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Shigeru Miyamoto considers Super Mario Galaxy to be the "true" sequel to Super Mario 64, not Super Mario Sunshine. Though this was not stated around the time of its release in 2007, it is internally recognized for having directly informed the structure of the following three 3D Super Mario games as of 2017, collectively called the course clear-style games. The oldest of these three, Super Mario Galaxy 2, is a direct sequel and the first one to be released on the same console as its predecessor since Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.^C Building upon the first game's design philosophy, its courses are more linear and reliant on 2D sections. The outer space theming is subdued. Gameplay components like the world map and Prankster Comets were greatly simplified. The hub world became a smaller area, and the unique narrative elements of Super Mario Galaxy were muted. These changes were made to further foster accessibility to a wider audience and reduce dependency on camera controls. This design trend was subsequently expanded upon in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World, games that were viewed as adopting more design philosophies from the concurrent New Super Mario Bros. titles than the hakoniwa principals of prior 3D entries. Super Mario Odyssey was the first 3D game to not be explicitly tied to Super Mario Galaxy since Super Mario Sunshine, but even this title incorporated elements derived from the game. The Moon Kingdom in particular was created to visually contrast with the lush, vibrant elements of Super Mario Galaxy's levels and incorporated explicit callbacks. Gravity is generally weaker in the lunar kingdoms, making jumps feel floatier.

Iconography from Super Mario Galaxy has been incorporated into nearly all space-themed settings throughout subsequent spinoff games, such as in Rainbow Road from Mario Kart Wii and World 8 from Dr. Mario World (2019). Rosalina has become a recurring character in these titles in addition to making reappearances in the mainline games. Rosalina often appears alongside older Super Mario characters in physical Nintendo advertisements, such as at Narita International Airport. Lumas, Star Bits, and the Toad Brigade have also become recurring elements in the franchise. The Toad Brigade Captain has appeared in four subsequent mainline games and even starred in a dedicated title. For more specific callbacks to Super Mario Galaxy, see below.

This is the last game directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi, who has taken on the role of producer for subsequent Super Mario projects. From 2013 to 2023, he was the representative director at 1-UP Studio, a sister studio to Nintendo EAD, where he helped facilitate the development of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Super Mario Odyssey, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021). The level-design director for Super Mario Galaxy, Koichi Hayashida, inherited the role of director for all subsequent course clear-style 3D titles. Super Mario Galaxy was the last Super Mario title to see "serious" involvement from Miyamoto until Super Mario Run (2016).

Super Mario Galaxy not the first video game to integrate spherical worlds that pan under the player character's feet, but nearly all games that have integrated the concept after Super Mario Galaxy are compared to it by professional reviewers and in casual parlance. (Yoshi's Island, Sonic Adventure 2, Ratchet & Clank, and Psychonaughts have some spherical worlds, but it may be needless to list them all. It is more important to remark on examples after the fact of games being compared to it, like Sonic Lost World); note how the concept at large has rarely been attempted.

In-house (conceptual)

• Last Mario game to see "serious" involvement from Miyamoto until Super Mario Run (ref)
• Last game directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi, who would be given greater roles as producer for other Mario projects, while Galaxy level designer Koichi Hayashida would be given directorial duties for subsequent entries
• SMG2 would be the last time Nintendo attempted to create a platformer with spherical worlds (have they ever said why?)
• Apparently Odyssey's Photo Mode derived from the developer's attempt to mitigate the complexity of camera controls (ref)
• Miyamoto expressed that Nintendo is open to developing a third game (his comments suggest Nintendo continued to pursue design choices that would make 3D games less daunting to 2D-players, hence why SM3DL and SM3DW appeared they way they do, but of note, the author of this work aligns SMG with SM64 and SMS as a sprawling adventure-type game) (ref)
• Folks clearly missed the idea of having a 3D Mario game that felt like an adventure (ref)

Industry at large

• Very few studios would attempt making platformers with spherical worlds (I recall some developer somewhere mentioning the technical difficulty with trying to do this)
• When a game does try this or attempts something comparable, it is often referred to as "Galaxy-styled" even though SMG was not the first platform game to attempt this design (Sonic Adventure 2, Ratchet & Clank, Yoshi's Island)
• Low-effort theme park-tie in clearly based on (maybe even directly stole from) Galaxy
• Both Sonic Colors (in a positive sense) and Sonic Lost World (in a negative sense) likened to Galaxy

Rosalina was proposed as a new playable character in the earliest phases of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U during 2012, explicitly with the desire to replicate the feel of Super Mario Galaxy in her aerial movements.

The game has been cited as a source of inspiration for Armillo (2014), Gears 5 (2019), Solar Ash (2021), and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (2022).

Things to read

• 15 Years Ago, Super Mario Galaxy Made It Cool to Be a Gamer
• Super Mario Galaxy: In Space No-One Can Hear You Mamma Mia
• Super Mario Galaxy Showed Us Something The Series Hadn't Before, And Hasn't Since
• 15 years later, Super Mario Galaxy is still the series' most stellar entry
• Super Mario Galaxy Coming To Nintendo DS Thanks To Fan Project
• In Battle of Consoles, Nintendo Gains Allies
• E3 Interview: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto
• E3 – 2006 : LIVE :: Massive Wii games ‘hands on’
• Halo 3 Arrives, Rewarding Gamers, and Microsoft
• Nintendo: Wii play now, but Wii ship later
• One on one with Nintendo at E3
• E3 2005: Shigeru Miyamoto Interview
• TGS 2005: Hands-on the Revolution Controller
• Super Mario Galaxy and the Videogame Aesthetic
• Super Mario Seriality: Nintendo’s Narratives and Audience Targeting within the Video Game Console Industry
• Redesigning Super Mario : Creating realistic versions of some characters and animations featured in Super Mario franchise
• The Fine Line Between Rehash and Sequel: Design Patterns of the Super Mario Series
• The evolution of the introductory section
• Molecular Mario: The Becoming-Animal of Video Game Compositions
• Impact of an Active Video Game on Healthy Children’s Physical Activity
• It's a-me Density!
• Super Mario 64: an exercise on freedom and style
• AusGamer Review
• Is the Japanese gaming industry in crisis?
• Nintendo defies recession with record profits
• Nintendo Wii: Lessons learned from noncustomers

Notes and references

Notes

^C - While Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2 was released in 1995 on the same console as Super Mario World, it is not recognized as an entry in the Super Mario series.

SMO

Locations

Kingdoms

Kingdoms
Part 1: following the "Opening Scene"
01. Cap Kingdom (Bonneton) ×31 ×50 ×6 ×1	Missions
	Cappy of the Cap Kingdom	Frog-Jumping Above the Fog
	Frog-Jumping from the Top Deck	Cap Kingdom Timer Challenge 1
	Good Evening, Captain Toad!	Shopping in Bonneton
	Skimming the Poison Tide	Slipping Through the Poison Tide
	Push-Block Peril	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criteria: begin a new save file (first visit); collect 5 Power Moons in the Cascade Kingdom (revisit)
02. Cascade Kingdom (Fossil Falls) ×42 ×50 ×6 ×1	Missions
	Our First Power Moon	Multi Moon Atop the Falls
	Chomp Through the Rocks	Behind the Waterfall
	On Top of the Rubble	Treasure of the Waterfall Basin
	Above a High Cliff	Across the Floating Isles
	Cascade Kingdom Timer Challenge 1	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: complete "Cappy of the Cap Kingdom"
03. Sand Kingdom (Tostarena) ×93 ×100 ×14 ×2	Missions
	Atop the Highest Tower	Moon Shards in the Sand
	Showdown on the Inverted Pyramid	The Hole in the Desert
	Overlooking the Desert Town	Alcove in the Ruins
	On the Leaning Pillar	Hidden Room in the Flowing Sands
	Secret of the Mural	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 5 Power Moons in the Cascade Kingdom
04. Lake Kingdom (Lake Lamode) ×44 ×50 ×5 ×1	Missions
	Broodals Over the Lake	Dorrie-Back Rider
	Cheep Cheep Crossing	End of the Hidden Passage
	What's in the Box?	On the Lakeshore
	From the Broken Pillar	Treasure in the Spiky Waterway
	Lake Gardening: Spiky Passage Seed	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 16 Power Moons in the Sand Kingdom or Wooded Kingdom
05. Wooded Kingdom (Steam Gardens) ×80 ×100 ×14 ×2	Missions
	Road to Sky Garden	Flower Thieves of Sky Garden
	Path to the Secret Flower Field	Defend the Secret Flower Field!
	Behind the Rock Wall	Back Way Up the Mountain
	Rolling Rock in the Woods	Caught Hopping in the Forest!
	Thanks for the Charge!	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 16 Power Moons in the Sand Kingdom or 8 in the Lake Kingdom
06. Cloud Kingdom (Nimbus Arena) ×9 ×3 ×1	Missions
	Hat-to-Hat Combat	Picture Match: Basically a Goomba
	Peach in the Cloud Kingdom	Digging in the...Cloud?
	High, High Above the Clouds	Crossing the Cloud Sea
	Taking Notes: Up and Down	Picture Match: A Stellar Goomba!
	King of the Cube!	The Sixth Face
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 8 Power Moons in the Lake Kingdom or 16 in the Wooded Kingdom
Part 2: following "A Fall From Grace"
07. Lost Kingdom (Forgotten Isle) ×35 ×50 ×3	Missions
	Atop a Propeller Pillar	Below the Cliff's Edge
	Inside the Stone Cage	On a Tree in the Swamp
	Over the Fuzzies, Above the Swamp	Avoiding Fuzzies Inside the Wall
	Inside the Rising Stone Pillar	Enjoying the View of Forgotten Isle
	On the Mountain Road	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: complete "Hat-to-Hat Combat"
08. Metro Kingdom (New Donk City) ×85 ×100 ×16 ×1	Missions
	New Donk City's Pest Problem	Drummer on Board!
	Guitarist on Board!	Bassist on Board!
	Trumpeter on Board!	Powering Up the Station
	A Traditional Festival!	Inside an Iron Girder
	Swaying in the Breeze	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 10 Power Stars in the Lost Kingdom
09. Snow Kingdom (Shiveria) ×57 ×50 ×10 ×1	Missions
	The Icicle Barrier	The Ice Wall Barrier
	The Gusty Barrier	The Snowy Mountain Barrier
	The Bound Bowl Grand Prix	Entrance to Shiveria
	Behind Snowy Mountain	Shining in the Snow in Town
	Atop a Blustery Arch	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 20 Power Stars in the Metro Kingdom or 10 in the Seaside Kingdom
10. Seaside Kingdom (Bubblaine) ×73 ×100 ×11 ×1	Missions
	The Stone Pillar Seal	The Lighthouse Seal
	The Hot Spring Seal	The Seal Above the Canyon
	The Glass Is Half Full!	On the Cliff Overlooking the Beach
	Ride the Jetstream	Ocean-Bottom Maze: Treasure
	Ocean-Bottom Maze: Hidden Room	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 20 Power Stars in the Metro Kingdom or 10 in the Snow Kingdom
11. Luncheon Kingdom (Mount Volbono) ×72 ×100 ×12 ×2	Missions
	The Broodals Are After Some Cookin'	Under the Cheese Rocks
	Big Pot on the Volcano: Dive In!	Climb Up the Cascading Magma
	Cookatiel Showdown!	Piled on the Salt
	Lurking in the Pillar's Shadow	Atop the Jutting Crag
	Is This an Ingredient Too?!	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 10 Power Stars in the Snow Kingdom or the Seaside Kingdom
12. Ruined Kingdom (Crumbleden) ×12 ×3 ×1	Missions
	Battle with the Lord of Lightning!	In the Ancient Treasure Chest
	Roulette Tower: Climbed	Roulette Tower: Stopped
	Peach in the Ruined Kingdom	Caught on a Big Horn
	Upon the Broken Arch	Rolling Rock on the Battlefield
	Charging Through an Army	The Mummy Army's Curse
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 18 Power Stars in the Luncheon Kingdom
Part 3: following "Attack of the Ruined Dragon"
13. Bowser's Kingdom (Bowser's Castle) ×64 ×100 ×8 ×3	Missions
	Infiltrate Bowser's Castle!	Smart Bombing
	Big Broodal Battle	Showdown at Bowser's Castle
	Behind the Big Wall	Treasure Inside the Turret
	From the Side Above the Castle Gate	Sunken Treasure in the Moat
	Past the Moving Wall	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: complete "Battle with the Lord of Lightning!"
14. Moon Kingdom (Honeylune Ridge) ×38 ×50 ×5 ×2	Missions
	Bowser's Moon Wedding	Shining Above the Moon
	Along the Cliff Face	The Tip of a White Spire
	Rolling Rock on the Moon	Caught Hopping on the Moon!
	Cliffside Treasure Chest	Moon Kingdom Timer Challenge 1
	Taking Notes: On the Moon's Surface	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: collect 8 Power Stars in Bowser's Kingdom
Part 5: The Odyssey Continues...
15. Mushroom Kingdom (Peach's Castle) ×104 ×100 ×13 ×6	Missions
	Perched on the Castle Roof	Pops Out of the Tail
	Caught Hopping at Peach's Castle!	Gardening for Toad: Garden Seed
	Gardening for Toad: Field Seed	Gardening for Toad: Pasture Seed
	Gardening for Toad: Lake Seed	Grow a Flower Garden
	Mushroom Kingdom Timer Challenge	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criterion: complete "Bowser's Moon Wedding"
16. Dark Side (Rabbit Ridge) ×26 ×13 ×5	Missions
	Arrival at Rabbit Ridge!	Captain Toad on the Dark Side!
	Breakdown Road: Hurry!	Breakdown Road: Final Challenge!
	Invisible Road: Rush!	Invisible Road: Secret!
	Vanishing Road Rush	Vanishing Road Challenge
	Yoshi Under Siege	Click here for the remaining missions...
TBW Unlock criteria: complete "Bowser's Moon Wedding" and accumulate 250 Power Stars
17. Darker Side (Culmina Crater) ×3 ×3	Mission
	Long Journey's End
TBW Unlock criteria: complete "Bowser's Moon Wedding" and accumulate 500 Power Stars

The Odyssey

Main article: Odyssey

Crazy Cap

Main article: Crazy Cap

Characters

Playable characters

Name	Description
Mario	The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom and the game's protagonist. Super Mario Odyssey has Mario going on a world voyage to stop the forced marital union between Princess Peach and Bowser. Considered a return to form, Mario's advanced movement options from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine return alongside completely new abilities. Many of these involve his new traveling companion, Cappy.
Cappy	A white Bonneter that resembles a top hat. He joins Mario on his journey to help rescue his sister Tiara, who was also kidnapped by Bowser. Cappy takes on the form of Mario's cap during the game and can be tossed at characters and objects, allowing Mario to temporarily "capture" their form. In multiplayer, the second player controls Cappy while the first controls Mario directly, somewhat similar to how multiplayer worked with the Co-Star Luma in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Enemies and obstacles

Enemy

1. Pulse Beam

obstacles

1. Barrel
2. Boulder / Shell / Pepper
3. Cannon
4. Fireworks bomb
5. Freezing water
6. Oil drum
7. Poison
8. Spike Trap
9. Turret
10. Wind

Items and objects

Items

1. Power Moon
2. Multi Moon
3. Moon Shard
4. Coin (include Coin Stack and Hidden Coin)
5. Regional coin
6. Note (mention treble clef)
7. Key
8. Heart
9. Life-Up Heart
10. Air bubble
11. Seed
12. Giant Seed
13. Turnip
14. Golden Turnip
15. Rocket Flower
16. Yoshi's Egg
17. Fruit

Power-ups

1. Captured forms
2. 8-bit Mario
3. Invincible Mario

Objects

Trigger objects

1. Bowser statue (gold)
2. Coin ring
3. Goomba button
4. Ground-Pound Switch
5. Hat Launcher
6. Keyhole Pedestal
7. Lever Switch
8. Moon Rock
9. P Switch
10. Scarecrow
11. Small crevice

Climbable objects

1. Bar / Streetlamp
2. Pole
3. Beanstalk

Strikable objects

1. 8-bit characters
2. Boombox
3. Cardboard box / Tire / Construction barrel / Garbage / Traffic cone / Can
4. Cheese Rock (also, there is a rock material that Sherm and Hammer Bro can break - likely equatable to Cheese Rocks)
5. Glowing spot
6. Flower (Spin Throw)
7. Fossil
8. Hat Trampoline
9. Lantern
10. Plaster wall / Wood
11. Post
12. Rock
13. Snow
14. Spire / Lamppost / Horn / Statue's Tail / Fountain / Parking meter / Fire hydrant / Iron Fence / Tail Tree
15. Sword
16. Wedding-announcement poster
17. Yellow turnstile

Capturable objects

1. Binoculars
2. Boulder
3. Bowser statue
4. Cactus
5. Jizo
6. Letter
7. Manhole
8. Meat
9. Mini Rocket
10. Picture Match Part
11. Pole
12. Puzzle Part
13. RC Car
14. Spark pylon
15. Taxi
16. Tree
17. Zipper

Transportation objects

1. 8-Bit Pipe
2. Hat door
3. Lava cannon
4. Moon Pipe
5. Motor scooter
6. The Odyssey
7. Pipe
8. Slingshot
9. Warp hole

Blocks and containers

1. ? Block
2. Block (Pokio / Bomb)
3. Brick Block
4. Coin Block
5. Crate
6. Dumpster
7. Hidden Block
8. Moon Cage
9. Nut
10. Rock Block (Bullet Bill / Banzai Bill? / Trapbeetle)
11. Steel Block
12. Treasure chest

Platforms

1. Falling Platform
2. Floating corn
3. Flower Road
4. Girder
5. Hip Drop Move Lift
6. Lava
7. Lava Geyser
8. Lift
9. Movable cover
10. Mushroom Platform
11. Mysterious Cloud
12. Propeller Pillar
13. Rising Stone Pillar
14. Sand Geyser
15. Seesaw
16. Spinning saucepan
17. Swing
18. Tapering platform
19. Transparent Platform
20. Trampoline / Parasol / Mushroom
21. Vanishing platform

Wildlife

1. Butterfly
2. Penguin
3. Small animal (Chipmunk / Rat / Gecko / Crab)
4. Small bird
5. Small UFO

Wedding objects

1. Binding Band
2. Frost-Frosted Cake
3. Soirée Bouquet
4. Stupendous Stew

Other objects

1. Bubbler
2. Checkpoint Flag
3. Flower / Bush
4. Gravity field
5. Hint Art
6. Jaxi Stand
7. Rankings Board
8. Slots
9. Souvenir
10. Sticker