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|image=[[File:Sandspiralgalaxy.png|250px]]<br>Sand Spiral Galaxy's entrance
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|area=[[Comet Observatory]] ([[Engine Room]])
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|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   
|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]]<br>
|missions=[[Choosing a Favorite Snack]]
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Revision as of 22:24, October 18, 2024

Sand Spiral Galaxy
The Sand Spiral Galaxy
Sand Spiral Galaxy's entrance
Area Comet Observatory (Engine Room)
How to 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
Mission(s) Choosing a Favorite Snack
Stars Power Star
Galaxy 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 Boos and bats 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 Bits.

Planets/Areas

NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all names are unofficial.

Wrecked Airship Planet

The airship in the Sand Spiral Galaxy
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

The sand river in the Sand Spiral Galaxy
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 Shooters 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 honeycomb wall panel appears here, as well as a Sling Star that launches the player onward.

Spiral Moon Planets

The Spiral Moon Planets.

This is a small glowing moon with a spiraling series of rocky platforms spinning around it. Mario must cross this spiral while avoiding Space Mines to reach the moon, where the Power Star is.

Mario can access this area in his 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.

Enemies

Mission

This galaxy contains only the following mission.

Mission Image Summary

Choosing a Favorite Snack SMG Sand Spiral Bee Mario.png This mission's objective is to use a power-up to move through the galaxy.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サンドリバーギャラクシー[?]
Sando Ribā Gyarakushī
Sand River Galaxy
Chinese 螺旋流沙银河[?]
Luóxuán liúshā yínhé
Spiral Quicksand Galaxy
French Rivière de sable[?] Sand river
German Sandstrom-Galaxie[?] Sand current Galaxy
Italian Galassia Granello di Sabbia[?] Grain of Sand Galaxy
Korean 샌드 리버 갤럭시[?]
Saendeu Ribeo Galleoksi
Sand River Galaxy
Spanish Galaxia Río Arenoso[?] Sandy River Galaxy

Trivia

  • This is one of two Hungry Luma 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.[citation needed]