Editing Buoy Base Galaxy

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|area=[[Kitchen (Super Mario Galaxy)|Kitchen]]
|level=[[#The Floating Fortress|The Floating Fortress]]<br>[[#The Secret of Buoy Base|The Secret of Buoy Base]]
|stars=[[Image:Smg icon powerstar.png|Power Star|20px]][[Image:Smg icon greenstar.png|Green Power Star|20px]]
|unlock=Get 30 stars and complete [[Beach Bowl Galaxy#Sunken Treasure|Sunken Treasure]]
|icon=The [[#Buoy Base (Starting Planet)|Buoy Base]] and the [[#Water Sphere Planet|Water Sphere Planet 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}}

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.

==Planets/Areas==
===Buoy Base {{conjecturaltext|(Starting Planet)}}===
[[Image:Floating_fortress.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The '''Buoy Base'''.]]
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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==={{conjecturaltext|Water Sphere Planet}}===
[[Image:Aquatic_Dome.PNG|200px|thumb|The '''Water Sphere Planet''']]
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 to a [[bulbapedia:Poké Ball|Poké Ball]].
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==Missions==
===The Floating Fortress===
[[Image:BBG02.png|200px|thumb|right|Mario diving toward the Power Star.]]
In '''The Floating Fortress''', the objective is to scale the fortress and retrieve the Power Star, located on the water sphere planet high above the fortress. First, Mario must dive in the water under the fortress and swim in front of a [[Torpedo Ted]] launcher. When a Torpedo Ted comes out, Mario must get its attention and lure it into the caged underwater weight. The Torpedo Ted will destroy the weight, allowing the fortress to float up and revealing a path so that Mario can climb to the top of the fortress. Mario must [[Wall Jump]] up the path and get to the area with the Thwomps. Then, Mario must walk around the area, avoiding the Thwomps and arriving at an area with Topmen and Water Shooters. Mario must spin a valve, which disables the Water Shooters and reveals a green Topman. Mario must jump on top of this Topman to spring up to the next platform.

Mario must then proceed to collect the five blue [[Star Chip]]s. Four of these are scattered around the area with the moving platforms, and one is on top of a Thwomp in the previous area. After all five of the Star Chips have been collected, Mario must use the moving platforms to climb to the top of the fortress, where a Pull Star appears. Mario can take this Pull Star to the water sphere planet. On this planet, Mario has to get on top of the bolt-like [[Sentry Beam]] and spin to dislodge the gold screw from it. This causes the planet to open up halfway, revealing a Power Star submerged in water in its center. Mario can now dive in to retrieve the Power Star.

;Enemies
*[[Goomba]]s 
*[[Torpedo Ted]]s 
*[[Octoguy]]s  
*[[Blooper]]s 
*[[Thwomp]]s 
*[[Amp]]s 
*[[Spring Topman|Spring Topmen]]
*[[Topmini]]s
*[[Sliding Stone]]s
*[[Urchin]]s
*[[Water Shooter]]s
*[[Sentry Beam]]s

;Planets Visited
*[[#Buoy Base (Starting Planet)|Buoy Base]]
*[[#Water Sphere Planet|Water Sphere Planet]]

;Names in other languages
{{foreignname
|Jap=天突く水上要塞
|JapR=Tentsuku suijōyōsai
|JapM=The Skyscraping Floating Fortress
|SpaA=La Fortaleza Flotante
|SpaAM=The Floating Fortress
|SpaE=Fortaleza picuda
|SpaEM=Thwomp Fortress
|FraA=La Forteresse Flottante
|FraAM=The Floating Fortress
|FraE=La forteresse flottante
|FraEM=The Floating Fortress
|Ger=Die Marinefestung...
|GerM=The Naval Fortress...
|Ita=La Fortezza Galleggiante
|ItaM=The Floating Fortress}}

===The Secret of Buoy Base===
[[File:BBG01.png|thumb|200px|Mario luring a Bullet Bill toward the cage containing the Green Power Star.]]
This time, when [[Mario]] dives into the surrounding pool of water, he must seek out a caged green pipe, and open it by luring the [[Torpedo Ted]]s into it. The pipe takes Mario to the outside of the planet, where Mario must lure [[Bullet Bill]]s into a cage that contains the [[Green Power Star]]. Falling off the platforms underneath the planet results in Mario ending up back in Buoy Base's water pool.

;Enemies 
*[[Torpedo Ted]]s 
*[[Goombeetle]]s  
*[[Blooper]]s 
*[[Bullet Bill]]s
*[[Urchin]]s
*[[Amp]]s

;Planets Visited
*[[#Buoy Base (Starting Planet)|Buoy Base]]

;Names in other languages
{{foreignname
|Jap=水上要塞の忘れ物
|JapR=Suijō yōsai no wasuremono
|JapM=Lost Piece of the Buoy Base
|SpaA=El Secreto de la Fortaleza Submarina
|SpaAM=The Secret of the Underwater Fortress
|SpaE=Olvido en la fortaleza submarina
|SpaEM=Obscurity in the Underwater Fortress
|FraA=Le Secret de l'Île Flottante
|FraAM=The Secret of the Floating Island
|Ger=Fundsache aus der Marinefestung
|GerM=Lost Property of the Naval Fortress
|Ita=Il Segreto della Piattaforma
|ItaM=The Platform's Secret}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=フローターランドギャラクシー
|JapR=Furōtā rando gyarakushī
|JapM=Floater Land Galaxy
|FraA=Île Flottante
|FraAM=Floating Island
|FraE=Ile flottante
|FraEM=Floating Island
|Ger=Schwimmland-Galaxie
|GerM=Swimming Land Galaxy
|SpaA=Galaxia de Tierras Flotantes
|SpaAM=Floating Lands Galaxy
|SpaE=Galaxia Tierras Flotantes
|SpaEM=Floating Lands Galaxy
|Ita=Galassia Piattaforma
|ItaM=Platform Galaxy}}

==Trivia==
*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 Tower Planet|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).
*After the Buoy Base is raised up out of the water, many [[Sling Star]]s will appear near the back of the first ring. A few [[Gearmo]]s can be found in between them.
*If [[Mario]] falls into the water after he has used the hidden [[Warp Pipe]] in the ''The Secret of Buoy Base'' secret mission, gravity will prevent him from retracing his steps, and he will have to use the Warp Pipe to get back again.
*Buoy Base is one of two galaxies (the other one being [[Gateway Galaxy]]) that feature exactly two Power Stars to collect.
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