Editing Buoy Base Galaxy

{{course infobox
|image=[[File:Buoy Base Galaxy.png|280px]]
|area=[[Kitchen (Super Mario Galaxy)|Kitchen]]
|missions=[[The Floating Fortress]]<br>[[The Secret of Buoy Base]]
|stars={{icon|SMG-Mission}}{{icon|SMG-StarGreen}}
|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]]
}}
{{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. 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.

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]]''.
==Planets/Areas==
'''NOTE''': Unless otherwise noted, all names are unofficial.
===Buoy Base (Starting Planet)===
[[File:SMG Buoy Base Planet.png|200px|thumb|left|The '''Buoy Base'''.]]
[[File:SMG Underwater Buoy Base.png|200px|thumb|The underwater part of '''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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===Water Sphere Planet===
[[File:Aquatic Dome.png|200px|thumb|left|The '''{{conjectural|Water Sphere Planet|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 (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==
{{SMG missions table|sortable=yes
|mission1={{sort|Floating Fortress, The|[[The Floating Fortress]]}}
|image1=[[File:SMG Buoy Base Water Sphere.png|200px]]
|summary1=This mission's objective is to reach the top of the fortress.
|mission2={{sort|Secret of Buoy Base, The|[[The Secret of Buoy Base]]}}
|image2=[[File:SMG Buoy Base Green Star.png|200px]]
|summary2=This mission's objective is to find the [[Green Power Star]].
}}

==Enemies==
<gallery widths="80px"heights="80px">
SMG Asset Model Torpedo Ted.png|[[Torpedo Ted]]s 
Galaxy Urchin.jpg|[[Urchin]]s
BlooperSMG.png|[[Blooper]]s 
Watershooter.png|[[Water Shooter]]s
SMG Asset Model Bomp.png|[[Bomp]]
Octoguysmg.png|[[Octoguy]]s  
SMG Thwomp Artwork.png|[[Thwomp]]s 
SMG Asset Model Topman (Spring).png|[[Spring Topman|Spring Topmen]]
Topmini.png|[[Topmini]]s
AmpSMG.png|[[Amp]]s 
SMG Goomba Model.png|[[Goomba]]s 
SMG Sentry Garage model.png|[[Sentry Garage]]
SMG Bolt Beam model bolt.png|[[Ball Beamer]] ([[Screwtop|bolt]])
SMG Bolt Beam model nut.png|Ball Beamer (nut)
SMG Bullet Bill.png|[[Bullet Bill]]s
SMG Goombeetle Artwork.png|[[Goombeetle]]s  
SMG Asset Model Big Amp.png|[[Big Amp|Zap Ball]]s
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Asset Sprite Preview (Buoy Base Galaxy).png|Galaxy preview banner
SMG Concept Art 4.png|Concept art
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フローターランドギャラクシー
|JapR=Furōtā Rando Gyarakushī
|JapM=Floater Land Galaxy
|FreA=Île Flottante
|FreAM=Floating Island
|FreE=Ile flottante
|FreEM=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
|Kor=부이 베이스 갤럭시
|KorR=Bui Beiseu Gaelleoksi
|KorM=Buoy Base Galaxy
|Chi=漂浮要塞银河
|ChiR=Piāofú yàosài yínhé 
|ChiM=Floating Fortress 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'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).
**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.
*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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