Super Mario Galaxy

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

Segmented

(Subject to minor revision)

Gateway - Grand Star Rescue
- End segment 1
Good Egg - Dino Piranha
Good Egg - A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
Honeyhive - Bee Mario Takes Flight
- End segment 2
Honeyhive - Trouble on the Tower
Honeyhive - Big Bad Bugaboom
Loopdeloop - Surfing 101
Flipswitch - Painting the Planet Yellow
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor - Megaleg's Moon
- End segment 3
Space Junk - Pull Star Path
Space Junk - Kamella's Airship Attack
Space Junk - Tarantox's Tangled Web
Rolling Green - Rolling in the Clouds
- End segment 4
Battlerock - Battlerock Barrage
Space Junk - Pull Star Path Speed Run (Comet)
Bowser's Star Reactor - The Fiery Stronghold
- End segment 5
Beach Bowl - Sunken Treasure
Beach Bowl - Passing the Swim Test
Beach Bowl - The Secret Undersea Cavern
Beach Bowl - Wall Jumping up Waterfalls
Ghostly - Luigi and the Haunted Mansion
- End segment 6
- Talk to Luigi at the Garage
Sweet Sweet - Rocky Road (400 star bits)
Good Egg - Luigi on the Roof
Honeyhive - Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- End segment 7
Bubble Breeze - Through the Poison Swamp
Ghostly - A Very Spooky Sprint
Beach Bowl - Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone (Comet)
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada - Sinking the Airships
- End segment 8
Freezeflame - The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
Freezeflame - Freezeflame's Blistering Core
Freezeflame - Frosty Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
Freezeflame - Hot and Cold Collide
Gusty Garden - Bunnies in the Wind
Gusty Garden - The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
- End segment 9
Buoy Base - The Floating Fortress
Ghostly - Matter Splatter Mansion
Buoy Base - The Secret of Buoy Base (First green star)
- End segment 10
- Talk to the Mailtoad for Luigi's Battlerock letter
Battlerock - Luigi under the Saucer
Hurry-Scurry - Shrinking Satellite
Sling Pod - A Very Sticky Situation (400 star bits)
- End segment 11
Gusty Garden - Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
Freezeflame - Conquering the Summit
Gusty Garden - Major Burrows's Daredevil Run (Comet)
Gusty Garden - The Golden Chomp
Honeyclimb - Scaling the Sticky Wall
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant - Darkness on the Horizon
- End segment 12
Gold Leaf - Star Bunnies on the Hunt
Gold Leaf - Cataquack to the Skies
Gold Leaf - The Bell on the Big Tree
Gold Leaf - When it Rains, it Pours
Gold Leaf - Cosmic Mario Forest Race (Comet)
Toy Time - Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser
Toy Time - The Flipswitch Chain
Toy Time - Mario Meets Mario
Toy Time - Fast Foes of Toy Time (Comet)
Sea Slide - Going After Guppy
Sea Slide - Underwater Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
Sea Slide - Faster than a Speeding Penguin
- End segment 13
Talk to the Mailtoad for Luigi's Honeyhive letter
Honeyhive - Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom
- End segment 14
Drip Drop - Giant Eel Outbreak (600 star bits)
- End segment 15
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor - The Fate of the Universe
- End segment 16

Single-Segment

Gateway Galaxy - Grand Star Rescue
Good Egg Galaxy - Dino Piranha
Good Egg Galaxy - A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
Good Egg Galaxy - King Kaliente's Battle Fleet
Honeyhive Galaxy - Bee Mario Takes Flight
Honeyhive Galaxy - Trouble on the Tower
Honeyhive Galaxy - Big Bad Bugaboom
Loopdeeloop Galaxy - Surfing 101
Flipswitch Galaxy - Painting the Planet Yellow
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor - Megaleg's Moon
Space Junk Galaxy - Pull Star Path
Space Junk Galaxy - Kamella's Airship Attack
Rolling Green Galaxy - Rolling in the Clouds
Honeyhive Galaxy - Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race
Battlerock Galaxy - Battlerock Barrage
Battlerock Galaxy - Breaking into the Battlerock
Battlerock Galaxy - Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
Battlerock Galaxy - Topmaniac's Daredevil Run
Hurry-Scurry Galaxy - Shrinking Satellite
Bowser's Star Reactor - The Fiery Stronghold
Beach Bowl Galaxy - Sunken Treasure
Beach Bowl Galaxy - Passing the Swim Test
Beach Bowl Galaxy - The Secret Undersea Cavern
Beach Bowl Galaxy - Wall Jumping Up Waterfalls
Beach Bowl Galaxy - Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone
Ghostly Galaxy - Luigi in the Haunted Mansion
Ghostly Galaxy - A Very Spooky Sprint
Ghostly Galaxy - Beware of Bouldergeist
Ghostly Galaxy - Matter Splatter Mansion
Ghostly Galaxy - Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run
Bubble Breeze Galaxy - Through the Poison Swamp
Buoy Base Galaxy - The Secret of Buoy Base
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada - Sinking the Airships
Good Egg Galaxy - Luigi on the Roof
Gusty Garden Galaxy - Bunnies in the Wind
Gusty Garden Galaxy - The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
Gusty Garden Galaxy - The Golden Chomp
Gusty Garden Galaxy - Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
Gusty Garden Galaxy - Major Burrows's Daredevil Run
Freezeflame Galaxy - The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
Freezeflame Galaxy - Frosty Cosmic Mario Race
Freezeflame Galaxy - Conquering the Summit
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant - Darkness on the Horizon
Battlerock Galaxy - Luigi under the Saucer
Gold Leaf Galaxy - Star Bunnies on the Hunt
Gold Leaf Galaxy - The Bell on the Big Tree
Gold Leaf Galaxy - Cataquack to the Skies
Gold Leaf Galaxy - When It Rains, It Pours
Gold Leaf Galaxy - Cosmic Mario Forest Race
Sea Slide Galaxy - Going After Guppy
Sea Slide Galaxy - Underwater Cosmic Mario Race
Sea Slide Galaxy - Faster than a Speeding Penguin
Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor - King Kaliente's Spicy Return
Honeyhive Galaxy - Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom
Sweet Sweet Galaxy - Rocky Road
Sand Spiral Galaxy - Choosing a Favorite Snack
Deep Dark Galaxy - The Underground Ghost Ship
Deep Dark Galaxy - Bubble Blastoff
Deep Dark Galaxy - Ghost Ship Daredevil Run
Deep Dark Galaxy - Boo in a Box
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor - The Fate of the Universe

120-star (100%)

Target: Under 7 hours
Total star bits needed: 6370
Reference video: 7:58:36(input)segmented by MOKURENN91 (not 100% 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.

Segmented

Segment 1

Gateway: Grand Star Rescue

Segment 2

Good Egg: Dino Piranha
Good Egg: A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
Honeyhive: Bee Mario Takes Flight

Segment 3

Honeyhive: Trouble on the Tower
Honeyhive: Big Bad Bugaboom
Loopdeloop: Surfing 101
Flipswitch: Painting the Planet Yellow
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor: Megaleg's Moon

Segment 4

Space Junk: Pull Star Path
Space Junk: Kamella's Airship Attack
Space Junk: Tarantox's Tangled Web
Space Junk: Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance

Segment 5

Rolling Green: Rolling in the Clouds
Space Junk: Pull Star Path Speed Run (Comet)
Bowser's Star Reactor: The Fiery Stronghold

Segment 6

Beach Bowl: Sunken Treasure
Beach Bowl: Passing the Swim Test
Beach Bowl: The Secret Undersea Cavern
Beach Bowl: Wall Jumping up Waterfalls
Ghostly: Luigi and the Haunted Mansion

Segment 7

Sweet Sweet: Rocky Road
Good Egg: Luigi on the Roof
Honeyhive: Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
Good Egg: King Kalientie's Battle Fleet
Good Egg: Dino Piranha Speed Run (Comet)

Segment 8

Battlerock: Battlerock Barrage
Battlerock: Breaking into the Battlerock
Battlerock: Battlerock's Garbage Dump
Battlerock: Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
Save Battlerock: Topmaniac's Daredevil Run for later in Segment 11 (After Luigi under the Saucer and Shrinking Satellite).

Segment 9

Beach Bowl: Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone (Comet)
Ghostly: A Very Spooky Sprint
Ghostly: Beware of Bouldergiest
Ghostly: Matter Splatter Mansion
Ghostly: Bouldergiest's Daredevil Run (Comet)
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armanda: Sinking the Airships

Segment 10

Gusty Garden: Bunnies in the Wind
Gusty Garden: The dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
Gusty Garden: Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
Gusty Garden: The Golden Chomp
Gusty Garden: Major Burrows's Daredevil Run (Comet)
Freezeflame: The Frozen Peak of Baron Brr

Segment 11

Talk to Mailtoad for Luigi's Battlerock Letter
Battlerock: Topmaniac's Daredevil Run (Comet)
Hurry Scurry: Shrinking Satellite
Battlerock: Luigi under the Saucer

Segment 12

Bubble Breeze: Through the Poison Swamp
Buoy Base: The Floating Fortress
Buoy Base: The Secret of Buoy Base

Segment 13

Freezeflame: Conquering the Summit
Freezeflame: Frosty Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
Freezeflame: Freezeflame's Blistering Core
Freezeflame: Hot and Cold Collide
Honeyclimb: Scaling the Sticky Wall
Dusty Dune: Soaring on the Desert Winds

Segment 14

Dusty Dune: Blasting through the Sand
Dusty Dune: Sunbaked Sandcastle
Dusty Dune: Sandblast Speed Run (Comet)
Dusty Dune: Bullet Bill on your Back
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant: Darkness on the Horizon

Segment 15

Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor: King Kalientie's Spicy Return

Segment 16

Bowser's Galaxy Reactor: The Fate of the Universe

Segment 17

Talk to Mailtoad for Luigi's Honeyhive Letter
Good Egg: Purple Coin Omelet (Comet)
Space Junk: Purple Coin Spacewalk (Comet)
Honeyhive: Honeyhive's Purple Coins (Comet)
Battlerock: Battlerock's Purple Coins (Comet)
Honeyhive: Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom

Segment 18

Beach Bowl: Beachcombing for Purple Coins (Comet)

Segment 19

Sling Pod: A Very Sticky Situation

Segment 20

Ghostly: Purple Coins in the Bone Pen (Comet)
Gold Leaf: Star Bunnies on the Hunt
Gold Leaf: Cataquack to the Skies
Gold Leaf: When it Rains, it Pours
Gold Leaf: Cosmic Mario Forest Race (Comet)
Gold Leaf: The Bell on the Big Tree
Gold Leaf: Purple Coins in the Woods (Comet)

Segment 21

Dusty Dune: Treasure of the Pyramid

Segment 22

Dusty Dune: Purple Coins in the Desert (Comet)
Sea Slide: Going after Guppy
Sea Slide: Underwater Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
Sea Slide: Faster than a speeding Penguin
Sea Slide: The Silver Stars of Sea Slide
Sea Slide: Hurry, He's Hungry

Segment 23

Gusty Garden: Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube (Comet)
Toy Time: Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser
Sea Slide: Purple Coins of the Sea Slide (Comet)
Toy Time: The Flipswitch Chain
Toy Time: Fast Foes of Toy Time (Comet)
Toy Time: Mario Meets Mario
Toy Time: Bouncing Down Cake Lane

Segment 24

Freezeflame: Freezeflame's Purple Coins (Comet)
Gateway: Gateway's Purple Coins

Segment 25

Toy Time: Luigi's Purple Coins (Comet)
Deep Dark: The Underground Ghost Ship
Deep Dark: Plunder the Purple Coins (Comet)
Deep Dark: Bubble Blastoff
Deep Dark: Ghost Ship Daredevil Run (Comet)
Deep Dark: Guppy and the Underground Lake
Deep Dark: Boo in a Box

Segment 26

Dreadnought: Infiltrating the Dreadnought
Dreadnought: Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons
Dreadnought: Revenge of the Topman Tribe
Dreadnought: Topman Tribe Speed Run (Comet)
Dreadnought: Dreadnought's Garbage Dump
Dreadnought: Battlestation's Purple Coins (Comet)
Matter Splatter: Watch your Step

Segment 27

Melty Molten: The Sinking Lava Spire
Melty Molten: Through the Metor Storm
Melty Molten: Fiery Dino Piranha
Melty Molten: Lava Spire Daredevil Run (Comet)
Melty Molten: Burning Tide
Melty Molten: Red-Hot Purple Coins (Comet)

Segment 28

Snow Cap: Star Bunnies in the Snow
Drip Drop: Giant Eel Outbreak
Bigmouth: Bigmouth's Gold Bait
Sand Spiral: Choosing a Favorite Snack
Boo's Boneyard: Racing the Spooky Speedster

Segment 29

Rolling Gizmo: Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets

Segment 30

Bubble Blast: The Electric Labyrinth

Segment 31

Loopdeswoop: The Galaxy's Greatest Wave

Segment 32

Bowser's Galaxy Reactor: The Fate of the Universe

Luigi unlocked, End of game.

Single-Segment

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.

Segmented

Single-Segment

General Tricks

Getting the most out of jumps: Long jumps, backflips, sideflips, wall jumps, and triple jumps are used for countless major and minor timesavers in this game. You can always boost yourself a little bit by adding a spin at the end of a jump.
- To get the best boost from a spin, hold the A button while spinning and you will go higher than normal.
- Spins can be used in practically any jump trick. This wiki may tend to omit spins from jump trick explanations, assuming that the reader will know to add spins whenever more height or distance is needed.
- Sideflips give about the same height as backflips do, though backflips can give more horizontal distance. Though this wiki may usually favor backflips, sideflips and backflips can be used interchangeably if jump height is the only concern. Sideflips are harder to execute than backflips, but sometimes doing a sideflip instead of a backflip will save time because you don't have to stop running to do a sideflip.
- Triple jumps offer more height than backflips and sideflips. Sometimes the terrain will make it difficult to time your second and third jumps, but you can often just repeatedly tap A while running to perform a triple jump.
- To get the most height out of a wall jump trick, spin before the wall jump as well as after the wall jump. Make sure you're not right against the wall when you spin, though, or you may deflect off of the wall without getting a spin boost. In many cases, a triple jump + spin + wall jump + spin combo will be the highest jump in your repertoire. However, a backflip + spin + wall jump + spin is easier, and sufficient for most jump tricks.

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

Fast long jump landing: Normally, you lose your speed if you land from a long jump without following up with another long jump. However, if you press A and Z at about the same time to execute the long jump (instead of pressing Z before A), you will continue running immediately when you land.

Ground pound out of a long jump: During a long jump, press Z and spin at about the same time to do a ground pound. The timing can be strict; if done incorrectly, you will probably end up doing a homing stomp or a spin instead.

Spinning multiple times quickly: Spinning on the ground and then quickly jumping will reset the spin cooldown timer, so you can spin again immediately. Also, before landing from a mid-air spin, you can do an extra spin that can be used as an attack but cannot gain height. Taken together, these tricks allow you to spin-attack three times in a row. This is useful against King Kaliente when returning his coconut shots, and in Bowser's Dark Matter Plant for canceling Bowser's spin attacks.

Scroll through text quickly: Hold the A button to scroll through speech text more quickly than normal.

Timing of moving elements: What to know about enemies, platforms, and other level elements that move:
- Cutscene skips: skipping (or not skipping) the cutscenes after selecting a star will affect the timing of moving elements. This means that strategies may be adjusted depending on whether you are playing a full speedrun (where cutscenes can't be skipped) or an individual-level speedrun (where cutscenes may be skipped). Examples: spike panels and electric wires in Painting the Planet Yellow, penguins in Passing the Swim Test, Tox Boxes in The Secret Undersea Cavern.
- Draw distance: some moving elements will not move at all when they are far away or offscreen. In some levels, this means that when you want to practice a timed element in a level, you don't have to worry about speedrun mistakes that were made earlier in the level. Examples: boulders on the second planet in Dino Piranha (they'll start moving when you're at the top of the launch star tower), thwomps in The Fiery Stronghold. In other levels, turning the camera toward enemies (to let them move) or away from enemies (to stop them) can be part of the speedrun strategy. Examples: Torpedo Teds in Buoy Base, eels in Giant Eel Outbreak.

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 Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
Sandblast Speed Run - Blasting through the Sand
Cosmic Mario Forest Race - When It Rains, It Pours
Underwater Cosmic Mario Race - Going After Guppy
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

Comet patterns will only advance when a star is completed. It doesn't matter which star is completed.

Before completing "The Fate of the Universe", each dome can only have one comet in orbit at a time (or zero if no comets are available). Terrace comets will only appear after odd-numbered stars (after the 13th star, after the 15th star, etc.). Comets in the other 5 domes will only appear after even-numbered stars (after the 14th star, etc.).

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. (To do: add more details about comet patterns after Purple comets appear.)

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."

Super Mario Galaxy

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Run Categories

61-star (Any%)

Completed 61-star Runs

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Single-Segment

120-star (100%)

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Single-Segment

121-star New Game+

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General Tricks

Comet Stars

Luigi Stars

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