Editing Pull Star

|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Pull Star.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])

|related=[[Launch Star]]<br>[[Sling Star]]

A '''Pull Star''' is an object that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. It resembles a small blue version of a [[Launch Star]] inside a blue bubble or orb. When activated, a Pull Star pulls [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] towards it. Its name is a pun on "{{wp|pulsar}}" or "{{wp|pole star}}."

 

[[File:SMG Space Junk Pull Stars.png|thumb|Pull Stars in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]]]]

Pull Stars can be found in virtually every [[galaxy]]. When the player touches one with the [[Star Pointer]], it uses a blue gravitational aura to lift Mario or Luigi off the ground, pulling him up toward it. Combining the power of these Pull Stars and using them in tandem can help either brother reach far heights or areas.

In some areas, Pull Stars are found orbiting other objects in the galaxy, such as Launch Stars or [[Power Star]]s. The player must use the right one at the right time to touch the object without accidentally "slingshooting" past it. In areas such as the [[Good Egg Galaxy]] and the [[Terrace (Super Mario Galaxy)|Terrace]], blue [[Luma]]s are shown to actually transform into Pull Stars, in much the same way as yellow Lumas mostly transform into Launch Stars or [[Sling Star]]s.

A single Pull Star appears in every [[dome]] onboard the [[Comet Observatory]], where the Pull Stars allow the player to view the galaxies that are accessible from that particular dome. When they select a galaxy to fly to, the Pull Star transforms into a Launch Star, which then shoots Mario or Luigi to that galaxy.

Blue Star Capsule Planets are round glass planets that have a Pull Star in their center. There are three such planets in the [[Space Junk Galaxy#Blue Star Capsule Planets|Space Junk Galaxy]] and two in the [[Ghostly Galaxy#Blue Star Cupsule Planets|Ghostly Galaxy]]. If Mario gets pulled and held by these planets, he cannot be stationary unlike normal Pull Stars due to the shape of the planet; instead, he continuously bounces on their surface as he is getting pulled.

Pull Stars return as objects in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', with the same role, although they appear much less frequently than in the previous game, appearing only in [[Bowser's Lava Lair]], the [[Space Storm Galaxy]], [[Melty Monster Galaxy]], and the [[Grandmaster Galaxy]]. Pull Stars are also never formed from blue Lumas or Star Chips.

Pull Stars appear again in ''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'', where they are referred to as '''Gravity Wells'''.<ref name="MMFaC">{{cite|language=en-us|url=play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/mini-mario-friends-amiibo-challenge-items|title=Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge Items|publisher=Play Nintendo|accessdate=April 6, 2020|archive=web.archive.org/web/20200816215214/https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/mini-mario-friends-amiibo-challenge-items}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 28, 2016|timestamp=01:17|url=youtu.be/_OYRwWDrUaQ?t=77|title=Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge – Objects Introduction|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 6, 2020}}</ref> They are present in all [[level]]s of [[Gravity Galaxy]] and the [[Star 4|fourth level]] of the [[Star World (Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge)|Star World]]. When tapped on the [[Wii U#Wii U GamePad|GamePad]], Gravity Wells release a gravitational field that can pull a [[Mini]] to their center. To remove the gravitational field, the player has to tap the Gravity Well again. Gravity Wells can be used to protect a Mini from a long fall or to pull it from behind a wall.

SMG Pull Star Artwork.png|Artwork of Mario using a Pull Star from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''

SMG Sling Pod Mine Area.png|Pull Stars in the [[Sling Pod Galaxy]]

Pull Star Planets.png|Pull Stars inside Blue Star Capsule Planets in the Space Junk Galaxy

SMG Ghostly Galaxy Pull Star Planets.png|Blue Star Capsule Planets in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]]

SMG2 Space Storm Electric Field.png|Pull Stars in the [[Space Storm Galaxy]]

SMG2 Space Storm Starting Planets.png|Pull Star Planets in the Space Storm Galaxy

SMG2 Artwork Pull Star.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''

|ChiS=牵引星

|ChiSR=Qiānyǐn Xīng  

|ChiSM=Traction Star

|ChiT=牽引星<ref>{{cite|title=超級瑪利歐銀河２ (''Chāojí Mǎlìōu Yínhé Èr'') manual|page=27|publisher=Nintendo|language=zh-hant|date=2010}}</ref>

|Fre=Étoile crampon<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 126</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 11</ref>

|FreM=Cling star

|Kor=스타중계소<ref>{{cite|language=ko|quote=이 아이가 변신하면 로 {{color|orange|스타중계소}}를 조준하고 를 눌러 주세요|author=Polari|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy|Super Mario Wii: Galaxy Adventure]]''|date=2008|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>