Beach Bowl Galaxy

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Not to be confused with Boulder Bowl Galaxy.

The Beach Bowl Galaxy is one of the galaxies in Super Mario Galaxy. The galaxy is accessed from the Kitchen. It is unlocked when Mario gets 16 Power Stars in his possession, including the Grand Stars from Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor and Bowser's Star Reactor. The Galaxy is represented by its Starting and Cliffside planets and the Cyclone Stone. Its tropical setting is similar to many of the courses in Super Mario Sunshine. The largest planet in this galaxy is a beach area filled with Penguins. The waterfall area of the main landmass resembles a giant toilet. Gringills also appear in the Beach Bowl Galaxy.

Planets

Starting Planet (Heavenly Beach Planet)

This is the main planet in the galaxy. it features a class of penguins. Some sea life appears.

Starting Area (Bowl)

This is where Mario starts. There are some islands on the surface of the water, with underwater ruins at the bottom.

Underground Cave

This cave is hidden behind cracked stone, being visited in the third mission.

Cliffside Planet

This hangs onto the starting planet, featuring some Piranha Plants and Wigglers. Mario has to climb up here to get to the end.

Cyclone Stone

This mission is visited in the third mission. it is a twisted stone path surrounding a river of rushing water with a Black Hole at each end. Thwomps and Tox Boxes appear here; during the Prankster Comet mission, they become Fast Thwomps and Fast Tox Boxes.

Twin Fall Lake Planet

This planet is reached when Mario busts open a treasure chest on the far side of the Starting Planet. This summons a Launch Star that leads here. The Twin Fall Lake Planet is really two big planetoids with several small planetoids above the first one. There are several Ice Flowers here which Mario must use to perform Wall Jumps up the waterfalls; if he attempts to do so without it, he will clip through the waterfall. The second large planetoid is icy, where Mario has to lure a Cataquack to an island with a Power Star above it.

Missions

Main Missions

Sunken Treasure

The swim students are distracted by "sparklies" under the water. Mario needs to collect all five of the Star Chips (what "sparklies" refers to). The resulting Launch Star blasts Mario to the upper part of the main planet. The player will have Ground Pound the red switch to activate some platforms, and Mario will have to quickly backflip and Star Spin onto the platforms to reach the top of the planet. Mario then needs to Ground Pound another red switch to activate some walls that Mario can use to Wall Jump to the Power Star.

• Planets Visited:
  1. Starting Planet (Starting Area Only)
  2. Cliffside Planet
• Enemies:
  • Urchins
  • Gringills (both standard and giant)
  • Clampies
  • Piranha Plants
  • Wigglers

Passing the Swim Test

The player needs to talk to the Penguin Coach, and he will tell Mario that the final swim test is today. To pass the swim test, Mario must obtain the Gold Koopa Shell, which is in the possession of a fast-moving penguin underwater, so Mario must catch up to him and Star Spin to steal the shell away. Mario will have to take the gold shell to the Penguin Coach to obtain the Power Star.

• Planets Visited: Only the Starting Area of the Starting Planet is visited.
• Enemies:
  • Urchins
  • Gringills (both standard and giant)
  • Clampies

The Secret Undersea Cavern

To enter the undersea cavern, Mario needs to simply dive underwater, grab a Koopa Shell, and toss it at the breakable blocks in the wall that lines the ocean. Then Mario has to swim through the tunnel to reach the land on the other side. Mario needs to break the crates in the fence and the crates on the other side to reveal a Launch Star. The Launch Star will send Mario flying to an area called the Cyclone Stone. The Cyclone Stone is a long stone path filled with Tox Boxes and Thwomps. Mario must dodge all enemies to reach the end of the path, where the Power Star awaits.

• Planets Visited:
  1. Starting Planet
     1. Starting Area
     2. Underground Cave
  2. Cyclone Stone
• Enemies:
  • Urchins
  • Gringills (both standard and giant)
  • Clampies
  • Goombas
  • Bats
  • Thwomps
  • Tox Boxes

Secret Star: Wall Jumping Up Waterfalls

Known as Wall Kicking Up Waterfalls in Europe, this hidden Power Star is accessible from both The Secret Undersea Cavern and Passing the Swim Test. Mario will have to grab a Koopa Shell and break the chest located to the right of the waterfall (when facing the main landmass), revealing a Launch Star. Mario will land on a planet with many waterfalls, a ? Coin floating high in the air, and a Cataquack. The player needs to lure a Cataquack under the ? Coin to collect it, which will make an Ice Flower appear. After obtaining the item, Mario has to wall jump up waterfalls. The Power Star floats high above an isolated snowy island, and another small island contains a Cataquack. Mario must grab the Ice Flower, head to the Cataquack's island, and then create an icy bridge to allow the Cataquack to reach the island with the Power Star. The Cataquack will then launch Mario into the Power Star, completing the mission.

• Planets Visited:
  1. Starting Planet
     1. Starting Area
     2. Underground Cave (optional)
  2. Twin Fall Lake Planet
• Enemies:
  • Urchins
  • Gringills (both standard and giant)
  • Clampies
  • Goombas
  • Bats
  • Piranha Plants
  • Spiny Piranha Plants

Prankster Comets

As with other major galaxies, this Galaxy has two Prankster Comets: a Fast Foe Comet and a Purple Comet.

Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone (Fast Foe Comet in Orbit)

Mario begins this level on the Cyclone Stone encountered in The Secret Undersea Cavern. He must reach the other end of the Cyclone Stone to gain the Power Star, as before, but this time the Thwomps and Tox Boxes move much more quickly. This mission, until completed, is only accessible when a Fast Foe Comet is in orbit.

• Planets Visited: Only the Cyclone Stone is visited.
• Enemies:
  • Fast Thwomps
  • Fast Tox Boxes

Beachcombing for Purple Coins (Purple Comet in Orbit)

Mario must collect one hundred Purple Coins scattered around the main planet. Only five of them are located in the sea; the rest are scattered around the landmasses. There is a Spring Mushroom located behind the waterfall that will aid in the collection of some Purple Coins. This Purple Coin mission has no time limit. This mission, until completed, is only accessible when a Purple Comet is in orbit.

• Planets Visited:
  1. Starting Planet (Starting Area only)
  2. Cliffside Planet
• Enemies:
  • Urchins
  • Gringills (both standard and giant)
  • Clampies
  • Piranha Plants

Music Tracks

The Galaxy's main theme is titled Beach Bowl Galaxy, which also plays in the Loopdeeloop, Sea Slide, and Loopdeeswoop Galaxies. This track plays in most missions, being featured on the Starting and Cliffside Planets, with the exception of underground. On the Cyclone Stone, the Space Athletic theme, which is derived from the underground theme from the original Super Mario Bros. with the first section in 4/4 time à la Super Mario Bros. 3 and copied four times and played at 160 beats per minute; however, during the first Prankster Comet mission, the track is swapped out for Cosmic Mario's theme. On the Twin Fall Lake Planet, the music is an arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. 3 athletic theme.

Nomenclature

In Japanese, the Beach Bowl Galaxy is called the "Gurasu Bīchi Galaxy" (written グラスビーチギャラクシー) with "Gurasu Bīchi" coming from a Japanese transliteration of "Glass Beach." Its Chinese name is Bōlí Shātān Yínhé (written 玻璃沙滩银河), which means "Glass Beach Galaxy." In the French dub, it is called the "Salad Bowl Beach Galaxy," or Galaxie Plage Saladier. Its German name is Glasstrand-Galaxie, meaning "Glass Beach Galaxy." In Italian, it is called Galàssia Atollo ("Atoll Galaxy"). Its Korean name is a transliteration of "Glaxx Beach Galaxy," just like Japanese, with the transliteration being Geullaeseu Bichi Gaelleoksi (글래스 비치 갤럭시). In Spanish, the Galaxy's name is Galáxia Playa Verde, which means "Green Beach Galaxy."

Trivia

• One of this Galaxy's prototypes can be seen in the files as the texture of the Black Hole's event horizon.

Navigation

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Characters	Main protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Luma
	Antagonists	Bowser • Bowser Jr.
	Non-playable	Coach • Cosmic Luigi • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumacomète • Lumalee • Penguin Racers • Penguru • Polari • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Queen Bee • Ray • Seagull • Spooky Speedster • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Blue Toad · Mailtoad · Toad Brigade Captain · Yellow Toad) • Worm
Species	Species	Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad
Enemies	Enemies	Amp • Astro Goomba • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Bolt Beam • Bonefin • Black Hole • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Brrr Bit • Burn Bit • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Pup • Chomp • Clam • Cluckboom • Crab • Dry Bones • Electricity Shooter • Electrogoomba • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Flipbug • Giant Gringill • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice Bat • Jammyfish • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bouncer • Lava Plume • Li'l Springy • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha Bowser • Mikey Mine • Mini Topman • Mobile Sentry Beam • Monty • Octopus • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Ring Beam • Pink Electrogoomba • Preying Mantas • Prickly Plant • Puffer Fish • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Purple Piranha Plant • Red Pokey • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Sliding Stone • Spangler • Spiky Topman • Spoing • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swoopin' Poink • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Water Shooter • Wiggler
Obstacles	Obstacles	Banzai Bill Cannon • Bars / Crystal • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Bramble • Bumper • Burner • Cannon • Chomp box • Current • Dark matter • Electric rail • Fire Bar • Fire geyser • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Floating Mine • Freezing water • Giant Prickly Plant • Gravity field • Honey • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Meat • Meteor • Moving sand • Mud • Poison swamp • Prickly Plant • Pulse Beam • Quicksand • Sand tide • Skull Box • Space Mine • Spike • Spring • Torpedo tube • Water Shooter • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses	Bosses	Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser
Galaxies	Gate	Gateway Galaxy • Boo's Boneyard Galaxy
	Terrace	Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Sweet Sweet Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor
	Fountain	Space Junk Galaxy • Battlerock Galaxy • Rolling Green Galaxy • Hurry-Scurry Galaxy • Sling Pod Galaxy • Bowser's Star Reactor
	Kitchen	Beach Bowl Galaxy • Ghostly Galaxy • Bubble Breeze Galaxy • Buoy Base Galaxy • Drip Drop Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada
	Bedroom	Gusty Garden Galaxy • Freezeflame Galaxy • Dusty Dune Galaxy • Honeyclimb Galaxy • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser's Dark Matter Plant
	Engine Room	Gold Leaf Galaxy • Sea Slide Galaxy • Toy Time Galaxy • Bonefin Galaxy • Sand Spiral Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor
	Garden	Deep Dark Galaxy • Dreadnought Galaxy • Melty Molten Galaxy • Matter Splatter Galaxy • Snow Cap Galaxy
	Comet Observatory	Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
	Planet of Trials	Rolling Gizmo Galaxy • Bubble Blast Galaxy • Loopdeeswoop Galaxy • Grand Finale Galaxy
Items	Items	1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip
Objects	Objects	? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Bar • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt (object) • Bolt (platform) • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cage • Cannon • Cloud • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Dome • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Fluff • Flower (platform) • Flowerbed • Glass case • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity spotlight • Gravity switch • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Hole • Honey wall • Honeycomb • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Lift • Matter • Nail • Ocean Small Turtle • Pole • Portrait • Pull Star • Ring (Rolling Ball) • Ring (underwater) • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sign • Sliding block • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snow sculpture • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Stalagmite • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone block • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stretch Plant • Swing • Tiny lamp • Torch • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Underwater ring • Valve • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Water spout
Moves	Moves	Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Star Spin • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Missions	Gateway Galaxy	Grand Star Rescue • Gateway's Purple Coins
	Boo's Boneyard Galaxy	Racing the Spooky Speedster
	Good Egg Galaxy	Dino Piranha • A Snack of Cosmic Proportions • King Kaliente's Battle Fleet • Dino Piranha Speed Run* • Purple Coin Omelet* • Luigi on the Roof
	Honeyhive Galaxy	Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight • Trouble on the Tower • Big Bad Bugaboom • Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • The Honeyhive's Purple Coins* • Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom
	Loopdeeloop Galaxy	Surfing 101
	Flipswitch Galaxy	Painting the Planet Yellow
	Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor	Megaleg's Moon
	Sweet Sweet Galaxy	Rocky Road
	Space Junk Galaxy	Pull Star Path • Kamella's Airship Attack • Tarantox's Tangled Web • Pull Star Path Speed Run* • Purple Coin Spacewalk* • Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance
	Rolling Green Galaxy	Rolling in the Clouds
	Battlerock Galaxy	Battlerock Barrage • Breaking into the Battlerock • Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe • Topmaniac's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Battlerock* • Battlerock's Garbage Dump • Luigi under the Saucer
	Hurry-Scurry Galaxy	Shrinking Satellite
	Bowser's Star Reactor	The Fiery Stronghold
	Sling Pod Galaxy	A Very Sticky Situation
	Beach Bowl Galaxy	Sunken Treasure • Passing the Swim Test • The Secret Undersea Cavern • Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone* • Beachcombing for Purple Coins* • Wall Jumping up Waterfalls
	Bubble Breeze Galaxy	Through the Poison Swamp
	Ghostly Galaxy	Luigi and the Haunted Mansion • A Very Spooky Sprint • Beware of Bouldergeist • Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins in the Bone Pen* • Matter Splatter Mansion
	Buoy Base Galaxy	The Floating Fortress • The Secret of Buoy Base
	Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada	Sinking the Airships
	Drip Drop Galaxy	Giant Eel Outbreak
	Gusty Garden Galaxy	Bunnies in the Wind • The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows • Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble • Major Burrows's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube* • The Golden Chomp
	Freezeflame Galaxy	The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr • Freezeflame's Blistering Core • Hot and Cold Collide • Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* •Purple Coins on the Summit* • Conquering the Summit
	Dusty Dune Galaxy	Soaring on the Desert Winds • Blasting through the Sand • Sunbaked Sand Castle • Sandblast Speed Run* • Purple Coins in the Desert* • Bullet Bill on Your Back • Treasure of the Pyramid
	Honeyclimb Galaxy	Scaling the Sticky Wall
	Bowser's Dark Matter Plant	Darkness on the Horizon
	Bigmouth Galaxy	Bigmouth's Gold Bait
	Gold Leaf Galaxy	Star Bunnies on the Hunt • Cataquack to the Skies • When It Rains, It Pours • Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race* • Purple Coins in the Woods* • The Bell on the Big Tree
	Sea Slide Galaxy	Going after Guppy • Faster Than a Speeding Penguin • The Silver Stars of Sea Slide • Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • Purple Coins by the Seaside* • Hurry, He's Hungry
	Toy Time Galaxy	Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Mario/Luigi Meets Mario • Bouncing Down Cake Lane • Fast Foes of Toy Time* • Luigi's Purple Coins* • The Flipswitch Chain
	Bonefin Galaxy	Kingfin's Fearsome Waters
	Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor	King Kaliente's Spicy Return
	Sand Spiral Galaxy	Choosing a Favorite Snack
	Deep Dark Galaxy	The Underground Ghost Ship • Bubble Blastoff • Guppy and the Underground Lake • Ghost Ship Daredevil Run* • Plunder the Purple Coins* • Boo in a Box
	Dreadnought Galaxy	Infiltrating the Dreadnought • Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons • Revenge of the Topman Tribe • Topman Tribe Speed Run* • Battlestation's Purple Coins* • Dreadnought's Garbage Dump
	Matter Splatter Galaxy	Watch Your Step
	Melty Molten Galaxy	The Sinking Lava Spire • Through the Meteor Storm • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Spire Daredevil Run* • Red-Hot Purple Coins* • Burning Tide
	Snow Cap Galaxy	Star Bunnies in the Snow
	Rolling Gizmo Galaxy	Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets
	Loopdeeswoop Galaxy	The Galaxy's Greatest Wave
	Bubble Blast Galaxy	The Electric Labyrinth
	Grand Finale Galaxy	The Star Festival
	Bowser's Galaxy Reactor	The Fate of the Universe
Mini-games	Mini-games	Bob-omb Blasting • Bubble Blowing • Ray surfing • Star Ball Rolling
Other	Other	Comet Observatory • Planet of Trials • Starbit Festival • Star Pointer • Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are only available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit.