Rosalina's Storybook

by Nintendo (Creator)

The storybook featured in Super Mario Galaxy has arrived!

Our story begins a very, very long time ago with a young girl who spotted a rusted spaceship holding a small star child, Luma. This is the tale of that young girl and that star child going on a great journey together, searching for one thing and finding something else altogether. This is the tale of Rosalina and the Lumas and the secret of their special bond.

Featuring the actual art and story from Super Mario Galaxy, this book will be treasured by fans whether they’ve spent many hours with the game or are brand new to the world of Rosalina and the Lumas.

Genres: Fantasy, Picture Books, Childrens, Games, Gaming, Video Games, Fiction

112 pages, Hardcover

First published November 25, 2025

About the author

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization. Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. The word Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven".

Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third-most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion. From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners.

As of 31 March 2014, Nintendo has cumulative sales of over 670.43 million hardware units and 4.23 billion software units. The company has created and released some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon.

Reviews

[Thymen]

#support trans authors

[Lily De Lioncourt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Desidero questo librino da quando giocavo a SMG ✨
Ammetto, mi ha un pochino commossa (voglio subito uno sfavillotto ❤️) ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[Luis De Francisco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Precioso cuento infantil que narra el origen de Rosalina/Estela de SMG con un dibujo suelto que evita el detallismo y evoca un poco a la acuarela. La historia tiene un puntito nostálgico y triste aunque se las ingenia para concluir de forma optimista.
Como papi friki, lo he disfrutado incluso más que mis hijas.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you thought I’d rate this anything other then 5 stars, you’re crazy. I love Rosalina so much. The story of SMG and Rosalina is so cute. I plan on replaying SMG soon and I needed a pick me up today, so here we are. Unfortunately I can relate all too well with Rosalina and her mama sleeping on the hill now, but the art and sweetness of this little book makes up for it.

[Miso · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5, cute

[Paws & Pages · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a lovely story, but also sad at the same time. ❤️‍🩹

[Booksheltie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Idk if I’m crying because of nostalgia or because of the story itself but omg😭❤️‍🩹 Smg 1 is still one of my favorite games and I will NEVER get over the fact that we have Rosalina’s story as a physical book now

I will definitely be reading this to my future kids

[Kaley Catron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hehe I saw this today and decided that I needed it. Rosalina is my go to Mario Character and I love that she’s mama to the stars!

This was such a cute picture book about how she came to be their mama and I enjoyed it very much.

Did not expect her mother to be dead though that had me 😱

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute, I just feel like it ended abruptly I wanted a bit more

Her mothers death and my jaw dropped

Also rip her brother I guess??v

[Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the perfect book for Mario Galaxy fans. It is wonderful to have this book on my shelf, and the story is still amazing. Print quality is quite good as well.

[Joris · Rating 5 out of 5]

the art is beautiful and the story is cute

[Aiden · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t believe they made this into an actual book! Brings back such memories! I can hear the game music playing while reading this.

[Adam Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect recreation of the storybook from the original Super Mario Galaxy game. A charming little story finally in actual book form. A great book for fans of the game.

[Pavel Mora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cuándo se trata de Nintendo, lo primero que llega a la mente son videojuegos, tal vez han incursionado en el mundo del cine, los mangas o los shows de televisión; pero, ¿un libro?
Durante la epoca del Nintendo Revolution, Miyamoto-San al retirarse había dejado tiempo atrás a la IP de Super Mario: la misma saga de videojuegos que representa la totalidad de la industria y definió cómo se debía de hacer un videojuego había perdido a su padre, pero quedó bajo la tutela de quién él creyó era el hombre indicado: Yoshiaki Koizumi.
Koizumi-San era un hombre con una perspectiva diferente a la de Miyamoto-San, él no veía a los videojuegos como entretenimiento superficial, los vió como un medio para contar historias y su potencial en la "ludonarratividad".
De antemano, había escrito la historia de «The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening»; un intrigante y deprimente sueño que embarcó al héroe de Hyrule en su aventura más deprimente, y había integrado el bucle temporal cómo mecánica en «The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask»; un favorito personal, dónde la narrativa ciclica de los 3 días no solo funciona como argumento narrativo; también lo hace como un obstaculo que el jugador debe tomar en cuenta.
Sin embargo, en Koizumi-San había recibido el puesto de director para la franquicia estrella de su compania. Ya había trabajado en juegos pasados de la saga, pero en esta ocasión tenía carta blanca para hacer lo que quisiera con la saga.
Incursionó lanzando «Super Mario Sunshine», para la Nintendo Gamecube, un juego que denotaba aún más la visión de Koizumi-San en un producto de Nintendo, convirtiendose en el juego de Super Mario más cinemático hasta la fecha y uno que inculcó nuevos mátices para la franquicia. Para bien o para mal, se volvió un juego polémico dentro de la discusión mediática y por la fanaticada, sea por su enfoque destacable, dificultad o "falta de innovación" respecto a entregas pasadas, actualmente es conocido cómo la "oveja negra" de la saga.
Independientemente del resultado, había quedado claro cómo el interés detrás de la franquicia estaba muriendo, pues tanto su software como hardware-no solo de Super Mario, en general-estaba decayendo a niveles peligrosos: Nintendo se enfrentó a unos de sus momentos más difíciles hasta el momento.
La compañía, sin embargo, decidió volver a confiar en Koizumi-San, y 5 años después, para su nuevo e innovador hardware, la Nintendo Wii, se lanzaría el proyecto más ambicioso de su carrera. «Super Mario Galaxy» se lanzaba en 2007.
El nuevo juego de Nintendo no solo buscaba una nueva fórmula para su activo más preciado, también lo llevó a Mario a un nuevo terreno: la emoción.
Mario atravesaría el cósmos para rescatar una vez más a su ser querido, pero para Koizumi-San, esta fue una oportunidad para conectar con el jugador. El juego necesitaba una ambientación que justifique y respalde la idea de Mario viajando a través de galaxias, introduciendo a los destellos, algunas especies con tintes "estelares" y una banda sonora orquestada con tintes melancólicos había sido un gran paso para hacer sentir este nuevo universo de posibilidades cómo algo personal.
Pero no fue suficiente.
Koizumi-San necesitaba representar la soledad del espacio, porque claro, Mario no iba a encontrarse con caras amigables ni familiares estando a años luz de su hogar, en realidad, no iba a encontrarse con nadie. Y en paralelo, decidió darle esa carga a un personaje más: Rosalina.
Rosalina es un personaje que encontramos nada más salir de la Tierra, callada, conservadora, hasta cierto punto tímida, pero a a la vez gélida y determinada: se presenta como un personaje misterioso, el único personaje de esta franquicia que no busca derrochar personalidad con cada interacción, al contrario, trasmite un halo de tristeza y melancolía, sobretodo de conflicto interno.
A su vez, era pacífica y cálida con quienes considera su familia: los destellos, pequeños "hijos" suyos que tenía que criar hasta que lleguen a su inminente evolución: sacrificarse para convertirse en nuevas galaxias que alimenten el universo. Es triste, pues simplemente se dedica a observar y perder a sus pequeños, pero tenía la necesidad de completar su responsabilidad, incluso si ello le da siglos de dolor.
Avanzando en la aventura, eventualmente Mario logra conocer más de ella, no solo sus gustos o preferencias, también su pasado... «El cuento de Rosalina», el cuál, la princesa del cósmos, cuenta a sus pequeños destellos a manera de cuento para dormir.
Esta historia ha sido narrada mil veces, y aún así podría leerla una vez más, es una sorpresa encontrar un trasfondo tan deprimente en un juego familiar de Nintendo, una pequeña chica que cegada por la curiosidad y el deseo de ayudar a un destello pérdido, decide emprender un viaje por el universo para encontrar a la madre del destello.
Solo equipada con una nave a medio funcionar, y el telescopio de su padre, se aventura por una zona... vacía. Pasan días, meses, años... y décadas... nunca encontraron a la madre del destello, tal vez nunca hubo una. Y cuándo Rosalina se da cuenta, su hogar ya no existe. Su hermano y padre desaparecieron, ¿y su madre? "está durmiendo debajo del árbol dónde solían jugar juntas"...
Rosalina perdió, no solo a su familia, también su esperanza, ahora se encontraba varada en un planeta, sin poder ayudar a quién necesitaba de su ayuda, ni poder ayudarse a sí misma.
Con el tiempo, ella encuentra a más y más destellos, y comprende algo, esta es su nueva vida, y es su nuevo hogar, pues fueron ellos quienes esta vez la acogieron a ella, y con ello, construyen su nueva casa: El Observatorio, para poder viajar juntos por todo el universo.
Rosalina maduró, perdió, lloró, y aún así encontró un nuevo propósito: ser la protectora del cósmos, finalizando con ella, velando por todas las criaturas del universo.
Aún así, cada 100 años, el observatorio pasa cerca de la Tierra; su hogar natal, para poder visitarlo y recordar a aquella familia que alguna vez tuvo, lo que causa el festival de las estrellas, el evento con el que el videojuego comienza.
Rosalina es, sencillamente, el mejor personaje que la saga Super Mario pudo haber creado, por kilometros.
De alguna forma, todo el videojuego logra ser una "extensión" de su historia; los tintes melancólicos, la música que te llama desde un punto muy lejano y la extrema soledad que te hace sentir el videojuego durante toda la aventura.
Koizumi-San había conseguido, de alguna forma, dar seriedad y profunidad narrativa a un videojuego de un plomero italiano viajando a través del espacio exterior.
Este videojuego es ciertamente especial, pues Koizumi-San se metió en problemas por escribir una historia "mucho más profunda de lo necesario" en un videojuego de Mario, por lo que lamentablemente este tipo de historias y narrativas quedaron relegadas a algo más esporádico o superficial. Aún se pueden ver resquicios de esto, cómo el festival de New Donk City de «Super Mario Odyssey» o la continuidad narrativa que ofrece «Donkey Kong Bananza» (videojuego que desafortunadamente aún no tengo la oportunidad de jugar), pero estos son solo ejemplos mínimos de lo que alguna vez fue un sueño lejano.
Esta historia no se caracteriza por ser perfecta, en realidad dudo que haya en algún momento un producto perfecto: no viviré para ver un libro, serie, película, videojuego, obra de teatro, canción, o cualquier medio interactivo, alcanzar un pináculo inalcanzable. Creo que las historias no solo trascienden en el corazón de las personas por su calidad o incluso innovación, también lo hacen por el contexto personal. Yo jugué «Super Mario Galaxy» por horas y horas, durante meses e incluso años, desde que lo recibí como regalo a los 7 años, en los cuales me costaba demasiado leer siquiera un dialogo. Y, oh, sorpresa, las primeras veces que lo jugué ni siquiera sabía de la existencia de este libro dentro del contenido del juego para entonces. Fue cuando lo revisité y exploré totalmente años después que pude revisitar cada rincón del videojuego, y descubrir cosas cómo estas que antes había pasado por alto, y justamente el cuento de Rosalina es una sección que visito cada vez que inicio una nueva partida.
«Super Mario Galaxy» y el cuento de Rosalina son piezas que quedarán permanentemente grabadas en mi corazón por cómo lograron impactarme y sorprenderme.
Maldigo y maldeciré eternamente a Nintendo e Illumination durante el resto de mi miserable vida por "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" y crear una adaptación tan patética y deplorable que hacen pasar por película, nunca sentí tanto rechazo hacia una película en mi vida, y nunca lo volveré a sentir.

[Rose of Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always loved Rosalina's story and I am so glad they decided to release it as a physical book! Super Mario Galaxy will always hold a special place in my heart.

[Artemis Crescent · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet, soft, sad, whimsical, wistful, woeful, and beautifully, lushly illustrated little storybook/picture book.

I can definitely tell now that Rosalina's story from 'Super Mario Galaxy' was inspired by 'The Little Prince'; only this cosy yet existentialist sci-fi fairy tale for all ages has a little princess protagonist.

I'm not really a gamer - my brother is the big gamer of my family, and it is originally, mainly through him where my knowledge of Nintendo and 'Super Mario' games (and the movies, but that's another thing entirely) comes from. It is through him that I know of Rosalina, whom I am a fan of.

Rosalina is probably my favourite Nintendo character (whenever I am player two with my brother, I always pick her as my playable character in the 'Super Smash Bros.' and 'Mario Kart' games). She's like Princess Peach with a compelling, interesting personality and backstory. She's a mentor, and a ruler and leader - a ruler and leader of the cosmos, even. She is not a damsel in distress. And she's a magical space princess with star powers. She's a cool female character, is what I'm saying.

It is because of my admiration of her that I decided to check out 'Rosalina's Storybook', for real. As in, it's a real, physical Nintendo product, and not just from a Nintendo game as an interactive cutscene.

The book, which tells the tale of Rosalina's origin, is enjoyable, and sad and kind of bittersweet, like I said. Poor Rosalina (or "the girl" as she's called here). But kids need to learn from sad stories in their lives, from time to time. As well as being creative, 'Rosalina's Storybook' is surprisingly deep, well detailed, thoughtful, introspective, thematic, dramatic, and cosmically existential. There are themes of space exploration, family, friendship, loneliness, and grief. It certainly does not talk down to its audience.

I am not as interested in the Lumas as I am in Rosalina herself - she's a great, complex character in her own right. Not just a mother of Lumas, or a princess (of what exactly, I'm not sure. Not every female character has to be a princess, Nintendo, get with the times. Though at least she's not anyone's girlfriend).

Rosalina is a star, too. A stellar cosmopolitan.

So I do recommend 'Rosalina's Storybook' for fans of 'Super Mario Galaxy', and of Rosalina. I even recommend it to non-gamers, such as myself. It's a good, well crafted, well planned space fairy tale, containing universal, adult themes.

Final Score: 3.5/5

[Chance Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

18 years since it's release the story has been finally published into an actual book. This could have been a cheep gimmick but unlike most there's something here.

Cover
A first impression it's different. No title, author, anything apart from a removeable banner cover actually having the title Rosalina's Storybook. This is where Mario fans are going to love this. The cover designed is pulled right from the game. This is THE BOOK Rosalina was reading. (Even barcode sticker to make it look more authentic.

Interior
Story
Word for word, it's ripped right out of the game. It's Rosalina's backstory from Super Mario Galaxy and it expands on Mario lore. The story is broken into individual, independent chapters. They have their own charm and is actually heartbreaking and touching story. It's absolutely adorable.

Something to contemplate. You feed them so many star bits they explode into galaxies, planets, comet, ect. but in the book it just happens.
Something strange that was left out though is that they removed the Epilogue and it's pages. Granted it's just talking about Her finishing the book then playing the guitar for the Luma's to fall asleep. (Rosalina can a guitar, why does that feel like the weirdest detail of what she can do.)


Illustrations
Absolutely charming. Arguably it's even better in book form and if you played the game you've seen the art already. Nothing more to say I love the art.


After Thoughts.
Now I want more. Give me Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Yoshi Story. I want more books like this. It's not often Nintendo makes actual storybooks.

[Nathan Dehoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Originally appearing in Super Mario Galaxy as a bonus feature that gets unlocked over the course of the game, it's finally available as a physical book eighteen years later. I have to suspect that this has something to do with Rosalina being a significant character in the upcoming Mario movie. There was also a Switch port of the game released this year, and that apparently has additions to the storybook that aren't in the printed volume. The art is very much in the style of watercolors, but still recognizably Super Mario. It's a very melancholy story, with a young Rosalina trying to process the death of her mother, not something that comes up a lot in the franchise. After becoming caretaker to the Lumas, she makes a decision to visit her home planet every hundred years, and that becomes the Star Festival in the Mushroom Kingdom. It's not clear how old she is or how she's managed to live that long, but some form of time dilation might be involved. As I've written before, I understand Rosalina was originally intended to be related to Peach, and she might still be, but presumably a very distant relative from a different era of Mushroom royalty. The book also tells us that Star Bits taste like honey, and shows us that Rosalina had a stuffed Star Bunny before going into space. Anyway, it's nice to have a copy of this.

[Yolanda Sfetsos · Rating 5 out of 5]

My husband received this gorgeous hardback today and suggested I read it. Of course I jumped at the chance. By the way, this is the storybook featured in Super Mario Galaxy.

The day a young girl finds a rusted spaceship with a star child inside, the girl and Luma go on a journey to find Luma's mother and instead discover a whole lot more...

This is such a beautiful picture book that tells the heartwarming, and oftentimes, sad story of how Rosalina befriends a lonely Luma and eventually becomes a mother to a whole family of Lumas. It's an adventurous tale, one with a lot of heart, and a found family that enhances how strong, smart, and kind Rosalina really is.

I love the bright artwork, and even the size of the book is lovely. It's a quality product, and a must for all Nintendo collectors.

Also, it's always cool when another form of media is released to double the enjoyment of the original game, movie, or show.

[AG]

Very cute book. Very nice to revisit an important game from my childhood in a slightly different way.

Some small hiccups though. This does not include all the content from the games, I believe it is only the content from the original release. This is a bit disappointing, but not a huge deal. The slightly more annoying part is the art can be consumed by the page breaks. Not much you can do about it since it is a direct rip of the art from the game, but it can make some pages look odd.

Overall, this is a perfect collector piece for fans of the game.

[Dulce Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

SPOILERS!!

I knew of Rosalina growing up playing video games, but I never knew her story. It was really nice seeing Nintendo write a book of one of their characters. The pictures weren't too bright or too refined, but it was still cute to see all of the Lumas. There were two onamonopea words, and those are always fun for the kids. It was nice that at first there was hope for Rosalina to find her mom, but I teared up finding out that her mom was buried back on her home planet under a tree. It was a lovely story, nevertheless, of Rosalina finding the Lumas because she found a family.

[Roset Dazzel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy lindo.

Mi primer libro en inglés (no tiene un dialecto complicado, pero la verdad no soy mucho de leer en inglés) y es hermoso.

Es un libro cortito con más imagen que texto (si has jugado Mario Galaxy, es exactamente el cuento que Rosalina les cuenta a los Destellos)

He de admitir que me dio mucha tristeza algunas partes, mi corazón no puede con tanto.

No estoy segura si el precio valga lo que es. Pero es cuento que está bonito para leer de vez en cuando y tener en tu librero.

[Mason Arsenault · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and sweet. Definitely up there with the most emotionally realized Mario has ever been in its storytelling. Also, just cool that Nintendo went to the effort of making it a real book and keeping everything so faithful to the game. A great keepsake for Nintendo fans. A little pricy at retail, but still more emotionally interesting and worth the price than a ticket to the Mario Galaxy movie is…

[Collin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely book. Ever since I played Super Mario Galaxy back when it first came out, I've loved this story and wished that the book could be real one day. It feels so surreal that my wish actually came true all these years later. I can't describe the sense of just... calm happiness and comfort this book brings me. Whoever it was at Nintendo that caused this book to be made, thank you so much.

[Jorge Luis · Rating 5 out of 5]

con tan pocas páginas siendo un cuento infantil da dos golpes de nostalgia: la historia tal cual de Rosalina y su origen, y el revivir memorias de descubrir esta misma historia en Súper Mario Galaxy.

recomendado para fans.

[Antonia Hodgson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rosalina’s Storybook is a gentle, imaginative tale that celebrates creativity and the magic of storytelling. With warmth and heart, it encourages young readers to find their own voice and see stories as a place where anything is possible.

[Chloë Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just got back from seeing the Mario Galaxy movie and immediately wanted to dive into this gorgeous book. I really enjoyed the movie, though it didn’t give us much Rosalina - I’m glad I could familiarise myself with her story in another way. What a sweet little read with stunning illustrations.

[Valorie Gonzales · Rating 5 out of 5]

High quality prints of the artwork directly from the game, as well as just generally being a perfect recreation. The story is full of the raw grief, hope, and nostalgia I expected. Good job to Nintendo!

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK IS GORGEOUS

[Lala Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

E io piango…