Super Mario Galaxy 2 Walkthrough

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Think Before You Shake

Note: To access this galaxy you'll need to grab the Hungry Luma on the world map between the Spin Dig and Yoshi Star galaxies. Talk to this Luma on your space ship and feed him 300 coins to open up a path to the Flip-Swap Galaxy on the map.

This challenging galaxy features flipping panels that move only when you spin. Making your way across these panels slowly while spinning to create a path is one way to go about doing this, but we were able to cross many of the longest gaps with the long jump (run, hold Z to duck, slide for a millisecond and then press JUMP quickly). The long jump makes it so you never have to rotate a single panel (IGN Editor Craig Harris calls this the "hard way," but we found it vastly preferable -- make your own call!).

You can grab an easy 1-Up amidst the electric fences. Don't try to hop over these, just long-jump through the gaps. After the midway flag you'll encounter Chain Chomps. They'll only roll over existent panels, so plan your path accordingly. We long-jumped across the entire section, from one blue panel to the next. You can reach the Comet Medal amidst the Chomps in this manner.

Try our long-jump method for the final stretch and you may find that avoiding all the switching-panel nonsense is the key to conquering this galaxy.