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In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', unlike in previous games, all 121 unique Power Stars in the game are designated as part of a mission. Each of the game's [[Galaxy|galaxies]] contains between one and three regular missions that are automatically unlocked in order similarly to previous games, and zero to four additional missions (for a total of between one and seven per galaxy). Some additional missions are hidden missions accessed by going off of the main path of one of the regular missions (often subsequent to feeding a [[Hungry Luma]]), similarly to ''Super Mario Sunshine''{{'}}s hidden Shine Sprites. Others are missions associated with [[Prankster Comet]]s, which can only be selected while a Prankster Comet is in orbit of the galaxy unless the mission has been completed. Others still are accessible only after reading a letter sent by [[Luigi]] requesting that he be rescued in a specific galaxy. Missions are selected through a menu when Mario or Luigi enters a galaxy similarly to the previous games, with incomplete missions represented by translucent Power Stars and completed missions represented by regular Power Stars, with the appropriate color in the case of [[Green Star|Green Power Star]]s and the [[Red Power Star]]. Hidden missions that the player has not completed are indicated by a small "question mark star" icon displayed above the regular mission in which it can be obtained, if that regular mission has been completed; letter missions are displayed similarly, but only once the relevant letter has been received. While a Prankster Comet is in orbit of a galaxy, its respective mission is the only one that can be selected. Selecting a completed hidden mission or letter mission from the menu returns Mario or Luigi to the regular mission scenario in which the additional mission can be completed.

Missions in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' function largely the same as those in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', with each of the game's 242 unique Power Star in the game being designated as a named mission. In this game, galaxies contain only one or two regular missions, and one or two additional missions beyond that (for a total of two to three), which can once again be hidden missions, Prankster Comet missions, or letter missions (which are received from a variety of different characters in place of Luigi, such as a [[Gearmo]] in the [[Space Storm Galaxy]] and [[The Chimp]] in various other galaxies throughout the game). In addition to the two or three normal Power Star missions in each galaxy, there are an equal number of Green Star Prankster Comet missions in each galaxy except for the [[Grandmaster Galaxy]], which are only unlocked once Mario and Luigi collect all 120 initially available Power Stars and complete the first mission of [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]], [[Bowser's Fortified Fortress]]. Unlike most missions which are named descriptively, Green Star missions are named Green Star 1, Green Star 2, and (if the galaxy has three Green Stars) Green Star 3 in every galaxy they appear in, and they are all unlocked at once. Green Star missions send Mario or Luigi to one of the galaxy's regular missions when selected, as the Green Stars occupy hidden locations in the galaxies in which they are found. As a result of the Green Stars' inclusion, each galaxy has a total of four to six missions.

 

 

In ''Super Mario Odyssey'', the role of missions is changed considerably.