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Latest revision as of 13:43, January 9, 2025
| Buoy Base Galaxy | |
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| Area | Kitchen |
| How to unlock | Get 30 stars and complete Sunken Treasure |
| Mission(s) | The Floating Fortress The Secret of Buoy Base |
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| Galaxy icon | Buoy Base and the spherical planetoid |
- “This here's a floating fortress. We call it Buoy Base. But nobody's using it now, so we're just here for upkeep.”
- —Gearmo, Super Mario Galaxy
The Buoy Base Galaxy is a galaxy that appears in Super Mario Galaxy. The galaxy contains a large fortress floating atop a large, semispherical pool of water. Mario has to climb this fortress in order to get the main Power Star in this galaxy. The galaxy is one of two galaxies (the other one being the Gateway Galaxy) to only feature two Power Stars. It is also the only bonus galaxy to have more than one Power Star.
A planet very similar to the Buoy Base Galaxy appears in the second mission of the Space Storm Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2. An arrangement of this galaxy's music appears as one of the selectable songs that can be played in events in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Layout[edit]
The titular Buoy Base is a metal fortress floating in a hemisphere of water similar to the Beach Bowl. The fortress is covered in many obstacles and enemies, including Topmen, Thwomps, and Amps. The main objective of this part of the planet is to collect five blue Star Chips to form a Pull Star leading to a sphere planet filled with water. The hemisphere underneath Buoy Base contains torpedo tubes that launch Torpedo Teds. A secret caged Warp Pipe in the pool of water leads to the opposing side of the hemisphere, where Bill Blasters and a cage containing a Green Power Star can be found.
Suspended above Buoy Base is a smaller, spherical planetoid filled with water. When initially visited, the water is concealed by a metal covering and Ball Beamers occur at opposing ends of the planetoid. One of the Ball Beamers has a bolt embedded in its top. Spinning the bolt causes the covering to fold away, revealing the water within, and exposing a collectible yellow Power Star in its core. The way the sphere looks once opened up has been likened to a Poké Ball from the Pokémon franchise, as noted in the Prima Games guidebook.[1]
Missions[edit]
| Name | Image | Description |
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| The Floating Fortress | 
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This mission's objective is to reach the top of the fortress. |
| The Secret of Buoy Base | 
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This mission's objective is to find the Green Power Star. |
Enemies[edit]
| Image | Name | Count |
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Torpedo Teds | (infinitely spawned) |
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Urchins | 3 |
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Bloopers | 6 |
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Water Shooters | 5 |
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Bomp | 1 |
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Octoguys | 2 |
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Thwomps | 3 |
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Spring Topman | 1 (appears after a valve is spun) |
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Topminis | (infinitely spawned) |
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Amps | 2 |
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Goomba | 1 |
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Sentry Garage | 1 |
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Ball Beamers | 2 |
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Bullet Bills | (infinitely spawned) |
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Goombeetles | 2 |
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Zap Balls | 4 |
Gallery[edit]
Screenshot from the view in the kitchen
E3 2007 screenshot of the area beneath Buoy Base
Screenshot of the top of Buoy Base
Galaxy preview banner
Concept art
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Music[edit]
Buoy Base Galaxy Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フローターランドギャラクシー[2] Furōtā Rando Gyarakushī |
Floater Land Galaxy | |
| Chinese | 漂浮要塞银河[?] Piāofú yàosài yínhé |
Floating Fortress Galaxy | |
| French (NOA) | Île Flottante[?] | Floating Island | |
| French (NOE) | Ile flottante[?] | Floating Island | |
| German | Schwimmland-Galaxie[3] | Swimming Land Galaxy | |
| Italian | Galassia Piattaforma[4] | Platform Galaxy | |
| Korean | 부이 베이스 갤럭시[?] Bui Beiseu Gaelleoksi |
Buoy Base Galaxy | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Galaxia de Tierras Flotantes[5] | Floating Lands Galaxy | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Galaxia Tierras Flotantes[6] | Floating Lands Galaxy |
Trivia[edit]
- There is an unused low-poly version of Buoy Base that has more islands and content under the planet. The low-poly version indicates it was originally going to be part of a larger galaxy.
References[edit]
- ^ "Psst! That planetoid over the tower looks familiar. The top housing is made of two red panels, and the bottom half is definitely lighter tahn the red panels. The screws on the planetoid's sides also seem familiar. Wait a second. Mario's on a Pokeball![sic]" – Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition). Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-7615-5713-5. Page 160.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy" in 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 131.
- ^ In-game name. (Archived 18 Feb. 2020 via YouTube by Miischi.)
- ^ In-game name. (Archived 22 Feb. 2022 via YouTube by LumaStream.)
- ^ In-game name. (Archived 10 Dec. 2020 via YouTube by Games Revolution Inc.)
- ^ In-game name. (Archived 9 Sept. 2018 via YouTube by Josh Cell Gameplays.)
