on the verge of impact. The Star's speed boost makes it a viable means of reaching off-road ramps and shortcuts too though. See the Circuit Guide later on for specific locations of these.
Mario Kart Trivia
- If the player collides with the boat in DK's Jungle Parkway in Mario Kart 64 while they have a Star, they will still get hit before plunging into the water. This also applies to the Boo item.
- This item lasts the longest amount of time in Mario Kart 64 (effect remains about a second after the blinking stops) and lasts the shortest amount of time in Mario Kart: Super Circuit (the song barely starts its third repetition).
- On Rainbow Road for Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Stars fall from the sky during a long stretch of track. Getting hit by one has the same effect as getting hit by the Item.
- If the player hits a Bullet Bill with a Star, the Bullet Bill will be pushed aside.
- In Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7 an item box in DK Pass will always give the player a Star, Mushroom, Triple Mushroom and a Red Shell the Mario Kart (series), it made the user invincible for a short period of time. During use, it lets the user smash through other players, make them faster and sand, snow or grass does not affect the speed.
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Main Games | ||
Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) · Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) · Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) · Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GameCube) · Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) · Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) · Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) · Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) · Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch) | ||
Arcade Games | ||
Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, Arcade) · Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, Arcade) · Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, Arcade) · Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, Arcade) | ||
Mobile Games | ||
Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/Android) | ||
Toys | ||
K'NEX · Hot Wheels |
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Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Bowser • Luma • Polari • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Blue Toad · Mailtoad · Toad Brigade Captain · Yellow Toad) |
Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. | |
Supporting | Coach • Cosmic Luigi • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumacomète • Lumalee • Penguru • Queen Bee • Ray • Spooky Speedster | |
Species | Species | Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad |
Enemies | Enemies | Amp • Astro Goomba • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Bolt Beam • Bonefin • Black Hole • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Brrr Bit • Burn Bit • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Pup • Chomp • Clam • Cluckboom • Crab • Dry Bones • Electricity Shooter • Electrogoomba • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Flipbug • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice Bat • Jammyfish • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bouncer • Lava Plume • Li'l Springy • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha Bowser • Mini Topman • Mobile Sentry Beam • Monty • Octopus • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Ring Beam • Pink Electrogoomba • Preying Mantas • Prickly Plant • Puffer Fish • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Purple Piranha Plant • Red Pokey • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Sliding Stone • Spangler • Spiky Topman • Spoing • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swoopin' Poink • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Water Shooter • Wiggler |
Obstacles | Obstacles | Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Black Hole • Boulder • Bramble • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Dark Matter • Electric rail • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Floating Mine • Giant Prickly Plant • Gravity field • Honey • Icy Water • Lava • Lava Plume • Meteor • Mud • Poisoned Water • Prickly Plant • Quicksand • Skull Box • Spike • Steam Jet • Water Shooter • Whirlpool |
Bosses | Bosses | Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser |
Galaxies | Gate | Gateway Galaxy • Boo's Boneyard Galaxy |
Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Sweet Sweet Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | |
Fountain | Space Junk Galaxy • Battlerock Galaxy • Rolling Green Galaxy • Hurry-Scurry Galaxy • Sling Pod Galaxy • Bowser's Star Reactor | |
Kitchen | Beach Bowl Galaxy • Ghostly Galaxy • Bubble Breeze Galaxy • Buoy Base Galaxy • Drip Drop Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | |
Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy • Freezeflame Galaxy • Dusty Dune Galaxy • Honeyclimb Galaxy • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | |
Engine Room | Gold Leaf Galaxy • Sea Slide Galaxy • Toy Time Galaxy • Bonefin Galaxy • Sand Spiral Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | |
Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy • Dreadnought Galaxy • Melty Molten Galaxy • Matter Splatter Galaxy • Snow Cap Galaxy | |
Comet Observatory | Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | |
Planet of Trials | Rolling Gizmo Galaxy • Bubble Blast Galaxy • Loopdeeswoop Galaxy • Grand Finale Galaxy | |
Items | Items | 1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip |
Objects | Objects | ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Arrow Switch • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt (object) • Bolt (platform) • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cannon • Cloud • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Flower (platform) • Flowerbed • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity spotlight • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Honey wall • Honeycomb • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Lift • Matter • Nail • Ocean Small Turtle • Pole • Portrait • Pull Star • Ring (Rolling Ball) • Ring (underwater) • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sliding block • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Stalagmite • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone block • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stretch Plant • Swing • Tiny lamp • Torch • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Valve • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Water spout |
Moves | Moves | Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Star Spin • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump |
Missions | Gateway Galaxy | Grand Star Rescue • Gateway's Purple Coins |
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy | Racing the Spooky Speedster | |
Good Egg Galaxy | Dino Piranha • A Snack of Cosmic Proportions • King Kaliente's Battle Fleet • Dino Piranha Speed Run* • Purple Coin Omelet* • Luigi on the Roof | |
Honeyhive Galaxy | Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight • Trouble on the Tower • Big Bad Bugaboom • Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • The Honeyhive's Purple Coins* • Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom | |
Loopdeeloop Galaxy | Surfing 101 | |
Flipswitch Galaxy | Painting the Planet Yellow | |
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | Megaleg's Moon | |
Sweet Sweet Galaxy | Rocky Road | |
Space Junk Galaxy | Pull Star Path • Kamella's Airship Attack • Tarantox's Tangled Web • Pull Star Path Speed Run* • Purple Coin Spacewalk* • Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance | |
Rolling Green Galaxy | Rolling in the Clouds | |
Battlerock Galaxy | Battlerock Barrage • Breaking into the Battlerock • Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe • Topmaniac's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Battlerock* • Battlerock's Garbage Dump • Luigi under the Saucer | |
Hurry-Scurry Galaxy | Shrinking Satellite | |
Bowser's Star Reactor | The Fiery Stronghold | |
Sling Pod Galaxy | A Very Sticky Situation | |
Beach Bowl Galaxy | Sunken Treasure • Passing the Swim Test • The Secret Undersea Cavern • Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone* • Beachcombing for Purple Coins* • Wall Jumping up Waterfalls | |
Bubble Breeze Galaxy | Through the Poison Swamp | |
Ghostly Galaxy | Luigi and the Haunted Mansion • A Very Spooky Sprint • Beware of Bouldergeist • Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins in the Bone Pen* • Matter Splatter Mansion | |
Buoy Base Galaxy | The Floating Fortress • The Secret of Buoy Base | |
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | Sinking the Airships | |
Drip Drop Galaxy | Giant Eel Outbreak | |
Gusty Garden Galaxy | Bunnies in the Wind • The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows • Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble • Major Burrows's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube* • The Golden Chomp | |
Freezeflame Galaxy | The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr • Freezeflame's Blistering Core • Hot and Cold Collide • Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* •Purple Coins on the Summit* • Conquering the Summit | |
Dusty Dune Galaxy | Soaring on the Desert Winds • Blasting through the Sand • Sunbaked Sand Castle • Sandblast Speed Run* • Purple Coins in the Desert* • Bullet Bill on Your Back • Treasure of the Pyramid | |
Honeyclimb Galaxy | Scaling the Sticky Wall | |
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | Darkness on the Horizon | |
Bigmouth Galaxy | Bigmouth's Gold Bait | |
Gold Leaf Galaxy | Star Bunnies on the Hunt • Cataquack to the Skies • When It Rains, It Pours • Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race* • Purple Coins in the Woods* • The Bell on the Big Tree | |
Sea Slide Galaxy | Going after Guppy • Faster Than a Speeding Penguin • The Silver Stars of Sea Slide • Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • Purple Coins by the Seaside* • Hurry, He's Hungry | |
Toy Time Galaxy | Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Mario/Luigi Meets Mario • Bouncing Down Cake Lane • Fast Foes of Toy Time* • Luigi's Purple Coins* • The Flipswitch Chain | |
Bonefin Galaxy | Kingfin's Fearsome Waters | |
Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | King Kaliente's Spicy Return | |
Sand Spiral Galaxy | Choosing a Favorite Snack | |
Deep Dark Galaxy | The Underground Ghost Ship • Bubble Blastoff • Guppy and the Underground Lake • Ghost Ship Daredevil Run* • Plunder the Purple Coins* • Boo in a Box | |
Dreadnought Galaxy | Infiltrating the Dreadnought • Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons • Revenge of the Topman Tribe • Topman Tribe Speed Run* • Battlestation's Purple Coins* • Dreadnought's Garbage Dump | |
Matter Splatter Galaxy | Watch Your Step | |
Melty Molten Galaxy | The Sinking Lava Spire • Through the Meteor Storm • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Spire Daredevil Run* • Red-Hot Purple Coins* • Burning Tide | |
Snow Cap Galaxy | Star Bunnies in the Snow | |
Rolling Gizmo Galaxy | Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets | |
Loopdeeswoop Galaxy | The Galaxy's Greatest Wave | |
Bubble Blast Galaxy | The Electric Labyrinth | |
Grand Finale Galaxy | The Star Festival | |
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | The Fate of the Universe | |
Mini-games | Mini-games | Bob-omb Blasting • Bubble Blowing • Ray surfing • Star Ball Rolling |
Other | Other | Comet Observatory • Starbit Festival • Star Pointer • Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are only available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit. |