How to Beat Bowser Junior’s Airship Armada in Super Mario Galaxy

By joshcrank

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Bowser Junior’s Airship Armada is one of the major observatory boss levels in Super Mario Galaxy. It’s not necessarily one of the more difficult levels, but there’s a science to beating it. Just follow these steps to success.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Nintendo Wii console
  • Super Mario Galaxy disc
  • Wiimote
  • Nunchuck attachment

Step1
Run to the end of the first ship and jump into the cannon. Fire yourself at the flagpole straight ahead, and keep your eye out for the blue pull star above it. Grab the pull star as you get close to make sure you don’t overshoot the pole.
Step2
Just run straight through this next ship, and you’ll easily be able to hurry past the lasers from the two nearby enemies. Jump into the cannon at the end of this ship and fire yourself at the flagpole on the next ship.
Step3
Find the nearby Luma salesman and purchase the Power Up Mushroom. If you don’t have enough star bits, collect the ones lying around the ship and defeat the nearby enemies to earn enough.
Step4
Follow the path to the platform with the switch on it. Do a spin attack on the switch to activate it, and then ride the moving platform until it comes to a stop. You can easily avoid the spiders along the way by dangling yourself off the edge of the platform. You’ll have to jump over the cannonballs that come along.
Step5
Run right past the next enemy’s attack and into the launch star at the end of the path. You’ll launch directly up to the boss.
Step6
You’ll need to hit the airship with a total of five shells to win. Until you hit the airship with the third shell, it will fire Bullet Bills at you. The Bullet Bills can be avoided by jumping, running from side to side or by running to the lower-level side of the ship, so they’re easy to handle. After the third shell, the ship will shoot fireballs and move slightly faster. But if you take your time as you aim, you should be able to defeat this level with few problems.

Tips & Warnings

  • If you aim the first cannon at the very beginning of this level all the way to the left, you can shoot yourself directly to the third ship. This shot is harder to land, however.

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