Lubba
- "Lu" redirects here. For Mario's brother, whom he occasionally refers to as "Lu" in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, see Luigi.
- Not to be confused with Wubba.
| Lubba | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |
| Species | Luma |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) |
| Portrayed by | Scott Burns (Super Mario Galaxy 2) |
- “Hear me out, now… Your special someone got kidnapped and now you gotta save her, am I right?”
- —Lubba, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Lubba is a large purple Luma who first appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2. She is the leader of the Lumas in the game, and similarly to them, Lubba can also be fed by shooting Star Bits at her. She often makes remarks about the guests on her ship; as an example, she claims to be allergic to honeybees, has an aversion to Gearmos, and considers Whittles to be good friends.
History[edit]
Background[edit]
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When she was younger, Lubba (previously going by the name of Lu) once lived on the Comet Observatory with Rosalina and several other Lumas, including her identical twin sister Mari. She and Mari were inseparable until Mari transformed into a star. Heartbroken, Lu went on a journey of her own before reuniting with Rosalina and becoming captain of her own ship of Lumas.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Lubba is first seen after Mario beats Sky Station Galaxy's first mission, "Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum." Prior to the events of the game, Bowser destroyed Lubba's first spaceship by firing several meteors at it. This caused most of the Lumas on the ship to fall down to the Mushroom Kingdom. After Mario brings back the "young master Luma," Lubba thanks him and then creates Starship Mario with her fellow Lumas and promptly appoints Mario the captain. Lubba aids and accompanies Mario in his quest to defeat Bowser, making a deal with him that, in return for Mario recovering the Power Stars, she helps Mario rescue Princess Peach. As the captain of the mobile hub of the game and the leader of the Lumas, Lubba more or less replaces Rosalina and Polari of the previous Super Mario Galaxy in this respect.
Throughout the game, Lubba informs Mario of several different things. Most of the time, she stands by Starship Mario's wheel and tells Mario different things to help him out. However, Lubba can also be found in some other places on the ship. Whenever a new item or passenger comes aboard the ship, Lubba appears somewhere else on the ship and tells Mario something about the new object or creature and/or cracks a joke about them. Whenever Mario enters a new world, Lubba flies off Starship Mario and says something about Mario's progress.
Lubba has various lines in Super Mario Galaxy 2 that can be seen during specific scenarios:
- When the game is played early in the morning, Lubba's field speech bubble says, "So...sleepy..." When spoken to, she says, "Geez. It's kinda early, isn't it? I feel so sleepy..."
- When the Wii Remote's batteries are low, Lubba tells Mario to replace them and warns that it will be bad if the batteries die in a dangerous place.
- When Mario has 77 Power Stars or 777 or 7,777 Star Bits, Lubba says, "Hey, you have (number and object)! How lucky! ♪" Similarly, if the player has exactly 1,000 Star Bits, she says, "You have 1,000 Star Bits! That must feel pretty good!" Additionally, when Mario has 9,999 Star Bits, Lubba says, "What happens when you get 9,999 Star Bits? Something nice, I bet!"
After the player collects the 242nd (and final) Power Star from Grandmaster Galaxy, Rosalina (whom Lubba calls "The Lady of the Shooting Stars") boards Starship Mario, and Lubba thanks Mario for his hard work.
Mario Golf: World Tour[edit]
In Mario Golf: World Tour, Lubba appears in Rosalina's Eagle, Albatross, and Hole-in-One animations.
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Lubba makes a background appearance piloting Starship Mario above Mario Galaxy. There is also a trophy of Lubba, unlocked by completing the event match A Situation of some Gravity.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Lubba reappears on Mario Galaxy with the same role as in the previous game. There is also a support spirit of Lubba. The spirit grants the fighter immunity from reversed left-and-right controls when equipped. The Lubba spirit battle pits the player(s) against a giant Kirby who starts the battle holding a Super Launch Star. There is decreased gravity for the duration of the battle (unless a spirit that counters this is equipped), and the battle takes place on the Mario Galaxy stage with the music "The Starship Sails" from Super Mario Galaxy 2 playing.
Mario Sports Superstars[edit]
Due to Mario Sports Superstars reusing Rosalina's golf animations from Mario Golf: World Tour, Lubba reappears in this game in the same capacity.
General information[edit]
Physical appearance[edit]
Lubba is a plump purple Luma with checkered shorts. She has light-blue eyes and a bulb on the tip of her head. As a child, she looked much more like a standard Luma having black eyes and being much smaller with no bulb on her head, only she was blue and had a visible mouth unlike many other Lumas. She became larger and more purple as she aged.
Personality[edit]
Lubba is friendly and cheerful, offering Mario help whenever she can, such as when Bowser kidnapped Peach and offering Mario her starship to help rescue Peach, and even remodeling her ship to look like Mario as thanks for finding a Power Star. Lubba has a habit of cracking jokes, and she enjoys making bad puns. As a child, she was more shy and insecure. She was sad when her sister Mari turned into a star and when she herself was unable to turn into a star, but became more confident and easygoing with age.
Gender[edit]
The English game manual for the Wii version of Super Mario Galaxy 2 and the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy for Lubba refer to her as male, as do Super Mario Galaxy 2's French and Italian localizations. However, the German and Spanish localizations refer to her as female. In the Japanese text, Lubba and the Lumas are generally not referred to with gendered terms, but the Japanese text of her Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy contains the line "[Her] straightforward manner of speech gives the impression of an older lady from a working-class neighborhood." (「ざっくばらんな口調は下町のおばさんみたい。」)[1] In a staff interview published in a Japanese Super Mario Galaxy 2 guidebook, Yoshiaki Koizumi briefly referred to Lubba as "aunt-like" before quickly following up that he did not know Lubba's gender.[2] Starting with the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy 2, she is consistently referred to as female across all regions.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
- Website description: "This spirited spaceship mechanic wants nothing more than to help Mario catch Bowser™. With his world class engineering skills he's built Starship Mario in our hero's image, for the sole purpose of chasing Bowser through the stars."[3]
- Manual description: "Lubba is a spirited spaceship mechanic who travels the cosmos. After Bowser™ kidnapped Peach™, Lubba built Starship Mario to help Mario chase down the big villain."
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
- North American website description:
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
| Trophy Lubba | ||
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| Category: Series Related | ||
( ) Appears in:Wii Super Mario Galaxy 2 (05/2010) | ||
| () Trophy Box: 12: Super Mario Galaxy 2
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| How to unlock: Clear the A Situation of some Gravity event. | ||
| This Luma offers Mario all kinds of spacefaring support aboard Starship Mario. And who better to do it? With his feet always floating a little bit off the ground, you know he's got his space legs! Lubba's cheerfully casual way with words makes him the perfect space buddy you didn't even know you needed. (American English) | ||
| This Luma offers Mario all kinds of spacefaring support aboard Starship Mario. And who better to do it? With his feet always floating a little bit off the ground, you know he's got his space legs! Lubba's cheerfully casual way with words makes him seem like the friendly space-buddy you always wish you had. (British English) | ||
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
| Spirit #74 Lubba | ||
|
Series/game | Super Mario Series |
| Type | Support | |
| Slots | 2 | |
| Class | Advanced | |
| Strength / effect(s) | Irreversible Controls | |
| How to obtain | Spirit Board | |
| Spirit battle | Opponent(s) | Giant Kirby |
| Conditions |
Hazard: Low Gravity
| |
| Stage | Mario Galaxy | |
| Song | The Starship Sails |
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mario Golf: World Tour
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ObjectData/Meister.arc | Meister | Transliteration of below |
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | マイスター (Maisutā) | Possibly a pun on meister ("master" in German) and "star" |
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
Lubba[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ルーバ[8][9][10][11] Rūba |
Possibly from a partial anagram of「バルーン」(barūn, "balloon") and/or a play on「おば」(oba, "aunt" or "older lady" depending on the kanji) | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 露巴[12] Lùbā (Mandarin) Louhbā (Cantonese) |
Lubba | |
| Lubba[11] | Unmodified from the English name | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 路叭[13][11] Lùbā (Mandarin) Louhbā (Cantonese) |
Lubba | |
| Dutch | Lubba[11][14] | - | |
| French | Lubba[15][16][11] | - | |
| German | Lubba[17][18][11] | - | |
| Italian | Lume[19] | Luminal | |
| Sfavillotto Lume[20][21][11] | Luminal Luma; Lume for short | Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Smash Bros. series | |
| Korean | 루바[22][11] Luba |
Lubba | |
| Portuguese | Lubba[23] | - | |
| Russian | Лубба[11] Lubba |
Lubba | |
| Spanish | Destrella[24][25][11] | Pun on Destello ("Luma") and estrella ("star") |
Lu[edit]
"Lu" is the name for Lubba as a young child from the storybook in the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy 2. It may reference Luigi, while Mari's name may likewise reference Mario.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian | Lu[26] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ 【スマブラWiiU】フィギュア 全716種まとめ
- ^ "小泉 ストーリーの案内役として用意したんですが、ときどきしょうもない話をするおばちゃんです(笑)。 ー おばちゃんなんですか！？ 小泉 あ、いや、性別はわかりません(笑)。" ("Koizumi: I designed [Lubba] with the purpose of being a tour guide through the story, but [she] ended up being an aunt-like character who occasionally goes on useless tangents (laughs). Interviewer: "Aunt-like"?! Koizumi: Oh, scratch that, I don't know [Lubba's] gender (laughs).") – May 27th, 2010. Tokoton Tanoshimu Super Mario Galaxy 2 no Hon. Enterbrain/Kadokawa Future Publishing (Japanese). ISBN 978-4047266230. Retrieved October 2nd, 2025.
- ^ Lubba. supermariogalaxy.com (American English). Archived May 28, 2010, 06:48:22 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy™ + Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site. Nintendo of America (American English). Retrieved September 16, 2025. (Archived September 14, 2025, 02:42:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy™ + Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 pour Nintendo Switch - Site Officiel Nintendo pour Canada. Nintendo of America (Canadian French). Retrieved September 16, 2025. (Archived September 16, 2025, 22:10:23 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy™ + Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 para Nintendo Switch - Site Oficial da Nintendo para Brasil. Nintendo of America (Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved September 16, 2025. (Archived September 15, 2025, 08:05:09 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy™ + Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 para Nintendo Switch - Sitio Oficial de Nintendo para Mexico. Nintendo of America (Mexican Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2025. (Archived September 16, 2025, 00:06:51 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2010. 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー２ 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Hamamura, Koichi, Takeo Sakamoto, Ryo Aoyama, and Akimi Miyazawa, editors (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2コンプリートガイド』. Tokyo: Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-726682-7. Page 3.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 158.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Spirit inventory (7 Dec. 2018). Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by Nintendo, Sora Ltd., and BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc (Ver. 13.0.3). Nintendo.
- ^ "看来这里是由一位叫露巴的琪琪负责管理的！虽然说话不客气，但露巴似乎受到了许多琪琪的敬仰。" – Blue Toad on the Starship Mario (2 Oct. 2025). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo STC and Nintendo EPD Tokyo. Nintendo (Simplified Chinese). (Retrieved October 2, 2025 by Anonmariofan (talk).)
- ^ 2010. 《超級瑪利歐銀河２ 使用說明書》. Taipei: Nintendo of Taiwan Co., Ltd. (Traditional Chinese). Page 7.
- ^ 2025. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo Official Site (Dutch). (Archived September 13, 2025, 09:20:22 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 mode d'emploi (PDF). Redmond: Nintendo of America (Canadian French). Page 26.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 mode d'emploi (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French). Page 7.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Bedienungslanleitung (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 7.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 158.
- ^ «A proposito, io sono Lume, leader di questi Sfavillotti
!» – Lubba (2025). Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
- ^ «A proposito, io sono Sfavillotto Lume. Sono il capo di questi Sfavillotti !» – Lubba (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Manuale di Istruzioni (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 7.
- ^ 2011. 슈퍼 마리오 Wii 2 갤럭시 어드벤처 투게더. Nintendo Official Site (Korean). Archived August 27, 2014, 22:25:13 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 Sept. 2025.
- ^ 2025. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo Official Site (Portuguese). (Archived September 12, 2025, 16:38:28 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Folleto de Instrucciones (PDF). Redmond: Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish). Page 48.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Manual de Instrucciones (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish). Page 5.
- ^ Nintendoitalia (23 Sept. 2025). Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Trailer panoramico (Nintendo Switch) (4:33). YouTube (Italian).
