Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Also known as: Super Mario Wii 2: Galaxy Adventure Together (KR)
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By popular demand, Mario was sent back into space once more to save the Princess and collect the Power Stars. Nintendo was a lot more organized and had a clear goal this time, so there is a lot less unused content.
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Contents
Subpages
 | Unused Level Features Boss Blitz Galaxy originally had more bosses? |
 | Unused Mechanics Power Stars could be spawned from flowers?! |
| Unused Light Data Unused light data comes to light! |
 | Unused Objects New objects and duplicates galore. |
More, Please!
The internal project name for the game is, amusingly, Super Mario Galaxy More.
Level Design Changes
The second planet in Sky Station Galaxy, which features a grassy path to a curvy house, is called DrumSeparateRocketPlanet despite not looking anything like a rocket. What's more, there are two empty objects that were meant to go with it, DrumSeparateRocketPlanetGravityStep and DrumSeparateRocketPlanetMoveParts. These things together hint that this planet must have received a graphical overhaul at some point, and was likely re-purposed to fit earlier in the game.
The bonus room full of steps, featured in Puzzle Plank Galaxy's purple coin run and other galaxies, is named IslandFleetCoinRoomPlanetZone, despite never appearing in Sky Station Galaxy.
The topmost section of Upside-Dizzy Galaxy's first room is called SwitchGravityBombHeiPlanet. Bob-omb (BombHei) is not used anywhere in the level.
According to its name, ChaosBossBussunZone, the boss section from Flipsville Galaxy was originally meant to appear in Upside Dizzy Galaxy.
The zone containing the second planet of Supermassive Galaxy is called SmallBigMetboZone, indicating that it was meant to have Goombeetles (Metbo) instead of three giant Koopa Troopas. Giant Goombeetles do not exist anywhere in the game's files.
Leftover ObjNameTable Entries
Over 400 entries for removed objects can be found in the file ObjNameTable. These include various objects from Super Mario Galaxy and new ones which don't exist in Super Mario Galaxy 2 anymore. The list of these unused entries can be found here.
Leftover StageData
There are some unused folders for test levels and completely scrapped galaxies in the StageData directory. Interestingly, some of their names refer to actual levels in the game.
AncientExcavationTest02Galaxy AndoBonusTest AndoPlanetJumpTest AndoSwimTest AndoYoshi2Test AndoYoshiStage AoyagiTest AoyagiTestMore BarrelGravityConversionPlanetZone BonusAZone BossBussunZone BossParadeGalaxy BussunTestZone Chaos2DAutoAthleticsZone Chaos2DBegomanZone Chaos2DBombAutoZone Chaos2DMoveGravityTestZone Chaos2DTogeZone ChaosManHoleWanwanZone ChaosManHoleZone CoconutsGravityZone CoinInfernoPlanetZone CommonTshapeZone ConfirmObj CosmicBirdRoad CylinderExplainTest DarkRainbowCubeZone DarkRiverBombZone DarkRiverCylinderLiftZone DarkRiverDashZone DarkRiverMoveTwinLiftsZone DarkRiverSanpoZone DarkRiverTamaKoroZone DarkRoadTest02PlanetZone DimensionVrTest01PlanetZone DrillPlanetMazeZone DrillUpDownPlanetZone E3MovAppearFleetZone E3MovBigSmall E3MovCloud2DPlanetZone E3MovCloudGardenGalaxy E3MovCloudSliderPlanetZone E3MovCreekPlanetZone E3MovCutTimberPlanetZone E3MovDashYoshiZone E3MovDigMineBossZone E3MovDigMineInsideZone E3MovDigMineStartZone E3MovDrumCloudPlanetZone E3MovFlowerBeeTutorial00Zone E3MovFlowerGardenPlanetZone E3MovFlowerHighlandGalaxy E3MovFlowerJumpBallZone E3MovFlowerPlantPole00Zone E3MovFlowerSlider00Zone E3MovFlowerWallJumpTutorial00Zone E3MovHipDropMovePlanetZone E3MovLightLabyrinthPlanetZone E3MovMarioFacePlanetZone E3MovMizutamaPlanetZone E3MovMokuValleyEntPlanetDemoZone E3MovMokuValleyEntPlanetZone E3MovNailedUpHanaPlanetZone E3MovOpeningCloudZone E3MovPurpleCoinInfernoPlanetZone E3MovRedBlueEx E3MovSearchWanwan E3MovSkyIslandBarrelPlanetZone E3MovSkyIslandShipPlanetZone E3MovSnowYukkinaZone E3MovSnowZone E3MovStartJourneyZone E3MovTubeSliderTutorialGalaxy E3MovYoshiPlanetZone E3MovYoshiYCaptureZone E3YoshiSpinDriver EarthenPipeRoomA EarthenPipeRoomDZone EasyMoveBlockZone EasyRedBlueBlockZone FingerHeadTestZone FireWoodBoxPlanetOrgZone FLDZAKOPRD FollowerDrillBossImageZone GambleDiceTest01PlanetZone GambleDiceTest02PlanetZone GambleDiceTest03PlanetZone GambleDiceTest04PlanetZone GliderDangerCaveZone GoharaTestA GoroDashOrg01Zone HashimotoTest23Map HashimotoTest27Map HashimotoTest42Map HashimotoTestIZone HayakawaBossTestSimpleStage HayakawaBossTestStage HayakawaHeadingPanelEasyStage HayakawaHeadingPanelHardStage HayakawaHeadingPanelSuperStage HayakawaHeadingPanelUltraStage HayakawaRideTestStage HayakawaTestStage HayashidaSwimTest HayashidaTest HoleSphere2Zone HoleSphereZone HoneyBeeSmallVillageTest01Zone HoneyBeeVillageHomeZone IslandFleetNewGavityZone KarakuriWanwanTest KingTossinTestZone KoopaBossLv1Zone KoopaVs1RoadDossun01Zone KyarKyarOutBreak LargeActionPlanetAZone LargeActionPlanetZone LavaFluffZone LavaRelayPlanetZone LavaSwimPlanetZone LeafBoardCoinPlanetZone MagicBlueStarZone MagicDarkMatterDrillZone MagicDarkMatterGCapZone MagicLeafZone Mario64Battan MarioFacePlanetYokobe MarioFaceShipNewTest03Zone MarioFaceShipNewZone MarioFaceShipTest02Zone MessageCheck MinetaStageObjTest MoguchiRestartZone MotokuraSnowAZone MotokuraTest2DEnemy MotokuraTest2DSwim MotokuraTest2DSwim2 MotokuraTest2DSwimMap MotokuraTest2DSwimTutorial MotokuraTestBalloonYoshi MotokuraTestFly MotokuraTestJrLv2Boss MotokuraTestMapObject MotokuraTestNewCastle MotokuraTestNigero MotokuraTestPlanetShip MotokuraTestSnowObject MotokuraTestSwim MotokuraTropicalPurple MtEnemyPark01PlanetZone MtEnemyPark02PlanetZone MtEnemyPark03PlanetZone MuimuiPlanetZone MurataTest MysteryCandyTest01PlanetZone NigeroLv2Test01PlanetZone NigeroLv2Test02PlanetZone NigeroPlanetZone OmoteuLandManholeLift1014Zone OtaTestGalaxy PeachCastle2DMario1Zone PeachCastle2DTest03Zone PeachCastle2DTicoMeetsTest02Zone PeachCastle3DZone PeachCastleFinalStartZone PeachCastleInsideZone PeachCastleTown3DOrgZone PenginAquariumZone PetoTest PettanWalkPlanetZone QuicksandDarumaSamboZone QuickSandFireTestZone RainbowRoadA RedBlueEx RockBowlingLv1Test1PlanetZone RollingRockBowling RotatePurpleCoin RotateWoodChallengeTest01Zone RotateWoodChallengeTest02Zone SearchWanwanTest01PlanetZone SeesawCylinderTestZone SeesawMoonTest03PlanetZone SeesawMoonTest04PlanetZone SequenceBeforeKoopaZone SequenceNormalEndZone SequenceStar120Zone SmallPlanetBridgeZone SmallRedBlueClimbZone SpinClimbTowerZone SpinGravityChange2Test SpinGravityChangeTest SpinGravityChangeZone StarCreekTshapeZone StorybookDemoTest01Zone StorybookDemoTest02Zone StorybookTestGalaxy StrangeWaterPlanetZone SugawaraTest Sumaki2DTest SumakiEnemyTest SumakiFlowerTest SumakiNPCTest SumakiSphereTest SumakiTest SumakiWaterTest SurvivalGrapyon02Zone SurvivalKaronCubeZone SurvivalPetariZone SurvivalPukupukuZone SurvivalWanwanZone SwitchMoveBlockTest SwitchMoveBlockTest2 TakeuchiNpcTestZone TakeuchiObjTestZone TakeuchiTestGalaxy TakezawaTestA TakezawaTestAGalaxy TanakaTest TimerSwitchingPlatformTest2Zone TogezoTutorialZone TwoSidesMazeZone VSBossMenbosaPlanetZone VsKokoopaShipLv1Zone VsOtaRockTankLv1Zone WanwanSw01PlanetZone WanwanSw02PlanetZone WatanabeTestF WatanabeTestH WatanabeTestL WatanabeTestO WatanabeTestS WatanabeTestT WatanabeTestV WhiteSnowBlockTest01Zone YamaguchiTest01Zone YamaguchiTest02Zone YamaguchiTestItemDrill YokobeRestZoneA YokobeUsefulMapPartsStageA YokotaSurfingPurpleCoinStage YoshidaTestHammerBros YoshidaTestHammerBrosSecond YoshidaTestHammerBrosThird YoshidaTestKoopa YosshiFacePlanetZone
Here are the unused and empty galaxies:
GemAsteroidGalaxy HomeCenterTest01Galaxy KoopaCastleGalaxy KoopaVs1Galaxy MarioFaceGalaxy RedBlueExTest01Galaxy SurvivalCosmosGalaxy TemplateGalaxy YamaguchiTestGalaxy ZakoParadeGalaxy
Leftover Super Mario Galaxy Content
Since Galaxy 2 was built directly off of previous game, it only makes sense that there would be some content leftover that the developers either planned to use, forgot to remove, or simply didn't bother to remove. This includes enemies, items, stage pieces, graphics, and enemy behaviors. Some of the objects still function normally, while others were partially removed, rendering them unusable. For some of them, only their entries in the object name table remain.
Leftover Objects
Over 300 objects from the first game still exist in Super Mario Galaxy, but are missing their models or other important data. If their files and settings are restored, some of them will work just as before. Objects, such as cracked treasure chests need custom data in order to work properly. These objects include Ice Swoopers, the cake planet from Toy Time Galaxy, golden treasure chests, Torpedo Teds and the Good Egg sky model. Interestingly, a few unused objects from Super Mario Galaxy still exist in Super Mario Galaxy 2 as well, for example RelayPlanetC and FloaterLandPartsFrame. full list can be found here.
Some leftover objects were meant to be used. The ray of light from the box planet in Deep Dark Galaxy is present but inactive in Haunty Halls Galaxy and the sky model from Melty Molten Galaxy is present but hidden in the Crate-burning area of Upside-Dizzy Galaxy.
For more information, see the Unused Level Feature page.
Unused Power-Ups
Through Ocarina codes, it's possible to transform Mario into Flying Mario and Ice Mario from the first Super Mario Galaxy. It's not just a leftover, either; the music has even been updated. However, neither of the power-up models remain in the game.
While Flying Mario is complete on the disc, none of the files for Ice Mario (outside of the theme) remain; they must be patched in. This suggests that Ice Mario was cut significantly earlier than Flying Mario. It is worth mentioning that the ice platforms are still used in the game, created by falling ice crystals in Shiverburn Galaxy.
The power-up class in Galaxy 2 also still contains code to spawn the Red Star and Ice Flower. However, without modifications to the game's code, attempting to collect the Red Star or Ice Flower will cause the game to crash. This is because of two reasons, the fact that the files for Ice Mario are missing from the game, and that there is no entry in the event table for collecting the Red Star and Ice Flower for the first time. If these events are disabled, and the Ice Mario files added in, then the power-ups will work.
Leftover Behaviors
Most of the enemies and objects from the first game still have their behaviors from the first game, though not all of them used this time around. This even includes things like the darker version of King Kaliente and Boos falling in love with Boo Mario.
The tornadoes found in Melty Monster Galaxy are recolored versions of the ones found in Dusty Dune Galaxy from the first game. If their parameter Obj_arg1 is set to anything other than 0, they will appear in their original orange color.
Unused Dialogue Symbols
Four symbols from the first game are still present in the file that contains the dialog symbols. This includes coconuts, blue Star Chips and two question marks: white and green.
Unused Zones
Zones are spatial areas of a galaxy, and they include planets, objects, and various other data used in that part of the stage.
There are only three unused zones in the game, and two of them are minor variations of used zones. There are also a lot of zones with "E3" in the file name, but these appear to be empty.
ChaosStartZone
ChaosStartZone is placed in Upside-Dizzy Galaxy, but never visited. The name indicates it was meant to be the start of the stage. The only thing it contains is a spherical atmosphere object.
EarthenPipeRoomEZone
EarthenPipeRoomEZone is a version of the flat bonus room with three coin blocks. It has an entry in the zone data for Sky Station Galaxy.
StaffUnbabaHomePlanetZone
StaffUnbabaHomePlanetZone is a copy of Melty Monster's final zone, but with only the planets and paths. It was meant to appear in the credits.
Unused Music
Unused Galaxy Theme
An unused level track exists in the stream directory. It only uses synthesized instruments, and was presumably cut before the game's music reached the live orchestra phase of production. The track listing comes right after the theme for Fluffy Bluff Galaxy, and the tune has a similarly light tone. This track also has Yoshi drums.
SMG2_galaxy08_strm
Unused World Map Themes
Two unused "world map" tracks are also present. Unlike the other world map music pieces, these don't have multiple channels with "galactic sounds" built in. They follow the proper naming convention for the world map tracks, and are the second and third world map tracks. The world map streams start at worldmap00 and end at worldmap08.
SMG2_worldmap01_strm
SMG2_worldmap02_strm
Fast Versions of Boss Music
Fast versions of the boss music for Gobblegut, Glamdozer, Megahammer, and Digga-Leg/Whomp King exist, but these bosses don't use them, even when "angry". Curiously, the fast track for Megahammer is a single-channel stream, while the main track has multiple channels for the drums that play while riding Yoshi.
Gobblegut (SMG2_boss01b_strm)
Glamdozer (SMG2_boss02b_strm)
Megahammer (SMG2_boss03b_strm)
Digga-Leg/Whomp King (SMG2_boss08b_strm)
Forest Dwellers Unused Yoshi Drums
The "Forest Dwellers' theme", used for the start of the glider stages and the second mission in Tall Trunk Galaxy, has a track for drums that play when Mario is riding Yoshi. However, Yoshi is not present in any of the stages that use this theme. While Yoshi certainly does appear in the first mission of Tall Trunk Galaxy, he is not used for the slide mission. You can get to the slide with the Yoshi infinite flutter jump glitch, but the game freezes, and the music still doesn't play even if you manage to flutter jump to the end!
SMG2_ev_mokku_strm + drum track
Red Star (Flight) Power-Up
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The Ice Flower and Red Star theme from the first game are still present in the data, but they sound a little bit different. The Red Star theme has different instrumentation, such as a sitar replacing the flute and a synthesized, low-quality instrument replacing part of the brass section.
smg_ev_fly_a_cnv
Ice Mario Power-Up
One of the instruments in the Ice Flower theme sounds rougher than in the first Super Mario Galaxy.
smg_ev_ice_a_cnv
Unused Animations
Mario Animations
BoneBreakEnd.bck
BoneBreakStart.bck
BoneBreakWait.bck
Mario has most, if not all, of his animations from the first game, including the unused ones. Some of Mario's previously-used animations, such as his crouch pose for the Cosmic Clone races, are not used in this game.
Oddly, three new unused animations were added... for Mario's skeleton. There are animations of him breaking apart, waiting as a collapsed pile, and reforming. Even when Mario dies from electrocution in the first game, he simply falls over like normal. It is obvious this animation was cut before being fine tuned, as one bone has a point rigged to the wrong bone, causing it to fly around when the model breaks apart.
Yoshi's E3 Animations
YoshiE3Wait.bck
YoshiE3WaitAlone.bck
Yoshi has a couple of unused animations with E3 in the name. Unlike most of the E3 content, these were not removed in later production.
King Lakitu Animation
An unused animation file StarPiceReaction.bck shows King Lakitu being hit so hard that his glasses fly off, causing him to search his face for the spectacles. Oddly, his fingers and face are not animated at all. There is no animation for him putting them back on.
King Whomp's Face
King Whomp puts on this goofy face when he's defeated. However, because the stony titan is facing downwards, it is impossible to see.
Unused Textures
Super Mario World 'P' Balloon Fruit
This texture is bundled with the Blimp Fruit's model but never used. The Power Balloon in Super Mario World is marked with a P as well, and grants Mario the same temporary power. The other fruits lack any similar textures.
Super Mario World Block Snake Colors
The texture for the block snake reveals that it was originally intended to be brown, like its appearance Super Mario World. The game uses shaders to make it appear purple.
Chance Cube X & O
These textures are bundled with ItemDice, but are never used. Compared to the used textures, they are very dull and lackluster in appearance.
Unused Text
There are many unused text files including two for debug related stuff.
Cosmic Guide Debugger
おれはドリーマー! ドリームすんのか!? よっしゃ!! まかせとき!! チーパッパーーーーー!!! えっ、あっ…… そうなんですか…。 … …あなたもしかして開発者サマ? 記録とかすんの!? おっし! 1ボタンで記録終了だかんな! がんばっていいデータ作れよ!期待しててやるよ!! チーパラパーーーーー!!! あ、そうなんですか…
I'm a dreamer! Are you dreaming!? Alright!! Leave it to me!! Chīpappa-----!!! Uh, ah... Is that the case? … ...Are you perhaps a developer? Are you recording or somethin'!? Alrighty! Because by pressing button 1, the record ends! Do your best to make good data! I'm expecting the best from you!! Chīparapa----!!! Ah, is that the case?
The file DreamerDebug.msbt contains what seem to be instructions for a tool developers used to create play-through recordings for the Cosmic Guide feature. It indicates that pressing the 1 Button would end the recording, and has what are likely confirmation prompts for starting and exiting the tool. The text is playfully written and seems to be for a bird character, as the onomatopoeia "chiipappa" is likely a reference to the Japanese nursery rhyme Suzume no gakkou (雀の学校), meaning "sparrow's school".
DebugMessage.msbt
Study File Select Starship Mario Mushroom Kingdom Credits World G World G Stage Selection Menu No Message Data Return to Game To Stage Selection Reenter the Stage Opening After the Opening Movie before final Bowser Battle Grand Star Returns Movie Opening Normal Ending Re-start just after opening Normal Ending Full Completion Ending Scenario List To Scenario Select Scene Play SD Data Rescan Change to Production Sequence Special Save Data Debug Confirm Messages BGM OFF BGM ON Event Confirmation Ending Complete Ending Normal Ending Staff Credits (Complete Ending) Staff Credits (Normal Ending) Starship Mario Movies Appearance of Championship Galaxies Arrival on Planet Mario Before Bowser Fight 3 Changing Planet Mario Departure from Planet Mario Acquiring Grand Star (No Results) World 1 World 2 World 3 World 4 World 5 Acquiring Grand Star (with Results) Grand Star On All Clear World 1 World 2 World 3 World 4 World 5 Item Appearance Bee Mushroom Cloud Flower Cloud Flower (Usable) Drill Fire Flower Spring Mushroom Rock Mushroom Boo Mushroom Yoshi's Egg NPC Appearance Bob-omb Buddy Gearmo (Hunter) 1 Gearmo (Hunter) 2 Honeybee Banktoad Toad Brigade Mailtoad Whittle Penguin Jibberjay Rosalina NPC Dialog Co-Star Play Dialog Comet First Appearance First Play After Complete Ending First Play After Normal Ending Lucky Room Dialog Busybody Luigi Start Power Star Dialog Star List Sign Dialog Hungry Luma Green Luma 1 Green Luma 2 Star Bunny Appearance of Mailtoad Letter from Rosalina Letter from The Chimp Acquire Power Star Default After first star When Items Appear When NPCs Appear Opening Meeting Baby Luma Peach Abduction Sling Star Appearance From Beginning Getting Grand Star Sequence Grand World Map First Play Green Star Appearance Movie World 1 First Play World 2 First Play World 3 First Play World 4 First Play World 5 First Play World 6 First Play World S First Play After intro All Complete (242 stars) All complete mail confirmation Cosmic Guide (post-green stars open) Cosmic Guide (pre- green stars open) Just before complete ending Just before normal ending Green Star Open (After complete ending) Championship Galaxies Open (240 stars) World 2 Open World 3 Open World 4 Open World 5 Open World 6 Open World S Open (After normal ending) Test World 1 World 2 World 3 World 4 World 5 World 6 World S World Map System Event Not compatible with test stages! Message ID not specified!(JMap) The specified message does note exist!
This message is for development use. The save data format has changed. Unless this playthrough is for monitoring purposes, you should delete the save file and create a new one.
Another debug-related text file. Interestingly, it reveals that the Grand World Map was named 'World G' at one point.
Unused Object Parameters
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Luma Colors
Code exists to change Lumas to pink and purple. Pink Lumas were found in the first Galaxy, but besides Lubba, purple is completely unused. The Luma will be purple if the object's first parameter is set to 4, and pink if set to 5.
Koopa Colors
The code to make Koopa Troopas appear with red shells still exists in the game. Their shells still hone in on enemies, defeat Gringills, and are faster underwater. Oddly enough, the large Koopa Troopas can also be colored red, though their behavior does not change. What's even more bizarre is that blue Koopa Troopas can also be spawned by changing the object parameters, but again, their behavior does not change. Blue Koopa Troopas were never used, even in the first game. Interestingly, blue large Koopa Troopas will give out a coin when defeated. Its shell will turn green when picked up.
The Koopa Troopa will be red if the object's first parameter is set to 2, and blue if set to 3.
A Red Koopa Troopa was shown in the E3 2009 trailer of the game however.
Big Dusty Dunes Tornado Color
The bigger sand tornadoes in Dusty Dunes Galaxy from the first game got a new parameter that can change its color to white like the skinnier tornadoes seen in Melty Monster Galaxy. While the object code for the big tornado still exists, the model for it was cut entirely along with any new animation files for it, so this new behavior can't be seen without some clever hacking.
Li'l Brrr & Li'l Cinder Behaviors
There are two unused settings for Li'l Brrr: one which makes it jump, and another that simply makes it appear from the ground. Li'l Cinder has this last behavior as well.
Magikoopa Behavior
There's an unused setting for Magikoopa that causes its fire spells to act like Kamella's, splitting into multiple fireballs instead of just one. It can create two or three fireballs, depending on the parameter given.
Caged and Boo Items
Glass cages, crystal cages, and Boos all share the same list of possible contents. Note that Boo's ability to contain an item is unused in itself.
- 1 = Blue Toad
- 2 = Sling Star
- 5 = Luma
- 6 = Key
- 10 = Blue Star Chip
- 12 = Silver Star
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