Super Mario Galaxy 2 Walkthrough

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The Flotacious Blimp Fruit

Before doing anything, explore the underside of the tree platform for a 1-Up, some star bits and a Yoshi egg. Once you are saddled up, you can use Yoshi to climb the tall tree. By gobbling up the blue Blimp Fruit, Yoshi can float upwards for a short period of time. You can hold A to make Yoshi hover, but the timer will still tick.

Start climbing the platforms and you'll see your goal. Instead of going to the launch star, though, get to the highest platform you can with Blimp Fruit and search the topmost tree platforms for a Life Mushroom. You can reach this by performing a side flip (run forward, turn around and jump while you are turning) and then using Yoshi's flutter jump to make it to the platform. Return to the launch star to move to the next area.

You cannot fall to your death in this area, so explore the rolling log at will. Use the first Blimp Fruit to blast up and to the left to get to a warp pipe. In here you can score 1-Ups just by flipping the blocks.

Float to the right and you'll soon come to the Comet Medal. It's hard to miss! From the Medal you can drop far below to a 1-Up and score some coins using the ? Coin as well. Your ultimate goal is the next section of log. Here you can collect five launch star shards.

Three shards are immediately visible, while the final two are "below." You'll have to drop down to these. The launch star can be reached with the help of Blimp Fruits beneath it. Travel sideways through the spiked obstacles by holding A to hover.

In the final area, drop to the lowest reaches of the log cross-section and then begin to make your way up. You can always snag a Blimp Fruit with your tongue after jumping to get a bit of a boost. The Power Star is at the top of this fruit-filled climb.

With this Power Star gathered you'll unlock Luigi for certain levels!