Star Chip

A yellow Star Chip

Blue Star Chips in Good Egg Galaxy

Template:Quote2 Star Chips are items that appear in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They always appear in sets of five, obviously representing the five points of a star. When Mario (or Luigi) collects all five of the yellow pieces, a Launch Star appears. There are also blue Star Chips in addition to the regular yellow ones. Blue Star Chips are far less common, though they do prove integral to the successful completion of several levels. When all five are collected, they create a Pull Star (or several). Sometimes, upon Mario completing a set of yellow Star Chips, several Pull Stars appear in addition to the Launch Star. When the first Star Chip is collected, a small icon representing the Launch Star (or Pull Star) appears at the top middle of the screen, and it gradually fills up in a clockwise direction as Mario collects more Star Chips. If any Star Chips are collected underwater, they completely refill Mario's air meter.

Star Chips are also found in Mario Tennis Open. They appear exclusively in Galaxy Rally, a Special Minigame. If the player hits one with the ball, the player collects some coins while filling a Launch Star meter. When the Launch Star meter is full, the Star Chips stop appearing, and a Launch Star is formed. After a certain amount of time, the Launch Star disappears and the Star Chips reappear.

Star Chip locations

Super Mario Galaxy

* - Levels containing blue Star Chips.

Level	Galaxy	Area	Forms
Grand Star Rescue	Gateway Galaxy	Found encased inside multiple Crystals on the Black Hole Planet.	Launch Star
Dino Piranha, Dino Piranha Speed Run	Good Egg Galaxy	Scattered around the Boulder Planet in various places.	Launch Star
*A Snack of Cosmic Proportions	Good Egg Galaxy	Found on the Star Planet, one on each point.	Five Pull Stars
Bee Mario Takes Flight	Honeyhive Galaxy	Found on the body of Queen Bee on the Queen Bee Planet.	Launch Star
Pull Star Path, Pull Star Path Speed Run	Space Junk Galaxy	Orbiting around the three Orb Planets in the galaxy.	Launch Star
*Battlerock Barrage, *Luigi under the Saucer	Battlerock Galaxy	Found orbiting around the Starting Planets at the start of the level.	Two Pull Stars
Sunken Treasure	Beach Bowl Galaxy	Found in various underwater locations on the Starting Planet.	Launch Star
Through the Poison Swamp	Bubble Breeze Galaxy	Contained in multiple bubbles being blown around the Starting Planet.	Launch Star
Luigi and the Haunted Mansion	Ghostly Galaxy	Moving around a room infested with Jack O'Goombas inside the Mansion Planet.	Launch Star
*Beware of Bouldergeist	Ghostly Galaxy	Found on the second of the two Cracked Wall Planets surrounded by multiple Sling Pods.	Three Pull Stars
*The Floating Fortress	Buoy Base Galaxy	The first four are surrounded by various obstacles on the Buoy Base, and the final one is found at the top.	Two Pull Stars
Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble	Gusty Garden Galaxy	Found orbiting around the last of the three Disk Planets before the ! and ? Planets.	Launch Star
Freezeflame's Blistering Core	Freezeflame Galaxy	Found encased inside multiple Crystals on the Ice Ring Planet.	Launch Star and Five Pull Stars
*Blasting through the Sand, *Sandblast Speed Run	Dusty Dune Galaxy	Scattered around the second Speedy Sand Planet.	Five Pull Stars
Sunbaked Sand Castle, Bullet Bill on Your Back	Dusty Dune Galaxy	Hidden in different locations on the tower on the first side of the first Disk Planet.	Launch Star
Bigmouth's Gold Bait	Bigmouth Galaxy	The first four are hidden in seaweed at the bottom of a lake inside the Bigmouth Planet, and the last one is on top of a rock at the bottom of the lake.	Sling Star
*Star Bunnies on the Hunt	Gold Leaf Galaxy	Scattered around the Starting Planet in various different locations.	Launch Star and Five Pull Stars
Mario Meets Mario	Toy Time Galaxy	Found in different locations on the Screw Planet.	Launch Star
*Revenge of the Topman Tribe, *Topman Tribe Speed Run	Dreadnought Galaxy	Each Star Chip is found on the surface of the Cube Planet (one is found floating in midair).	Launch Star and Two Pull Stars
The Sinking Lava Spire, Lava Spire Daredevil Run	Melty Molten Galaxy	Found scattered across the surface of the first Forming Lava Planet embedded in the main Lava Planet.	Launch Star
Through the Meteor Storm	Melty Molten Galaxy	Found at various points on the Cooled Lava Planet embedded in the main Lava Planet.	Launch Star
Fiery Dino Piranha	Melty Molten Galaxy	Positioned randomly around the Disk Planet, some of them floating in midair.	Launch Star
The Electric Labyrinth	Bubble Blast Galaxy	Suspended in bubbles found in five separate areas near the star-shaped Starting Platform.	Launch Star

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Level	Galaxy	Area	Forms
Search for the Toad Brigade Captain	Fluffy Bluff Galaxy	Found in different locations on the surface of the Pond Planet.	Launch Star
The Flotacious Blimp Fruit	Tall Trunk Galaxy	Randomly positioned around the Log Planet. Mario must use Yoshi to collect the pieces.	Launch Star
The Shadow Lining	Cloudy Court Galaxy	Found scattered across some of the few Starting Planets that remain in this mission.	Launch Star
Sorbetti's Chilly Reception	Freezy Flake Galaxy	Hidden in various objects found around the Snow Field Planet.	Launch Star
Silver Stars Pop-Up	Boo Moon Galaxy	Found floating in midair directly above the crescent moon.	Launch Star

Gallery

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  Yellow Star Chip model from Super Mario Galaxy

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  Blue Star Chip model from Super Mario Galaxy

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  Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2	ObjectData/YellowChip.arc	YellowChip	Yellow Chip
	StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl	イエローチップ (Ierō Chippu)
Super Mario Galaxy	ObjectData/BlueChip.arc	BlueChip	Blue Chip
	StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl	ブルーチップ (Burū Chippu)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Chinese (simplified)	星星碎片[?] Xīngxīng Suìpiàn	Star Piece
French	Morceau d'étoile[?]	Star piece
German	Gelber Sternenchip[?]	Yellow Star-Chip
Italian	Spicchio Stellare[?]	Star Slice
Spanish (NOA)	Fragmento amarillo[?]	Yellow Fragment
Spanish (NOE)	Fragmento de estrella[?]	Star Fragment

Trivia

Gigantic Star Chips

• In the Supermassive Galaxy, there are several platforms toward the middle of the level that are shaped like gigantic Star Chips.