Mission
Sailing the Sandy Seas
Location	Slipsand Galaxy
Mission number	2
Game	Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Sailing the Sandy Seas is the second mission of theSlipsand Galaxy inSuper Mario Galaxy 2 and itsNintendo Switchport.

Mission[edit]

The player again begins on theStarting Planet, though this time the sand is moving against the player, so they have to make use of several platforms to cross the sandstream. Going through a greenWarp Pipe, the player will enter a gravity chamber where the gravity changes based on where the player moves up on the walls. Going through the orange Warp Pipe will take the player back to the starting planet in a different location, where the player has to use another platform to reach aLaunch Star.

The Launch Star will take the player to an area filled with quicksand, which the player needs to use aSand Bird to cross, which will begin moving when the player steps onto it. The Sand Bird will move in a straight path, and any obstacles it runs into will remove portions of the Sand Bird, though the blocks will return after a short time. The player needs to avoid falling through the broken segments of the Sand Bird by moving to avoid the obstacles.Magikoopas will start to appear partway through and theirfireballs will also remove portions of the Sand Bird. Halfway through, the Sand Bird will start moving faster and moving through more cacti. Later, aHoming Chomp will fall and begin rolling toward the player, removing portions of the Sand Bird as it does. If the player can manage to avoid the obstacles and falling in quicksand, they can claim thePower Star at the end.

Enemies[edit]

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  Fire Bars

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  Dry Bones

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  Magikoopas

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  Homing Chomp

Planets visited[edit]

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  Starting Planet

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  Zero Gravity Room Planet

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  Sandy Sea Planet

Naming[edit]

The mission's name is a pun on the phrase "sailing the seven seas".

Names in other languages[edit]

• Super Mario Galaxy 2 missions

• Articles with unsourced foreign names