Super Mario Galaxy 2 cost to play

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a platform adventure game made by Nintendo and first released in 2010 on the Wii. A Nintendo Switch version arrived on 2 October 2025, and that is how the game is sold today: as a one-off purchase on the Nintendo eShop, either on its own or bundled with the first Super Mario Galaxy.

How it plays

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, a new Star Festival is interrupted when a giant Bowser carries Princess Peach off to the centre of the universe. Mario gives chase with a young Luma aboard Starship Mario, a spaceship shaped like Mario's head, crewed by Lubba and a team of Lumas.

The ship takes you to a range of galaxies, each with its own challenges and Power Stars to recover. Mario dashes, jumps and spins through them, and in some stages he rides Yoshi, who uses his long tongue to eat fruit, swallow enemies and swing from the scenery. New power-ups include the Cloud Flower, which creates cloud platforms, and the Rock Mushroom, which rolls Mario through enemies and obstacles. Yoshi's fruits give him a burst of speed (Dash Pepper), lift him into the air (Blimp Fruit) or reveal hidden platforms (Bulb Berry), and Bee Mario and Boo Mario return from the first game.

A second player can use the on-screen pointer to collect Star Bits and fire them to stun enemies. The Nintendo Switch version adds an Assist Mode.

What it costs

On the Nintendo eShop UK, Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Switch costs £33.99 at standard price. The Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 bundle costs £58.99. Super Mario Galaxy is also sold separately for £33.99, so the bundle is £9 less than buying both games one at a time. The game is not on PC, PlayStation or Xbox, so there are no Steam prices or Steam player figures.

Age rating

The Nintendo Switch version is rated PEGI 7 on pegi.info (2 October 2025) for violence and fear. The original Wii release from 2010 was rated PEGI 3.

How we checked

We read the Nintendo eShop UK prices on 21 October 2026, at standard price. The age ratings are from pegi.info search results collected for this page. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Nintendo eShop UK page for the Nintendo Switch version.

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