Sling Star



A Sling Star is a miniature Launch Star item found in the upcoming game Super Mario Galaxy. Like Launch Stars, these little things give Mario boosts into the air. However, these don't send Mario flying into space with power. They simple give him a small fling into the air to reach other things.

In some situations, there will be Sling Stars that will throw Mario up to a higher Launch Star, so he can use that to go to another planet; in other situations, the Sling Stars will bounce Mario to other nearby planets instead of farther away ones.

Sling Stars look a bit like Launch Star, but with less sharp edges and a much smaller size. They do not have the orbs at their five ends like a Launch Star, so they are not resembled to a Sherrif's badge like their larger counterparts.

There is a giant planet-sized Sling Star visible in the distance in one of the gameplay footages from a trailer of Super Mario Galaxy; its use is not known.