Cosmic Spirit

“Are you in need of a helping hand? Would you like me to guide you to the Power Star?”

—Cosmic Spirit, Super Mario Galaxy 2

The Cosmic Spirit is a character in the game Super Mario Galaxy 2 that resembles Rosalina and appears when Mario loses too many lives in a level. She acts much like the Super Guide, taking control of Mario to help the player complete the level. Accepting the Cosmic Guide's help degrades the Power Star at the end of the level to a Bronze Star. Should the player wish to collect the true Power Star at the end, they must complete the level without the Cosmic Guide's help. The Cosmic Guide only appears in 19 galaxies, up to 20 Power Stars in total.

When Mario talks to her, she asks if he needs to be shown the way to get to a Star. If the player agrees to do so, the Cosmic Spirit transforms into a blue orb and encircle Mario's body, gaining control of him and carry out the Cosmic Guide mode. Unlike the Super Guide, the Cosmic Spirit doesn't disappear, even when the level is completed without her. The Cosmic Spirit leads Mario to the Power Star without collecting coins or Star Bits not on the path it takes along the way, but it doesn't take too much effort in avoiding them. If the player feels that they can take care of the rest, they can press on the Wii Remote to regain control of Mario.

The Cosmic Spirit has some similarities to Cosmic Mario and Cosmic Luigi, they are all cosmic counterparts to actual characters. However, the main difference between them is that Cosmic Mario and Cosmic Luigi antagonize the player, instead of helping the player. Also unlike Cosmic Mario and Luigi, the Cosmic Spirit's voice is not a distorted version of Rosalina's, whereas the other Cosmic characters have distorted voices of their respective counterparts.

Cosmic Spirit locations

Galaxy	Level	Area
Sky Station Galaxy	Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum	Just before the final Launch Star.
Flip-Swap Galaxy	Think Before You Shake	Roughly in the middle of the galaxy.
Fluffy Bluff Galaxy	Search for the Toad Brigade Captain	Near the Checkpoint Flag of the planetoid where the Toad Brigade captain is located.
Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla	Gobblegut's Aching Belly	Next to the Launch Star that leads to Gobblegut's planet.
Hightail Falls Galaxy	Hot-Stepping Dash Pepper	Just after the Checkpoint Flag following the collapsing platform section.
Tall Trunk Galaxy	Tall Trunk's Big Slide	Right before the start of the giant slide.
Haunty Halls Galaxy	A Glimmer of Bulb Berry	Roughly in the middle of the area with the Bulb Berries.
Supermassive Galaxy	Huge Trouble with Big Wigglers	At the starting platform of the planetoid with the giant Wigglers.
Flipsville Galaxy	Flip-Flopping in Flipsville	On the Starshroom right before Glamdozer's planet.
Chompworks Galaxy	Where the Chomps are Made of Gold	Right next to the area where the Golden Chomp appears.
Slipsand Galaxy	Squizzard's Sandy Sinkhole	After the sand slide next to the Checkpoint Flag.
Melty Monster Galaxy	A Stroll Down Rolling Lane	On the platform at the start of the bowling section of the level. It also adds a block at the end to stop Mario.
Battle Belt Galaxy	Snacktime for Gobblegut	Right before the pink Launch Star.
Mario Squared Galaxy	Luigi's Purple Coin Chaos	At the starting platform.
Rolling Coaster Galaxy	Purple Coins on the Rainbow Road	At the start of the level.
Twisty Trials Galaxy	Spinning and Spinning and Spinning	Right before the Rotating Gears Area.
Stone Cyclone Galaxy	Tox Box Speed Run	At the start of the level.
Boss Blitz Galaxy	Throwback Throwdown Speed Run	On the Meteor planet.
Flip-Out Galaxy	Wicked Wall Jumps	Near the second Checkpoint Flag.
Flip-Out Galaxy	Cosmic Clone Wall Jumpers	Near the second Checkpoint Flag.

Gallery

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  A close-up view of the Cosmic Spirit.

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  The Cosmic Spirit turning into an orb to help Mario.

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  The Cosmic Spirit asks Mario if he needs her help.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	おたすけウィッチ[?] Otasuke wicchi	Assisting Witch
Chinese	守護女巫 Shǒuhù nǚwū	Protector Witch
German	Kosmo-Assistent[?]	Cosmic Assistant
Italian	Spirito Cosmico[?]	Cosmic Spirit
Korean	도움마법사[?] Doum Mabeopsa	Helper Wizard
Spanish (NOA)	Espíritu Cósmico[?]	Cosmic Spirit

Trivia

• The coloration of the Cosmic Spirit is very similar to the coloration of the inside of Count Bleck's shadowy cape, as both feature dark blue starry sky-like colorations which remain stationary independent of the movements of the character. Its appearance is also very similar to Cosmic Mario/Luigi, right down to the coloration and lack of visible eyes.
• Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla is the only boss galaxy in which the Cosmic Spirit appears, and therefore the only galaxy where one can potentially get a bronze Grand Star if she was used.
• In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the underside of Rosalina's dress is colored black/dark blue and has a glittery star pattern like the Cosmic Spirit, as opposed to being white or blue like in her other appearances in the Mario games.
• The Cosmic Spirit never appears for Luigi, no matter how many times the player dies. If she was already seen in a certain level, she will reappear when the player switches back to Mario.