Super Mario Galaxy 2 Walkthrough

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Breaking into Bowser's Castle

This castle has some strange gravitational forces at work. You'll find yourself on the ceiling and walls just as much as the floors. If you can wrap your head around the quick gravity changes, the actual acrobatics required are simple. Immediately attack Kamek before he fires. Just past Kamek is a wheel of spinning fire. In the lower right corner you can score a Life Mushroom which is easy to miss.

As you enter the castle, look up once you pass the midway flag. A Comet Medal is hanging out above a lone block. As you run up the wall, watch for the Podobo that jumps over the corner. You can long-jump over the lava pits easily.

Jump up into the water on the ceiling and grab the easy 1-Up. Remember to press A or spin to swim faster as you make your way through the spinning fire. You can score another 1-Up by collecting the coins that appear from the ? Coin. Wall-jump to another 1-Up above the midway flag -- you can get another one in the corner of the Whomp area just ahead.

Run clockwise around the first fire wheel, jumping over the wands as they pass under you. The next one features yet another 1-Up if you navigate to the far side past the launch star -- what's with all the freebies?

Take the launch star to the midway flag and break the crystal on the right for another Life Mushroom. Use the asteroids to break the locks (ground pound!). Your arch nemesis awaits on the other side...

Boss: Bowser II

This Bowser fight is almost identical to the first -- but this time his punches and the falling meteors create deadly pink rings as they hit. You can simply jump these as they pass, but you really need to be vigilant and learn to expect them with each impact.

Once the meteors fall, jump the rings they create and then lead Bowser's punch away from them. Not too far though -- you need to be able to sprint back to them once they pop out of the planet and turn gold!

You can ground-pound the gold meteors to send them flying at Bowser like before. After two hits, he'll change his tactics. You can't outrun his fire so take a perpendicular turn as it approaches to sidestep it.

For the final round, lead Bowser's punch away from the meteors and then try to use a long-jump to immediately return to the nearest on, avoiding the pink rings entirely. Getting to the meteors with time to ground-pound them is tough. Two more hits and he'll be beat!