Star Pointer

The Star Cursor is a cursor that appears on-screen in Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel. This star shaped cursor enables Mario and Luigi to do many things such as grab a Star Bit, stun enemies by shooting Star Bits, activate a Pull Star, and control a Sling Pod. It is taken advantage of in many of the Bubble Blowing galaxies, including the Bubble Breeze Galaxy and the Bubble Blast Galaxy, where it acts as wind to move the bubble along. The Star Cursor on the screen is produced by the wireless motion sensitivity on the Wii Remote. In multiplayer Co-Star mode, a second orange/yellow star cursor appears. This cursor allows the second person to do all of the tasks that the first person's star cursor can do. It can also manipulate the environment and freeze enemy movement. Pressing the 'A' button at the same time improves Mario or Luigi's jump.

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Star Cursor is replaced by a small red dot while riding Yoshi. While the player can no longer shoot Star Bits when this dot is present, it can still be used to pick Star Bits up, as well as to point at enemies or berries that Yoshi can eat to produce Star Bits, or Flower Grapples that he can grapple on with his tongue.