Mario Galaxy: 97 on Metacritic

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I don't get why your extra lives get reset to 4 every time you restart. I guess it would be too easy if they didn't.

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Because they always have.

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you can easily get 11 when you start up. there's a little toad running around with a message from the princess and that gives you 5 extra lives. in a box by the garage there's a 1-up, and there's a 1-up by the kitchen observatory. you don't even need any of them though. it's easy enough to collect 1-ups as you play.