Dusty Dune Galaxy - Soaring on the Desert Winds

Welcome to the Galaxy!
Mario
Once again, Noelle is my Co-Star. We land on a patch of sand in the middle of a quicksand planet. Slow, Egyptian-style music plays. The quicksand in this galaxy is the instant death kind. It will drag you under immmediately, as noted on the signs in the quicksand with the skulls, which oddly, don't sink themselves. We hop to another patch of sand, where we see several tornados over the quicksand. We jump into the closest one, which spins us around. If we shake the Wiimote, Mario takes off as a little Mario-copter. We can control him as he slowly descends. We want to make sure he lands in another tornado, so watch his shadow relative to the tornados' shadows. We get a 1-up in the air. We guide Mario over to a green pipe on a patch of sand.
This is a 2D area where an Underground remix plays. We land on a sand slide and end up over a large set of blocks. We ground pound near the right wall and move to the right where we find three Thwomps. Over the middle one is a 1-up. Be quick and careful about moving over them, as they will crush you when they reach the ceiling. We get a Life Shroom. We drop down to a lower sand slide. The ? Coin makes several Star Bits appear. Another ? Coin gives us a Fire Flower so we can take out the Piranha Plants nearby, some of which are on the low ceiling. We move quickly, but a giant boulder still hits us. At the end of the slide is a Sling Star which will sling us to a green pipe on the ceiling, with lots of Star Bits on the way.
Outside, we find a Launch Star wich takes us to a tower. We use a tornado to reach a higher level and get a 1-up. We walk around the tower to find more tornados. We get in one and use them to reach the ? Coin, which produces two Sling Stars. We use the tornados on the left to go up the tower behind the glass. The ? Coin makes more Star Bits. Behind the glass, we wall-jump up, walk over a short distance, and slide down the wall to a ledge on the right. We wall-jump up the right-most section of the tower. We ride the red brick up to the top of the tower, and backflip and spin to the area with the Star. There is slow quicksand with red bricks periodically popping out the quicksand. We hop on them to the Star in crystal.
Star Get #57, 21 Coins, 2637 Star Bits, 10 Lives

Luigi
We get use the tornados to reach the green pipe. We get the 1-up and the Life Shroom, and use the Fire Flower to take out the Piranhas. We reach the green pipe on the ceiling and launch to the tower. We use the tornados and wall-jumps to reach the Star in crystal. This took two attempts, as I fell into the quicksand from the side of the tower.
Star Get #57, 3 Coins, 3185 Star Bits, 30 Lives

Interlude
A Hungry Luma appears.