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| | The '''Buoy Base Galaxy''' is a galaxy that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. The galaxy contains a large fortress floating atop a large, spherical pool of water. Mario has to climb the fortress in order to get the main [[Power Star]] in this galaxy |
| |image=[[File:Buoy Base Galaxy.png|280px]]
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| |area=[[Kitchen (Super Mario Galaxy)|Kitchen]]
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| |missions=[[The Floating Fortress]]<br>[[The Secret of Buoy Base]]
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| |stars={{chart icon|SMG-Mission}}{{chart icon|SMG-StarGreen}}
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| |unlock=Get 30 stars and complete [[Beach Bowl Galaxy#Sunken Treasure|Sunken Treasure]]
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| |icon=The [[#Buoy Base (Starting Planet)|Buoy Base]] and the [[#Water Sphere Planet|Water Sphere Planet]]
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| {{quote|This here's a floating fortress. We call it Buoy Base. But nobody's using it now, so we're just here for upkeep.|Gearmo|Super Mario Galaxy}}
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| The '''Buoy Base Galaxy''' is a [[galaxy]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. The galaxy contains a large fortress floating atop a large, semispherical pool of water. Mario has to climb this fortress in order to get the main [[Power Star]] in this galaxy. The galaxy is one of two galaxies (the other one being the [[Gateway Galaxy]]) to only feature two [[Power Star]]s. It is also the only bonus galaxy to have more than one Power Star. | |
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| An arrangement of this galaxy's music appears as one of the selectable songs that can be played in events in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''.
| | == Levels == |
| ==Planets/Areas== | | ===The Floating Fortress=== |
| '''NOTE''': Unless otherwise noted, all names are unofficial.
| | In this level, the objective is to scale the fortress and receive the Power Star, located on a planetoid above the fortress. In order to do this, the player must first enter the pool of water and release the weight from within by directing the attacking [[Torpedo Ted]]s towards the weight. Then Mario must begin his ascent, surviving the various traps that have been put in place to stop Mario, collecting the five [[Star Chip|blue star chips]], to eventually lay out a path of [[Pull Star]]s towards the next planet. |
| ===Buoy Base (Starting Planet)=== | |
| [[File:SMG Buoy Base Planet.png|200px|thumb|left|The '''Buoy Base'''.]]
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| [[File:SMG Underwater Buoy Base.png|200px|thumb|The underwater part of '''Buoy Base'''.]]
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| The '''Buoy Base''' is the main part of the Buoy Base Galaxy that consists of a large pool of water and an area above it which contains many obstacles, including [[Topman|Topmen]], [[Thwomp]]s, and [[Amp]]s. The main objective of this part of the planet is to collect five blue [[Star Chip]]s to form a [[Pull Star]] leading to a sphere planet filled with water. Submerged in the large pool of water at the bottom of the planet are multiple [[Bill Blaster]]s and [[Torpedo Ted]]s. A secret caged [[Warp Pipe]] in the pool of water leads to the underside of the planet, where more Bill Blasters and a cage containing a [[Green Power Star]] can be found.
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| ===Water Sphere Planet===
| | On this planet, Mario has to head to the top of the planet, where it is opened by spinning on a gold screw. The player then dives in to retrieve the [[Power Star]]. |
| [[File:Aquatic Dome.png|200px|thumb|left|The '''{{conjectural|Water Sphere Planet|planet}}''']]
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| The '''Water Sphere Planet''' is a giant sphere filled with water above the Buoy Base. It has a screw on it that Mario must Star Spin to open the planet and retrieve a power star inside of it and also two pulse-wave generating machines, one of which is actually the screw. It is remarkably small in comparison to the Buoy Base and is similar (or a possible reference) to a ''{{wp|gashapon}}'' capsule. It also bears resemblance to a [[List of Super Smash Bros. series items#Poké Ball|Poké Ball]] from the [[bulbapedia:Pokémon|''Pokémon'' franchise]] as mentioned in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide.
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| ==Missions== | | ===Secret of Buoy Base=== |
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| | This time, when Mario dives into the surrounding pool of water, where he must seek out a caged green pipe, open it by luring the Torpedo Teds into it. The pipe takes Mario to the outside of the planet, where Mario must this time lure [[Bullet Bill]]s to a cage. Within the cage is the [[Green Power Star]]. |
| |mission1={{sort|Floating Fortress, The|[[The Floating Fortress]]}}
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| |image1=[[File:SMG Buoy Base Water Sphere.png|200px]]
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| |summary1=This mission's objective is to reach the top of the fortress.
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| |mission2={{sort|Secret of Buoy Base, The|[[The Secret of Buoy Base]]}}
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| |image2=[[File:SMG Buoy Base Green Star.png|200px]]
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| |summary2=This mission's objective is to find the [[Green Power Star]].
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| ==Enemies== | | ==Enemies== |
| <gallery widths="80px"heights="80px">
| | *[[Goomba]]s |
| SMG Asset Model Torpedo Ted.png|[[Torpedo Ted]]s
| | *[[Torpedo Ted]]s |
| Galaxy Urchin.jpg|[[Urchin]]s
| | *[[Cosmic Blooper]]s |
| BlooperSMG.png|[[Blooper]]s
| | *[[Urchin]]s |
| Watershooter.png|[[Water Shooter]]s
| | *[[Blooper]]s |
| SMG Asset Model Bomp.png|[[Bomp]]
| | *[[Thwomp]]s |
| Octoguysmg.png|[[Octoguy]]s
| | *[[Amp]]s |
| SMG Thwomp Artwork.png|[[Thwomp]]s
| | *[[Topman|Topmen]] |
| SMG Asset Model Topman (Spring).png|[[Spring Topman|Spring Topmen]]
| | *[[Bullet Bill]]s |
| Topmini.png|[[Topmini]]s
| | *[[Astro Goomba]]s |
| AmpSMG.png|[[Amp]]s
| | *[[Pushy Walls]] |
| SMG Goomba Model.png|[[Goomba]]s
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| SMG Sentry Garage model.png|[[Sentry Garage]]
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| SMG Bolt Beam model bolt.png|[[Ball Beamer]] ([[Screwtop|bolt]])
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| SMG Bolt Beam model nut.png|Ball Beamer (nut)
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| SMG Bullet Bill.png|[[Bullet Bill]]s
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| SMG Goombeetle Artwork.png|[[Goombeetle]]s
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| SMG Asset Model Big Amp.png|[[Big Amp|Zap Ball]]s
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| </gallery>
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Trivia== |
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| | *Curiously, the planetoid located above the floating fortress is shaped remarkably like a ''pokéball'' from the '[[pokémon]]' series. |
| SMG Asset Sprite Preview (Buoy Base Galaxy).png|Galaxy preview banner
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| SMG Concept Art 4.png|Concept art
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
| | {{Kitchen}} |
| {{foreign names | |
| |Jap=フローターランドギャラクシー
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| |JapR=Furōtā Rando Gyarakushī
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| |JapM=Floater Land Galaxy
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| |FreA=Île Flottante
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| |FreAM=Floating Island
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| |FreE=Ile flottante
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| |FreEM=Floating Island
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| |Ger=Schwimmland-Galaxie
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| |GerM=Swimming Land Galaxy
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| |SpaA=Galaxia de Tierras Flotantes
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| |SpaAM=Floating Lands Galaxy
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| |SpaE=Galaxia Tierras Flotantes
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| |SpaEM=Floating Lands Galaxy
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| |Ita=Galassia Piattaforma
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| |ItaM=Platform Galaxy
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| |Kor=부이 베이스 갤럭시
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| |KorR=Bui Beiseu Gaelleoksi
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| |KorM=Buoy Base Galaxy
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| |Chi=漂浮要塞银河
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| |ChiR=Piāofú yàosài yínhé
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| |ChiM=Floating Fortress Galaxy
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| ==Trivia==
| | [[Category: Places]] |
| *The second mission in the [[Space Storm Galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' appears to be partially based on the first mission in the Buoy Base Galaxy, even utilizing the same background music and [[Space Storm Galaxy#Topman's Tower|a similar-looking tower]], which features many of the same obstacles and enemies, such as [[Thwomp]]s and [[Amp]]s, and has an overall similar appearance (excluding of course the wide portion towards the bottom of the tower on the Topman Tower Planet).
| | [[Category: Galaxies]] |
| **Unlike Gateway Galaxy as well as the two-star galaxies in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', the mission select screen shows the two Power Stars on top of each other rather than side-by-side.
| | [[Category: Outer Space Locations]] |
| *Buoy Base has a [[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content#Unused planets|unused low poly version]] that shows much more islands and content under the level. The low poly version indicates it was originally going to be part of a much larger galaxy.
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