Use it before making your way to the launch star. Keep in mind that you can walljump up the tower if you get stuck at the bottom.When you're ready to move on, return to the mission and use the spiky plant's launch star. You can move a bit more quickly like that. Make your way through here, past the arm, and quickly take the launch star from the arm joint up to the head. When you reach the far planet, the ghost will hand over a Power Star.Make your way past the spiders here and into the mansion. You'll need to go fairly slow if you want to stay on the track here; we found that tapping the A button gave us a good mixture of speed and stability. Jump up to him to nab your star.After defeating Bowser, a purple comet will begin making its way throughout the galaxy, offering you the opportunity to obtain 15 more power stars. This area can be extremely hazardous due to the meteor shower and the blue flames that dance around, but the shards are mostly easy to spot, save for one that's hidden away in a crate.After escorting a Bullet Bill to one last launch star, ride it to another area where the Power Star is located inside a ball. One is easy to hit, but the other can be difficult. If you take the harder path (with the narrower blocks to follow and the electrical beams above it), you can find a hidden pipe that will let you claim three 1-Ups if you find all of the magical blocks within.When you reach the last planet, it'll have two sides; one with blue bricks and one with yellow. Make your way upward from there, past the bomb platforms, until you land on a platform where a Luma is being kept in a cage. Find the orange pipe below the platform here to enter the house and rescue Luigi.Select the Battlerock Barrage mission here. Make your way through it to the next launch star and ride it out to a large structure. Bowser will shoot fire at you here, so stay away from him as best you can. Lure a Bullet Bill from the far side of the platform and bring it back to smash his cage and collect the green power star.Head into Bee Mario Takes Flight here. You'll only want to do so if you're close to a replacement shell, though.
You'll probably have to destroy one of the hands first, though.Look for the yellow stones here; they'll drop coins that you can use to heal yourself. Tap the golden coin, then wall jump and hit all of the music notes before you reach the top. Keep in mind that if you see an enemy in front of you, you can shake your remote to throw the red shell at them, just like in Mario Kart. The safest place to be here is on the edge of the disc, but the rotating electrical balls will ensure that it's also not perfectly safe.It'll take you a couple of tries, but you'll eventually get to the end of the platform's movement. Pick up the shells here by spinning near them, and shake your remote to throw them into the treasure chests. When the Pokey dies (you can spin it, too), a launch star will appear to let you move on.If you restart the mission, you'll eventually come to a ring where a number of boulders are rolling around. Repeat the process to hit the launch star and ride on.When you land on the small rocket, grab a bomb at one end and hop over the electrical lines to reveal the 1-Up and cannon on the other end.
Sink or swim! Get to the top of the cake and blow out the candles by spinning into their flames to move on.When you reach the Mole that spits electricity at you, grab a Spring Mario suit, get near the bottom of the bottle of gumballs, then launch yourself atop him and ground pound him. Getting to the top of the bug-filled wall will net you the Power Star.Make your way up to the gravity-shifting area and proceed through there to the flagpole near the Goombas. Not all of them are in the main walkthrough, mind you; if you're trying to track down a particular star, but can't find it in a galaxy's walkthrough, check the Obscure Stars chapter or the Star Checklist at the end of the document.When you arrive in the Mushroom Kingdom at the beginning of the game, you'll be able to collect Star Bits, either by running into them or simply by pointing at them with your Wii remote. When you land, grab the star shard and hit the switch to raise a large structure in the middle of the sand. Wait for it and the credits to roll, then save your game. There are some fairly accessible 1-Ups here, though, so you should be coming out even or ahead if you die. After freeing the second Luma, head into the pipe to find the Grand Star.The Grand Star is hidden away in another cage. Bowser's primary attack, though, is to summon rocks to cover himself, then roll at Mario like a boulder. In the little watery area, grab the 1-Up and shield, if you wish, then spin on top of the green gear to reveal a path leading on. It may take some trickery, but if you manage to collect all of the notes on the small planet without dying, then you'll nab another Power Star.There is a fair amount of trickery in Bowser's castle here, but the path is at least fairly consistently clear. In order to hurt him, you need to spin just as his head is about to hit you; any other part of the body will wind up wounding Mario.When the head is hit, Bowser will spin away on his back. When you return to the Observatory, Luigi will be at the Garage, helpfully telling you which galaxies have stars that you've missed.Make your way through the pullstars until you reach the helmeted ghost, who will challenge you to a pullstar race. Top Contributors: Honestgamer, IGN-GameGuides, IGN Cheats + more. Actually surfing can be difficult, however, since the edges of the track have no walls; flying off of it will cause you to lose a life and start completely over. You'll come to a series of platforms with flagpoles in them.
Keep in mind that you'll want to let the tornado suck you up to the top of them before spinning; you'll get extra height that way. Return to the gate and light all three torches here to reveal an Ice Suit. When the slope becomes too high to climb, fall down to the ledge below you, where Luigi is stuck to a tree above a fly. Do your best to get to all of the launch star shards, then launch onward, grabbing the Life Star if you need it (and you likely will).Eventually you will reach Dino Piranha, lavasized!