Editing Gateway Galaxy

|area=[[Gate (Super Mario Galaxy)|Gate]]

|missions=[[Grand Star Rescue]]<br>[[Gateway's Purple Coins]]

|comets=[[Purple Comet]]

|unlock=Complete [[King Kaliente's Spicy Return]]

|icon=None

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The '''Gateway Galaxy''' is the first of the many [[galaxy|galaxies]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' for the [[Wii]]. It serves as the opening level for the game and after [[Mario]] clears its first mission. The galaxy is one of two galaxies (the other one being the [[Buoy Base Galaxy]]) to only feature two [[Power Star]]s. It is unrevisitable until the [[Gate (Super Mario Galaxy)|Gate]] is unlocked later on in the game. It has the only [[Purple Coin]] mission in the game that can be played before beating [[Bowser]]. This galaxy is one of the two galaxies to have a purple coin mission without a [[Prankster Comet]], the other one being the [[Grand Finale Galaxy]]. The Gateway Galaxy also contains the only [[Grand Star]] not obtained by fighting a [[List of bosses|boss]], as well as the only [[red Power Star]] in the game.

[[File:Gatewayplanet.png|200px|thumb|left|The Starting Planet]]

This is the first planet that Mario explores in the game. It is where Mario first wakes up after being blasted off [[Peach's Castle]] by [[Kamek]] in the opening cutscene. Here, he meets two yellow [[Luma]]s as well as an apricot Luma who transform into [[Star Bunny|Star Bunnies]] and asks him to play hide and seek with them. When they are all found, a large light beam goes down from the sky, and the gateway appears, and it is where Mario meets [[Rosalina]] for the first time. The planet itself has three holes in its surface (two of which connect to each other directly through the center of the planet), many small patches of flowers, two connecting [[Warp Pipe]]s, several [[rubbery bulb]]s, two small pools of water, two small cottages, a ring of vertically-positioned rock columns, and a castle-like monument on the top. The planet is also surrounded by a light blue atmosphere. Later in the game, Mario must use the power of the [[Red Star]] to collect 100 Purple Coins on this planet, enabling him to use the Red Star onboard the [[Comet Observatory]] as well. Rosalina mentions that this planet is dear to her and she looks forward to visiting it with the Lumas every one hundred years.

After the credits have rolled, when the player has collected 120 [[Power Star]]s and defeated [[Bowser]] for a second time, the ending sequence that plays occurs here. In the sequence, Rosalina thanks the player and says that she will watch over them from beyond the stars. She then walks into the door of the small blue-roofed cottage on the planet and comes out of the door of the Gate, thereby revealing that the two are connected. It is also revealed that the Comet Observatory is most likely hidden somewhere on the planet (although it cannot be seen when the player actively explores it), as it emerges from behind the planet after Rosalina transforms it into a comet once again and pilots it away.

[[File:Black Hole Planet.png|200px|thumb|left|[[Mario]] collecting [[Star Chip]]s on the {{conjectural|Black Hole Planet|planet}}.]]

The Black Hole Planet<ref>Name confirmed by files found on noclip. [https://noclip.website/#smg/HeavensDoorGalaxy].</ref> is a planet made of nothing more than dirt, grass and stone. There is a [[black hole]] at its center, and it is also under constant bombardment by a [[meteor]] shower. There are five yellow [[Star Chip]]s on this planet that Mario must collect in order to proceed, as well as a rock with a [[1-Up Mushroom]] on top of it.

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[[File:SMG Grand Goomba.png|thumb|left|200px|Mario on the planet]]

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[[File:Flipswitch Area.png|200px|thumb|left|The {{conjectural|Flipswitch Area|area}}, located inside the second of the two Metal Planets.]]  

[[File:SMG Gateway Metal Planet Interior.png|200px|thumb|The draining device]]

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SMG Goomba Model.png|[[Goomba]]s

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==Music==

===Textures===

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SMG Asset Sprite Co-Star Mode 3.png|Image from the in-game instructions on [[Super Mario Galaxy#Co-Star Mode|Co-Star Mode]] from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

SMG Staff roll 1.png|Staff Roll image from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

SMG Staff roll 2.png|Staff Roll image from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

SMG 120 Staff roll 20.png|Staff Roll image from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

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Galaxy Arena.jpg|''[[Mario Tennis Open]]''

RocketRoadIntro.png|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''

SSB4 Mario Galaxy Stage.jpg|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''

Mario looking at Luma CN.png|''Super Mario Galaxy'' ([[Super Mario Galaxy#Nvidia Shield TV|Nvidia Shield TV]])

{{foreign names

|Jap=ヘブンズドアギャラクシー

|SpaA=Galaxia de la Puerta Celestial

|SpaAM=Heavenly Gate Galaxy

|ItaM=Celestial Passage Galaxy

|Kor=헤븐스 도어 갤럭시

|KorM=Heaven's Door Galaxy

|ChiR=Tiān zhī mén yínhé

|ChiM=Heaven's Door Galaxy

==Trivia==

*This is the only galaxy in the game where [[Flipswitch Panel]]s have circles in the middle instead of a "?" or "!" and must be turned off rather than on.

==References==