WORLD 4-2. SPRING MARIO AND THE LAVA GAUNTLETS

STARSHINE BEACH GALAXY

(GALAXIA ARENAS BLANCAS) 

SURF, SAND, AND SILVER STARS

(SOL, PLAYA Y ESTRELLAS DE PLATA)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

This reminds me a lot of Super Mario Sunshine. It is a huge beach where someone has hidden 5 Silver Stars. I think it is a Galaxy to have fun, because there are plenty of coins, secrets, and Yoshi´s Power-Ups (the only missing one is the Bulb Berry). This is one of the best Galaxies of the game. And you can take quite good photos...

Don´t you think so? Just relax, surf and don´t rush.

ENEMIES
Although this is a relaxing Galaxy, there are lots of enemies. Maybe they also want to have some holidays in these Galaxy. You will fine lots osf species, such as Petaris (hidden enemies), Lakitus and Spinies, Twirlips, Goombas, Skeeters, Bloopers (like Squidward), Urchins, Crabs, Cheep Cheeps, Gringills... (I think I should stop, no?) 

I´M A PETARI. SORRY, BUT IT´S ALL BOOKED IN THE STARSHINE BEACH GALAXY. PLEASE COME NEXT YEAR!
MY ADVICE
Explore. I know I may be repetitive, but do it. You will discover things you hadn´t imagine. This is a huge Galaxy. So, explore, try to find 1- Up mushrooms, and have fun. Becuse it has been difficult to make up to here. 

BUT REMEMBER TO COLLECT THE SILVER STARS!!!

CLIMBING THE CLOUDY TOWER
(¡SUBE A LA TORRE DE LAS NUBES!) 
HOW IS THIS GALAXY
This Galaxy is the same as the previous one. But there are some differences: Firstly, there are some creatures called the Piantas (Super Mario Sunshine). They can throw you away, because they are trying to get stronger. You must climb to a tower (well, the entrance is underwater) and make a Cloud Power- Up appear. With this Power-Up it will be much easier to get the Star that is over the second tower. 

ENEMIES
The enemies don´t want to leave this beach. Excapt the Lakitus and Spinies, they are the same enemies (well, and the Water Shooters) that in the first Star. The water is also an enemy, because it can make your Cloud Power-Up disappear.

But you can use this ships to move without losing your Cloud Power-Up.

MY ADVICE 
Use these green ships, because if not, it will be really difficult to get the Star. I needed 27 minutes... to know how to use that ships. However, you can do this:

CHOMPWORKS GALAXY

(GALAXIA FUNDICIÓN CHOMP) 

WHERE THE CHOMPS ARE MADE OF GOLD

(EL GUÍA DE LA FUNDICIÓN) 

HOW IS THIS GALAAXY

Well. After relaxing in the Super Mario Sunshine Beach, you will have to work with the Gearmos. 

Yes, that robots. What you will have to do is to guide the Chomps to the hole with the Chomp symbol. When one Chomp lands there a Star Ring will appear so you can go to the next phase. And why the Galaxy is titled like that? Because the last Chomp is made of gold. 

But don´t be as stupid as the Gearmo, who try to stop them by hitting against them!

ENEMIES

The Chomps are the main enemies! However, you´ll have to guide them to reach the next phase.  Appart from them, Octoombas, Goombeetles, they are the classic enemies. 

MY ADVICE

Don´t try to kill the Octoombas or the Goombeetles. It will be funnier if the Chomps do it instead of you. Appart from that, my advice is to do a Reverse Jump (Z and then A) to avoid hitting that huge Chomps. 

SPRING INTO THE CHOMPWORKS 
(CHOMP RODANDO Y MARIO BOTANDO)
HOW IS THIS GALAXY
NOOOOOO! The worst Mario Power-Up is back! Spring Mario will be the proagonist Power-Up of this Galaxy. You will have to bounce avoiding that freaking Chomps. The last phase looks like the Tower of World 1 (Every planet has its price), but now jumping is more difficult, because it´s incredibly difficult to control Spring Mario.

SPRING MARIO

Basically, it is Mario in a dock. It is not an original Power-Up, and it is impossible to control. The only thing that it can do is to bounce by pressing A. And it is easy to go out from the path. So remember, if you get the Spring Power-Up, you will probably end... UAAAAAAAH!

ENEMIES
Again, the freaking Chomps. NOOOOO! 


Ah, yeah and this guy.
I CAN DEFEAT MARIO. THE SPRING POWER-UP IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL!

MY ADVICE
Start pressing A every time you land. This will give you a good rhythm and it will be more difficult to go out from the path. 

YEAH.This Power-Up is unbelievable. Even for the Lumas. 
Thank you, Miyamoto, for not including it in more Galaxies.

BOWSER´S GRAVITY GAUNTLET

(FORTALEZA FULMINANTE DE BOWSER)

BREAKING INTO BOWSER´S CASTLE

(SANGRE FRÍA EN LA FORTALEZA DE FUEGO)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

For the Spanish readers, it will be easy to understand the title of the Galaxy. You must be calmed and do not rush. A bad jump or even one second can make Mario die. The gravity is crazy here. You must go up, down, underwater. This Galaxy, from my point of view, really deserves to be a Bowser´s Galaxy. It has everything, but the final boss isn´t really hard.

  

ENEMIES

As in the other Bowser´s Galaxy, there are tons of enemies. Whomps (in the upper photo), Magikoopas, Goombas, Dry Bones, and the worst one:

LAVA!!!!!!!

KAMEK/ MAGIKOOPA (THE BEST BOWSER´S MINION)

OK, the last image may be from Super Mario Galaxy, but Magikoopa is a great Bowser´s Minion, so he deserves a good death, and the best image of him in the Galactic saga in this blog.

BOWSER (BOSS)

What´s up, Bowser? Honestly, I expected more from this battle. Bowser keeps being so easy to killl, but he has new tricks, like his improved punch. his renewed meteorites and... Well, I thought he would have three things. It os not a very difficult boss, but it can plant a huge battle. 

MY ADVICE
Get a 6-point mushroom if you can. Bowser is not a difficult boss, but don´t let your guard down. Appart from that, be careful with the gravity: It is the worst enemy of the game. 

WORLD 4-1. HUGE CHALLENGES FOR A GREAT HERO

SUPERMASSIVE GALAXY

(GALAXIA DESCOMUNAL)

HUGE TROUBLE WITH BIG WIGGLERS

(MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS FLORUGAS COLOSALES) 

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

HERE EVERYTHING IS INCREDIBLY BIG!!!! The Lumas, the enemies, the platforms. You must learn to use the lenght jump, in order to go from one platform to another. This is one of my favourite Galaxies in the game. I liked that huge enemies. Some of them can be easily killed by spinning or by using the Spin Drill. Others are awesome, but they can kill you. This Galaxy is different from what I expected, an that capacity of surprising you is what makes this game a great game. 

ENEMIES

Giant Goombas, Huge Piranha Plants, Crazy Titanic Twhomps, Koopa Troopas, and Big Angry Wigglers are the collosus enemies you will have to deal with. 

MY ADVICE

This Galaxy has one useful trick. When you are at the Koopas´Planet, jump over the shell of one of them and keep jumping. After some rebounds, you will start wining 1-Ups in a fast an easy way. Keep jumping until you have 99 Ups.

IN FULL BLOOM
(EL FONTANERO JARDINERO)
HOW IS THIS GALAXY
This is a hidden star. Before going to the Wiggler´s planet, you can choose between going there directly or doing some gardening on a green planet. While you are walking through this planet, flowers appear. When all the planet gets full of plants, you will have the path for this hidden Star.

ENEMIES
There are not enemies in this planet. You only must deal with the enemies in the previous phases. 
MY ADVICE
Get the coins, because, in one phase of the game, you will have to pay coins to roll a dice, and get more 1-Ups. You may don´t know it. But every time you reset the game, you only have 4 lives. So you choose:
A) Getting the 99 lives by jumping on the Koopa.
B) Paying 100 coins to a Lumalee.

PAY ME! PAY ME!! IT´S ONLY 100 COINS!!

HONEYHOP GALAXY

(GALAXIA MONTES MELOSOS)

THE SWEETEST SILVER STARS

(DULCES ESTRELLAS DE PLATA) 

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

Here, Bee Mario rerurns. You will have to climb through this Galaxy, getting the 5 Silver Stars that are here. Until you reach the Bee Queen, the ruler, that has a Silver Star at his back. Howerver, these Stars are truly hidden. I needed 30 minutes to collect all of them. And there will also be enemies there to disturb you, and water, that will make you lose your Bee Power-Up.

This is the Bee Queen.

ENEMIES

There is a huge amount of Octoombas in this Galaxy: red Octoombas, Green Octoombas... There is a Star over a Plant that will trap you if you step on it. The Choppahs (that undefeatable enemies) will be there too. 

        

OCTOOMBA                                   CHOPPAH

And if that wasn´t enough, there are Water Shooters that will make you lose your Bee Power-Up.

MY ADVICE

This is a huge Galaxy. Before going to the next phase, explore so you don´t have forgotten anything. If you don´t find a Silver Star, don´t worry. You have all the time of the world (until your mother tells you to stop playing Super Mario Galaxy 2).

THE CHIMP´S SCORE CHALLENGE

(¡A POR PUNTOS! ¡REVOLOTEANDO Y PISOTEANDO!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

Yes, the Chimp is back, and he has a new, difficult challenge. It consists in stomping all the enemies and collect the coins, until you get 10000 points. The difficult part? In the Fluffy Bluffy Galaxy all the enemies were together, and there was only one path to follow. But here you must choose which enemies do you want to kill. And you have to be fast. You have only 120 seconds.

JI, JI JI!! GET 10000 POINTS OR YOU WILL LOSE 1 LIFE!

ENEMIES

Octoombas, Octoombas, Octoombas, and those are.... Yeah, more Octoombas. There are only Octoombas in these Galaxy. Each one of them will give you 100, 200 or 300 coins. 

I don´t want to put you under pressure, but if you don´t get 10000 coins, you´ll lose a life. 

MY ADVICE

It took me thousands of attempts to beat this guy. My only advice, is to get the coins from the enemies (they can give you 100 points) and spinning while ytou are jumping. This will make you stay a little more time in the air.  My record is 10730 points.Will you reach it?

BUT THE CHIMP WILL COME BACK!!!! THAT EVIL MONKEY NEVER DIES!

FLIPSVILLE GALAXY

(GALAXIA CARA Y CRUZ)

FLIP-FLOPPING IN FLIPSVILLE

(LAS DOS CARAS DE VUELTIBURGO)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

Welcome to Flipsville!!! An idillic city where you can walk up and down!! You will discover platfroms for your Bomb Jumps, you will have fun with the Toad Brigade, and you will be killed by the awful monsters living in this Galaxy.

This is what I´ve read about Flipsville, and it was true. You can walk by two sides of the planet.
What you have to do is a bomb jump on some blue platforms. But this is not as idillic as it may seem. There are plenty of monsters here that will want to stop you so you don´t get the Power Star... But the boss is even worst. 

ENEMIES
Appart from the Octoombas, new enemies will appear. You can defeat some monsters called Pupdozers by going to the other side of the planet and doing a Bomb jump in their belly. The final boss is the  Pupdozer Queen. However, you can´t defet Chomps by doing this. They will hit you.

GLAMDOZER (BOSS)
You will arrive to a leaf planet, where Glamdozer is sleeping. Do a Bomb Jump on their belly  to wake her up. She will start chasing you, and he can walk from one side of the planet to the other one, and it will be more difficult to hit her in the belly. But, by doing this 3 more times, you will defeat her and get the Power Star. 

Ah, yeah. She can throw fireballs to hit you.
MY ADVICE
Don´t do what I did. To defea this boss easily, you must stay in a point of the planet. near a Bomb Jump platform, and keep jumping from one side to another. This is an explanation video:

FLIPSVILLE´S NEW DIGS
(TROMPOTALADROS EN VUELTIBURGO)
HOW IS THIS GALAXY
Welcome back to Flipsville! Now, instead of doing Bomb Jumps, you must go from one side of the planet to another by using the Spin Drill.  After talking to Captain Toad, you will have to reach a phase where there are 5 Silver Stars. But it won´t be that easy. The gravity will be always changing, so learn to deal with it.  By getting the Silver Stars without being killed, a Power Star will appear at the centre of the planet. 


ENEMIES 
Twirlips and  Mechakoopas will be there to disturb you. In the last phase, you must be careful, so you don´t hit yourself against the Fuzzies. 

MECHAKOOPA                                                                               














FUZZY

MY ADVICE
Don´t worry if you don´t reach what you wanted with the Spin Drill. You´ll have tons of opportunities to get to the correct point. There is not a timer putting you under pressure.

SWEET MISTERY GALAXY

(GALAXIA GALLETAS SECRETAS) 

BULB BERRY´S MYSTERIOUS GLOW

(¡FRUTAS LUMINOSAS, GALLETAS MISTERIOSAS!)

HOW IS THIS GALAXY

After giving 1200 Star Bits to a Hungry Luma, you will discover this Galaxy. Here the Bulb Berry is very important. You will need it to make the path appear. This Galaxy has a Sweet theme. There are plenty of donuts, and cream, and... Mmm, I´m hungry now! Don´t visit this Galaxy if you hadn´t eaten before.

And remember that if you don´t get a Bulb Berry before the effects disappear... UAAAAH!

The Star is at the top of a cake.

ENEMIES

I´ve found the way to defeat the Choppahs! Yoshi van eat that monsters so they don´t disturb anymore, and you can get Star Bits from them. An enemy called Smeech can stick to Yoshi´s mouth, so you can´t eat the Bulb Berries. Spin to defeat him. 

MY ADVICE

Do you remember that I´ve said that in Yoshi´s Galaxies there are plenty of gliches? I´ve found another one.

Don´t rush here, because there are lots of Bulb Berries to avoid deaths. You must run only when the music  of Bulb Yoshi gets faster. 

I think this is a relaxing Galaxy. I almost fall asleep while playing. The music is quite relaxing: Here you have an extract. 

Relaxing, no? 

See you in another video!