Super Mario Galaxy 2: Difference between revisions

** To even more of a ludicrous extent, Dino Piranha being the first game's first boss with {{spoiler|Fiery Dino Piranha being the second game's last}}.

** Grandmaster Galaxy counts as well: The music for Sky Station Galaxy (the first level in the game) is reused for the second portion of the last level (but not the last star), while the music for Good Egg Galaxy (the first level in the first ''Galaxy'') is reused for the second portion of the last star.

* [[Boss Rush]]: Again, Boss Blitz Galaxy in the Special World has one of these against five of [[Super Mario Galaxy|the first game]]'s bosses. Specifically, {{spoiler|[[Warmup Boss|Dino Piranha]], [[Lethal Lava Land|King Kaliente]], [[Tunnel King|Major Burrows]], [[Giant Hands of Doom|Bouldergeist]], and [[Kill It with Fire|Fiery]] [[Not So Harmless|Dino]] [[That One Boss|Piranha]],}} in that order.

* [[Brutal Bonus Level]]: {{spoiler|World S}}, and ''especially'' {{spoiler|Grandmaster Galaxy}}.

** Many of the signs and NPC dialogue, such as a sign that tells you not to fall into a lake of purple liquid that has skull signs sticking up out of it, or a Luma fifteen times bigger than Mario who tells you everything is big in the Supermassive Galaxy.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Polari, The Spooky Speedster, Guppy, Topmaniac, Tarantox, Kamella, Kingfin, and Megaleg are the only characters from the first game that do not appear in the sequel. [[Fridge Horror|Especially if you consider what happeened at the end of the first...]]

* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: In one mission in Freezy Flake Galaxy, there is a pool of lava with snow-covered islands. You can even roll big snowballs over the lava for a temporary bridge.

* [[Cool Starship]]: Starship Mario.

* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: The {{spoiler|Whomp King}}'s last words, as he crumbles and dies:

{{quote|''..."Dang it!" (BOOM)''}}

* [[Mickey Mousing]]: In certain areas, the environment changes in direct response to the music. For instance, in Beat Block Galaxy, the yellow and green blocks alternate being solid in time with the beat, and in Upside Dizzy Galaxy, the gravity changes its orientation in sync with the beat.

* [[Mind Screw]]: Cosmic Cove has square blocks of water in the middle of space. And they move. And you swim in them. And when you poke your head out of the water you get air... in space?

* [[Noob Bridge]]: A lot of people forget or never learn the long jump when playing the first ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. This is due to it never being mentioned in-game (but it is in the manual) and never required to finish the game. The long jump became required in ''SMG 2'' starting in World 4, and these gamers got stuck; some have even accused people who use the long jump on Youtube videos of hacking.

* [[Nostalgia Level]]: The Throwback Galaxy is based on Whomp's Fortress from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' (complete with a remix of the stage music).

** The Twisty Trials Galaxy is based on {{spoiler|a FLUDD-less platforming level from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Specifically, the "Secret of Ricco Harbor" mission in Ricco Harbor.}}

** Starshine Beach is a direct nod to ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', complete with Piantas.

* [[Viral Marketing]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qleVPr10PRw Signal transmissions]. No direct ad pitch presented, simply gameplay footage.

* [[Voice Grunting]]

* [[Walking on Water]]: Running variation -- Yoshi, after eating a Dash Pepper.

* [[Warmup Boss]]: Peewee Piranha.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: {{spoiler|What happens to Bowser Jr. after you defeat him in World 5? Does he die? He doesn't appear in the game again after that.}}

* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]: The green stars can be taken in absolutely any order you want.

* [[X-Ray Sparks]]: While still present, unlike the [[Super Mario Galaxy|previous game]], Mario will not die [[Dem Bones|as a skeleton]] if he is killed by a shock.

* [[You No Take Candle]]: The Whittles speak in a very simple, direct manner without any articles.

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