Editing Warp Pad

[[File:SMG2 Warp Pad.png|thumb|130px|A Warp Pad as seen in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'']]

{{quote|If [[Mario|you]] ever want to visit {{color-link|Starshroom|red|that ship}}, you can get there with the {{color|Warp Pad|green}}.|Lubba|Super Mario Galaxy 2}}

'''Warp Pads''' are semi-common objects found in both ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They appear as small metallic circular switches positioned on the ground and are always found in sets of two. Their bases are red, and the "switch" part of them is green on the outside and silver on the inside, with a small gold circle in the middle. Hovering over the center of them is a small white orb of pure light, with a curved beam of light extending from the orb of light over one Warp Pad to the orb of light over the other. When activated, [[Mario]] will temporarily be transformed into a ball of light that will travel along the curved light beam like an electrical current until he reaches the second Warp Pad, at which point he will turn back into himself. Warp Pads allow Mario to travel quickly between places that usually have different elevations or would be inaccessible otherwise.

Most of the Warp Pads in this game will not work at first, as specific parts of the Comet Observatory must first be powered up via the collection of [[Grand Star]]s, which will enable more Warp Pads to be used as the game progresses. As such, many of these Warp Pads have colored power cables running to them from the platform near the start of the Comet Observatory. The beam of light extending from these Warp Pads reflects the color of the power cables leading to them. Not every Warp Pad found onboard the Comet Observatory is necessarily used to reach otherwise inaccessible areas; some only act as shortcuts which lead to previously accessed areas that would normally take longer to reach without the use of Warp Pads.

*Unlike using [[Launch Star]]s, power-ups always remain active when using Warp Pads. This can be experienced with the [[Red Star]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' as well as the [[Cloud Flower]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.

*Although the Warp Pad in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' leads both to and from the [[Starshroom]], it does not necessarily need to be used to get back to [[Starship Mario]]; if the player is [[Cloud Mario]] when they use the Warp Pad to go to the Starshroom, they can reach Starship Mario again via a [[List of Super Mario Galaxy 2 glitches#Travel from the Starshroom to Starship Mario without Using the Warp Pad|glitch]].

**It is also possible for [[Mario]] to travel between Warp Pads while riding on [[Yoshi]].  

*If [[Mario]] walks onto a Warp Pad after he has just used it, the switch part will remain indented and it will not activate. If the player looks closely when Mario does this, the bottom part of his legs will actually be going through the Warp Pad as if it was not there.

*By using the [[List of Super Mario Galaxy glitches#Climb slippery slopes|slope-climbing glitch]] to reach the Engine dome's platform, the Warp Pad leading from the bottom of the Comet Observatory near the Library to the back of the Engine Room can be unlocked early.