Sling Pod

Mario about to be launched by a Sling Pod

Mario on a Sling Pod

“Help! I'm stuck! Aim your at me, and press to red!”

—Mailtoad, Super Mario Galaxy

A Sling Pod is an alternative to a Launch Star that gets Mario around in some areas of Super Mario Galaxy. Sling Pods are sticky, rubbery, white wobbly balls of web that can easily entrap Mario, Luigi, and Toads. Sling Pods are first seen in the pathway to Tarantox in the Space Junk Galaxy, and their most prominent appearance is in the Sling Pod Galaxy.

To use a Sling Pod, Mario must jump into or be nearby the sticky orb on the top and get stuck in it. With the Star Pointer, the player must then grab on to the top part and hold the button down, dragging it far to the side of the area. After the player lets it go, the Sling Pod sends Mario flying out of it in the direction it was aimed. A noise begins sounding if the player ends up pointing offscreen while holding on to the Sling Pod.

Gallery

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  Model from Super Mario Galaxy

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario Galaxy	StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl	SpaceCocoon	Space Cocoon
Super Mario Galaxy	StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl	宇宙まゆ (Uchū Mayu)	Space Cocoon

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ひっぱりマユ[?] Hippari Mayu	Stretching Cocoon
Chinese	拉力茧[?] Lālì Jiǎn	Elastic Cocoon
German	Klebe-Kokon[?]	Sticky-Cocoon
Italian	Larva Elastica[?]	Elastic Larva
Korean	당기는고치[?] Danggineun Gochi	Pulling Cocoon
Spanish (NOE)	Larva Elástica[?]	Elastic Larva

Trivia

• During development, Sling Pods were originally known as Wobble Launchers.