Editing Cosmic Mario

{{distinguish|Shadow Mario|Cosmic Clone}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Cosmic Mario Model.png|145px]]<br>Cosmic Mario, as he appears in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
'''Cosmic Mario''' is a character that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. He is a galactic clone of [[Mario]] and thus copies his physical appearance, though he is colored blue with multiple stars and has a higher-pitched voice than his normal counterpart.

Cosmic Mario appears when a [[Prankster Comet#Cosmic Comet|Cosmic Comet]] is orbiting a [[galaxy]]. Upon the player entering, Cosmic Mario appears at the beginning of the [[mission]] and challenges the player to a race. In order to complete the mission, the player must reach the [[Power Star]] before Cosmic Mario does. If Cosmic Mario reaches the Power Star first, the player loses a life and must restart the race. Colliding with Cosmic Mario during the race causes him to release [[Star Bit]]s.

[[Luigi]] also has a cosmic clone, '''Cosmic Luigi''', who replaces Cosmic Mario if the player is playing as Luigi. Unlike Cosmic Mario, Cosmic Luigi takes advantage of shortcuts more often and uses a large number of [[Long Jump|long jump]]s, making him more difficult to beat.

At the start of a race, if the player holds {{button|wii|Stick}} up, then {{button|wii|Z}} when the timer reaches "2," and then hits {{button|wii|A}} just as the race starts, Mario or Luigi gets a [[Rocket Start|Start Dash]], shown by a yellow color appearing on Mario or Luigi, shrinking gradually as a marker at the end of this effect.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race.png|[[Honeyhive Galaxy]]
SMG Freezeflame Frosty Cosmic Mario.png|[[Freezeflame Galaxy]]
Cosmic Mario Forest Race Infobox Image.png|[[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]
SMG Sea Slide Underwater Cosmic Mario.png|[[Sea Slide Galaxy]]
SMG Cosmic Luigi Model.png|Cosmic Luigi
SMG Freezeflame Frosty Cosmic Luigi Race.png|Luigi and Cosmic Luigi during the countdown
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/GhostMario.arc</tt><br><tt>ObjectData/GhostLuigi.arc</tt>
|name1=GhostMario<br>GhostLuigi
|meaning1=Ghost Mario<br>Ghost Luigi
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=GhostPlayer
|meaning2=Ghost Player
|game3=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file3=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name3=ゴーストマリオ (''Gōsuto Mario'')
|meaning3=Ghost Mario
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=シャドウマリオ
|JapR=Shadō Mario
|JapM=Shadow Mario
|Jap2=シャドウ
|Jap2R=Shadō
|Jap2M=Shadow
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=2015|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in 『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=126|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|SpaA=Mario Fantasma
|SpaAM=Ghost Mario
|SpaE=Mario Sombra
|SpaEM=Shadow Mario
|Ger=Schatten-Mario
|GerM=Shadow Mario
|Kor=그림자 마리오
|KorR=Geurimja Mario
|KorM=Shadow Mario
|Ita=Mario Cosmico
|ItaM=Cosmic Mario
|FreE=Mario Cosmique
|FreEM=Cosmic Mario
}}

==Trivia==
*An unused Cosmic Mario race in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]] is found in the game files. When players start a race, they start at the coordinate 0,0,0, which is the air on which they land on the starting planet. Cosmic Mario does not use voice clips in this variant.<ref>
SPG64 (August 20, 2021). [https://youtu.be/0uioif9olew Unused Space Junk Cosmic Race in Super Mario Galaxy]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 2, 2023.</ref>
*Cosmic Mario/Cosmic Luigi's theme uses a similar arrangement to [[Shadow Mario]]'s theme of the same music, the [[Underground Theme]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
*On the covers for the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack]]'', Mario's silhouette is dark blue covered in stars, resembling Cosmic Mario.
*Prior to Cosmic Mario's debut, [[Metal Mario]] had an alternate color scheme where he could be selected into blue in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]].
*The Cosmic Mario/Cosmic Luigi races are the only races in the game that do not have placement markers for what place Mario/Luigi is in.

==See also==
*[[Cosmic Clone]]s
*[[Cosmic Spirit]]
*[[Mummy-Me]]
*[[Fury Shadow]]
*[[Rift Mario]]

==References==
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