Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)

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This article is about the enhanced Nintendo Switch port. For the Wii game, see Super Mario Galaxy 2. For the digital soundtrack album on the Nintendo Music app, see Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Music).

Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Developers	Nintendo Software Technology Corporation Nintendo EPD Tokyo
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo Switch (enhanced for Nintendo Switch 2)
Release date	October 2, 2025
Languages	English (United States) English (United Kingdom) Japanese Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Dutch French (Canada) French (France) German Italian Korean Portuguese (Brazil) Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Spain)
Genres	Platformer, action-adventure
Ratings	ESRB: - Everyone CERO: - All ages PEGI: - Seven years and older USK: - Six years and older ClassInd: - General audience SMECCV: - All ages Gmedia: - Seven years and older GRAC: - All ages GSRR: - Six years and older UAEMC: - Seven years and older ACB: - General FPB: - Thirteen years and older
Modes	Single player, two-player co-op
Format	Nintendo Switch: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Joy-Con (horizontal) Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is an enhanced Nintendo Switch port of the Wii game of the same name released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on October 2, 2025 as part of the Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary celebration. First announced during the September 2025 Nintendo Direct, the game can be purchased individually on the Nintendo eShop or together with Super Mario Galaxy in the Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 bundle.

Differences from the Wii version

Gameplay

• An update, when played on the Nintendo Switch 2, allows the game to be played with Joy-Con 2 mouse controls.
• As with Super Mario Odyssey, the game features an Assist Mode that allows the player to start with six health as if they collected a Life Mushroom, allows them to recover health by remaining stationary, and automatically returns them to solid ground if they fall into the void. Switching between Assist Mode and Normal Mode returns the player to the last checkpoint, resetting collectibles and enemies as if the player had died.
• A brand new storybook is added that tells the story of how Lubba became a spaceship captain after being separated from her sister Mari.
  • The storybook's first chapter is unlocked after beating a mission in World 4. Each subsequent chapter is then unlocked after beating any missions of World 5, World 6 and World S.
• The soundtrack can be accessed and listened to from the main menu.
• amiibo are now supported, and, like in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, scanning them gives the player in-game items. Scanning any Mario or Rosalina amiibo grants a Life Mushroom or 1-Up Mushroom, respectively (or 15 Star Bits if scanned while on Starship Mario). Additionally, amiibo figures from the Super Mario franchise grant coins (or several Star Bits if scanned while on Starship Mario), while all other compatible amiibo grant Star Bits.
• Banktoad no longer stores the player's Star Bits. He informs the player about amiibo instead.
  • Due to this change, unlocking The Perfect Run instead requires the player to have held 9,999 Star Bits on Starship Mario at any point in the game.
• Rosalina is now available as an icon at the start. Her icon was unlocked after 120 Power Stars are collected in the original release.
• When saving, an icon appears at the bottom left corner of the screen. The player can freely move around while the game is saving.
• In the original, player 2 could make random sounds come from Wii Remote speakers by pressing , , , and . These sounds can no longer be played.

Changes taken from Super Mario 3D All-Stars

• The title screen now only says to press instead of and . Unlike 3D All-Stars, however, pressing no longer emits a yellow glow effect that appears around the logo.
• Miis can no longer be selected as a save icon.
• Due to the lack of speakers in the Joy-Con controllers, any sounds played through the Wii Remote speakers in the original game are instead heard through the game's audio.
• The animated icon for how to spin by shaking the Wii Remote is changed to a Joy-Con (R). The animated icon for motion control-related tutorials displays guidance for both a Joy-Con (R) and the entire Nintendo Switch console in handheld mode, regardless of which input is being used at the time.
• The text has been updated to reflect the new controls, and the game features extra tutorial dialogue to accommodate for handheld mode.
• The player can no longer spin the star cursor by tilting the controller, or pan the camera while in cannons by holding down the crouch button () and moving the controller away from the screen, due to the lack of a Sensor Bar.
• Due to the lack of a Sensor Bar, the Star Pointer originally brought up by the Wii Remote automatically is instead brought up by pressing on any menu (or clicking the stick in Co-Star Mode), in order to stay faithful to the original Wii's menu controls.
• Bunnies that need to be chased move slower than in the Wii version.
• Due to the lack of Nunchuk compatibility, the text boxes that appear when it needs to be connected, when it is connected, and when communications with it have been interrupted no longer appear.
• The icon and warning sound that appeared when the Wii Remote is low on batteries no longer appear. Lubba does not comment on the player's Joy-Con or Pro Controller being low on batteries.
• The messages that were sent to the Wii Message Board upon beating the game once and for collecting all 242 Power Stars are now read by the Mailtoad in-game. The photos included on the Wii Message Board are now sent to the Nintendo Switch album.
  • The photo of all 242 Power Stars is now replaced with one depicting Rosalina in the Library with two Lumas resembling Lubba and Mari.

Visuals

• As with the version of Super Mario Galaxy included in Super Mario 3D All-Stars, the game runs at 1080p in docked mode and 720p in handheld mode.
  • An update, when played on the Nintendo Switch 2, allows the game to run at 4K in docked mode and 1080p in handheld mode.
• The UI has been updated.
  • The HUD font used for the Life Meter, currencies, race ranks, and the "Welcome to the Galaxy!", "3", "2", "1", "Start!", "Time's up!", "Too bad!", "Goal!", "You lose", "Game Over", "You Got a Star!", "You Got a Grand Star!", and "The End" text has been replaced with the modern Super Mario font introduced in Super Mario 3D Land, and appears less glossy than in the original. In addition, the aforementioned text is now stylized in all caps.
• Most environmental and character textures have been replaced with higher-resolution versions.
• Bowser's face transition upon the player losing a life no longer occurs; the screen now simply fades to black.
• The intro cutscenes for all Green Star missions can now be skipped on the first playthrough.

Text and translations

• The game is now localized in Simplified Chinese, Dutch, and Brazilian Portuguese.
  • The game has been re-titled in Korean from Super Mario Wii 2: Galaxy Adventure Together to Super Mario Galaxy 2, making the Korean version consistent with other regions, and simultaneously dropping the Wii branding.
• Lubba is now referred to as female across all localizations as opposed to some regions having the character as male in their localization.
• The British English version of the game now uses American spelling, grammar and terms, and its minor text differences from the American English version of the original release have for the most part been removed. However, European date formats, as well as the localized credits from the original European release including the credit for "UK English Adaptation", are still present when playing in all European-region languages including English.
• In Italian, some titles have been renamed, most of them to give the bosses and enemies their recent names, such as Peewee Piranha and the Cosmic Clones.
• In the Chinese version, DF Fang Yuan is now used as the body text font instead of DF Pop, making it consistent with the Simplified Chinese version of Super Mario Galaxy.
• In the Korean version, KoreanNGL is now used as the body text font instead of KoreanSDNR.

Controls

Action(s)	Input(s)
	Dual Joy-Con Pro Controller	Horizontal Joy-Con (Co-Star Mode)
Mario and Luigi controls
Move
Spin, engage object, throw object, skate	/ Shake ()	Shake
Kick	Make contact with stunned enemy
Jump, speak, read, swim	/	/
Double jump	/ when making contact with the ground while moving (repeat twice)	/ when making contact with the ground while moving (repeat twice)
Triple jump	/ when making contact with the ground while moving (repeat thrice)	/ when making contact with the ground while moving (repeat thrice)
Backwards somersault	+ /	+ /
Wall jump	/ against a wall	/ against a wall
Side somersault	(in reverse direction) + /	(in reverse direction) + /
Long jump	+ / while running	+ / while running
Spin jump	/ Shake () in midair	Shake in midair
Ground pound	in midair	in midair
Homing ground pound	/ Shake () + in midair	Shake + in midair
Grab or release pole	/ alongside a pole	/ alongside a pole
Climb or slide down pole	(While grabbing pole) up or down	(While grabbing pole) up or down
Spin around pole	(While grabbing pole) left or right	(While grabbing pole) left or right
Crouch, dive underwater
Crawl	+	+
Sweep kick	+ / Shake ()	+ Shake
Move camera		+
Enter first-person view	up	+ up
Reset camera
Roll the Star Ball, soar with Fluzzard	Tilt ()	Tilt
Move leaf raft	Adjust	Adjust
Yoshi controls
Move
Head shake	/ Shake ()	Shake
Kick	Make contact with stunned enemy
Jump, speak, read, swim	/	/
Double jump	/ when making contact with the ground while moving (repeat twice)	/ when making contact with the ground while moving (repeat twice)
Side somersault	(in reverse direction) + /	(in reverse direction) + /
Flutter jump	Hold / in midair	Hold / in midair
Eat, spit, grapple	+	+
Pull	Hold + pull back with → release	Hold + pull back with → release
Crouch
Crawl	+	+
Dismount Yoshi	+ /	+ /
Power-up controls
Create platform in Cloud form	/ Shake ()	Shake
Roll into a boulder in Rock form	/ Shake ()	Shake
Adjust trajectory in Rock form
Toss fireball in Fire form	/ Shake ()	Shake
Hover in Bee form	Hold /	Hold /
Float in Boo form	/	/
Phase through walls in Boo form	/ Shake ()	Shake
Bounce in Spring form	/ when colliding with the ground	/ when colliding with the ground
Get a speed boost in Yoshi's Dash form	/ on a surface	/ on a surface
Slow Yoshi's ascent in his Blimp form	Hold /	Hold /
Star Pointer and Co-Star Luma controls
Collect a Star Bit	Move over a Star Bit
Shoot a Star Bit (hold to shoot repeatedly)	+	+
Enter a Pull Star	+ hold /	+ hold /
Fire cannon	+ /	+ /
Stop an enemy ( only)	Move over an enemy + hold /	Move over an enemy + hold /
Defeat an enemy ( only)	/ Shake () while stopping an enemy	Shake while stopping an enemy
Collect item or activate object ( only)	+ /	+ /

Staff

Main article: List of Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 staff

This game is developed by Nintendo Software Technology Corporation in conjunction with Nintendo EPD Tokyo. The original credits of the game are preserved, followed by the new credits which are shared with the Super Mario Galaxy remaster.

Gallery

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  International logo

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  Japanese logo

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  Key artwork

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スーパーマリオギャラクシー２ Sūpā Mario Gyarakushī Tsū	Super Mario Galaxy 2
Chinese (simplified)	超级马力欧银河 ２ Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Yínhé 2 (Mandarin) Chīukāp Máhlihk'āu Ngàhnhòh 2 (Cantonese)	Super Mario Galaxy 2
Chinese (traditional)	超級瑪利歐銀河 ２ Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Yínhé 2 (Mandarin) Chīukāp Máhleih'āu Ngàhnhòh 2 (Cantonese)	Super Mario Galaxy 2
Korean	슈퍼 마리오 갤럭시 2 Syupeo Mario Gaelleoksi 2	Super Mario Galaxy 2