Silver Star

From the Super Mario Wiki

Silver Stars first appeared in Super Mario 64 DS and are a new feature to the game. They are basically a weaker and silver colored Power Star. In some levels the player must collect 5 to get a Power Star. They are found in almost every course and in Sunshine 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. The touch screen shows the location of these stars.

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

Silver Stars reappear in Super Mario Galaxy having the same role as in Super Mario 64 DS. This time the player will not lose one if the player takes damage.

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 • Fire Shooter • 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 • Rec Room* • 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.