Power Star

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This article is about the artifact. For information about Professor E. Gadd's invention, see here.

Description
Power Star


First Appearance:	Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest Appearance:	Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)

Power Stars are mystical artifacts with great power. Unlike the regular Stars, which only give limited invincibility, Power Stars grant the user with great strength. In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS games, Power Stars are spread throughout the worlds, and Mario (or in the Nintendo DS remake, Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario) is sent to go find them all. There are 6 power stars (7 in the DS remake) to collect in each world, and after finding 70 of them (80 in the DS remake), the final boss, Bowser, can be defeated. There are 120 Power Stars in all in Super Mario 64; This was upped to 150 in the DS remake. After a long quest, Mario manages to find all the Power Stars and restore them to Peach's Castle, freeing Peach and the Toads.

Mario getting a Power Star at Dire, Dire Docks.

Stars have since been a recurring theme in Mario, but in particular Power Stars are used often in the Mario Party series of games. In Super Mario Sunshine, Power Stars were replaced by Shine Sprites. However, Power Stars make a return in the Nintendo Wii game Super Mario Galaxy where there are a total of 242 stars to collect. There are four types of Power Stars. First, there are regular Power Stars, the bread and butter of the 3-D Mario Games. The second kind is the Green Power Star. They are like normal Power Stars, but there are only three known Green Power Stars, which unlock the Green Launch Star in the Comet Observatory that leads to the Trial Galaxies. The third type is the Red Power Star. There is only one; it appears in the Super Mario Galaxy mission "Gateway's Purple Coins". Last are the Grand Stars, the first one is the first star in Gateway Galaxy with no boss to fight. And the othere are gotten from beating Bowser, Bowser Jr., or another boss. These power up the Comet Observatory and unlock new Domes to explore.

A Power Star from Super Mario 64 DS.

There are also Silver Stars, which aren't as powerful as Power Stars. Five Silver Stars are equal to one Power Star.

In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy, when the star for any given level has been collected, playing the level again will turn the Star into a transparent version of itself. This Star can be collected, but it will not add to the player's total Star count.

[edit] Foreign Names

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	パワースター pawā sutā	Power Star

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Protagonists	Bob-omb Buddy • Mario • Luigi • Wario • Yoshi • Dorrie • Headless Snowman • Hoot the Owl • Klepto • Koopa the Quick • MIPS • Penguin • Princess Peach • Toad • Tuxie
Bosses	Big Bob-omb • Big Bully • Big Mr. I • Bowser • Chief Chilly* • Chill Bully • Eyerok • Goomboss • King Boo* • Whomp King
Items	Power Star • Yellow Coin • Blue Coin • Red Coin • Silver Star* • 1-Up Mushroom • Mushroom • Power Flower* • Wing Cap • Vanish Cap • Metal Cap
Objects & Obstacles	Bill Blaster • ! Block • ! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • Blue Coin Block • Crystal Tap • Green Shell • Cannon • Star Marker • Crazed Crate • Donut Lift • Lava • Pushy Wall • Pyro Box • Spinning Heart • Star Door • Treasure Chest
Locations	Battle Fort* • Big Boo Battle* • Big Boo's Haunt • Bob-omb Battlefield • Bowser in the Dark World • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Bowser in the Sky • Cavern of the Metal Cap • Chief Chilly Challenge* • Cool, Cool Mountain • Dire, Dire Docks • Goomboss Battle* • Hazy Maze Cave • Jolly Roger Bay • Lethal Lava Land • Rainbow Ride • Roof • Shifting Sand Land • Snowman's Land • Sunshine Isles* • Tall, Tall Mountain • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tick Tock Clock • Tiny-Huge Island • Tower of the Wing Cap • Vanish Cap Under the Moat • Wet-Dry World • Whomp's Fortress • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow
Enemies	Amp • Bob-omb • Big Boo • Bully • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Chuckya • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave Ho • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta • Micro-Goomba • Moneybag • Monty Mole • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Snufit • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Sushi • Swooper • Thwomp • Tox Box • Tweester • Ukiki • Unagi • Unagi the Eel • Whomp • Wiggler
* Exclusive to the DS version.