Other characters will mail you extra lives. Collect 100 star bits, you'll get an extra life. Grab 100 coins, you'll get an extra life. You can explore your ship between missions, and it's filled with extra lives and colorful characters. The more you see and do, however, the more demanding the game becomes.Įxtra lives are plentiful. If you simply want to see each world and finish the game, the challenge is very slight. You can go back and find stars you've missed, you can pick out the easy ones from the galaxies available to you, or you can explore the star challenges the comets bring as you collect the comet coins around the galaxies. To progress throughout the game you need a set minimum of stars, but there are multiple ways to find them. You'll move the star by tilting the Wiimote, in yet another fun diversion

The hidden areas and secret stars are deviously scattered around the game, and each one will give you a feeling of accomplishment when found. If you have any hope of collecting all the stars-which is a daunting task-you'll have to explore every inch of the land and find every secret. If you see a far-off platform or glittery object, don't worry. The genius of the level design is that you're constantly being tested and stretched and asked to use all of these moves and actions. He can grab items, ice-skate, climb, and butt-stomp on both enemies and the environment. There are circumstances where he can fly, tunnel, and roll. He can jump, grab, back-flip, triple-jump, long jump, and wall-jump. Mario is given a huge number of moves to interact with his world. We could list a variety of the levels, but why take away the fun of discovery? There is no way to describe the sheer joyous exploration of the game, nor how surprising many of the moments are, without playing it yourself. Sometimes entire sections of the game will remind you of past Mario games. In some cases gravity will be your enemy and at other times it will be your ally. You'll need to hurry, you'll be forced to take your time. So what do you have to do to earn these stars? Everything! Fight bosses, platform in 2D and 3D.

One of the more challenging early sections, complete with extra lives

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