Super Mario Galaxy
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61-star (Any%)
Target: 2h 20m - 2h 30m (segmented); 2h 30m - 2h 50m (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 better optimization, and save-warping to reduce Observatory travel time.
A basic correctness checklist for possible run routes:
- Compare current star count with the next galaxy's star requirement.
- Comets:
- Star bits: Make sure you'll have enough star bits for each Hungry Luma star in the route.
- Luigi stars: Know when you're getting Luigi's letters. The 2nd letter comes 5 stars after the 1st Luigi star is finished, and the 3rd letter comes 5 stars after the 2nd Luigi star is finished.
Completed 61-star Runs
Timing (for a single-segment (SS) run or for a segment) begins when you gain control of Mario or Luigi. Timing for a segment ends when "Yes" is pressed on the Save prompt; timing for the last segment or an SS run ends when the final Grand Star cutscene begins.
- Single-Segment, Mario
- 紺空 ("Konkuu"): ~2h 47m 52s (2h 48m 47s by NicoNamaRTA timing)
- MilesSMB: 3h 00m 34s
- Segmented, Luigi
- Yoshifan: 2h 25m 04s in 16 segments
Segmented
This is the route plan used in Yoshifan's 2:25:04 run as Luigi.
- 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.).
- When there are two or more possible comets that can appear in a dome, the pattern in which the comets "take turns" is predictable, but complex. For two comets, the pattern looks like 1-2-1-2-1-1-2-2 and repeats. The best way to check if the patterns work for a particular route is to test that route.
- Segmented runs have an extra detail to watch out for. Typically, you'll reset between segment attempts. If the previous segment attempt completed an odd number of stars (1 star, 3 stars, 5 stars, etc.), then on your next attempt, the comets that appear *after you complete one star* will have moved ahead by one "step".
- An example: suppose that the Fountain comets (Space Junk and Battlerock) are taking turns, and your segment begins when the Terrace comets are active. Then if the next few Fountain comet appearances would normally be SJ, BR, SJ, SJ, then they would instead become BR, SJ, SJ. So after you complete one star, you would be expecting SJ to appear, but you would see BR instead, because the first SJ comet turn was skipped.
- Segmented runs have an extra detail to watch out for. Typically, you'll reset between segment attempts. If the previous segment attempt completed an odd number of stars (1 star, 3 stars, 5 stars, etc.), then on your next attempt, the comets that appear *after you complete one star* will have moved ahead by one "step".
- The Comet Luma can help change the patterns more favorably, but speaking to the Luma takes time, so it's generally better to just plan the route around comet patterns. (To do: add more details about how the Comet Luma changes the comet patterns.)
- 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."
Mario/Luigi Differences
Luigi's differences from Mario:
- Runs faster.
- Jumps higher and farther. Only a few major shortcuts are Luigi-only, but quite a few shortcuts are easier as Luigi.
- Slides more if you keep crouching after a long jump. This makes it easier to chain long jumps together (without un-crouching) and correct your direction between long jumps.
- Skids if you let go of the control stick after running.
- When underwater, runs out of air more quickly, and loses a chunk of air with each spin.
- Less vertical speed in Boo form (this only makes a significant difference in Boo's Boneyard Galaxy).
- Doesn't go through the Star Festival at the beginning. By SDA timing (starting from the start of movement), this means that Mario has about a 4m 30s disadvantage at the start of the run.
- Some dialogue is different, but not very different besides the other Luigi's dialogue in Luigi and the Haunted Mansion.
See Also
- Star Strategies - Speed strategies for individual star missions.
- Star Times - Fastest known times for individual star missions.