Grand Finale Galaxy - The Star Festival

Now that we have 120 Stars, we land on the deck and Rosalina says, "We now have enough Star Power to go to another world. But before that, we must help your special one. Are you prepared to travel to the center of the universe?" We say "yes", because there's nothing else we need to do here. We go battle Bowser once more, taking four attempts with Mario and eight with Luigi. After the credits roll, we see Rosalina on the Gate planet, saying, "Thank you! I will watch over you from beyond the stars. She walks through one of the houses to the Observatory and it takes off. We see a white Luma waving from a wrecked Starshroom. When we play as Mario, we get a message: "You can now play as Luigi!", while we hear Luigi say, "Super Luigi Galaxy!" After collecting the same 120 Stars with Luigi and beating Bowser once again, we get a new message: "The Grand Finale Galaxy is now open!" We can play this mission as Mario and Luigi, by changing the character on the file, which now has two gold crowns. To access the galaxy, we go to the Trial Galaxies planet and go to the other side, where we find a fourth green Luma.

Welcome to the Galaxy!
Mario
We land on our home planet on the night of the Star Festival, where we hear a lot about the "brave" Toad Brigade. We also meet characters from our adventures, like a Bee, who wants our autograph. There are Purple Coins to collect in a linear fashion. Only one coin is remotely hidden, on top of a Starshroom. This is a nice cool-down from some of the more intense missions. It is very difficult to die here, but it is possible. Some of the more interesting quotes include a Gearmo, who says, "Remember, good, clean fun is only good when it's clean!" and Yellow Toad, wearing a pack, who says, "I'm doing my best impression of the Toad Brigade captain! Not bad, eh?" We find a sign, that says, "Heyyy, it's me! Yeah, me, Bill Board! Your world is such a cool place! If only I weren't a... sign." On our way to the castle, Red Toad stops us, saying, "Mr. Maaario! You gotta hear this! We did such a good job, they're promoting us to Royal Guards! With me as the Royal Guard Commander, nobody will ever kidnap Princess Peach again! EVER! Koopas... Boos... Giant, overgrown moles... Whatever! Bring it on!" If only that were true. Blue Toad questions Red Toad's promotion, making us not the only ones to do so. Near the castle are some Star Bunnies, one of which who says, "STAR Festival? STAR Bunnies? Yes, I'm sensing a connection here. We know who the REAL heroes of this story are!" At the bridge to the castle, we find Pink Toad, who has one last letter for us. We can't go into the castle, or on the bridge, so we talk to him before we get the Star. He says, "Mario, there's a congratulations letter here for you! Do you want it?" We say "yes" and he says, "I sent a letter to the Wii Message Board so look out for it!" It's a picture of Mario and Peach at the Star Festival. We get the Star.
Star Get #121, Galaxy Complete!, 3 Coins, 3380 Star Bits, 4 Lives

Luigi
We wander through the Star Festival, talking to everyone and collecting Purple Coins. Everyone calls Luigi by his name. We are informed of the Toad Brigade's promotion and get the rest of the coins. Pink Toad's letter has a picture of Luigi, Rosalina, and the Toad Brigade at the Star Festival, even though Rosalina's nowhere to be found. We get the Star.
Star Get #121, Galaxy Complete!, 2814 Star Bits, 4 Lives

Well, that's the last time I'll be saying "Star Get" for a while. That's the last Star of Super Mario Galaxy! I've covered all of the Star-based Mario games available (Super Mario Sunshine has Shines). I had a great time playing this game and blogging about it. The next game I'm playing is Super Mario 3D Land. Stay tuned!