You’ll c ontrol Mario a s he ve ntures from th e Comet
Observato ry out into w ild and alien galaxi es to co llect all
of the sc attere d Power Stars.
Look for Pow er Star s
Mario wi ll exp lore ma ny gal axies. In most galaxi es,
you will need t o do man y thin gs to fi nd a Pow er Star.
When you obtain the sta r at th e end o f a miss ion,
you will open u p the n ext mis sion in that g alaxy, if
there ar e any. Power Sta r
Comet Observa tory
This is t he star ting p oint fo r many o f your advent ures th rougho ut the
cosmos. You wil l move f rom dom es (gala xy obse rvatori es) to t he gal axies
themsel ves, co llecti ng info rmatio n from L umas as you go. When y ou col lect
the Grand Star i n the la st gal axy of o ne dom e, the n ext do me will open.
Grand Sta r
Dome
Number o f Star Bits
This is t he tota l numb er of
Star Bit s you ha ve coll ected
on your j ourne y throu gh
the galaxies.
Galaxy Selection Screen
Grab the P ull St ar (P17 ) at the top of a dome to enter the ga laxy-s electi on
screen. Choose the ga laxy yo u want t o try, then se lect “F ly to t his Gal axy.”
You will then a dvance t o the mi ssion- select ion scr een.
Undiscov ered
Galaxy
Collect the num ber of
Power Stars shown t o
discover this ga laxy.
Discover ed Gala xy
Point at this
galaxy a nd pres s
to fly t here.
Point at someth ing ot her tha n a gal axy and press to grab a point
you can u se to r otate th e syste m for a better view.
Mission Selecti on Scre en
Point at a missi on and press to fly to the ga laxy. If you p oint a t a miss ion
you have alread y clear ed, you can se e your p reviou s high score.
Mission You
Have Alre ady
Complet ed
Mission You
Have Not Yet
Complet ed
Galaxy Screen
When you r life m eter re aches zero fro m getti ng hit by enem ies, th orns, o r
other da ngerou s thing s, or i f you fa ll into a blac k hole, the nu mber of your
remaini ng live s will go down by one . If you lose y our li fe whil e you ha ve
zero rem aining lives, the ga me will end an d you w ill ret urn to the tit le scre en.
Information other th an your life meter w ill appear on-s creen when you sta nd still.
Number o f
Power Sta rs
Collect ed
Remaini ng live s
Life Met er
This wil l go
down by o ne
each tim e you
touch an enemy
or hazard.
This is t he
number o f Star
Bits you have
collect ed in th e
current galaxy .
Pause Scr een
Press an d hold or to pause. On
the paus e scree n, you can che ck how
many coi ns you have col lected or whi ch
galaxy y ou are curren tly in. To resum e
your gam e, sel ect Bac k to go back to the
action o r Retur n to the Obser vatory t o go
back to t he obse rvatory .
Tr ave ling th e Ga laxi esTr ave ling th e Ga laxi esNumber o f Coin s
Collect ed in th e
Current Galaxy
View the System
Number o f
Star Bit s