Super Mario Galaxy 2/Tips and tricks: Difference between revisions

You lose all your lives every time you quit and have to start back with almost none when you reload your game. Once you get to World 4, you'll never have to worry about lives again. In the first star of [[../Supermassive Galaxy/]], you can max out your lives to 99 very easily by jumping on the back of one of the Koopas on the second planet. When you land, start running to the right and when you get close enough '''long jump''' to the Koopa and land on its back. Make sure not to get the drill, or you'll have to purposely take damage to get rid of it. When you're on the Koopa's back, keep Mario or Luigi bouncing on it by holding {{wii|Right|Nunchuk}} when you need to, to keep your forward momentum. You get an extra life any time you can jump on eight enemies in a row, but unlike Goombas and other enemies you encounter in the game, these giant Koopas don't die, so starting at the eighth hit, you'll just continue racking up 1-Ups. You don't have to finish the level either, just pause and go back to the starship whenever you have enough lives.