Part 17

Complete Part 17 of Super Mario Galaxy 2, including Shiverburn Galaxy, Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker, and Melty Monster Galaxy.

Head under the door before it lowers and closes on you.

Head left just before the first airship and glide gently into it to avoid passing it and then straight through the big yellow archway to win the Star.

A letter comes in from Jibberjay for a race back at Fleet Glide, so re-enter it for:

#2- Fastest Feathers in the Galaxy

This time you'll be racing against a black Jibberjay through the course. Talk to it to start. Use the same strategies as your earlier runthrough of the course. Don't worry about your place in the race until you get the momentum going. As long as you nosedive in the wide open areas safely, you'll be fine. Head through the big yellow archway first to win the Star.

Head to the bottom right for:

• Access to Fleet Glide for Fastest Feathers race.
• Access to Shiverburn Galaxy, Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker, and Melty Monster Galaxy.

Shiverburn Galaxy - Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood

1. Quickly make haste over the sinking platforms to the stone.
2. Jump on the yellow platform to start moving along.
3. If you want, long jump to the platforms at right for a cloud flower and use it to get back on the moving yellow platform.
4. Jump over the electric beams being shot out and refresh the cloud flower ahead.
5. Long jump, using the clouds, to reach the red switch & pound it to freeze the lava.
6. Be cautious if you decide to skate up, jumping the electric beams and long jump to the Launch Star.
7. Hit the Checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death) Flag and approach the rotating rocks along the lava.
8. Long jump forward, then jump carefully on the different patterns (speed & size) of rocks.
9. Spin a green coconut at the chest for a 1-Up.
10. Long jump carefully to the Comet Medal atop a rock.
11. Directly in front of it is a Launch Star.
12. Head carefully along the ice, jumping the lava pools that are formed by falling meteors.
13. Head up & slightly left to the corner where a Life Mushroom is encased in a crystal. Spin at it to get it, then jump to avoid skating off the edge.
14. Head up to find a series of Octorok enemies spouting fireballs and occasionally green coconuts. Spin those to defeat them all, then head across the new lava path where ice platforms fall & form a safe path across it. Head across them quickly before they melt & take the Launch Star.
15. On the Starshroom ship, use the Luma Shop (though you may still have the Life Mushroom intact), then hit the Checkpoint Flag & Launch Star to reach Prince Pikante.
16. Skate around the arena to avoid the Zamboni it rides.
17. Fireballs shot out form lava pools on the ice. Spin at any green coconuts he releases to hit it.
18. After 2 hits, he goes along much faster & melees of attack items. Continuously skate around & avoid him and after 3 hits, you win the Star.

Shiverburn Galaxy - Secret Star #1- The Chimp's Ultimate Skating Challenge

1. Behind the Launch Star at the end of the first area, use the pipe to reach a Chimp challenge.
2. Play his ice skating whack-a-mole game.
3. You need to reach 600 points or more to win the Star.

Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker - Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine

1. Head forward to where a Toad lies and head foward, long jumping over the mud & up to the glass dome atop the machine.
2. Step out of the way at the last second to break it open with the following Bullet Bill. Aim with the Wiimote & fire at the target (a bullseye hit gives you a 1-Up).
3. Defeat the 2 Boomerang Bros.
4. Climb the top left pole for a Life Mushroom, and use the Launch Star.
5. Hit the Checkpoint Flag, then hop into the cannon.
6. Fire at the target between the circling mines at the bottom part of the distant planet.
7. Head up the red platforms, then to the much faster blue ones.
8. Jump over pairs of mines & find the Comet Medal.
9. Get the cloud flower, and use it to reach the area further up.
10. Pound the stack of stones circled by the mines, then use the Launch Star to reach the Boomsday machine boss fight.
11. The arena is nice & big, but you are still at risk for falling off the edge or getting run over by the huge tank the machine rides. Also avoid its spouting electric balls & the rotating firebars.
12. Get a Cloud Flower and use it over a vent.
13. Ride it up, avoiding the electric balls being released, and long jump about 2 times to reach the dome.
14. Pound it for a hit.
15. Now the entire machine can get electrified (turns mostly yellow), so obviously don't pound the dome when it's like that.
16. When you use the vent & the machine lights up, the vent's direction will reverse.
17. After 2 hits, the tank will move around constantly.
18. You will need to refresh your cloud flower about 2 times as you move towards it.
19. Use the vent, then get on a stationary cloud to refresh.
20. Long jump & use a cloud to get closer to the machine's dome.
21. Pound the dome just 1 more time & you win the Grand Star.

Melty Monster Galaxy - The Magnificent Magma Sea

1. Head right & up, using a Pull Star to continue, using the next few at left.
2. Pause in-between the lava monsters that appear.
3. In the lower left is a Life Mushroom, which you can grab safely by swinging through the Pull Stars fast, floating into it, then taking a Pull Star to bring you up.
4. Head up past two lava monsters and do it fast to float into the next section.

• Stars from completing missions.
• A Grand Star from defeating Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine.
• A Comet Medal in Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker.
• A Life Mushroom in Shiverburn Galaxy and Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker.
• A 1-Up in Shiverburn Galaxy and Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker.
• Access to World 6 after defeating Bowser Jr.'s Boomsday Machine.
• A potential letter from Rosalina with 50 Star Bits.