User:Nintendo101

Casual Nintendo historian. Otherwise an artist and a professional zoologist. Bio degree. I've had an account here since 2012.

I wrote the character sections for Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Super Mario Odyssey. I contributed much of the article for Super Mario Sunshine and am currently working on Super Mario Galaxy.

I have been a fan of Nintendo since a very young age. My first Mario games (and three of the first video games I ever owned) were Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Super Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS. These games were good company for a young kid who moved around a lot and had difficulty keeping long-lasting friends.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I sequentially played some of my favorite games in the Super Mario series to 100% completion. This includes, in order, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Super Mario Odyssey. It's been really fun so far! These are great games, and I always wanted to marathon a series like this before but never had the time. It has been interesting to see where the series began and where it has ended up. The design philosophies, the characters, the art directions, world building, level design, narrative, etc. All good stuff. It might be fun to write something about it some day.

My favorite video game character is Yoshi.

Sandbox for current project

Comet Medals and Prankster Comets

No galaxy has more than one non-green Prankster Comet

Starship Mario

Main article: Starship Mario

Screenshot of the Starship Mario's Engine Room. Interior is one of the ways that progress is tracked.

Hub terraformed to look like Mario's head by Lubba

Rouge group of Lumas live on it, inc. Lubba and Baby Luma

As Mario progresses, power-ups are added to the engine room. Cloud Flower and Yoshi Egg become usable. Visual mark of progress.

Passengers

Another mark of progress - NPCs permently board the ship once specific criteria are met (what are they? Just finishing certain missions or are they tied to Power Stars?)

The NPCs share tricks on level progression and actions: some allude to late-game secrets, or are marks of progress for the player

As the Starship becomes more lively, the music becomes more flourished and complex

(include mini list for NPCs, unlock criteria, and their quotes - no pictures. The pictures for characters are in the following section)

No Piantas :<

No.	Name	Unlock criterion	Placement	Dialogue
01	Yoshi	Complete "Saddle Up with Yoshi".	tip of nose	none
02	Yellow Toad	Complete "Digga-Leg's Planet".	below right ear	"Hey--everyone's waiting for you on the Starshroom! We found a , so we're keeping it there for you."
03	Banktoad	Accumulate 7 Power Stars.	small patch of white flowers on the deck	"Hello from your friendly Banktoad! I can help share your stash of Star Bits with other adventurers!"
04	Mailtoad	Accumulate 13 Power Stars.	patch of red flowers on the deck	"Hello! I've held on to every I've recieved! Here--look…"
05	Star Bunny	Complete "Think Before You Shake".	under right ear lobe	"Shake when you're in midjump! Spinning will give you just a little more OOMPH! How do you think I jump so high, boiyoing? Try it with me!"
06	Honeybee	Complete "The Secret Wall Jump".	left of the middle engine	"Bet you'd like to know our secret… When we get coins in the air, we can fly farther!"
07	Penguin	Complete "Exploring the Cosmic Cavern".	back of the head, near the tea set	"Shake when you're in the water for a burst of speed! A lot of penguins don't know that…"
08	Jibberjay	Complete "Jungle Fluzzard Race".	near the path above the left sideburn	"Listen up! Listen up! There's a trick to going fast with Fluzzard! Point down to dive! Keep diving to go fast! Dive! Dive whenever you can! Fast! Fast!"
09	First Lumalee	Collect one Power Star in World 3.	Pipe Room in the left ear	"Lumalee! ♪ Lumalop! ♪ Welcome to the Luma Shop! Care to spin a Chance Cube for only 30 Star Bits?"
10	Whittle	Complete "Tall Trunk's Big Slide".	behind the left ear	"Collect many ? Comet arrive! First time in galaxy… Always one somewhere! Look hard."
11	Gold Gearmo	Complete "C'mere, Goomba".	at tea set	"I kinda dig those guys!"
12	Silver Gearmo	Complete "C'mere, Topman".	at tea set	"I just love the way those li'l red guys spin!"
13	Second Lumalee	Complete "The Magnificent Magma Sea".	Pipe Room in the left ear	"Care to spin 5 Chance Cubes for only 100 coins?"
14	Bob-omb Buddy	Complete "Return of the Whomp King".	near bridge, north of tea set	"Have you heard of this mythical, legendary world? It sounds like an amazing place, but I wonder how you get there…"
15	First Green Luma	Complete "Throwback Throwdown".	left of the stern, by the tree	"Seeking the cosmic jewels…it's been our lifelong pursuit… There is a saying that 'they can be found when all the stars have been collected…'"
16	Second Green Luma	Accumulate 120 Power Stars.	left of the stern, by the tree	"The universe is so full of joy… Have you ever seen a cosmic jewel? They have such a happy shine! And if you listen closely, you can hear the wonderful tinkling sound when one is nearby! Seriously!"
17	Rosalina	Complete "The Perfect Run".	big patch of white flowers on the deck	"I want to give you my thanks."

Items

Name	Description	Name	Description
Power Stars	Objects that are a source of energy for the Starship Mario. They are stolen by Bowser to create a galaxy of his own at the center of the universe. Collecting them completes missions and unlocks new levels.	Notes	Music notes which can appear when Mario touches a ? Coin. They appear in trails in the immediate vicinity and disappear after a few seconds. Collecting every note before they can disappear awards Mario with a power-up, a mushroom, or a Power Star.
Green Stars	Hidden, intermissionary Power Stars. Green Stars begin to appear in the galaxies after Mario has accumulated 120 yellow Power Stars. Rather than appear in dedicated missions, they are hidden in previously completed ones. One emits a celestial jingling sound when nearby, hinting at its location. Collecting one completes the mission. Grandmaster Galaxy is the only galaxy to lack any Green Stars. The final mission is unlocked once all 120 Green Stars have been collected.	+ Clocks	description
Bronze Stars	description	Green Shells	Shells of green Koopa Troopas. Mario grabs one when he makes contact or spins near it. Shaking makes Mario throw it. Green Koopa Shells travel in a continuous forward trajectory and defeats enemies on contact. Holding a Shell while underwater makes Mario automatically propel forward at a faster speed than if he were to swim. A light emits from the front of the shell when underwater that helps orient the player. This light can defeat Boos.
Silver Stars	Small Stars that represent one-fifth of a Power Star and are contained in bubbles. Silver Stars squeal like Lumas and trail after Mario when he pops their bubbles. When five are collected, the merge to form a full Power Star.	1-Up Mushrooms	Green mushrooms that give Mario an extra life when obtained. They also completely restore his life meter. It is sold at the Luma Shop.
Grand Stars	Giant Power Stars of considerable energy. They are usually in the possession of bosses. Collecting them makes the beacon expand in size, restores light to the observatory, and unlocks new domes.	Life Mushrooms	Red mushrooms that doubles the amount of bars in Mario's health meter from three to six. If Mario loses three bars, they cannot be restored. The life meter returns to just three bars when Mario completes the mission, even if at full health. This mushroom is sold at the Luma Shop.
Comet Medals	description	Chance Cubes	description
Star Bits	Colorful celestial objects that are eaten by Lumas. They are found floating in space or raining from the sky. They are collected when Mario makes physical contact or when they are touched with the Star Cursor. The Star Cursor works like a reticle: pressing shoots a Star Bit at its on-screen positioning. Most enemies are stunned when struck by Star Bits. Holding makes Star Bits fire continuously. Fired Star Bits cannot be recovered. Hungry Lumas transform into planets and galaxies when fed a requested number of Star Bits. Mario does not lose accumulated Star Bits if he loses a life during a mission, and they are added to total when he returns to the observatory. Collecting fifty Star Bits gives Mario an extra life.	Yellow Star Chips	Star fragments that each represent one-fifth of a Launch Star or Sling Star. Collecting five causes them to merge into either depending on the environmental context.
Star Piece Clusters	description	Keys	Golden collectibles that grant access to new areas. Collecting one opens a corresponding Key Door or glass dome.
Small Rocks / Shell Circles	Note to self: the names for both circles come from the internal naming of the textures associated with them, as viewable on noclip.website. These are likely the only official English names for these things, as they are 0 mentioning of them in the SMG2 Prima Guide or instruction booklet. They _are_ listed in the Shogakukan and English-localized Mario Encyclopedia, and are listed together as one object. While the English localizing was done poorly, the way the book itself is organized was not changed from its Japanese counterpart, which was a close collaboration between Shogakukan and Nintendo. They have a long-standing relationship, seemingly closer than that between Nintendo of America and Prima Games, as Shogakukan has been granted access to a significant amount of in-game assets and details not allocated to the Prima Games writers. The organization of enemies, as well as the very screenshots for them in the encyclopedia, would be repurposed on the Japanese character indexes for Mario released to correspond with the 25th Anniversary, so I'm inclined to think the Encyclopedia - while not a reliable source for names for characters, items, and enemies - is at least useable with regards to what the things themselves are.	Berries	description
Balloons	description	Big Yoshi Fruits	Note to self: the FileName directory refers to this as the "Big Yoshi Fruit" and the normal berry as the "Yoshi Fruit". I think due to policy the name we use would be "Big Yoshi Fruit", but that would be odd for readers, I think. The Prima Guide calls it a "giant fruit", but this seems to be in a general sense. Perhaps the Shogakukan Mario encyclopedia offers a unique name.
Rocks	description	Coconuts	Green fruits. Spinning into one launches them forward like a projectile. Some enemies and bosses fire coconuts themselves.
Coins	Gold coins. Collecting one restores one bar to Mario's life meter. Collecting fifty during a mission gives Mario an extra life. If Mario loses a life during a mission, he loses all of the coins he collected within that specific mission.	Watermelons	Alternatives to coconuts that permanently replaces them once Mario accumulates 9999 Star Bits on one save file.
Purple Coins	Coins that only appear in a galaxy when Purple Comets are in orbit. Collecting 100 awards Mario with a Power Star.	Spin Drills	description
? Coins	Big coins with inconsistent properties. Making contact with one has different results depending on the level, but exactly what is not specified until it is touched. One can make a power-up, mushroom, note, or another ? Coin appear. They do not contribute to Mario's coin count.	Yoshi's Eggs	description

Power-ups

The Ice Flower and Red Star are the only power-ups from the first Super Mario Galaxy to not return.

Power-up	Effect	Description
New power-ups
Cloud Flower		The Cloud Flower transforms Mario into Cloud Mario, which enables him to walk on cloud platforms that he would otherwise be too heavy to stand on. Cloud Mario can also create up to three cloud platforms by shaking , but these platforms will disappear after a brief time. Mario's weight is reduced while Cloud Mario. Receiving damage or making contact with water makes Mario lose the power-up.
Rock Mushroom		Touching the Rock Mushroom transforms Mario into Rock Mario. Shaking causes him to morph into a boulder and roll, defeating most enemies on contact and breaking objects Mario would otherwise be unable to. Colliding with an object or wall causes Mario to stop rolling. The boss Rollodillo can only be damaged by Rock Mario. Receiving damage or using a Launch Star makes Mario lose the power-up.
Returning power-ups
Fire Flower		The Fire Flower transforms Mario into Fire Mario for thirty seconds. Shaking makes Mario toss a projectile fireball. The fire lights torches and defeats enemies on contact. The boss Squizzard can only be damaged by Fire Mario.
Bee Mushroom		Touching the Bee Mushroom transforms Mario into Bee Mario. Holding makes Mario hover and his movement is controlled by tilting . The Flying Meter depletes as Mario hovers. He falls when the Meter is empty, but it is refilled when he makes contact with the ground or wall. Bee Mario can cling to honey walls and stand on flower platforms. The radius of the spin move is reduced while Bee Mario. Receiving damage or making contact with water makes Mario lose the power-up.
Rainbow Star		Making contact with the Rainbow Star transforms Mario into Rainbow Mario for thirty seconds. He is invincible and can defeat enemies on contact. Running in this form makes Mario build speed and shortens the height of his jump. Attempting to collect a different power-up in this form will instead launch it up without collecting it.
Boo Mushroom		Mario is transformed into a Boo when he touches the Boo Mushroom. Shaking makes Boo Mario become intangible for five seconds, enabling him to phase through walls. Continuously pressing makes Boo Mario hover. The Boo Mushroom only appears in "Haunting the Howling Tower". Receiving damage makes Mario lose the power-up.
Spring Mushroom		Making contact with the Spring Mushroom transforms Mario into Spring Mario. Mario continuously jumps in this form. Pressing when he strikes the ground makes Spring Mario jump to a significantly great height. His horizontal movement is slowed in this state. The Spring Mushroom only appears in "Spring into the Chompworks". Receiving damage strips Mario of the power-up.

Yoshi's fruit

Power-up	Effect	Description
Dash Pepper		Eating the Dash Pepper transforms Yoshi into Dash Yoshi for eight seconds. He bursts with speed and will only stop if he collides with an obstacle or the power-up wears off, but his direction can be controlled by tilting . Dash Yoshi can ascend steep slopes and run across water.
Blimp Fruit		The Blimp Fruit transforms Yoshi into Blimp Yoshi. He inflated like a balloon and trickles out air from his mouth, causing Blimp Yoshi to slowly rise. His trajectory can be controlled by tilting . Yoshi returns to normal once the air meter is depleted, but its depletion can be slowed by holding . Doing so also keeps Blimp Yoshi from ascending. Yoshi also can return to normal by shaking .
Bulb Berry		The Bulb Berry causes Yoshi to illuminate light as Bulb Yoshi. The light exposes platforms that would otherwise be hidden and enables the player to use them. This form only lasts for only ten seconds, and the radius of Bulb Yoshi's light gradually depletes. The platforms disappear and can no longer be used once the ten seconds have passed. Eating another Bulb Berry before the time has ran out restores Bulb Yoshi's light and resets the timer.

Objects

Name	Description	Name	Description
Launch Stars	description	Flowers	description
Pull Stars	description	Sproutle Vines	description
Sling Stars	description	Cannons	description
Pipes	description	Star Balls	description
Teleporters	description	Dandelions	description
Checkpoint Flags	description	Floaty Fluffs	description
? Blocks	description	Leaf Rafts	description
Flying ? Blocks	description	Springboards	description
Brick Blocks	description	Trampolines	description
Ice blocks	description	Drums	description
Blocks	description	Zipper gates	description
Crates	description	Poles	description
Treasure Boxes	description	Trees	description
Crystals	description	Honey walls	description
Rubbery bulb plants	description	Trapezes	description
Snowballs	description	Tornados	description
Ice sculptures	description	Beat Blocks	description
Cages	description	Pink bricks	description
Bull's-eyes	description	Rotating lifts	description
Coin spots	description	Lifts	description
Stumps	description	Tiles of ice	description
Cymbal	description	Clouds	description
Picture blocks	description	Flowers	description
Puzzle blocks	description	Giant grapes	description
Meteorites	description	Assembly Blocks	description
Grates	description	Teeter-totter moon	description
Flipswitch Panels	description	Gates	description
Flipping panels	description	Divots	description
Red and blue blocks	description	Ramps	description
File:SMG2 Blue Switch.png Blue Switches	description	Ice	description
Ground-Pound Switches	description	Nails	description
Lever Switches	description	Windmills	description
Arrow Switches	description	Boards	description
Handles	description	Beacon	description