Buoy Base Galaxy: Difference between revisions

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|area=[[Kitchen (Super Mario Galaxy)|Kitchen]]

|missions=[[The Floating Fortress]]<br>[[The Secret of Buoy Base]]

|stars={{chart icon|SMG-Mission}}{{chart icon|SMG-StarGreen}}

The '''Buoy Base Galaxy''' is a [[galaxy]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. The galaxy contains a large fortress floating atop a large, semispherical pool of water.  Mario has to climb this fortress in order to get the main [[Power Star]] in this galaxy. The galaxy is one of two galaxies (the other one being the [[Gateway Galaxy]]) to only feature two [[Power Star]]s. It is also the only bonus galaxy to have more than one Power Star.

===Buoy Base (Starting Planet)===

[[File:SMG Buoy Base Planet.png|200px|thumb|left|The '''Buoy Base'''.]]

[[File:SMG Underwater Buoy Base.png|200px|thumb|The underwater part of '''Buoy Base'''.]]

The '''Buoy Base''' is the main part of the Buoy Base Galaxy that consists of a large pool of water and an area above it which contains many obstacles, including [[Topman|Topmen]], [[Thwomp]]s, and [[Amp]]s. The main objective of this part of the planet is to collect five blue [[Star Chip]]s to form a [[Pull Star]] leading to a sphere planet filled with water. Submerged in the large pool of water at the bottom of the planet are multiple [[Bill Blaster]]s and [[Torpedo Ted]]s. A secret caged [[Warp Pipe]] in the pool of water leads to the underside of the planet, where more Bill Blasters and a cage containing a [[Green Power Star]] can be found.

===Water Sphere Planet===

[[File:Aquatic Dome.png|200px|thumb|left|The '''{{conjectural|Water Sphere Planet|planet}}''']]

The '''Water Sphere Planet''' is a giant sphere filled with water above the Buoy Base. It has a screw on it that Mario must Star Spin to open the planet and retrieve a power star inside of it and also two pulse-wave generating machines, one of which is actually the screw. It is remarkably small in comparison to the Buoy Base and is similar (or a possible reference) to a ''{{wp|gashapon}}'' capsule. It also bears resemblance to a [[List of Super Smash Bros. series items#Poké Ball|Poké Ball]] from the [[bulbapedia:Pokémon|''Pokémon'' franchise]] as mentioned in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide.

==Missions==

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![[The Floating Fortress]]

|This mission's objective is to reach the top of the fortress.

![[The Secret of Buoy Base]]

![[File:SMG Buoy Base Green Star.png|200px]]

|This mission's objective is to find the [[Green Power Star]].

==Enemies==

Galaxy Urchin.jpg|[[Urchin]]s

BlooperSMG.png|[[Blooper]]s  

Watershooter.png|[[Water Shooter]]s

Octoguysmg.png|[[Octoguy]]s

SMG Thwomp Artwork.png|[[Thwomp]]s  

SMG Asset Model Topman (Spring).png|[[Spring Topman|Spring Topmen]]

Topmini.png|[[Topmini]]s

AmpSMG.png|[[Amp]]s

SMG Goomba Model.png|[[Goomba]]s  

SMG Bullet Bill.png|[[Bullet Bill]]s

SMG Goombeetle Artwork.png|[[Goombeetle]]s

SMG Asset Model Big Amp.png|[[Big Amp|Zap Ball]]s

SMG Concept Art 4.png|Concept artwork

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|Jap=フローターランドギャラクシー

|JapR=Furōtā Rando Gyarakushī

|FreA=Île Flottante

|FreE=Ile flottante

|FreEM=Floating Island

|SpaA=Galaxia de Tierras Flotantes

|SpaAM=Floating Lands Galaxy

|SpaEM=Floating Lands Galaxy

 

==Trivia==

**Unlike Gateway Galaxy as well as the two-star galaxies in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', the mission select screen shows the two Power Stars on top of each other rather than side-by-side.

*Buoy Base has a [[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content#Unused planets|unused low poly version]] that shows much more islands and content under the level. The low poly version indicates it was originally going to be part of a much larger galaxy.

[[Category:Fortresses]]

[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy locations]]

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