Super Mario Galaxy

November 12, 2007

Super Mario Galaxy is a 2007 platform action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the third 3D game in the Super Mario series. As Mario or Luigi, the player embarks on a quest to rescue Princess Peach, save the universe from Bowser, and collect 121 Power Stars. The levels in the game consist of galaxies filled with minor planets and worlds, with different variations of gravity, the central element of gameplay. The player character is controlled using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and completes missions, fights bosses, and reaches certain areas to collect Power Stars. Certain levels use the motion-based Wii Remote functions.

Nintendo EAD Tokyo began developing Super Mario Galaxy after the release of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat in late 2004, when Shigeru Miyamoto suggested that Nintendo should commission a large-scale Mario game. The concept for the use of spherical platforms originated from ideas used in Super Mario 128, a GameCube tech demo shown at Nintendo Space World in 2000. Nintendo aimed to make the game appeal to players of all ages, and the team had more freedom in designing it compared to other Super Mario games because of the outer space setting. The soundtrack was composed by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo, using a symphony orchestra for the first time in the series.

Super Mario Galaxy was a critical and commercial success, hailed as one of the best games in the series and one of the greatest video games ever made. At the time of its closure in 2019, Super Mario Galaxy was the highest-rated game of all time on review-aggregating site GameRankings. It received universal acclaim from critics and fans, who praised the game's visuals, gravity mechanics, soundtrack, setting, and story. It won several awards from gaming publications, including multiple "Game of the Year" titles, and became the first Nintendo title to win the BAFTA Award for Best Game. The game is the ninth bestselling Wii game worldwide with sales of 12.80 million. The game was released as a Nintendo Selects title in 2011, as a download via the Wii U's eShop in 2015, on the Nvidia Shield in China in 2018, and as part of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection for the Nintendo Switch in 2020. A sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2, was released for the Wii in 2010.

Also See

• Super Mario Galaxy 2

Sound Effects Used

• Anime Glass Break Sound 1
• Blastwave FX, Sci, Fi, Alarm, Warning, Signal, Loop, Science, Fiction (Played when Mario activates a moving platform)
• H-B HIT, CARTOON - BONK-POP (Sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• H-B ZIP, CARTOON - HIGH WHISTLE ZIP OUT (Used when triple jumping and in a slightly higher pitch when long jumping. This is the first main series Mario game to use this sound effect, and its normal pitch version would be used more often in the 3D installments.)
• Hollywoodedge, Boing Drum Repeater PE940501/COMEDY, ACCENT - HOPPING 01 (1st boing)
• Hollywoodedge, Chin Punch FS040405 (Used whenever Mario bumps into something after long jumping.)
• Hollywoodedge, Forest Ambience Bird PE010101 (Used for ambience in the Observatory's garden.)
• Hollywoodedge, Sword Whooshes Heavy FS031406
• HUMAN, YELL - YELL: FEMALE (Used for Koopa Troopas.)
• Shine Sprite Sound (Used as the sparkle sound of power stars)
• Sound Ideas, ALARM, BURGLAR - BURGLAR ALARM GOING OFF (Used as Megaleg's alarm.)
• Sound Ideas, BELL, DESK - DESK BELL: SINGLE RING (Used when a switch's timer runs out.)
• Sound Ideas, BELL TREE - ASCENDING SHORT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Used when shooting Star Bits.)
• Sound Ideas, BELL TREE - RAIN DROPS, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (1st ding)
• Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROBIN - CALLING, ANIMAL (Used for ambience in the Observatory's garden.)
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SINGLE TIMP DOING/HIT, CARTOON - DRUM RISE/HEAVY RISING HIT (Sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 02 (Used for Sling Pods.)
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - THIN WOOD BOING (Sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• Sound Ideas, BOOK - OPEN
• Sound Ideas, CAMERA - 35 MM SLR: SINGLE SHUTTER CLICK 01 (Used when entering first-person camera mode.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BEE - BEE BUZZING AROUND, FLY, INSECT (Used when Bee Mario is flying.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BIRD - HEAD BONK BIRDS CHIRPING (Used when Major Burrows gets dizzy after being ejected from the dirt.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, MEDIUM (Used in various pitches for many different things.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, SHORT 02 (Used when jumping on switches.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - STRING PLUCK (Used when bouncing off of a Jump Beamer or Spring Topman.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01 (Used when bumping into a Topman.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, DRIP - SINGLE DRIP, WATER, DROP 01 (Used in a high pitch when climbing things.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HOLLOW BANG (Used when a bubble pops.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SNAP - LARGE RUBBER SNAP 01 (Used for Rubbery Bulbs.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUAWK - BIG HORN SQUAWK/SQUAWK, CARTOON - BIG HORN SQUAWK (A high pitched version is sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SHARP WINDSHIELD WIPER SQUEAKS (Used when walking on ice.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - MANY WHIPPY SWISH BYS (8th, 9th and 11th swishes)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - HUMAN: QUICK WHISTLING TO CALL DOG (The first few whistles are used when sliding down a pole or tree.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: LONG SLOW WARBLE DOWN (A slightly distorted version is used when falling from certain places.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - LOW 01
• Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - WARBLY SLIDE WHISTLE UP (Used in a normal pitch in the cutscene following Bowser Jr.'s defeat and in a high pitch when climbing a Banandelion.)
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - KEN'S BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH (Sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• Sound Ideas, DOG, ROTTWEILER - MEDIUM DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL (Used for Chomps.)
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY - HIGH ARCING AND SPARKING, ELECTRICAL
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 01 (Used whenever Mario gets electrocuted.)
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 02
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 03
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, VERY LARGE, ELECTRICAL
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARKS - ELECTRALOAF: SMALL SPARKS FROM COIL TO WIRE TESLA, ELECTRICAL (Used for electric fences.)
• Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - INCREASING RUMBLE LEADING TO EXPLOSION (Played during the final cutscene)
• Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 03 (Series 6000)
• Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM EXPLOSION 02 (Used for the airships' cannons in the opening cutscene.)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE (Used whenever Mario shoots fireballs when under the effect of a Fire Flower.)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - PASS BY: CATAPULTED BALL OF FIRE 05 (Used when the Comet Observatory's core gets powered up.)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - SHORT, LARGE BURST OF FLAME 01
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, FIREPLACE - WOOD BURNING IN FIREPLACE 01 (Used for the fireplace in the Observatory's kitchen.)
• Sound Ideas, FIREWORKS - SEQUENCE OF FIREWORKS, EXPLOSION (Used in the game's ending cutscene.)
• Sound Ideas, FLAG - SMALL FLAG: FLAPPING IN WIND
• Sound Ideas, FLAME THROWER - MEDIUM BURST, FIRE 05
• Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, METAL - BOOTS: WALK
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - TAMBOO HIT 02 (Sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• Sound Ideas, HOCKEY - SKATE ALONG: SINGLE PERSON, ICE (Used when skating on ice.)
• Sound Ideas, INDUSTRY, HYDRAULIC - ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC MACHINE: UP FULL, FACTORY (Used by hydraulic moving platforms.)
• Sound Ideas, POTTERY - CLAY POT: BREAK, CRASH, SMASH 02 (Used whenever a Koopa shell breaks.)
• Sound Ideas, RAIN - MEDIUM RAIN ON GRASS AND CEMENT, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, ROCK, WATER - ROCK: SPLASH INTO WATER 02
• Sound Ideas, ROCKSLIDE - LARGE, HEAVY LANDSLIDE (A small portion is used for Thwomp impacts.)
• Sound Ideas, ROPE - 2' ROPE: SINGLE CREAK 01
• Sound Ideas, SCI FI - LASER SHOT, CARTOON, ZAP 02
• Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SINGLE LARGE ELECTRONIC CHIME HIT AND RING (Used whenever 5 Silver Stars form into a Power Star.)
• Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SPRING ZAP BLASTER SHOT (signature sound effect for Launch Stars)
• Sound Ideas, SCI FI - WARBLY ZAP, CARTOON (Used when spinning into enemies and certain objects.)
• Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BENT SKID (Used in a high pitch whenever an enraged Wiggler skids to a stop.)
• Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - SHORT SPLING (Sampled in the game's soundtrack.)
• Sound Ideas, SPACE, GUN SHOTS - LASER GUN SHOT, GALACTIC 01 (Used whenever a Hungry Luma transforms into a planet.)
• Sound Ideas, SPACE, ZAP - ENERGY ZAP, ELECTRONIC
• Sound Ideas, SPIT, CARTOON - SINGLE SPUT
• Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - TURNING
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Series 6000)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP (The 2nd whistle is used in a high pitch whenever a Wiggler becomes enraged.)
• Sound Ideas, WATER, DRIP - WATER DRIPPING IN CAVE 01
• Sound Ideas, WHIP - BULLWHIP: SINGLE CRACK 03
• Sound Ideas, WHIP - SMALL WHIP: SINGLE HIT (Used whenever a Li'l Cinder hops after being extinguished.)
• Sound Ideas, WIND - MAGIC WHIRLWIND, FANTASY (Used for Floaty Fluff.)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN (Used when somersaulting.)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT (Used for various actions, most notably when a Goomba spots Mario.)
• WB CARTOON, WHIP - SINGLE WHIP CRACK 05
• WB CARTOON, SWISH - SINGLE WHIP SWISH 01

Image Gallery

• Super Mario Galaxy/Image Gallery