WORLD 5-2. THE DEADLY BOSS TRIO

FLEET GLIDE GALAXY

(GALAXIA DESCENSO TORTUOSO) 

FLUZZARD´S WILD BATTLEFIELD GLIDE

(SOBREVOLANDO EL CAMPO DE BATALLA)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

Fluzzard´s back!!! And after feeding a really Hungry Luma with thousands of Star Bits, we´re arriving at a Galaxy with plenty of monsters, but with really good graphs. Mario must glide before all the battlefield crashes. It is a freaking difficult Galaxy, because Fluzzard´s controls are really difficult. It is easy to kill yourself by stomping on the walls, so the 6-Energy mushroom is useless.

ENEMIES

Whoaaaa... Bill Banzais, Magmarghs, Thwomps... A lot of huge, difficult and undefeatable enemies.

MY ADVICE

Don´t rush, and go through the Star Bits path. I think it is important to try some times, because it is impossible to clear this the first time and collecting the Comet Medal. However, there are some stupid fails. 

FASTEST FEATHERS IN THE GALAXY

(EL GUACAPLANO MÁS RÁPIDO DE LA GALAXIA)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

Another Fluzzard´s race. This time there is only one bird to beat, but this bird is extremely fast. The Galaxy is the same as the previous one, but now you have to run, run and glide to the goal!!

ENEMIES

Magmarghs, Thwomps and Bill Banazis... Oh, yes. And the walls that will kill Fluzzard. 

MY ADVICE

Did I say RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN!!!!? This bird is extremely difficult. To be sure that you beat him, you must reach the goal with 1 minute and no more than 10 seconds. This reminds me to the races against the Boos in Super Mario Galaxy. But that was easier. You didn´t have that fragile Fluzzard with you. 

NOW YOU MISS ME, MARIO?? 

SLIPSAND GALAXY

(GALAXIA ARENAS ARRIESGADAS)

SQUIZZARD´S SANDY SINKHOLE

(LAS ARENAS DE LA PERDICIÓN)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

Welcome to the desert, where the sand will be pushing you, so you won´t have chance to move. You must try not to be smashed, in fact, thaere are lots of ways to die like this. One block smash, double block smash, dodged smash... Ok, sorry for discouraging you. The last phase before the boss is worst than the worse Galaxy of the game. Do you remember the slide in Tall Trunk Galaxy?

Well, this is worst. You must avoid the rocks while going down without seeeing anyhing.That rocks can smash you. Somebody helps me?

ENEMIES

That rocks are called Rhomps, and they can smash you like the Whomps, or the Thwomps. There are also monsters called Pokeys, and some flying monsters called Cluckbooms.

POKEY                                                                                                                        CLUCKBOOM

SQUIZZARD (BOSS)

This sand monster is the boss of this Galaxy. He will be throwing you some spiny balls that will make you lose 1 HP if you touch them. You must throw many fireballs (because Fire Mario is essential for this fight, altough the Power-Up disappears in 20 seconds) into his mouth when he opens it. When you hit it twice he will have some cannons to help him killing you. And if you are too slow in the fireballs, he will cover his mouth and you will have to start all over again.

MY ADVICE

Destoy the cannons before hitting Squizzard the last time. And move, becaues if you don´t do it, the sand will throw you to this mouth and you´ll lose 1 HP.

SAILING THE SANDY SEAS
(CRUCERO PELIGROSO POR EL MAR ARENOSO)
HOW IS THIS GALAXY
The challenge continues. Now you must sail though a dangerous sea on a sandy fragile boat. This boat will be disappearing every time you face an obstacle. So you must move through the boat to avoid sinking... But the real trouble are the enemies. 

MARIO, GET READY. THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH!
ENEMIES
Before reaching the ship, you must walk through lots of fireballs.
The Kameks, or Magikoopas, can make part of the ship disappear by throwing fireballs to it. And the last enemy, the Chomp, will be rolling though the screen, and he won´t stop until he kills you. He keeps there when the ship sinks. He´s really STUBBORN!

JUST LOOK AT HIS EYES. THIS ENEMY IS PURE EVIL!!!
MY ADVICE
There are coins and Star Bits telling you where to place. So follow the game´s instructions. Another advice: wait until the Kameks are on the ship to spin and kill them so they don´t disturb anymore.

HOWEVER, I PREFER TO ATTACK MARIO FROM VERY FAR AWAY, SO HE CAN´T KILL ME. KE, JE, JE!!

SHIVERBURN GALAXY

(GALAXIA LLAMAS ESCALOFRIANTES)

PRINCE PIKANTE´S PEPPERY MOOD

(EL ESCALOFRIANTE CHIQUIPULPO)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

This is a fire and ice Galaxy. You will have to advance through lava planets, full of lava lakes, dangerous volcanoes, and some ice will appear if you press a button. You must keep going and kill the numerous Octoombas that appear in this Galaxy. One curiosity: there are aliens here... You´ll find out more if you keep reading. 

ENEMIES

There are lots of Octoombas, and some enemies called Octopuses (they are great Octoombas who throw you lava balls and coconuts).  There are also some generators that create electricity, that can buzz you. As it may seem, Octoombas are the main enemies in this Galaxy. And the final boss proves that theory...

THESE OCTOPUSES (AND THE ELECTRIC GENERATORS) WILL BE BACK IN THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF THIS GAME!

PRINCE PIKANTE (BOSS)

This is the Supreme Boss of Octoombas, and he is always in his vehicle. You must try not to be hit by the wheels, and hit him with the coconuts he´s throwing to you, but you can give them back to him, like with the Octopuses. He can throw lava balls, make lava lakes around you, but if you hit him 3 times, you defeat the Octoomba Prince. 

MY ADVICE
Be careful when you spin to hit the coconuts: As the ground is made of ice, you can start skating and suiciding, even if you tried to hit and Octopus.

THE ALIENS
When you land at Shiverburn Galaxy, use the camera to look around. You´ll see that there are some aliens over a cliff. 
 
There they are. They are watching Mario, so if you feel you´re being observed is because of them. I think it was a good idea to include this kind of details, There are lots of hypothesis about how the aliens have reached this Galaxy, and it is an interesting debate, just like Luigi´s Suicide in Luigi´s Mansion. 

Have you seen that shadow? It´s Luigi´s body!

THE CHIMP´S ULTIMATE SKATING CHALLENGE
(¡A MÁS INFLONES, MÁS PATADONES)
HOW IS THIS GALAXY
This is a hidden Star in the Prince Pikante´s mission. After freezing the first planet by pressing a button, you´ll find a green pipe near a Star Ring. Get into the Pipe and the Chimp will tell you to do the Skating Challenge again (do you remember the Freezy Flake Galaxy in World 3?), but now it will be even more difficult. You have 40 seconds to get 600 points. I still don´t know how could I get through that horrendous challenge, and get the Star. 
 
ENEMIES
The Octoombas will try to stop you before you reach the pipe. In the challenge, you´ll face many Gummits (hitting the green ones will give you 10 points, the golden ones have a value of 50 points, and the Spiky Gummits will stop you).

MY ADVICE
Try, try and try. The only advice I can give you is to try hard until you get it. I got 600 points exactly, so I was pleased about it. However, you can learn where are the Gummits you need to hit, because the sequence is repeated every time you try this challenge. 

BOWSER JR´S BOOM BUNKER

(TORRETA ATRONADORA DE BOWSY)

BOWSER JR´S BOOMSDAY MACHINE

(EL BASTIÓN BOMBARDERO DE BOWSY)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

This is the final battle against Bowser Jr. Mario must defeat him if he wants to reach Bowser and save the world (again). You arrive at a planet where you can see the remains from Megahammer. You must use the cannons to advance through this Galaxy, but remeber to be accurate. In the last phase, you will get a Cloud Power-Up, that is needed to defeat Bowser Jr´s last toy. 

ENEMIES
Megahammer can still throw Bullet Bills to detroy you. There are also Mines and 2 stubborn Boomerang Brothers.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? YOU CAN AVOID OUR BOOMERANGS BY BENDING YOURSLEF! DON´T TELL MARIO!

BOWSER JR´S BOOMSDAY MACHINE (BOSS)
This is the last Bowser Jr´s toy. It is a tower that can throw electric balls to you. It can attract Mario´s clouds and it has fire chains next to it. To destroy the tower, use the clouds to climb to the cabine and do a Bomb Jump. Do it again and Bowser Jr´s will use his last trick: THE TOWER WILL TURN INTO A TANK! Now it will be more difficult, because the tank will be moving. But if you believe you can do it, you will hit the cabine again and you will throw Bowser Jr away, and you´ll have access to Bowser´s World.

MY ADVICE
Remember that there are clouds in the battle, so don´t be sad if you lose your Cloud Power-Up. Be accurate with the cannons, because 1 cm can mean DEATH! But Bowser Jr isn´t relly hard... NOW. 

THIS ISN´T OVER, MARIO!! THE COMET WILL BE YOUR EEEEEEND!!!
And he´s right, but we will talk about that another day.

WORLD 2-1. HIGH SPEED POWER-UPS

PUZZLE PLANK GALAXY 

(GALAXIA SERRERÍA ROMPECABEZAS) 

THE PUZZLING PICTURE BLOCK 

(CAMINO CORTADO)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY?

This is the first Galaxy of World 2. Her you will find many sawing machines that can make the wooden path disappear.  So you must run. This Puzzle Plank will help you to learn the Bomb Jump, something that will be useful against some bosses. At the end you must solve a puzzle of a beetle. After solving it, a miniboss will appear.

ENEMIES.

Appart from the freaking sawing machines, there are two Wigglers (pacific animals that get angry easily), the Suicide Mosquitoes and one Mandibug, a beetle that you can smach with a Bomb jump, before the boss.

    

  

WIGGLER                                                                                                       MANDIBUG

MANDIBUG STACK (BOSS) 

After completing the puzzle, two Mandibugs will appear. You must defeat both of them to get the Star. How do I defeat them? Easy, do a Bomb Jump over the first one and the other one will get angry because of his partner´s death. Smash him and the Star will appear. 

MY ADVICE 

Run for your life. The sawing machines will not wait for you and they will destroy the wooden ground. Don´t waste time with the enemies. They are there to distract you. 

BUGABOOM´S BACK 

(¡DUELO CON EL ESCARABAJO REY!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY?

Here´s a Star that, in my opinion, is better not to collect until it is necessary. After giving 70 coins to a Hungry Luma, you will unlock a Star Ring to fight against Bugaboom.

This is a freaking boss, that only wants to drive you mad. This boss appeared in Super Mario Galaxy.

ENEMIES

As it is a hidden Star, the enemies are the same as in the Puzzling Picture Block. But, you should defeat them to get the  70 coins. 

BUGABOOM (BOSS)

He appeared in Super Mario Galaxy and he wants revenge. The difference is that, in the first part you needed Bee Mario, another Power- Up, and here, Cloud Mario will have to defeat this enormous beetle.  As the title says, his weak point is his back.  You must hit him there with a Bomb Jump three times. But it will not be so easy. After the first time you hit him, he will get angry and start flying. There is were you need Cloud Mario: to reach him. He can throw Bombs, and before being defeated he will turn red. 

MY ADVICE

Before the Luma (he asks you for a lot of coins, so you must defeat enemies and get the coins) there is a dark room where you can get tons of coins. This room will be protagonist in another star, but this is something we´ll talk about another day.  

BOULDER BOWL GALAXY 

(GALAXIA CANTERA BOLERA) 

ROCK & ROLODILLO

(ROCK & ROLODILLO)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

In this Galaxy, you will learn to use a new Power-Up: Rock Mario. You will have to defat all the enemies by stomping them, with the rock. You must repeat this process with the final boss three times to get the Star.

ROCK MARIO

This is a new Power- Up that will give Mario the power of transforming into a giant Rock. By spinning, Mario can smash enemies until he hits a wall. Being a rock, you can also jump, altough it is not recommendable, and go through the sprint areas, like the one in the upper photo, and make walls fall. If you touch a Star Ring, you will lose your power. 

ENEMIES

Here there are plenty of enemies, that can be easily defeated by  Rock Mario, like the Octoombas, the Boulders (giant rocks with a red area which is their weak point), and Pinheads (like the bowls of a bowling alley). The only enemie you can´t defeat with Rock Mario are Chain Chomps: they will remove your Power-Up and you will lose 1 HP. 

  

BOULDER                                             PINHEADS

ROLODILLO (BOSS) 

He is the boss of the Boulder Bowl Galaxy. He is an armadillo covered by rocks in the front part. He will try to hit you, so you lose your Rock Mario Power-Up. But after trying to hit you several times, he will get dizzy, and there is when you can hit him in the butt. Do it three times, and you will get the Power Star.

MY ADVICE

Practise with Rock Mario, or you can have so terrible deaths because of suiciding. Don´t try to hit Rolodillo in his head. I died the first time I played against him because of that.

C´MERE, GOOMBA 

(¡SÍGUEME, GOOMBA!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY 

In one point of the advennture, you will meet a Golden Gearmo that will tell you to attrack a Goomba to where she is. So she can give you a Star. The Goombas are trapped inside some pink glasses. You must break them and make the Goomba follow you until you reach the Gearmo. 

ENEMIES

Octoombas, Boulders and Chain Chomps will be there to kill the Goomba. Appart from that, the mud will also stop you, so the Goomba, that is also an enemy, can hit you. 

MY ADVICE

It is easy to get frustrated when the Goomba hits you or when he is killed before reaching the Gearmo. Keep calm. If you lose HP, as one Luma says, you can get coins to recover your HP, by throwing Star Bits to some yellow points. 

HIGHTAIL FALL GALAXY 

(GALAXIA CATARATAS LEJANAS)

HOT STEPPING DASH PEPPER
(¡CARRERILLAS CON GUINDILLAS!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY?
Here you will need Yoshi to use the new Power-Up: the Dash Pepper. Because in this weird Galaxy you will have to go extremely fast or to go running by the walls, in this the way you can get the Power Star.

DASH YOSHI
This is the first Yoshi´s Power-Up in the whole game. It is a big red pepper that will make Yoshi turn red and run extremely fast, until the effects disappear. You can see that Dash Yoshi appears at the beginning of the blog. I think this is the most difficult Power-Up to control (from Yoshi´s power Ups).


ENEMIES 
This is the Galaxy with the least number of enemies of the whole game!!! Can you belive that there are only three Paragoombas???

"YEAH!!! WE WILL DEFEAT MARIO. WE´RE THREE!!!"

MY ADVICE
It is quite difficult to control Dash Yoshi. If you hit a column while you are walking on the walls, you´ll probably suicide. Remember that you can press Z and A to get free from Yoshi. However, he will suicide. (10:20)

SILVER STARS IN HIGHTAIL FALLS

(ESTRELLAS DE PLATA EN LAS CATARATAS LEJANAS)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY?

This is a hidden Star in a planet that you will reach after giving 30 coins to a Hungry Luma (Ok, I was wrong: not all Lumas are thieves who want to steal all your coins). In this secret planet you will have to steal 5 Silver Stars from some monsters to get the hidden Power Star. 

ENEMIES

Appart from those three Paragoombas, there are also some Kleptoads, these monsters. They have the Silver Stars and you have to use Yoshi to steal their Silver Stars.

MY ADVICE

Do not try to kill all the Kleptoads: they will appear new enemies as soon as you kill them. Focus on the ones with the Silver Stars on their heads. Those are the ones you must chase and kill.

WILD GLIDE GALAXY

(GALAXIA DESCENSO TROPICAL)

FLUZZARD FIRST FLIGHT

(¡A VOLAR CON GUACAPLANO!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY?

Mario will land in a platform over a jungle. Two Jibberjays will tell you to fly with a shy bird called Fluzzard. They will give you some lessons of flying abou how to hold the Wii mote and all that stuff before you start flying with this Fluzzard. After reaching the goal, a great golden circle, the Jibberjays will give you the Star.

 

JIBBERJAY                                                                                               FLUZZARD

ENEMIES

There are not enemies in this Galaxy but that is because there are thousand of ways to die here! This Fluzzard is extremely fragile, and by crashing against something you can die. There are many things that can kill you: walls, ice, plants... Just by hitting yourself against that you will die.

MY ADVICE

By moving the Wii remote onwards, you will do a sidedown. It will be useful in the next Star, but if you want to get the Comet Medal, you must pass through the five Red Doors. If you see that the barrier protecting the Comet Medal doesn´t disappear, don´t try to get it. You will DIE!

"NO!!!!!!! MY COMET MEDAL!!!!"

JUNGLE FLUZZARD RACE

(¡CARRERA EN GUACAPLANO!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY?

This is basically the same Galaxy, but here you also have to deal with other Jibberjays that will challenge you and invite you to the race. Her there´s no Comet Medal. You must be the 1st and win this crazy race, so the Jipperjays give you the Star.

ENEMIES

As in the other Galaxy, the "only" enemies are are the walls, the ice, the water (where you can drown)... And the Jipperjays: you cannot kill them, but it is annoying to have 2 or 3 of them ahead of you.

MY ADVICE

Appart from running but not rushing, the only thing I can tell you is that these Jipperjays are not quite fast, so they are easy to win (I did the first time I participated in this race). There is a hard mode in other Galaxy, but we´ll disover that one in another chapter.