Take a deep breath and get ready for your first taste of underwater Mario fun. Hey, how come they can send letters while trapped in the centre of the universe, while it takes my first class post three days to get here? Pshaw.Īnyway, there's another handy respawning 1Up mushroom beneath the spiral staircase leading to the Kitchen observatory.and that's where we're going right now. If he has a letter icon next to him, go and have a chat - it'll either be a letter from Princess Peach containing five bonus lives or, once you've found him, a Luigi mission for you to try. Also keep your eyes on the Toad mailman, the one with pink spots. There are always 1Up mushrooms around the Observatory - in the crate behind the Starshroom in the Garage, for instance - so make a habit of stocking up between levels. Things have been fairly simple so far, but it starts to get trickier from here on so make sure you gather extra lives whenever you can.

You have, of course, already savoured the first part and we're now ready to get stuck into the next two observatories full of galactic gaming greatness.

Welcome back, moustache fans, to the second part of the lovingly crafted Eurogamer Super Mario Galaxy Star Guide.

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