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A '''portal'''<ref>{{ref quote|A portal to the next world opened up!|In-game description|Super Mario Galaxy 2}}</ref> is a powerful cosmic gateway found solely in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Portals are greenish-white in color and round in shape, and they allow [[Starship Mario]] to transcend the boundaries between all seven [[World#Super Mario Galaxy 2|world]]s found in the game. A portal is created via the power of a [[Grand Star]]. When [[Mario]] returns to Starship Mario after having defeated [[Bowser]], [[Bowser Jr.]], or one of Bowser Jr.'s henchmen or machines in one of the six boss [[Galaxy|galaxies]] in the game, the Grand Star that he returns with will immediately shoot out into space directly in front of Starship Mario and explode into a portal. Access to the next sequential world in the game will now be granted.  

[[File:SMG2 portal 2.png|thumb|left|255px|A portal as seen from the World Map of [[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2]]]]

Originally, the first time a new portal appears in the game, a short cutscene will play where [[Lubba]] talks to Mario before he pilots Starship Mario directly into the portal, thereby advancing to the next world. After each cutscene, the portals that are created will remain at the beginning and end of each world (with the exception of [[World 1 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 1]] and [[World S]], which have portals only at the end and the beginning, respectively), allowing the player to freely travel between all unlocked worlds whenever they want. Alternatively, the player could also use the [[Grand World Map]], which, though the portals are not physically shown when the map is in use, also requires the physical presence of a portal to allow Starship Mario to travel between worlds quickly.