Silver Star
Artwork fromSuper Mario Galaxy 2
First appearance	Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Effect	Collecting five forms a Power Star.
Variant of	Power Star
Comparable Cat Shine Shard Crown Chip Paint Star Piece Moon Shard

“My analysis shows that if you get five Silver Stars, they will merge into aPower Star!”

—Blue Toad,Super Mario Galaxy 2

Silver Stars are items that appear inSuper Mario 64 DS,Super Mario Galaxy, andSuper Mario Galaxy 2. In all of the games that they are present,Mario (or any other playable character) must collect five Silver Stars in somelevels to form aPower Star. According to ahoneybee inSuper Mario Galaxy 2, the five Silver Stars fall from the sky.

Incidentally, a silver-colored Star appears on the title screen inSuper Mario 64 during some parts ofMario's face's animations.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Silver Stars are introduced inSuper Mario 64 DS, being a new feature introduced into the game from theoriginal game. In some levels, the player must collect five of them to get a Power Star that will appear inside aStar Sphere. They are found in several courses, includingBattle Fort andSunshine Isles. If a character gets damaged while holding one or more Silver Stars, he will lose one, and it will scatter and bounce around the area nonstop. The player must catch it again to retrieve it. If the player has all five Silver Stars and then drops one, the Star in the Star Sphere will disappear. The Touch Screen shows the locations of these Stars. Silver Stars can be collected only if the Silver Star mission is chosen from the menu.

Similar physics are used in the multiplayer mode ofSuper Mario 64 DS, and either missions or multiplayer mode may have been the inspiration of the other. However, in multiplayer mode, the Silver Stars are replaced by Power Stars.

Silver Star levels

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Mario, with two Silver Stars, at theDusty Dune Galaxy

Silver Stars reappear inSuper Mario Galaxy and itsNintendo Switchport, having the same role as inSuper Mario 64 DS. Similar to the Power Stars, they have been redesigned with more rounded corners, alongside sporting a grayish-silver color instead of the bluish-silver color in the previous game. This time, they float inbubbles and the player does not lose one if they take damage. The Silver Stars also float around Mario, unlike inSuper Mario 64 DS, where they disappear after being collected. In both this game andSuper Mario Galaxy 2, Silver Stars make the same sound that aLuma makes when they are collected. When all five Silver Stars are collected, a cutscene shows the five Silver Stars merging into a Power Star. TheDusty Dune Galaxy's Silver Stars are the only set that forms aGreen Star instead of a regular Power Star.

Silver Star levels

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Silver Stars appear again inSuper Mario Galaxy 2, holding the same role as they did in the first game.

Silver Star levels

WarioWare: Move It![edit]

In the multiplayer version of theWarioWare: Move It!microgameSuper Mario 64 DS, a Silver Star is given to the player who crosses the goal of theslide second. Unlike in previous appearances, this Silver Star lacks eyes.

Gallery[edit]

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  A Silver Star fromSuper Mario 64 DS

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  A Silver Star's in-game model fromSuper Mario 64 DS

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  Model fromSuper Mario Galaxy

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  A Silver Star inside abubble fromSuper Mario Galaxy

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  A collected Silver Star in theSea Slide Galaxy fromSuper Mario Galaxy

Naming[edit]

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Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Stars
• Collectibles
• Super Mario Galaxy items
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 items

• Articles with unsourced foreign names