Super Smash Bros. Fighters – Super Mario series – 06 Rosalina & Luma

Debut

In the Super Mario series: Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
In the Super Smash Bros. Series: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U (2014)

Boxing Ring Title: The Cosmic Travelers

Theme Song: Rosalina in the Observatory/Luma’s Theme

Rosalina is a space traveler and a defender of the cosmos, who watches over the Mushroom Kingdom up in space in her Comet Observatory. It might not look like it, but she's actually older than Mario and his cast of friends and enemies, though exactly how old has never been specified. Rosalina is also pretty tall, almost as tall as Waluigi, and that guy's pretty tall.

Luma is a member of the Luma species, and is one of Rosalina's many, many adopted children. Lumas come in a variety of colors, though yellow seems to be the most common. Lumas possess the ability to transform into certain objects, though what they can turn into seems to depend on their color. Notable Lumas throughout the series would be an apricot-colored Luma called Baby Luma who helps Mario out in Super Mario Galaxy; a black-colored Luma called Polari who is Rosalina's oldest and most faithful servant; and a purple-colored Luma called Lubba who helps Mario and Luigi out in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

In the distant past, a young Rosalina finds a young Luma hiding inside of a rusted spaceship. The two work together to repair it and use the spaceship to go off into space to look for Luma’s Mama. As they travel across the cosmos, encountering comets, asteroids, and tasty Star Bits, Rosalina begins to miss her own mother while the Luma starts to grow despondent. Noticing this, Rosalina pulls Luma close and hugs him, telling Luma she'll take care of him. In the following days, the two begin to work together to build a home, a home that would eventually become the Comet Observatory. As they continue to work on their house, other Lumas happen to arrive from a visiting apricot planet, and Rosalina decides to takes them all under her wing.

After they see their 100th comet, Rosalina remembers her old home planet and begins to gaze in its direction with her father's telescope. She then starts to feel very distressed and homesick as she reveals to the Lumas that her own mother is buried near her favorite tree on a hill. The young Luma who has traveled with Rosalina since the beginning comforts her, saying that her mother will always be a part of her. After that, the Luma transforms into a comet that is capable of traveling back to Rosalina’s home planet. The next couple of days, Rosalina declares that the Lumas are her family now, and decides to visit her home planet once every one hundred years.

During the events of Super Mario Galaxy, Rosalina heads to the Mushroom Kingdom, since it's time for her one-hundred year visit. During the trip, Bowser and his Koopa Troop attack her Comet Observatory, managing to steal her 113 Power Stars and 7 Grand Stars, Without them, her Observatory became powerless, unable to travel anywhere. Luckily, she has a chance encounter with Mario. In exchange for helping her recover her stolen Power Stars and Grand Stars, she'll help him find and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. To assist him on this quest, Rosalina lends Mario an apricot-colored Luma named Baby Luma, who allows Mario to perform the Star Spin. Additionally, other Lumas choose to help Mario out on his adventure as well.

Once Mario acquires a total of at least 60 Stars, Rosalina transforms her Comet Observatory and begins to travel to the Center of the Universe, where Bowser's Galaxy Reactor resides. Upon defeating Bowser and rescuing Peach, Bowser's artificial sun implodes in on itself and transforms into a black hole! To save everyone, all of the Lumas - including Baby Luma - sacrifice themselves to stop it. After that, Rosalina and Mario witness the rebirth of the universe before Mario passes out.

If all 113 Power Stars and the 7 Grand Stars have been collected, an additional scene plays after the credit that shows Rosalina and some Lumas overlooking Mario's World. Rosalina says she'll always watch over it before taking off in her Comet Observatory with the Lumas. The final shot takes place on a small planet, revealing that the Baby Luma managed to survive as well.

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Baby Luma ends up being found by Mario, who was on his way to the Star Festival. Baby Luma decides to stick with Mario, and follows him to Toad Town. There, they witness a Grand Star-powered Bowser terrorizing the place, capturing Peach again, and fleeing to the stars, so they decide to give chase. After the two collect their first Power Star, they come across Lubba, who offers to let them use his spaceship - which gets named "Starship Mario" - help them rescue Peach. An Orange Luma named Co-Star Luma also offers his services to help them. During their adventures, Rosalina occasionally sends the Baby Luma letters, though she keeps her identity a secret.

After Mario rescues Peach from Bowser, the Comet Observatory appears, along with Rosalina, who is happy to be reunited with Baby Luma. Happy to be with Rosalina as well, Baby Luma thanks Mario for his help and takes Mario's hat as a souvenir of his journey with him.

After the credits, it’s revealed the events of the game was a story being told by Rosalina to the Lumas. Once Baby Luma arrives, Rosalina decides to tell them the story of how Mario and Luigi manage to find and collect all 120 Green Stars. If the player manages to do so and beats the Grandmaster Galaxy’s Daredevil Comet, Rosalina thanks the two and joins them on the Starship Mario.

Following that, Rosalina would go on to become a semi recurring character throughout the series. She's also made many playable appearances in the various spin-off games, like Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario Kart. Lumas would also make appearances in those as well, though they often aren't a playable character.

Rosalina would then make a surprising appearance in Super Mario 3D World as an unlockable playable character! After completing the Story, the player unlocks World Star. Rosalina appears at the end of the second level, "Super Galaxy," a level inspired by Super Mario Galaxy. Upon beating the level, Rosalina poses alongside the other heroes and becomes available to play!

While Rosalina may be slower than the other characters, she can jump about as high as Luigi can. Not only that, but her unique action is being able to perform the Star Spin, which can not only damage enemies, but can also send Rosalina upwards a bit if performed in the air.

Rosalina also shows up in the various spinoff games as well, such as the Mario Golf series! The first time she hit the green was in Mario Golf: World Tour, where she was a downloadable character as part of the Star Pack DLC. She could hit the ball almost as far as Bowser can, and her ball tends to go flying into the air, which was a big help to get over trees, but really bad if the course was windy. Mario Golf: Super Rush makes Rosalina a default character, and gives her a new outfit to wear.

In the Mario Tennis series, she makes her debut in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, which saw the debut of her sports outfit she'd wear now and then. Here, she's classified as a Power character, able to send the ball flying towards her opponents! Mario Tennis Aces would reclassify her into a Tricky character instead.

In the Mario Kart series, Rosalina debuts in Mario Kart Wii, where she's classified as a heavyweight, meaning she can easily push others around, but has poor acceleration. While she normally wears her dress, she switches to a biker outfit when riding bikes.

Mario Kart 8 would also introduce Baby Rosalina, who is Rosalina's younger-self. As one could probably guess, she's a lightweight character, meaning she can quickly accelerate to top speed, but gets easily pushed around by heavier racers.

Rosalina has one race course named after her: Rosalina's Ice World, which made its first appearance in Mario Kart 7.

Rosalina has also shown up in the Mario Party series, her first outing being Mario Party: Island Tour, where she's the host of the board, Rocket Road. Here, she waits at the very end of the board for one of the players to arrive to be crowned the Super Star. She'd make her first playable appearance in Mario Party 10.

Personality-wise, Rosalina is often portrayed as a calm individual who is quite knowledgeable about space and the universe. She's also a kind caretaker, as shown with her taking care of the many, many Lumas that live with her. While initially portrayed as a stoic individual, Mario Kart Wii would make her a bit more upbeat and joyous, which has stuck around ever since, though she still has her moments of being introverted.

In Super Smash Bros., Rosalina and Luma are “two characters in one.” Whether together or apart, they have the potential to overwhelm their foes! Luma can even take some hits for Rosalina, though he can only take so many before getting KO'd himself. Once that happens, Rosalina will have to fend for herself until another Luma arrives to help.

Special Moves 

Neutral Special: Luma Shot

Luma charges himself up before flinging himself forward, damaging any one in front of him. The more he charges, the stronger the attack is and the farther he goes! After that, Luma will be separated from Rosalina and will remain a certain distance away from her. Pressing the Special Button again will have Rosalina call Luma back to her.

If Luma has been KO'd, this move does nothing.

May be inspired by the cutscene when Rosalina is summoning Baby Luma to help Mario out on his adventure in “Super Mario Galaxy.” Also seems to be inspired by Co-Star Luma’s main form of attack in “Super Mario Galaxy 2.”

Side Special: Star Bits

Luma fires a few delicious Star Bits in front of him. They aren’t very strong or go very far, but they can trip an opponent up.

If Luma has been KO'd, this move does nothing.

Inspired by the player’s ability to shoot Star Bits at things in both “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Super Mario Galaxy 2.”

Up Special: Launch Star

Rosalina & Luma use a Launch Star to fling themselves through the air! It can be aimed in any direction except downwards.

Inspired by the Launch Stars Mario and Luigi use to get around in both “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Super Mario Galaxy 2.”

Down Special: Gravitational Pull

Rosalina begins twirling her wand as the cursor from both “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Super Mario Galaxy 2” spins around her, dragging nearby items and projectiles towards her.

Equip-able items – such as the Bunny Hood, the Rocket Belt, the Super Leaf, and the Franklin Badge – will automatically be equipped to her.

Certain projectiles that are thrown/fired at/near her will twirl around Rosalina before disappearing. During this, the opponent who tossed/fired the projectile can get hurt by it. This is the only way that the move can do damage to opponents.

If Luma is separated from Rosalina, using this move will have him return to her.

Inspired by the Wii Remote Cursor used by the player in “Super Mario Galaxy” and “Super Mario Galaxy 2.” Whenever the cursor ran over Star Bits, it would collect them for Mario and Luigi.

Final Smash: Grand Star

Rosalina summons a Grand Star above her! It starts to grow in size and shoot mini stars everywhere. Anyone hit by the mini stars will get whacked towards the Grand Star, and if they touch it, they’ll get sucked into the center of it and be unable to escape. After a while, the Grand Star explodes, sending the trapped victims flying every which way!

Rosalina & Luma can move around during this, allowing them to potentially grab, throw and trap their opponents in the Grand Star. However, they can also be attacked during this, so they still have to be careful.

This move is original to Super Smash Bros., as a Grand Star – let alone a Power Star – has never been shown to be able to do this. That being said, Grand Stars do serve as Rosalina’s emblem in various Super Mario spin-off games.

Additional Notes

Luma always starts out as Yellow, but upon dying – either through the opponent or Rosalina herself getting defeated – the next Luma that appears has a chance to either be a Green Luma, a Blue Luma, a Red Luma, Master Luma, or even her advisor – and oldest friend – Polari. There are no differences between any of these Lumas besides color, so no need to get concerned with which Luma you are fighting with. (or against.)

During early development of “Super Mario Galaxy,” Rosalina was intended to be a relative of Princess Peach. This idea was eventually discarded, though if there is a relation, it’s never been commented on.