Ultra Mario Galaxy 2

Ultra Mario Galaxy 2
Official Boxart
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Genre(s)	Action, Adventure, Platformer
Series	Ultra Mario Galaxy
Predecessor	Ultra Mario Galaxy
Successor	Ultra Mario Galaxy 3
Release Date(s)	- December 1, 2012 - December 2, 2012 - December 3, 2012 - December 12, 2012
Mode(s)	Single-player, Co-op Multiplayer (Co-Star Luma)
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Media Included	Wii U Disc

Continue your adventure, for always!

-Ultra Mario Galaxy 2 back cover

Ultra Mario Galaxy 2 is a 2012 action-adventure platformer videogame released for the Wii U console. It was released in December 1, 2012 for United States, December 2, 2012 for United Kingdom, December 3, 2012 for Australia, and December 12, 2012 for Japan. This videogame was developed by Adricorp Company and published by Fantendo. Ultra Mario Galaxy 2 is the sequel to Ultra Mario Galaxy and the second installment of Ultra Mario Galaxy series. The second part of the trilogy has different main antagonist, being Gargante, who was created by Dry Bowser in order to avenge Mushroom Kingdom. A sequel, titled Ultra Mario Galaxy 3, was released on March 24, 2014. The levels are mainly galaxy filled with planets. The game utilizes gravity effects in most parts.

Elements introduced in Ultra Mario Galaxy 2 are Waluigi as a playable character, and the minigames mode. Many Mario fans are interested at Waluigi as a playable character.

Story

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Prologue

Few months later, after the events of bros. defeating Dry Bowser who kidnapped Peach, they are now in peace during the vacation inside the Coconut Mall. Suddenly, a small part of roof fell in escalator and injures a toad. After that, a giant spider fell from the roof and escapes the mall then went to Mushroom Kingdom to steal power stars from it. The stars including the giant one was stolen to new galaxies altrough the bros. and Peach have'nt discovered it yet.

Story

After the power stars was stolen, the Mushroom Kingdom became dark and sunless and many people in Mushroom Kingdom were threatened. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Luma and Lubba returned to kingdom and adventured again to recover the power stars to make Mushroom Kingdom bright and shine again. Many toads and lumas were scared and became afraid.

Starting their second adventure, they have to find power stars and revenge the giant spider named Gargante who stole their power stars.

After entering the Gargante's Giant Cave, they were finding a way to beat the giant Gargante. During their battle, they use a shotgun to kill him. After defeating Gargante, a giant star appeared and Mario touched it. After that, they escaped the cave and drove the Starship Mario back to Mushroom Cave. Mario used the giant star to giant star statue.

Ending

After the action, the Mushroom Kingdom is now safe, bright and in peace. Toads and lumas became very happy again and praised Mario and Luigi as hero with Waluigi hiding around the trees. Peach, Luma and Lubba thanked Mario and Luigi. They aren't sure if Bowser is doomed.

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Gameplay

Gameplay in Ultra Mario Galaxy 2 is somewhat similar to its predecessor, Ultra Mario Galaxy. There are 3 profile slots to save or load. It introduced Waluigi as an unlockable character. Starship Mario can be used to travel in other galaxies. There are new bosses to fight and defeat. Each playable character has a new health system. The player can punch enemies. The maximum starbits can be gained is 100. The player can change characters anytime they want but only appears at the start of each level. Each character except for Co-Star Luma has different stats. During player's adventure, he/she can access Peach's Castle at any time. It will have new enemies and bosses. There are 6 explorable worlds. There are a total of 250 stars in this game.

New Features

These are the new features in this game not found in Ultra Mario Galaxy:

• Waluigi is now playable
• New bosses
• New mode: Minigames (The player can now access all minigames without on his/her adventure)
• New health system
• New stat system
• Better graphics, more intuitive gameplay and easier controls

Reccuring Features

These features debuted on Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Ultra Mario Galaxy that also return to this videogame:

• Most features in Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Ultra Mario Galaxy such as Spin Drill returning to this videogame that was absent in Ultra Mario Galaxy.

Removed Features

These features debuted on Ultra Mario Galaxy but doesn't return to this videogame:

• 110 stars were removed (360 stars is too boring)

Modes

Ultra Mario Galaxy 2 has 5 modes:

• Single-player
• Co-op
• Minigames
• Coin Rush
• Settings

Single-player

Explore your adventure alone!

Co-op

Explore your adventure with your assistant, Co-Star Luma!

Minigames

Play every minigame and show off your best score without on your adventure!

Coin Rush

Find the coins scattered in a random-generated land of bricks!

Settings

Change sound, graphics and quality.

Characters

Playable

Image	Character	Stats	Special	Info
	Mario	Attack: 7/10 Jump: 3/10 Speed: 5/10 Special: 5/10	Meteor Smash	The hero of Mushroom Kingdom is back!
	Luigi	Attack: 3/10 Jump: 7/10 Speed: 7/10 Special: 3/10	Poltergust 6000	Mario's younger brother is back aswell!
	Co-Star Luma	N/A	N/A	A luma who is colored orange.

Unlockable

Image	Character	Stats	Special	Info
	Waluigi	Attack: 5/10 Jump: 3/10 Speed: 7/10 Special: 5/10	Bob-omb Army	Luigi's funny rival.

Supporting (NPCS)

Image	Character	Info
	Princess Peach	During this time, she is standing in Mushroom Kingdom.
	Princess Daisy	The princess of Sarasaland.
	Lubba	A large and fatty luma.
	Luma	He gives the ability to star spin to the heroes.
	Donkey Kong	An ape who lives in the jungle.
	Diddy Kong	Donkey Kong's best friend.
	Toads	The mushroom guys from Mushroom Kingdom.
	Toadsworth	An old guy who appears to be an assistant to Princess Peach.
	Toadette	An expert pianist and the female counterpart of Toad.
	Koopa the Quick	A koopa troopa who races the heroes in certain levels.

Enemies

Appearance	Enemy	Description
	Goomba	The goombas are physically weak, not as much threat to Mario.
	Paragoomba	Same as goombas, but with their wings.
	Mega Goomba	Goombas whose size is about three times larger than normal goombas.
	Grand Goomba	Goombas whose size is much larger than normal goombas, and about two times larger than mega goombas.
	Spiny	Spinies are enemies which can't be stomped by the heroes but can be killed by star spins.
	Koopa Troopa	The koopa troopas aren't aggressive and their shells can be stolen.
	Piranha Plant	These guys are interested in eating the heroes.
	Boo	These are enemies whose Luigi is afraid to. They can turn transparent if a hero looks to them.
	Big Boo	Big Boos are bigger and brighter than normal boos.
	Hammer Bro.	These guys are interested at throwing hammers to heroes.
	Paratroopa	Same as koopa troopas, but with the wings on their back.
	Magikoopa	Magikoopas are enemies which uses wands to combat the heroes.
	Lakitu	Lakitus are cute koopas riding in the cloud.
	Cheep-Cheep	These fishes can swim, and blow bubbles.
	Wiggler	These guys are always rooming around.
	Dry Bones	An undead version of koopa troopas.
	Venus Fire Trap	These are piranha plants who toss fireballs at heroes.
	Unagi	Unagis are enemies who live underwater, trying to bite heroes.
	Bullet Bill	These are enemies who came from banzai bill.
	Fishbone	Fishbones can patrol a hero if they saw them. Their eyes also turn red.
	Cosmic Clone	A resemblance of Mario which are colored dark purple with gold eyes.
	Baddie Box	This enemies toss goombas in sight of a hero.
	Fuzzy	They are small black-furred creatures.
	Chain Chomp	Chain Comps are chomps who are trapped with chain.
	Chomp	Chomps are interested at jumping and biting the heroes.
	Bully	Bullies, however do not harm heroes but pushes them instead.
	Whomp	Whomps are large stone-type enemies who smashes Mario in contact.
	Thwomp	Thwomps, unlike whomps, they go up and down with their spikes.
	Shy Guy	Shy Guys are timid trouble makers who wear white mask.