Mission
"Grand Star Rescue"
Location	Gateway Galaxy
Mission #	1
Game	Super Mario Galaxy
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“They're using theGrand Star to power that awfulmachine. It looks like it's making...something.”

—Luma,Super Mario Galaxy

"Grand Star Rescue" is the firstmission of theGateway Galaxy inSuper Mario Galaxy, and is subsequently the first mission of the game as well. The objective of the mission is to recover theGrand Star at the end. The mission also serves as a tutorial level for the player. After the first time this mission is completed, it cannot be replayed until after completingGateway's Purple Coins.

Mission

Shock Wave Generators

WhenMario awakens on the Starting Planet, an apricotStar Bunny will challenge him to a game of hide-and-seek. The player will have to follow the Star Bunny around part of the planet until he reaches his two friends, after which all three Star Bunnies will run away and hide in various locations around the planet. One is found in a crater near a small pool of water, another in the grass surrounded byrubbery bulbs, and the last in theWarp Pipe. When Mario approaches a place where the Star Bunnies are hiding, their bouncing sound can be heard; once Mario catches one, it will turn into a Luma and give him a clue as to where the remaining others are. Once the player catches all three of them, a small castle-like structure will appear on the top of the planet. Here, Mario will meetRosalina, befriendBaby Luma, and then gain thespin ability. Mario needs to spin the nearbycrystal which contains aLaunch Star that leads him to theBlack Hole Planet. Here, Mario talks to aLuma who says that he had another Launch Star all ready for him to use, but that it was broken into fiveStar Chips bymeteors. The player must then collect the scattered Star Chips to reform the Launch Star and progress to the first Metal Planet.

On the Metal Planet, a Luma trapped in a cage asks Mario to free him, telling him that one of theGoombas on the planet should have the key. The player must then seek out the one Goomba on the planet that is larger than all the others, as only this one has thekey (it will not appear on the planet until the player talks to the trapped Luma). Once freed, the Luma transforms into aSling Star, which leads Mario to the second Metal Planet. On this planet, he must defeat aGrand Goomba near the top of the planet and collect its key to free another trapped Luma on the bottom of the planet (unlike the previous planet, the Grand Goomba will be on the planet regardless of whether or not the player talks to the trapped Luma before freeing it). Mario must then follow him into a Warp Pipe on the bottom of the planet, which takes him to the Flipswitch Area inside it. It is filled with yellowFlipswitch Panels and moving electrical platforms. A large machine in the middle of the room holds aGrand Star inside it. Mario must step on every switch to turn them from yellow to blue, which will shut the machine down and allow Mario to retrieve the Grand Star.

This is the only mission in the game where Flipswitch Panels must be turned off, rather than on, and they have a circle on it for all colors, rather than a question mark (blue), an exclamation mark (yellow), or a square (green).

Enemies and obstacles

Image	Name	Count
	Micro Goombas	8
	Goombas	9
	Grand Goomba	1
	Meteors	(infinitely spawned)

Planets Visited

Main article:Gateway Galaxy § Layout

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  Starting planet

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  Hollow planet

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  Metal planets

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  Interior of the largest metal planet

Gallery

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  Mario and Luma first meet

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  Luigi and Luma first meet

Names in other languages

References

• Super Mario Galaxy missions

• Articles with unsourced foreign names