Powerups in Mario Galaxy

Posted . By Rob Jones.

You might have already heard about Mario turning into a bee and a ghost, but there's a couple of other original powerups available in Super Mario Galaxy. Here's the full list:

Spring - Mario coils himself in a spring, enabling him to bounce around and up to higher levels.
Ice - Mario freezes water as he runs over it.
Fire Flower - Mario throws destructive fireballs.
Star - Mario has invincibility for a while.
Bee - As a bee Mario can fly a little.
Boo - Mario can travel through closed windows.

If you'd like to see them in action, here's a video. The powerups are about 1 minute in.

Rob Jones

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User comments

Nintendoof said:

That was AWESOME! I love the music. This'll hold me out until Brawl.

jskrdude said:

There is some pretty good gameplay in that video. It also relieves me a little because I thought that all the courses would be space courses with tiny planets.

Scooby Jew said:

Holy crap. I really underestimated this game, it seems. I guess I was still mad about Sunshine and it being such a BS game. Anyway, I can't wait for Galaxy now and this trailer was the own.

wii guy said:

3d fire mire, side levels like 2d and everything else, this game is going to be awesome.

BrothaZ said:

Holy crap the graphics look amazing! Comparable easily to 360 and PS3. I can tell this will shut a lot of people up.

insultman911 said:

Wow. Looks cool. Mario sounds a lot older.

Stinky12694 said:

Oh yeah, that looked hot.

dec3issofaraway said:

WOW! I thought Mario was going to do suicide in that last clip with the magnetic floors.

B Darius said:

This is definitely the next game I'm getting.

WiiNinja said:

Me too, Nintendoof. This'll calm my frustration from Brawl for a while. Heh, the Wiimote in the video had a Wii Jacket.

MG rocks said:

Brilliant.

Punkchetta said:

Oh my god this game is going to be AWESOME.

divinity boy said:

That one where he was a spring was awesome. Can I say best game ever!?

Elebot said:

Yeah, this game looks insane. It'll be a real fun one to play.

Super King said:

In the fireflower clip, those crates look exactly like the ones in Smash Bros.

insultman911 said:

I can't think of anyone who hates Mario and Wii.

Jimmy said:

That looks crazy, was kind of shocked to see that side scrolling bit.

Chris said:

Looks a hell of a lot better than Sunshine.

wii rox said:

The ice thing sounds cool.

DragonFoxCoon said:

In three minutes of video, there were so many styles of gameplay; a little Mario Kart, a little Mario Party, and classic platforming. A definite "must buy".

Ekaj185 said:

Reminds me of Banjo-kazooie when you can turn into a bee in click clock wood. Damn you microsoft. Why did you buy them! 347 million bucks wasn't enough.

DeanPOWER said:

The ice power-up sounds amazing, maybe Mario is playing the Jesus game?

Zomglol said:

Spring power up owns all.

Flyer said:

Does anyone know how to get flying Mario?

ninten star said:

I do. You need to have unlocked the floating island at the comet observatory. Go in the dome on the island. Choose second star. Talk to the luma. He will let you use a red star that lets you fly. Use it to collect 100 purple coins. After you've gotten them all you can use it anywhere in the observatory.