Editing Launch Star

{{about|the object from the Super Mario Galaxy games|[[Rosalina]]'s up special move in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros. series]]|[[Launch Star (move)]]}}

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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])

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==History==

In ''Super Mario Galaxy'', the first time Mario uses a Launch Star, the path of the Launch Star is originally invisible, but it is traced out in space as Mario is flying to the next planet. However, if Mario later returns to a Launch Star that he has already used to travel to another planet, the path will be visible before he uses it.

Launch Stars can be activated only by shaking the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] and causing Mario to [[spin]] when he is either in or next to a Launch Star, though any Launch Stars in the [[level]] visibly spin when the Wii Remote is shaken, regardless of whether or not he is necessarily close to one. When activated, a Launch Star catapults Mario to another planet or set of planets. When Mario stands directly under a Launch Star, the gravity of it pulls him into the center of it automatically. If the player does not shake the Wii Remote after a few seconds, the Launch Star will release Mario and he will touch down on the ground again.

After Mario feeds a [[Hungry Luma]], it transforms into a new planet or galaxy and leaves behind a pink Launch Star leading to that planet. The only Hungry Luma that does not leave behind a Launch Star after being fed is the one that transforms into the [[Sea Slide Galaxy#Hurry-Scurry Planet|Hurry-Scurry Planet]] in the [[Sea Slide Galaxy]] (Mario must use a [[cannon]] to reach the planet instead).

There is also a green Launch Star located onboard the [[Comet Observatory]] that takes Mario to the [[Planet of Trials]] when activated. This one, as well as the Launch Stars on the Planet of Trials, is the only green Launch Star in the entire game.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====

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===''Mario Kart Wii''===

In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', a single large Launch Star appears in [[Wii Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]], where it acts as a [[Cannon (Mario Kart series)|cannon]] and shoots racers into a rainbow tunnel and through another large Launch Star at the end (the second Launch Star does not launch racers). The design of the railings of this course also has multiple Launch Stars on it.

===''Mario Tennis'' series===

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''====

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[[File:Rosalina Launch Star Wii U.jpg|thumb|The Launch Star move in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'']]

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====

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==Additional names==

===Names in other languages===

{{foreign names

|Spa=Anillo Estelar

|SpaM=Star Ring

|Dut=Lanceerster

|DutM=Launch Star

|FreM=Super star ring

|Kor=스타링

|KorR=Seuta Ring

|KorM=Star Ring

|Rus=Пусковая звезда

|RusR=Puskovaya zvezda

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*The green Launch Star located on the [[Comet Observatory]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' is the only Launch Star between the two games that is actually inaccessible the first time it is encountered. It can be restored only after Mario has collected all three [[Green Star]]s hidden throughout the game.

*When a Launch Star spins, it does not rotate perfectly on its axis, but it rather appears to wobble back and forth slightly while spinning around.

==References==