Mission
Saddle Up with Yoshi
Location	Yoshi Star Galaxy
Mission number	1
Game	Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Saddle Up with Yoshi is the first mission of theYoshi Star Galaxy inSuper Mario Galaxy 2 and itsNintendo Switchport. The objective is to utilizeYoshi to get around the galaxy.

Layout[edit]

The player starts on theStarting Planet at the bottom of a hill that contains ledges,prickly plants,Piranha Plants, and anOctoomba. At the end of the hill is aspringboard that can help the player get up a tall ledge. When the player gets close enough to theYoshi egg in the center of the field, aMagikoopa will appear, and defeating it will remove the barrier around the Yoshi egg, allowing the player to rescue Yoshi. While riding Yoshi, the player needs to make their way across a mud path to reach abig fruit. Grabbing the fruit with Yoshi's tongue and pulling back will uproot the fruit, revealing aLaunch Star. Using the Launch Star will send the player to the next planet, along with causing the volcano to explode, releasingStar Bits.

On the smallEarth Planet, the player has to find and break acrystal that contains a Launch Star that will send the player to theTower Planet. The Tower Planet has many vertical ledges the player needs to jump up and cross, while using Yoshi toFlutter Jump over ledges and other obstacles like prickly plants. At the top is aflower Yoshi can swing to the next planetoid to use a Launch Star to reach the final planet.

TheFossil Planet is a series of upward-scaling platforms withParagoombas andSpanglers in the gaps. At a few points, the player has to pull out platforms using Yoshi's tongue, much in the same fashion as with the large fruit earlier in the mission, or use flowers to reach higher ledges. At the top of the planet are several flowers the player has to swing between to reach thePower Star trapped in a large crystal.

Enemies[edit]

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  Octoombas

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  Piranha Plants

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  Prickly plants

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  Flipbugs

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  Spanglers

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  Smeeches

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  Paragoombas

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  Magikoopa

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  Mini Goombas (spawned from Magikoopa)

Planets visited[edit]

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  Starting Planet

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  Earth Planet

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  Tower Planet

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  Fossil Planet

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Super Mario Galaxy 2 missions

• Articles with unsourced foreign names