Giant Star Bit
- "Star Crystal" redirects here. For the collectibles in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door with the same name prior to release, see Crystal Stars.
| Giant Star Bit | |||
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 Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Star Bit | ||
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Giant Star Bits[1] are semi-common blue-tinted crystal objects in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They appear more often in Super Mario Galaxy 2 than in its predecessor. They are most commonly seen floating in space directly in the path of a Launch Star. When Mario or Luigi flies through the path, he smashes right through the giant Star Bit, releasing multiple separate Star Bits that circle around him and can be collected with the Star Pointer until he lands on the next planet. In one instance in the Bubble Blast Galaxy, a giant crystal is instead given the Giant Star Bit's role.
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, giant Star Bits can sometimes be found floating just above the ground, though this is extremely rare, as this happens during only one mission in the Melty Monster Galaxy. In this mission, the giant Star Bits will be destroyed if they are hit by Rock Mario or Rock Luigi. These giant Star Bits produce only four Star Bits when broken. These clusters can also be broken by the Co-Star Luma's spin.
It is also possible to break a giant Star Bit by using Mario or Luigi's Star Spin. To do this, he must go to the Cloudy Court Galaxy, choose the first mission, grab a Cloud Flower, and traverse through until he reaches the highest cymbal next to the Launch Star while having one carrying three clouds. At this point, there is a giant Star Bit in the Launch Star's path. The player must try to reach the giant Star Bit by creating clouds at the peak of their backward somersaults towards the Star Crystal. Even though the jumps may not be high enough, the last backward somersault can reach the giant Star Bit. At the peak of the last somersault, the player must star-spin at the giant Star Bit; the giant Star Bit breaks and Star Bits follow the player.
Three giant Star Bits also appear on the World Map: one near the end of World 1, and two at the beginning of World 2. The player can maneuver Starship Mario into these giant Star Bits in order to break them and release the eight Star Bits inside.
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/StarPieceCluster.arc | StarPieceCluster | Transliteration of below |
| StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
スターピースクラスター (Sutā Pīsu Kurasutā) | Star Piece Cluster | |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ObjectData/StarPieceClusterRock.arc | StarPieceClusterRock | Star Piece Cluster Rock |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish (NOE) | Bloque de trozos de estrella[2] | Star Bits Block |
References[edit]
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition). Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-7615-5713-5. Page 97.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 Spanish guide. www.guiasnintendo.com (Spanish).
