Expert: Russell - 2/26/2009

Question
In Mario Galaxy I'm mostly down to playing the comet levels, but recently after checking through all the houses, nothing has a comet over it and therefore I can't play really any boards. Also the only other board I need to complete is the hidden star in Deep Dark Galaxy from the garden house. I've been through it many times, and have no idea how to find anything new there. Please help.

Answer
I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but here is all the stars for Deep Dark Galaxy. If this doesn't answer your question, please let me know and I will do additional research on your question.

                    ~4G-1.Deep Dark Galaxy~
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Stars Required-46
Overall Difficulty-**/*****
Deep Dark Galaxy isn't as creepy as the name implies. There's a bit of
swimming, though, so have fun with that. Not much else to say, this isn't
the most interesting of galaxies.

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Star 1-The Underground Ghost Ship
Difficulty-**/*****
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There is a cannon in the center of the beach area. Hop into it. There are
two planetary targets, but I'm sure you want to go to the left one. There
is a Rainbow Star in the way there. Luckily, you have to go to the left
planet. Get the Rainbow Star during the flight and destroy as many enemies
as you can before it runs out. After that, grab the Fire Flower, then use
the Sling Star to get back on the beach. Once there, run towards the gate
and shoot fireballs at both torches to lift the gate.

Head around the corner and dodge the Magikoopa. Jump into the ocean lake
and swim down to where a bunch of Star Bits are pointing in an arrow
fashion towards a ledge. Go to this ledge to find a blue Toad. Hit the
blue switch with a Spin attack to lift the gate. Keep going and swim up,
avoiding the mines. Near the gate at the end is another blue switch. Look
around for it (could be difficult due to funky camera angles). Swim to the
surface of the water.

You will be in the cavern with the Ghost Ship. Board it by using the
wooden stairs. When you arrive, Kamella will attack you. Wait for her to
throw a Koopa Shell at you. Pick up the Koopa Shell and fling it back at
her. After the second hit, Kamella flies up to the lookout tower of the
ship. Use the pole at the stern of the ship to reach the high tower. Kill
the two Magikoopas up here. They can easily kill you if you don't defeat
them fast (there will be so many fireball rolling around if you leave
them). Two more Koopa Shells to Kamella and the Star is yours.

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Star 2-Bubble Blastoff
Difficulty-**/*****
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A Monty Mole cannon is here. You can either kick three coconuts into the
cannon (the hell?) or just Ground Pound the glass dome. Once the Monty
Mole has been killed, use the cannon. Aim for the planet on the left again.
Get the Star and kill the foes like last time. When you are finished, grab
the Fire Flower and race back to the beach using the Sling Star. Near
where the gate was in the previous Star, there are three torches.

Once you light all three torches, an Ice Flower appears. Grab and run for
the lake. Jump up the four water spouts on a small island where a Toad is
standing. At the last one, jump to a pole. When you land on the next ledge,
head left. Fall down the gap and grab onto the pole. Jump onto a nail. You
can swing from nail to nail to the next ledge on the left. Follow the path,
then get the ? Coin to make five Sling Stars appear. Use any of them to
reach a higher ledge. Get inside a bubble the bubble launcher makes.

When you land on a yellow platform, walk off to the left and get inside
another bubble to land on a second yellow platform. Fall off the ledge to
the left and dodge the two fire emitters. Climb the two poles to a ledge
with a fire bar and another bubble launcher. Use this one to reach a planet
with bouncing Cheep Cheeps. Ground Pound the three posts to make the bubble
launcher active, then launch to the next planet. Here are three tennis
balls rolling around the inside of the glass planet. Ground Pound each one
when they are under you. Dodge the laser shockwaves as well.

When all three hit the watermelon core, the glass will explode, leaving a
giant watermelon. The Star will pop out soon after.

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Star 3-Guppy and the Underground Lake
Difficulty-**/*****
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When you start off, head down the path towards the underground lake. The
gate will already be open, so there won't be any need to use the cannon to
get a Fire Flower or anything. When you reach the lake, dive down
underwater. Be sure to keep your air meter mostly filled during this
challenge, since drowning isn't really a fun way to die.

Swim near Guppy and he will challenge you to swim through eight rings. This
is much like the challenge in Sea Slide Galaxy. The eighth ring will appear
right at the start, the seventh appearing a little more to the left, just
above some spiky balls. Keep heading left, get the Koopa Shell, and go
through the sixth ring near a school of Bloopers. Make a sharp left, but
stay to the right of the whirlpools. Ring five is just ahead. Head left,
then swim to the ocean floor and keep going left until you see ring four.

Ring three is right ahead of ring four. Head right, and above some rocks
will be ring two. Swim through the whirlpools to the final ring. The Star
will appear near the sunken ship if you do.

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Daredevil Comet Star 4-Ghost Ship Daredevil Run
Difficulty-***/*****
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Actually, its just the Kamella battle that you will be partaking in. Not
taking damage during this fight isn't too hard. For the first part of the
fight on the deck of the ship, there's no real challenge. You have plenty
of room to avoid the attacks, and throwing the Koopa Shells back at
Kamella isn't hard.

When you need to move to the lookout tower, things get a bit harder.
Getting up there can be somewhat hard since if you jump at the wrong time
you will land on a fireball. Kill both Magikoopa's quickly so they don't
irritate you. Once they are out of the way, two more hits on Kamella will
earn you another Star.

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Purple Comet Star 5-Plunder the Purple Coins
Difficulty-**/*****
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It's quiet. Very quiet. You will land in the area with the Ghost Ship. Find
100 Purple Coins in this tiny area? What's the time limit?

Well, there is none. This isn't too hard of a Star, fortunately. One of the
more calming Purple Coin missions. Get the Purple Coin on the staring
platform. Now, turn around and dive underwater. There are 10 Purple Coins
on the gate at the bottom of the tiny pool of water. Dodge the jellyfish.
There are two more Purple Coins underwater below the platform you start on.
Look to the right of where you start. Wall Jump or jump off a crate to get
a coin in the air. The wooden platform to the left also has a Purple Coin
(14/100).

On a ledge near the beam of the light are two more coins spaced far apart.
Near a crate you pass on the lower level is another coin. Backflip to the
next upper ledge to get three more Purple Coins. On the left side of the
ledge, backflip to a higher ledge and get three more coins (one is high
in the air--Wall Jump for it). Long Jump to the ledge on the right and get
four more Purple Coins, another one high in the air. Long Jump into a coin
high above the ledge below you (29/100).

Head back to where you started and go right. Jump in the water. Along the
surface are two more Purple Coins. Keep swimming along the wall to collect
two more sets of two Purple Coins. Head all the way to the stern of the
Ghost Ship. Jump out of the water and Wall Jump off the ship to get the
three coins back here. Swim along the left side of the ship now. There are
five more Purple Coins you can grab. There is one on a high ledge on the
ship that can't be reached from the water. Ignore it for now. A little more
left and you can find two more Purple Coins between the cannons of the
ship. Dive underwater. There are 12 Purple Coins down here. Two are
touching the bottom hull of the ship, six more near the Toad, three on an
underwater ledge, and another beneath the bow of the ship. Get out of the
water (57/100).

Back at where you started, look across the water to find another Purple
Coin against the wall. Head to where you can board the ship. Get all of the
Purple Coins on the wooden stairs, get two more before jumping over the
rope onto the deck of the ship. Get two more on the left side of the
deck (no jumping needed). On the bow of the ship there are six more Purple
Coins. Head for the stern. Before getting there, jump to a part of the ship
on the right to three more coins. There's a fourth, when the camera pans
angles, to the right on a lower ledge I said to ignore earlier (75/100).

Get onto the stern. Get the next eight Purple Coins (on the very egde of
the stern you need to Backflip to one). Climb the pole. At the very top,
jump off to the left and get three more Purple Coins. See how the lookout
tower is connected to the deck of the ship? Wall Jump off the wood
connecting it to get enough height to reach two Purple Coins below the
lookout tower. Near the blue Toad on the tower are ten Purple Coins, and
an 11th in the air. Long Jump to the very final coin in the distance
(100/100).

The Star appears on the deck of the ship. Swim back and grab it.

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Secret Star 6-Boo in a Box
Difficulty-**/*****
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Choose the third stage, Guppy and the Underground Lake, to make this much
quicker. From the start, head to the underground lake. When you reach the
bottom, don't talk to Guppy. Instead, pick up a Koopa Shell and head over
to where a large group of mines surround a sunken ship. Throw the Koopa
Shell into a mine to blow them, and the ship, up. A Launch Star will be
revealed, so use it.

You will get blasted into a purple box. A lone Boo and spiky ball are in
here. The Boo carries the Star, and you need to kill it. Use the nails on
the wall to jump up the a green arrow. Spin it to change gravity to the
left wall. Use the trampoline to reach the arrow an Spin it again,
shiting gravity to the watery ceiling. Catch a ride on a bubble to the
arrow, then Spin it one more time to be on the right wall. Destroy the
crystal to reveal a beam of light. Get the Boo to get into it and you can
easily grab the Star. You will need to ride another bubble to Spin the
arrow one last time to grab it.