Editing Cosmic Mario

{{distinguish|Shadow Mario|Cosmic Clone}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Cosmic Mario Model.png|145px]]<br>Cosmic Mario, as he appears in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
'''Cosmic Mario''' is a character that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. His physical shape is identical to [[Mario]], while his outer appearance is blue with stars, resembling space. He also has a high-pitched voice. If Mario enters a [[galaxy]] when a [[Prankster Comet#Cosmic Comet|Cosmic Comet]] is orbiting that galaxy, Cosmic Mario appears at the beginning of the [[level]] and challenges the player to a race. The player must then race through numerous obstacles and reach the [[Power Star]] before Cosmic Mario does. If Cosmic Mario manages to reach the Power Star first, Mario loses a life and must restart the race. Colliding with him during the race causes him to release [[Star Bit]]s.

At the start of a race, if the player holds {{button|wii|Stick}} up, then {{button|wii|Z}} when the timer reaches "2," and then hits {{button|wii|A}} just as the race starts, Mario or [[Luigi]] gets a [[Rocket Start|Start Dash]], shown by a yellow color appearing on Mario/Luigi, shrinking gradually as a marker of the end of this effect.
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==Cosmic Luigi==
'''Cosmic Luigi''' also appears, replacing Cosmic Mario when the player plays as Luigi. He is very similar to Cosmic Mario, with the only major difference being that he takes advantage of shortcuts more often and uses a large number of [[Long Jump|long jump]]s, making it faster and harder to beat than his counterpart.

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', despite not being in the game while the player plays as Luigi, [[Cosmic Clone]]s behave very similarly, being slightly faster.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race.png|[[Honeyhive Galaxy]]
SMG Freezeflame Frosty Cosmic Mario.png|[[Freezeflame Galaxy]]
Cosmic Mario Forest Race Infobox Image.png|[[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]
SMG Sea Slide Underwater Cosmic Mario.png|[[Sea Slide Galaxy]]
SMG Cosmic Luigi Model.png|Cosmic Luigi
SMG Freezeflame Frosty Cosmic Luigi Race.png|Luigi and Cosmic Luigi during the countdown
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Shadow Mario]]
*[[Cosmic Spirit]]
*[[Mummy-Me]]
*[[Fury Shadow]]

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/GhostMario.arc</tt><br><tt>ObjectData/GhostLuigi.arc</tt>
|name1=GhostMario<br>GhostLuigi
|meaning1=Ghost Mario<br>Ghost Luigi
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=GhostPlayer
|meaning2=Ghost Player
|game3=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file3=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name3=ゴーストマリオ (''Gōsuto Mario'')
|meaning3=Ghost Mario
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=シャドウマリオ
|JapR=Shadō Mario
|JapM=Shadow Mario
|SpaA=Mario Fantasma
|SpaAM=Ghost Mario
|SpaE=Mario Sombra
|SpaEM=Shadow Mario
|Ger=Schatten-Mario
|GerM=Shadow Mario
|Kor=그림자 마리오
|KorR=Geurimja Mario
|KorM=Shadow Mario
|Ita=Mario Cosmico
|ItaM=Cosmic Mario
|FreE=Mario Cosmique
|FreEM=Cosmic Mario
}}

==Trivia==
*An unused variant of the Cosmic Mario Race in [[Space Junk Galaxy]] is found in the game files. When players start a race, they start at the coordinate 0,0,0, which is the air that they land on the starting planet. Cosmic Mario cannot win on this race, and players still have to use [[Star Chip]]s to unlock a [[Launch Star]], but Cosmic Mario does not need to use the Star Chips to use a Launch Star. Cosmic Mario does not use voice clips in this variant.<ref>
SPG64 (August 20, 2021). [https://youtu.be/0uioif9olew Unused Space Junk Cosmic Race in Super Mario Galaxy]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 2, 2023.</ref>{{dead link}}
*Cosmic Mario/Cosmic Luigi's theme uses a similar arrangement to [[Shadow Mario]]'s theme of the same music, the [[Underground Theme]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
*On the covers for the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack]]'', Mario's silhouette is dark blue covered in stars, resembling Cosmic Mario.
*Prior to Cosmic Mario's debut, [[Metal Mario]] had an alternate color scheme where he can be selected into blue in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]].

==References==
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