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“The gravity here is all out of whack! Check out the arrows!”

—Luma, Super Mario Galaxy

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Multiple Gravity Walls in Bowser's Dark Matter Plant.

A Gravity Wall is a special type of wall that appears in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. It has the power to control the direction that Gravity pulls Mario within its expanse. The direction in which the Gravity Wall will pull Mario (or Luigi) once its range is entered is specified by painted arrows in a multitude of different colors that appear on the wall behind the character, the most prominent of which are blue, red, purple, green and gray. The effect of Gravity Walls is such that as soon as Mario or Luigi enters the area with the painted arrows and colored background, either character is immediately pulled towards the object that the arrows are pointing to. The direction that the arrows are pointing on the wall (and therefore the direction of gravity itself) can sometimes be changed if the player finds a Gravity Arrow and Spins it or hits it with a Star Bit. Gravity Walls appear in many levels, the most prominent of which is Bowser's Dark Matter Plant, where they act as the main obstacle of the level. Many of them also appear in the Upside Dizzy Galaxy, which was named after and centers around the theme of changing gravities many times.

Gravity Wall Areas

Super Mario Galaxy

Galaxy	Level	Area	Wall Colors
Good Egg Galaxy	A Snack of Cosmic Proportions	Many sections of the Pill Planet feature Gravity Walls.	Blue / Red
Battlerock Galaxy	Breaking into the Battlerock	The inside of the Gravity Planet has many Gravity Walls.	Blue / Red
Bowser's Star Reactor	The Fiery Stronghold	Roughly in the middle of the level is a short section of Gravity Walls.	Blue / Purple
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant	Darkness on the Horizon	Almost the entire level consists of many different sections of Gravity Walls surrounded by Dark Matter.	Blue / Purple / Green / Gray
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor	The Fate of the Universe	A short section of Gravity Walls appears behind the Cosmic Blocks.	Blue / Purple

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Galaxy	Levels	Area	Wall Colors
Rightside Down Galaxy	Breaking the Laws of Gravity, The Great Crate Incinerator, Green Star 1, Green Star 2	The entire galaxy is comprised of many sections of Gravity Walls.	Blue / Red / Purple / Green
Flipsville Galaxy	Flipsville's New Digs, Purple Coin Spin Speed Run	Inside the Dirt Tower Planet is an area with nine separate sections of Gravity Walls, which alternate in time with the music.	Blue / Red / Green / Gray
Upside Dizzy Galaxy	A Walk on the Weird Side, Burning Upside Dizzy, Green Star 1, Green Star 2	The entire galaxy is comprised of many sections of Gravity Walls.	Blue / Red
Battle Belt Galaxy	Mini-Planet Mega-Run, Mini-Planet Daredevil Run	Inside the Undergrunt Planet is a circular section of Gravity Walls, which alternate in time with the music.	Blue / Red

Gallery

• Pillplanet.jpg

  Gravity Walls inside the Pill Planet in the Good Egg Galaxy

• Gravity Planet.PNG

  Gravity Walls inside the Gravity Planet in the Battlerock Galaxy

• Rightside 1.png

  Gravity Walls in the Rightside Down Galaxy

• BBG10.png

  A circular section of Gravity Walls inside the Undergrunt Planet of the Battle Belt Galaxy

See Also

• Gravity Spotlight
• Gravity Arrow

Trivia

• It should be noted that Gravity Walls only ever appear in sections of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 that are played in 2-D sidescroller format, as they would essentially be ineffective otherwise.
• Though not a Gravity Wall, the atmospheric background of the Flipsville Galaxy acts somewhat like one, as it features multiple arrows which reflect the current flow of gravity.