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Run Categories

61-star (Any%)

Target: 2-2.5 hours (segmented); 2.5-3 hours (single-segment)

Bowser's Galaxy Reactor requires a minimum of 60 stars to enter, and unlike in Mario 64, the Grand Star from defeating Bowser counts in the star total. Times will be faster for segmented runs due to possible luck manipulation for desired comets. Requires careful route planning to find the most efficient stars possible.

Completed 61-star Runs

MilesSMB: 3h 00m 34s single-segment

120-star

Target: Under 7 hours
Total star bits needed: 6370
Reference video: 7:58:36 (input) segmented by MOKURENN91 (not legitimate; contains a large amount of video manipulation)

Requires beating the game twice. Fifteen purple coin collect-a-thons don't appear until Bowser's Galaxy Reactor has been cleared. After collecting all 120 stars, defeating Bowser again unlocks Luigi as a playable character.

121-star New Game+

Target: Under 7 hours
Total star bits needed: 6370

In this category, we start with Luigi immediately after unlocking him, and collect all 120 stars with him. We unlock the Grand Finale Galaxy and complete it. This prevents repetition in collecting all 120 stars twice in a single run, and shortens the run's length to a reasonable time frame.

General Tricks

Spin + Wall jump + Spin Combo: Usually preceded by a backflip or triple jump, this move combo allows access to great heights. For maximum height, be sure to hold the A button when spinning.
Cosmic Race Speed Boost: When racing cosmic Mario/Luigi, hold the analog stick up before the race starts and keep it up there until the timer reaches 0. Then crouch with Z when the timer reaches 2 and hit A when the race begins to gain a speed boost.
Slope Climbing: It is possible to ascend slopes Mario/Luigi would usually slide down. (Example video to be added.) To do this, you must first begin sliding down the slope while facing forward (in the sitting position). The best way to ensure you're facing the correct direction is to back flip onto the slope. Once you begin sliding, jump in the direction you're sliding, then immediately use your spin attack in the air while holding back the opposite direction. This technique will seem a little counterintuitive at first, because you must start by jumping in the "wrong" direction, but if you don't have forward momentum when you jump, you'll be unable to use your spin attack. In summary, the order of input should be as follows: hold forward (while sliding), jump (while still holding forward), spin attack and simultaneously switch to holding back, repeat as necessary. (Forward refers to the direction you're sliding, back refers to the opposite direction). You can also climb some slopes by spinning while running up them, as seen at the beginning of this video.
Homing Stomp: Mario and Luigi can perform a homing attack that will automatically target nearby enemies. To perform this technique, jump and use a midair spin attack. Before the spin attack has completed its animation, press Z to use your stomp attack. If your timing was right, you'll hear a different sound effect, and Mario/Luigi's landing will look different than it does after a normal stomp. If used close to an enemy, the stomp should home in on them. While this move could occasionally be useful in combat, its most interesting property is that it also targets NPCs such as the Toads. Frequently after bouncing off of an NPC's head this way, you will receive a significant horizontal boost, sometimes even greater than that of a long jump. One application of it is this
Spin Attack Delay Reset: Spinning on the ground and then quickly jumping will reset the spin cooldown timer, so you can spin again immediately.
Scroll through text quickly: Hold the A button to scroll through speech text more quickly than normal.

Comet Stars

Prankster Comets begin to appear after 13 stars have been collected.

Every "star 4" comet mission has a prerequisite mission that must be completed in order for it to appear:

Dino Piranha Speed Run - Dino Piranha
Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race - Trouble on the Tower
Pull Star Path Speed Run - Pull Star Path
Topmaniac's Daredevil Run - Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone - The Secret Undersea Cavern
Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run - Beware of Bouldergeist
Major Burrows' Daredevil Run - Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
Frosty Cosmic Mario Race - The Freezy Peak of Baron Brrr
Sandblast Speed Run - Blasting through the Sand
Cosmic Mario Forest Race - When It Rains, It Pours
Underwater Cosmic Mario Race - Faster Than a Speeding Penguin
Fast Foes of Toy Time - The Flipswitch Chain
Ghost Ship Daredevil Run - Bubble Blastoff
Topman Tribe Speed Run - Revenge of the Topman Tribe
Lava Spire Daredevil Run - Through the Meteor Storm

Purple coin comets appear after completing "The Fate of the Universe." They become available in one of the 15 main courses once stars 1 and 2 have been collected in that galaxy.

Luigi Stars

There are three Luigi stars:

Good Egg Galaxy - Luigi on the Roof
Battlerock Galaxy - Luigi under the Saucer
Honeyhive Galaxy - Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom

They must be completed in this order, and with gaps of at least five non-Luigi stars in between each. The first Luigi mission is unlocked upon completing Ghostly Galaxy's "Luigi and the Haunted Mansion."

Levels

Levels are listed in the same order as on the star list/coin records screen.

Good Egg Galaxy

Location: Terrace
Entry requirement: 1 star

Dino Piranha:
- Skip the Luma near the start by long jumping as you reach the top of the castle wall. This only saves around a second, though.
- Skip defeating the small red piranha plant: triple-jump off of the gray platform that the blue electrogoomba is on, and you'll be pulled to the next planet.
- Skip defeating the large purple piranha plant: do a high jump over the boulder generator to get pulled to the next planet. A backflip from the top of the boulder generator is easiest, but a triple jump from the ground near the boulder generator works too.
A Snack of Cosmic Proportions (100 star bits):
- Use a triple jump to skip the blue Luma/pull stars. (Video to be added.) Also can be done using a Homing Jump Boost off of the yellow Luma, which is easier. Video
- Instead of collecting the pull star bits on the last platform, just long jump into the center to collect the star.
King Kaliente's Battle Fleet:
- Get on the roof early. There are various jump methods to do this, but the fastest way is probably a triple jump.
- Skip defeating the spiky plant: do a triple jump off of the ground next to the plant, and you'll be pulled to the next planet.
- Skip defeating the coconut-spitting electrogoombas (risky): long jump between the railings of the two ships.
Dino Piranha Speed Run: Functionally the same as the Dino Piranha level. A good time is ~2'30" left on the timer.
Purple Coin Omelet:
Luigi on the Roof: Get on the roof early. The fastest star in the game.

Honeyhive Galaxy

Location: Terrace
Entry requirement: 3 stars

Bee Mario Takes Flight:
- Skip almost the entire level (probably impractical for single-segment): head to the place where the first launch star is in "Trouble on the Tower". There are two wooden structures there. Stand on one of the structures, then do a backflip and a (difficult) wall jump or edge jump to get on top of the tree above. Climb up the slope of the tree with jumps and spins (read about Slope Climbing), then slide down toward the other tree on the left. Double jump from the edge, then when you're near the other tree, spin, wall jump, and spin to make it on top. Finally, climb the slope to reach the Toad Brigade. Video
  - There are two other ways to cross the gap between the two trees. One is a single jump, which is only known to work with Luigi thus far. Another way is a wall jump off of the side of the first tree; this has only been tried with Luigi, but might work for Mario as well. Video
- If not using the above trick, take a shortcut to the slide area near the first launch star. From the start of the level, head to the fountain, then jump over the fence on the right. Video
Trouble on the Tower: Skip having to climb the windmill by falling straight onto the top of it. Method 1: after the launch star, head to the second planet and then triple jump near the bottom (next to the sling star), then spin and fall to the windmill tower (Video). Method 2: after the launch star, head to the bottom of the third planet, do a backflip or triple jump followed by a wall jump against the tree-trunk-shaped structure, then spin and fall to the windmill tower (1:54 in this video).
Big Bad Bugaboom
Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race: Jump off the fence near the fountain to land on the lower ledge.
The Honeyhive's Purple Coins:
Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom (requires completing Battlerock Galaxy's "Luigi Under the Saucer"): Spin repeatedly up the yellow slope, then use a triple jump + wall kick + spin to reach the upper ledge.

Space Junk Galaxy

Location: Fountain
Entry requirement: 9 stars

Pull Star Path: During the asteroid part, you can go over an asteroid by grabbing the 2nd, 4th and 6th pull star.
Kamella's Airship Attack:
- Skip the fire-spitting electrogoombas (may be risky): Two methods. (1) Long jump across, and try to grab or land on the tiny ledge that's just to the side of the bridge. YouTube video. (2) Jump toward an electrogoomba with good timing so that you get hit by a fireball, then steer yourself over the electrogoomba and onto the ship.
- Spin next to Kamella to cancel the fire shots.
Tarantox's Tangled Web:
- Enter the glass sphere's launch star from above: stand on the glass sphere over where the launch star is, then while spinning, crouch and un-crouch. A reliable way to do this is to move around while repeatedly spinning and tapping Z. If you did it right, you should be pulled into the launch star.
- Skip the first sling pod and the purple Toad with a long jump to the next planet. On the rocket, skip the next sling pod with a triple jump. YouTube video.
- You can hit Tarantox's face to stun it for a few seconds. This is an especially good idea for the second phase of the fight. Also note that you can launch the Toad into Tarantox.
Pull Star Path Speed Run: Functionally the same as the Pull Star Path level.
Purple Coin Spacewalk: 1'16" left on timer
Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance (50 star bits): You can get 50 star bits without entering the glass sphere. On the planet with the spiders and crystals, you can stand at a certain spot and angle and press Up on the Control Pad to look toward a distant rocket and three pull-star spheres. You can then collect about 10 star bits from the spheres and the shooting stars that fall down to the rocket.

Battlerock Galaxy

Location: Fountain
Entry requirement: 12 stars

Battlerock Barrage:
- Skip the blue star chips by triple jumping up to the launch star.
- After the launch star, skip the purple spring enemy and use a triple jump up to the next saucer instead. This only saves 1-2 seconds, though.
Breaking into the Battlerock: Inside the battlerock, destroy the ice and enter the launch star in one shot. The launch star always appears in the middle of the room, so just make sure to break the ice in the middle.
Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe:
- Near the beginning, there is a saucer that moves through a field of spike bombs toward another saucer. You can do a triple jump near the side of the moving saucer to get to the destination saucer early.
- Note that you can shoot star bits at the Topmen to push them, but it's more difficult to push them in a particular direction this way.
- In the 2-D section, get up to the area with the crushers early. The fastest way is probably a triple jump and wall jump, but the easiest way is to get hit by the firebar so that you're boosted upward. (Video to be added.)
Topmaniac's Daredevil Run:
Purple Coins on the Battlerock:
Battlerock's Garbage Dump (30 star bits):
- A possible star bit strategy: collect 16 star bits under the saucers at the start; you can collect these while waiting for the bomb to break the launch star's cage. At the planet with the chomps, go to the bomb generator, and defeat two chomps with bombs. A bomb will explode upon contact with a chomp. Each chomp will yield 9 star bits, so this strategy yields 34 star bits.
- You can clear the garbage dump minigame with 4 bombs. (Example: near-left and near-right, blow up 4 piles in diamond formations. Far-right, blow up 4 piles. Far-left, blow up just 3 piles.) Also, note that you can hold a lit bomb next to a non-lit bomb to light it.
Luigi under the Saucer (requires completing Good Egg Galaxy's "Luigi on the Roof"): See the notes on "Battlerock Barrage".

Beach Bowl Galaxy

Location: Kitchen
Entry requirement: 16 stars

Sunken Treasure:
- Triple jump + spin onto the top of the palm tree to skip collecting the star launcher pieces. Use another triple jump + wall kick + spin to land on the upper ledge. Video
- Then, three methods of interest to get up to the star crystal, in order from fastest to slowest:
  - Take a direct line to the star and use a triple jump followed by a wall jump or edge hop to land on the star platform.
  - Triple jump up to the "lip" over the waterfall, then jump up from there onto the star platform. Video
  - Head to the other side of the upper area where the land is higher, then triple jump or backflip + wall jump up to the star platform.
Passing the Swim Test
The Secret Undersea Cavern:
- From the start of the cyclone stone, either (a) long jump to the path on the right (0:48 in this video), or (b) long jump forwards and long jump to the bar-shaped moving platforms (Video). You might pick one method or the other, depending on the timing of the platforms and Tox Boxes.
- Later on the cyclone stone, instead of going through the long, clockwise path to the star, take a shortcut jump directly to the star platform. Before the clockwise path starts, jump on the raised land on the corner and do a northwest long jump directly toward the star platform, followed by a wall jump to get on the platform. (For videos, see the previous point about the start of the cyclone stone.)
Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone: See "The Secret Undersea Cavern". Timing of platforms and Tox Boxes will be different.
Beachcombing for Purple Coins:
Wall Jumping up Waterfalls: After landing on the waterfall planet, grab the ? coin with a triple jump.

Ghostly Galaxy

Location: Kitchen
Entry requirement: 20 stars

Luigi and the Haunted Mansion: The rainbow star (from the rock spire on the starting platform) should last long enough to defeat the Boos in the mansion (to obtain the key without turning on the lights.)
A Very Spooky Sprint 37:xx
Beware of Bouldergeist: In the sling pod area, use a triple jump to reach a higher ledge early. Triple jump shortcut Video Skip collecting star chips on the second wall. Video See MOKURENN's Part 44 for boss strategies.
Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run: See MOKURENN's Part 44
Purple Coins in the Bone Pen: See MOKURENN's Part 43
Matter Splatter Mansion: Skip the first key using the purple flame or backflip + wall kick + spin. Take a shortcut to the main vertical chamber by long jumping + spinning as soon as the second set of moving platforms has gone past the second ? block.

Gusty Garden Galaxy

Location: Bedroom
Entry requirement: 24 stars

Bunnies in the Wind: Ride the third Floaty Fluff to the planet that has a purple piranha plant and a 1-up. From there, triple jump or use the vine on the bottom of the planet to get to the other purple piranha plant, which you must defeat to get the launch star.
The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows: At the apple planets, skip the third worm by triple jumping up to the launch star.
Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble: three methods of interest for the last part, in order of fastest to slowest:
- Hit the first gravity arrow, then wall jump back up onto the block you were standing on. Backflip onto one of the moving blocks behind you, then do a long jump roughly to the right. Hopefully you'll manage to land at the cannon area (the cannons will be turned off). Video.
- Hit the first gravity arrow and fall down. From the block with the second gravity arrow, do a long jump to the right, then wall jump off of a block to get up. You'll be in the middle of the cannon area; the cannons will be turned off. Video.
- Hit the first gravity arrow, fall down, then go past the second gravity arrow and long jump north over the gap, landing on a cylinder shaped platform. Fall to the gravity arrow on the side and spin the arrow with good timing. You'll land at the start of the cannon area, but the cannons will be firing.
Major Burrows's Daredevil Run:
Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube:
The Golden Chomp

Freezeflame Galaxy

Location: Bedroom
Entry requirement: 26 stars

The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr: Take the wall-jumping shortcut to the left in the first icy water section.
Freezeflame's Blistering Core:
- From the start of the lava area, go forward and then right to the two tall structures with torches in front of them. Get on top of one of these structures with a triple jump and wall jump, or a backflip from the top of a torch followed by a wall jump. Then long jump toward the platform on the ceiling, and the gravity will flip so you can land on the platform. First part of this video.
- From the previous trick, go forward and then head to the place on the right with the ? block. Run to the right edge and long jump off to the right. The gravity will flip, and you'll be able to land in front of the last part of the level with the moving platforms. Video.
- At the last part, grab the fire flower and then long jump toward the right torch. Land on the lava and then land at the spot behind the torch to recover. From there, shoot fireballs at the two torches to reveal the star. Third part of this video.
Hot and Cold Collide:
- At the first part, do a long jump, backflip, or ice skating jump backwards to reach the first launch star directly.
- You can get in the cage with the fire flower with a triple jump or a backflip and wall jump. (Note that you can ground-pound the item crystal to break it.) You can then get out with a backflip and wall jump.
Frosty Cosmic Mario Race: Use ice-skating long jumps for shortcuts.
Purple Coins on the Summit:
Conquering the Summit:
- After launching to the ice mountain planet, get to the first sling star without the ice flower by spinning up a slope. Video.
- After the second sling star, use a backflip and wall jump up for a large shortcut. Then backflip onto the snowman, and backflip and wall jump up to the next area. Finally, use another backflip and wall jump to skip the part with the pushing walls.
- Video of a 1'41" speedrun

Dusty Dune Galaxy

Location: Bedroom
Entry requirement: 29 stars

Soaring on the Desert Winds
Blasting through the Sand: Reach the ground-pound switch early by long jumping from the top of the Thwomp. Video
Sunbaked Sand Castle
Sandblast Speed Run: The Thwomp trick cannot be used in this version of the star.
Purple Coins in the Desert:
Bullet Bill on Your Back
Treasure of the Pyramid (20 star bits): Inside the pyramid, use backflips to get over the walls. See MOKURENN's Part 42.

Gold Leaf Galaxy

Location: Engine Room
Entry requirement: 34 stars

Star Bunnies on the Hunt: Use triple jump spin wall jump thing. Video
Cataquack to the Skies: Use triple jump spins instead of cataquacks. Video
When it Rains, it Pours: Wall jump shortcut plus tower climbing shortcut. Video
Cosmic Mario Forest Race: Wall jump shortcut
Purple Coins in the Woods:
Bell on the Big Tree

Sea Slide Galaxy

Location: Engine Room
Entry requirement: 36 stars

Going after Guppy
Faster than a Speeding Penguin 47:15
The Silver Stars of Sea Slide: Collect all silver stars without transforming into Bee Mario. Video
Underwater Cosmic Mario Race:
Purple Coins by the Seaside:
Hurry, He's Hungry (40 star bits):

Toy Time Galaxy

Location: Engine Room
Entry requirement: 40 stars

Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser: Shortcut climbing the giant robot. Timesaver at the start Video Complete the level without Spring Mario with backflip/triple jump + wall jump + spin combos.
Mario Meets Mario
Bouncing Down Cake Lane: Reach the top of the mole cannon without spring mario with triple jump + wall jump + spin.
Fast Foes of Toy Time:
Luigi's Purple Coins: Route
The Flipswitch Chain (50 star bits):

Deep Dark Galaxy

Location: Garden
Entry requirement: 46 stars

The Underground Ghost Ship: Use the cannon to reach the ghost ship directly, skipping almost the entire level. Video
Bubble Blastoff: Use the cannon to reach the upper area directly. Speedrun (1'17")
Guppy and the Underground Lake
Ghost Ship Daredevil Run:
Plunder the Purple Coins:
Boo in a Box

Dreadnought Galaxy

Location: Garden
Entry requirement: 49 stars

Infiltrating the Dreadnought - The final section can be cleared without filling the water. Use a backflip + spin + wall kick + spin on the pillar right before the star. Speedrun (2'16")
Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons: Skip over the first set of flipswitch panels by backflipping over the laser beams. In the "Colossal Cannons" section, use long jumps and hop on cannonballs to skip portions of the rides. Video 1 Video 2
Revenge of the Topman Tribe
Topman Tribe Speed Run:
Battlestation's Purple Coins:
Dreadnought's Garbage Dump

Melty Molten Galaxy

Location: Garden
Entry requirement: 52 stars

The Sinking Lava Spire: Volcano edge shortcut Lava spire shortcuts
Through the Meteor Storm: Bullet Bill shortcut. Skip the entire Thwomp Planet. Video
Fiery Dino Piranha: Skip the fire bubbles. (Requires at least 3 units of health.) Video
Lava Spire Daredevil Run: Speedrun (2'14")
Red-Hot Purple Coins:
Burning Tide (80 star bits):

Gateway Galaxy

Location: Gate
Entry requirement: 0 stars to enter initially; Engine Room unlocked (34+ stars) to return

Grand Star Rescue: Shoot the Luma bunnies with star bits on the home planet. Skip the Luma text in the Grand Star's chamber by jumping immediately after landing.
Gateway's Purple Coins:

Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor

Location: Terrace
Entry requirement: 8 stars

Megaleg's Moon: Backflip over the fence on Megaleg's head and lure a Bullet Bill directly to the Grand Star to skip a hit.

Bowser's Star Reactor

Location: Fountain
Entry requirement: 15 stars

The Fiery Stronghold: On the crumbling staircase, use a long jump to reach Bowser directly.

Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada

Location: Kitchen
Entry requirement: 23 stars

Sinking the Airships: Skip almost the entire level with the first cannon. Video

Bowser's Dark Matter Plant

Location: Bedroom
Entry requirement: 33 stars

Darkness on the Horizon: Some shortcuts can be taken on the section with the gravity arrows and moving platforms. See Paraxade's Video ( 4:45-5:16) Also, in the last part of the level with the frozen Lumas and green/white checkerboard paths, use triple jumps + spins and long jumps to avoid saving the Lumas.

Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor

Location: Engine Room
Entry requirement: 45 stars

King Kaliente's Spicy Return: When you reach the two mini-Kalientes, get in between them and spin attack to hit both coconuts at once.

Bowser's Galaxy Reactor

Location: Comet Observatory - Talk to Rosetta
Entry requirement: 60 stars + "Darkness on the Horizon" cleared

The Fate of the Universe: In Section 2 (with the moving platforms over lava), long jump in the opposite direction and get burnt once to reach the warp point immediately.

Loopdeeloop Galaxy

Location: Terrace
Entry requirement: 5 stars

Surfing 101 55:61

Flipswitch Galaxy

Location: Terrace
Entry requirement: Complete Honeyhive Galaxy #2 - "Trouble on the Tower"

Painting the Planet Yellow: The fastest route is to color the right face, long jump to the left face, then ride the moving spike platform to the top face.

Rolling Green Galaxy

Location: Fountain
Entry requirement: 11 stars

Rolling in the Clouds: When given a choice of paths, take the right one instead of the left.

Hurry-Scurry Galaxy

Location: Fountain
Entry requirement: 18 stars

Shrinking Satellite

Bubble Breeze Galaxy

Location: Kitchen
Entry requirement: 19 stars

Through the Poison Swamp: Skip almost all of the second half of the level. Video

Sweet Sweet Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Terrace
Entry requirement: Complete Honeyhive Galaxy #3 - "Big Bad Bugaboom" + 400 star bits

Rocky Road

Sling Pod Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Fountain
Entry requirement: Complete Space Junk Galaxy #3 - "Tarantox's Tangled Web" + 400 star bits

A Very Sticky Situation

Buoy Base Galaxy

Location: Kitchen
Entry requirement: 30 stars

The Floating Fortress
The Secret of Buoy Base:

Drip Drop Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Kitchen
Entry requirement: Complete Beach Bowl Galaxy #1 - "Sunken Treasure" + 600 star bits

Giant Eel Outbreak

Boo's Boneyard Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Gateway
Entry requirement: Complete Gateway Galaxy - "Gateway's Purple Coins" + 1200 star bits

Racing the Spooky Speedster 33:xx

Honeyclimb Galaxy

Location: Bedroom
Entry requirement: 35 stars

Scaling the Sticky Wall: See MOKURENN's Part ??

Snow Cap Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Garden
Entry requirement: Complete Melty Molten Galaxy #1 - "The Sinking Lava Spire" + 1600 star bits

Star Bunnies in the Snow: Rabbit locations: snowman (activate 5 flipswitch panels to unlock fire flower), chest (destroy snowman for a green shell), burrow near plant outside Fire Flower alcove (blow away snow to uncover)

Bonefin Galaxy

Location: Engine Room
Entry requirement: 55 stars + Complete Drip Drop Galaxy - "Giant Eel Outbreak"

Kingfin's Fearsome Waters

Sand Spiral Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Engine Room
Entry requirement: Complete Sea Slide Galaxy #2 - "Faster than a Speeding Penguin" + 1000 star bits

Choosing a Favorite Snack: Choose the Boo Suit: it is quicker than the Bee Suit. Also, you can Long Jump with Rainbow Mario from platform to platform.

Matter Splatter Galaxy

Location: Garden
Entry requirement: 50 stars

Watch Your Step: See MOKURENN's Part ??

Bigmouth Galaxy

Location: Comet Observatory - Hungry Luma outside Bedroom
Entry requirement: Complete Dusty Dune Galaxy #1 - "Soaring the Desert Winds" + 800 star bits

Bigmouth's Gold Bait: To access the higher body of water (with the gold shell) early, swim to the surface of the lower body, then use a spin to leap out of the water + wall kick. This skips collecting the star chips on the ocean floor.

Rolling Gizmo Galaxy

Location: Planet of Trials
Entry requirement: 3 green stars (Battlerock #7, Buoy Base #2, Dusty Dune #7)

Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets: In the starting section, you can skip breaking the blocks by rolling on the edge.

Loopdeeswoop Galaxy

Location: Planet of Trials
Entry requirement: 3 green stars (Battlerock #7, Buoy Base #2, Dusty Dune #7)

The Galaxy's Greatest Wave: 48"21 We can skip the loop-de-loop by jumping right before it starts.

Bubble Blast Galaxy

Location: Planet of Trials
Entry requirement: 3 green stars (Battlerock #7, Buoy Base #2, Dusty Dune #7)

The Electric Labyrinth: Skip a pipe.

Grand Finale Galaxy

Location: Planet of Trials
Entry requirement: 120 stars with Luigi (240 stars total)

The Star Festival: You can skip talking with the leader of the toad brigade by approaching the gate a bit from the right and long jumping past him.

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 == General Tricks ==
-* '''Spin + Wall jump + Spin Combo''': Usually preceded by a backflip or triple jump, this move combo allows access to great heights.
+* '''Spin + Wall jump + Spin Combo''': Usually preceded by a backflip or triple jump, this move combo allows access to great heights.  For maximum height, be sure to hold the A button when spinning.
 * '''Cosmic Race Speed Boost:''' When racing cosmic Mario/Luigi, hold the analog stick up before the race starts and keep it up there until the timer reaches 0. Then crouch with Z when the timer reaches 2 and hit A when the race begins to gain a speed boost.
 * '''Slope Climbing:''' It is possible to ascend slopes Mario/Luigi would usually slide down. (Example video to be added.) To do this, you must first begin sliding down the slope while facing forward (in the sitting position). The best way to ensure you're facing the correct direction is to back flip onto the slope. Once you begin sliding, jump in the direction you're sliding, then immediately use your spin attack in the air while holding back the opposite direction. This technique will seem a little counterintuitive at first, because you must start by jumping in the "wrong" direction, but if you don't have forward momentum when you jump, you'll be unable to use your spin attack. In summary, the order of input should be as follows: hold forward (while sliding), jump (while still holding forward), spin attack and simultaneously switch to holding back, repeat as necessary. (Forward refers to the direction you're sliding, back refers to the opposite direction). You can also climb some slopes by spinning while running up them, as seen at the beginning of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDi98ALebjo this video].