{"id":1910988,"date":"2026-04-30T14:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1910988"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:11:32","slug":"nintendo-just-surprised-everyone-with-a-super-mario-galaxy-2-update-which-adds-new-story-content-over-a-decade-after-the-game-originally-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1910988","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo just surprised everyone with a Super Mario Galaxy 2 update, which adds new story content over a decade after the game originally released"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" 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data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-04-30T14:11:32+00:00\">April 30, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/super-mario-galaxy-2-update-new-story-rosalina?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"cc68dcb2-e7a8-4145-960e-cc2833d510e5\" data-name=\"Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\" title=\"Follow Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Over a decade after its original release, Nintendo has casually added a new bit of lore to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/super-mario-galaxy-2\">Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/68643\/~\/how-to-update-super-mario-galaxy-2\">update for the Switch port of Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/a>, Nintendo added a brand new chapter to Rosalina&#8217;s storybook quite out of the blue. The Epilogue &#8211; as this chapter is known &#8211; can be read once the Final Chapter is available in the story book. All you have to do is clear any of the game&#8217;s galaxies and earn yourself a power star.<\/p>\n<p>As for what this new chapter in Super Mario Galaxy 2 is about, <strong>I will go into more detail below the video<\/strong>, so if you would rather discover it for yourself, please head elsewhere now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QU1RnuLWAXQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Super Mario Galaxy 2&#8217;s new Epilogue chapter sees storybook Rosalina heading to the garden alone, when she spots two lights chasing each other through the sky. These lights become a pair of suns, bathing the area in light. After this happens, Rosalina is seen speaking to a young girl, whose identity is not confirmed in the chapter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many have hypothesised that the young girl Rosalina speaks to in the garden is Princess Peach, and this new chapter is a nod to events that happen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/movies\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-2026\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a> (no spoilers, but if you want to know more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-miyamoto-peach-backstory-super-mario-galaxy-movie-canon\">I covered it in an earlier story you can read here<\/a>). Others, meanwhile, are convinced this child is a younger version of Rosalina herself. &#8220;The strongest force in the galaxy is a heart that never gives up,&#8221; Rosalina says to the mysterious young girl before the chapter&#8217;s close. It is really rather heartwarming.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the new Super Mario Galaxy 2 chapter for yourself via the video from Vooks below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Storybook Epilogue\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMc6mfeflig?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DMc6mfeflig\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Storybook Epilogue<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Storybook Epilogue. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DMc6mfeflig\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the wider world of Rosalina and co., we awarded The Super Mario Galaxy Movie two stars on its release earlier this month, with Christian Donlan calling it &#8220;quite bad, for quite interesting reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t a Bowser movie, just as it isn&#8217;t really a Mario movie or a Luigi movie or a Rosalina movie or any of that jazz. There isn&#8217;t enough space and time for anything truly memorable to develop,&#8221; he wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/super-mario-galaxy-movie-digital-home-release-date-rumour\">reportedly be available to purchase digitally from Tuesday, 5th May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Over a decade after its original release, Nintendo has casually added a new bit of lore to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/super-mario-galaxy-2\">Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/68643\/~\/how-to-update-super-mario-galaxy-2\">update for the Switch port of Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/a>, Nintendo added a brand new chapter to Rosalina&#8217;s storybook quite out of the blue. The Epilogue &#8211; as this chapter is known &#8211; can be read once the Final Chapter is available in the story book. All you have to do is clear any of the game&#8217;s galaxies and earn yourself a power star.<\/p>\n<p>As for what this new chapter in Super Mario Galaxy 2 is about, <strong>I will go into more detail below the video<\/strong>, so if you would rather discover it for yourself, please head elsewhere now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 &#8211; Official Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QU1RnuLWAXQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Super Mario Galaxy 2&#8217;s new Epilogue chapter sees storybook Rosalina heading to the garden alone, when she spots two lights chasing each other through the sky. These lights become a pair of suns, bathing the area in light. After this happens, Rosalina is seen speaking to a young girl, whose identity is not confirmed in the chapter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many have hypothesised that the young girl Rosalina speaks to in the garden is Princess Peach, and this new chapter is a nod to events that happen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/movies\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-2026\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a> (no spoilers, but if you want to know more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-miyamoto-peach-backstory-super-mario-galaxy-movie-canon\">I covered it in an earlier story you can read here<\/a>). Others, meanwhile, are convinced this child is a younger version of Rosalina herself. &#8220;The strongest force in the galaxy is a heart that never gives up,&#8221; Rosalina says to the mysterious young girl before the chapter&#8217;s close. It is really rather heartwarming.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the new Super Mario Galaxy 2 chapter for yourself via the video from Vooks below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Storybook Epilogue\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMc6mfeflig?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DMc6mfeflig\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Storybook Epilogue<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Storybook Epilogue. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DMc6mfeflig\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the wider world of Rosalina and co., we awarded The Super Mario Galaxy Movie two stars on its release earlier this month, with Christian Donlan calling it &#8220;quite bad, for quite interesting reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t a Bowser movie, just as it isn&#8217;t really a Mario movie or a Luigi movie or a Rosalina movie or any of that jazz. There isn&#8217;t enough space and time for anything truly memorable to develop,&#8221; he wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/super-mario-galaxy-movie-digital-home-release-date-rumour\">reportedly be available to purchase digitally from Tuesday, 5th May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Nintendo just surprised everyone with a Super Mario Galaxy 2 update, which adds new story content over a decade after the game originally released To Peach their own. 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