Editing Sand Spiral Galaxy

{{course infobox
|image=[[File:Sandspiralgalaxy.png|250px]]<br>Sand Spiral Galaxy's entrance
|area=[[Comet Observatory]] ([[Engine Room]])
|stars={{icon|SMG-Mission}}
|unlock=Complete [[Faster Than a Speeding Penguin]], [[Luigi and the Haunted Mansion]], and then feed the [[Hungry Luma]] outside the Engine Room 1000 Star Bits  
|missions=[[Choosing a Favorite Snack]]
|icon=None
}}
The '''Sand Spiral Galaxy''' is a [[galaxy]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. It is a short course set inside and around a large barrel with a rapid sand river, where [[Boo]]s and [[bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|bat]]s act as the main enemies. A gimmick of this level is giving the player the choice to use either the [[Boo Mushroom]] or the [[Bee Mushroom]] to traverse its initial portion.

This galaxy is unlocked when Mario completes the mission [[Faster Than a Speeding Penguin]] in the [[Sea Slide Galaxy]] and [[Luigi and the Haunted Mansion]] in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]], as the latter is supposed to introduce the Boo Mushroom. Once Mario does so, a [[Hungry Luma]] will appear behind the Engine Room, who transforms into the Sand Spiral Galaxy when fed 1000 [[Star Bit]]s.

==Planets/Areas==
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===Wrecked Airship Planet===
[[File:SMG Sand Spiral Ship.png|thumb|The airship.]]
The front half of a damaged airship, which functions as the starting planet of the galaxy. At the end is a [[Launch Star]] that Mario can use to get to the Sinking Sand Planet. Scattered debris float nearby, and the damage where the missing half of the ship should be is depicted in detail, with jagged, protruding chunks of deck, wood, and some individual wooden beams. On the airship there is a [[Magikoopa]] that will retreat to the Sinking Sand Planet if not defeated.

===Sinking Sand Planet===
[[File:SMG Sand Spiral Sinking Sand.png|thumb|200px|left|The Sinking Sand Planet]]
This is a large planet with a barrel-like exterior and a tunnel made of brick inside, through which a river of [[quicksand]] flows. Mario must navigate through the obstacles (which include [[Water Shooter]]s and spotlights) and avoid falling into the sand by either using the Bee Mushroom or the Boo Mushroom. The end of the tunnel marks a [[checkpoint]], and a [[Honey wall|honeycomb wall panel]] appears here, as well as a [[Sling Star]] that launches the player onward.

===Spiral Moon Planets===
[[File:SMG Sand Spiral Galaxy Spiral Moon Planets.png|thumb|200px|The {{conjectural|Spiral Moon Planets|planets}}.]]
This is a small glowing moon with a spiraling series of rocky platforms spinning around it. Mario must cross this spiral while avoiding [[Mikey Mine|Space Mine]]s to reach the moon, where the Power Star is.

Mario can access this area in his [[Bee Mario|bee form]]. If he reaches the area as [[Boo Mario]], however, the power-up wears off. The Purple Toad explains that the moonlight is too bright.
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==Enemies==
<gallery>
Magikoopa Artwork - Super Mario Galaxy.png|[[Magikoopa]]
BooSMG.png|[[Boo]]s
Watershooter.png|[[Water Shooter]]s
SMG2 Floating Mine Render.png|[[Mikey Mine|Space Mine]]s
</gallery>

==Mission==
This galaxy contains only the following mission.
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|-style="background:skyblue;color:black"
!Level
!Image
!Summary
|-
![[Choosing a Favorite Snack]]
![[File:SMG Sand Spiral Bee Mario.png|200px]]
|This mission's objective is to use a power-up to move through the galaxy.
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Asset Sprite Preview (Sand Spiral Galaxy).png|Galaxy preview banner
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=サンドリバーギャラクシー
|JpnR=Sando Ribā Gyarakushī
|JpnM=Sand River Galaxy
|Fre=Rivière de sable
|FreM=Sand river
|Ger=Sandstrom-Galaxie
|GerM=Sand current Galaxy
|Spa=Galaxia Río Arenoso
|SpaM=Sandy River Galaxy
|Ita=Galassia Granello di Sabbia
|ItaM=Grain of Sand Galaxy
|Kor=샌드 리버 갤럭시
|KorR=Saendeu Ribeo Galleoksi
|KorM=Sand River Galaxy
|Chi=螺旋流沙银河
|ChiR=Luóxuán liúshā yínhé 
|ChiM=Spiral Quicksand Galaxy
}}

==Trivia==
*This is one of two [[Hungry Luma]] [[Galaxy|Galaxies]] whose unlock condition requires more than one mission to be completed beforehand, not counting missions in the Reactors. The other is the [[Boo's Boneyard Galaxy]].
*Near the entrance, a Red Toad is seen near the Boo Mushroom. The only Red Toad in the [[Toad Brigade]] is [[Captain Toad]], who is always seen with his headlamp and backpack on. He still reacts in the same scared way Captain Toad would upon seeing either of Mario's powered-up forms, while other Toads in the area do not.
*Like [[Sweet Sweet Galaxy]], this galaxy can be accessed without using the pink Launch Star left behind by the Hungry Luma via an unintended interaction: after talking to the Hungry Luma to make the Launch Star appear, [[Flying Mario]] can be used to access the portal instead.{{ref needed}}
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