Super Mario Galaxy

From The DS Ultimate Wiki

Released: November 1, 2007 (JP) November 12, 2007 (NA) November 14, 2007 (CA) November 16, 2007 (EU) November 29, 2007 (AUS)

Super Mario Galaxy is the latest 3D game in the Mario series by Nintendo, and is a game seen by many as a masterpiece of game design. It introduces a decent amount of motion controls, more levels than the last games and the returns of many classic enemies and objects from the past.

Contents 1 Storyline 2 Characters 3 Galaxies and Missions 3.1 The Gate 3.1.1 The Gateway Galaxy 3.2 The Terrace 3.2.1 Good Egg Galaxy 3.2.2 Honeyhive Galaxy 3.2.3 Loopdeeloop Galaxy 3.2.4 Flipswitch Galaxy 3.2.5 Bowser Jr's Robot Reactor 3.3 The Fountain 3.3.1 Space Junk Galaxy 3.3.2 Battlerock Galaxy 3.3.3 Rolling Green Galaxy 3.3.4 Hurry-Scurry Galaxy 3.3.5 Bowser's Star Reactor 3.4 The Kitchen 3.4.1 Beach Bowl Galaxy 3.4.2 Ghostly Galaxy 3.4.3 Bubble Breeze Galaxy 3.4.4 Buoy Base Galaxy 3.4.5 Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada 3.5 The Bedroom 3.5.1 Gusty Garden Galaxy 3.5.2 Freezeflame Galaxy 3.5.3 Dusty Dune Galaxy 3.5.4 Honeyclimb Galaxy 3.5.5 Bowser's Dark Matter Plant 3.6 The Engine Room 3.6.1 Gold Leaf Galaxy 3.6.2 Sea Slide Galaxy 3.6.3 Toy Time Galaxy 3.6.4 Bonefin Galaxy 3.6.5 Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor 3.7 The Garden 3.7.1 Deep Dark Galaxy 3.7.2 Dreadnought Galaxy 3.7.3 Melty Molten Galaxy 3.7.4 Matter Splatter Galaxy 3.8 Hungry Luma Galaxies 3.8.1 Sweet Sweet Galaxy 3.8.2 Sling Pod Galaxy 3.8.3 Drip Drop Galaxy 3.8.4 Bigmouth Galaxy 3.8.5 Sand Spiral Galaxy 3.8.6 Boo's Boneyard Galaxy 3.8.7 Snow Cap Galaxy 3.9 The Center of the Universe 3.9.1 Bowser's Galaxy Reactor 3.10 The Trial Galaxies 3.10.1 Loopdeeswoop Galaxy 3.10.2 Rolling Gizmo Galaxy 3.10.3 Bubble Blast Galaxy 3.11 The Grand Finale 3.11.1 Grand Finale Galaxy 4 Power Ups 5 Bosses 6 Technical Spectacle (Graphics and Music) 7 Effect on the Mario Series 8 External Links

Storyline

The storyline is pretty much Super Mario 64 in space at first glance; Bowser attacks the Star Festival and kidnaps Princess Peach, and Mario has to save her while gaining back the 120 stars he also stole from the Comet Observatory to reach the centre of the universe.

This game does however showcase Bowser's evilest plans yet (creating his own galaxy to be God, and experiments with Dark Matter), and references the RPGs with Bowser taking the castle into outer space.

Characters

Oddly enough, most regulars of the series DO NOT appear in this game. Petey Piranha and King Boo are nowhere to be seen, along with Wario, Waluigi, Daisy and Toadsworth. Instead, there are mainly the very basic characters, Bowser Jr and a host of new faces from all over the universe.

Mario

Luigi

Peach

Bowser

Rosalina

Bowser Jr

Galaxies and Missions

There are 121 missions within 42 galaxies (1 of which requires you to have 120 stars with both Mario and Luigi in order to get the 121st star).

The full list of galaxies and missions are:

The Gate

The Gateway Galaxy

• Grand Star Rescue
• Gateway's Purple Coins

The Terrace

Good Egg Galaxy

• Dino Piranha
• A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
• King Kaliente's Battle Fleet
• Dino Piranha Speedrun
• Purple Coin Omelet
• Luigi on the Roof

Honeyhive Galaxy

• Bee Mario 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

The Fountain

Space Junk Galaxy

• Pull Star Path
• Kamella's Airship Attack
• Tarantox's Tangled Web
• Pull Star Path Speedrun
• Purple Coin Spacewalk
• Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance

Battlerock Galaxy

• Battlerock Barrage
• Breaking into the Battlerock
• Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
• Battlerock's Garbage Dump
• Topmaniac's Daredevil Run
• Purple Coins on the Battlerock
• Luigi under the Saucer

Rolling Green Galaxy

• Rolling in the Clouds

Hurry-Scurry Galaxy

• Shrinking Sattelite

Bowser's Star Reactor

• The Fiery Stronghold

The Kitchen

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

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

Bubble Breeze Galaxy

• Through the Poison Swamp

Buoy Base Galaxy

• The Floating Fortress
• Secret of Buoy Base

Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada

• Sinking the Airships

The Bedroom

Gusty Garden Galaxy

• Bunnies in the Wind
• The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
• Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
• Major Burrow's Daredevil Run
• Purple Coins of the Puzzle Cube
• The Golden Chomp

Freezeflame Galaxy

• The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
• Freeze Flame'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 Speedrun
• 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

The Engine Room

Gold Leaf Galaxy

• Star Bunnies on the Hunt
• Cataquak 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 Gubby
• Faster Than a Speeding Penguin
• The Silver Stars of the Sea Slide
• Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race
• Purple Coins by the Seaslide
• Hurry, He's Hungry

Toy Time Galaxy

• Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser
• Mario/Luigi Meets Mario
• Bouncing Down Cake Lane
• Luigi's Purple Coins
• The Flipswitch Chain
• Fast Foes of Toy Time

Bonefin Galaxy

• Kingfin's Fearsome Waters

Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor

• King Kaliente's Spicy Return

The Garden

Deep Dark Galaxy

• The Underground Ghost Ship
• Bubble Blastoff
• Guppy and the Underground Lake
• Boo in a Box
• Ghost Ship Daredevil Run
• Plunder the Purple Coins

Dreadnought Galaxy

• Infiltrating the Dreadnought
• Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons
• Revenge of the Topman Tribe
• Topman Tribe Speedrun
• Battlestation's Purple Coins
• Dreadnought's Garbage Dump

Melty Molten Galaxy

• The Sinking Lava Spire
• Through The Meteor Storm
• Fiery Dino Piranha
• Lava Spire Daredevil Run
• Red-Hot Purple Coins
• Burning Tide

Matter Splatter Galaxy

• Watch Your Step

Hungry Luma Galaxies

Sweet Sweet Galaxy

• Rocky Road

Sling Pod Galaxy

• A Very Sticky Situation

Drip Drop Galaxy

• Giant Eel Outbreak

Bigmouth Galaxy

• Bigmouth's Gold Bait

Sand Spiral Galaxy

• Choosing a Favorite Snack

Boo's Boneyard Galaxy

• Racing the Spooky Speedster

Snow Cap Galaxy

• Star Bunnies in the Snow

The Center of the Universe

Bowser's Galaxy Reactor

• The Fate of the Universe

The Trial Galaxies

Loopdeeswoop Galaxy

• The Galaxy's Greatest Wave

Rolling Gizmo Galaxy

• Gizmos, Gears and Gadgets

Bubble Blast Galaxy

• The Electric Labyrinth

The Grand Finale

Grand Finale Galaxy

• The Star Festival

Most of the galaxies are just what they say on the name, and such like. Good Egg and Space Junk Galaxies have a space theme, Honeyhive and Gold Leaf are pretty much mirror versions and the Battlerock and Dreadnought Galaxies are space stations seemingly controlled by the Topman tribe. The reactors and such like are Bowser's military type headquarters, the Loopdee galaxies involve Manta Ray riding, Bubble galaxies involve bubbles and Rolling galaxies include using giant balls with stars in. To sum up:

Space Themed Areas:

Good Egg Galaxy Space Junk Galaxy

Grassy Plains and Hills areas:

Honeyhive Galaxy Gusty Garden Galaxy Gold Leaf Galaxy

Space Stations:

Battlerock Galaxy Dreadnought Galaxy

Water Themed Areas:

Beach Bowl Galaxy Sea Slide Galaxy Deep Dark Galaxy Drip Drop Galaxy Bonefin Galaxy

Haunted House type areas:

Ghostly Galaxy Deep Dark Galaxy Boo's Boneyard Galaxy

Reactors:

Bowser Jr's Robot Reactor Bowser's Star Reactor Bowser Jr's Airship Armada Bowser's Dark Matter Plant Bowser Jr's Lava Reactor Bowser's Galaxy Reactor

Freezeflame galaxy is an area with both fire and ice, kinda like Hailfire Peaks in Banjo Tooie.

Power Ups

There are a plethora of returning and new power ups in Super Mario Galaxy, and most of them, while a bit underused, are indeed excellent fun to use, and useful in many, many different ways. They are:

Bee Shroom

Turns Mario or Luigi into Bee Mario/Luigi and allows them to fly around for a short while. They also for some reason become lighter, which allows them to walk on flowers, and can climb around on honeycombs.

Boo Shroom

Turns Mario or Luigi into Boo Mario/Luigi. They can then float around by pressing A for infinite amounts of time, and turn invisible to go through mesh fences and walls, kind of like the vanish cap in Super Mario 64. They do however change back in light, and this does cause Boos to follow them.

Fire Flower

Back from the old games, this allows Mario to become Fire Mario (and Luigi to become Fire Luigi). Here, he can throw infinite fireballs that burn up enemies, light torces and melt ice/snow. However, there is a (rather short) time limit to this power.

Ice Flower

A new power up, this allows Mario to become Ice Mario. He can turn water to ice by running across it (same with lava for some reason) which allows him to use water to journey around the levels. Also a timed power up.

Rainbow Star

Basically invincibility in the 2D sense as from a star, this makes Mario and Luigi invincible, being able to instantly destroy enemies by touching them and run right through dangerous obstacles. They also glow multiple flashing colours, run faster and do fancy flips when jumping. Again, timed.

Spring Mario

Mario becomes a spring and can bounce high into the air. Kinda like a new frog suit for land, and even more awkward. Not timed, but hard to use.

Flying Mario/Red Star

Turns Mario or Luigi into versions of themselves with black and red/green outfits who can fly around for the duration of the power up. They can spin to collect starbits, and even do complete 360 degree turns and vertical climbs in mid air. Runs out after a time limit.

Bosses

In Super Mario Galaxy, there are a lot of Bowser's, and about triple what were in Super Mario 64 and Sunshine. You also fight them multiple times, and most major (six star) galaxies have a boss battle. The bosses are:

• Dino Piranha
• King Kaliente
• Bugaboom
• Megaleg
• Kamella
• Tarantox
• Topmaniac
• Bouldergeist
• Bowser Jr
• Major Burrows
• Baron Brrr
• Undergrunt Gunner (electric and normal)
• Kingfin
• Fiery Dino Piranha
• Bowser

None of these bosses have ever appeared in a Mario game before, and hence are completely new characters specifically made for this game.

Kingfin Fanlisting

And many of the above bosses gained a lot of fans, hence the Kingfin fanlisting was added to the main DS Ultimate site sometime this year. It's basically a list of fans for Kingfin (a skeletal shark boss from Super Mario Galaxy) and some information about both Kingfin and the Bonefin Galaxy.

Technical Spectacle (Graphics and Music)

Graphics wise, Super Mario Galaxy is one of the best games on the Wii, and certainly one where there is the most in terms of objects in each world. Whole planets of stuff are often loaded at once, the levels are far bigger than the first two 3D games and the characters and areas all look shiny and detailed.

Musically, it's again a masterpiece. Having completely orchestrated music, each world has atmospheric background tunes to suit the action onscreen, and the music actually transitions as the events on screen change.

Effect on the Mario Series

In terms of effects, there haven't been too many since, but quite a few things have influenced newer games. For one, part of the Good Egg Galaxy music was used in Rainbow Road for Mario Kart Wii, and the whole course had various other influences from the game (starbits and star launcher). Rosalina has also reappeared as a playable character in Mario Kart Wii, and the Maple Treeway course takes clear influences from Super Mario Galaxy such as leaf piles and design. Finally, the tournaments use bosses from the game, such as a Red Topman being the first, and take place on Galaxy Colosseum, also partly based on the game.

External Links

Super Mario Galaxy section at DS Ultimate