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, Video Games, Games

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

[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

[Bell (wicked era 💚🫧) · 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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK IS GORGEOUS

[Lala Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

E io piango…

[Luke Ragusa · Rating 5 out of 5]

the best

[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.

[Halcyon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovingly read out loud as a Christmas Eve bedtime story by Mr. A-Game. Great job! ;-)

3.5 stars, since I've little knowledge of this content at this point in time.

Happy Reading/Listening!

[Olivia Hubbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute book, exactly what’s in the game. I’m glad I have it.

[Engel Dreizehn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What one especially the fans expect the replica of the story book from "Super Mario Galaxy" to be like.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

[Inge]

This is too adorable. So glad I finally own a physical copy now.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always cried at this story in the actual game itself and now that I own the book I just cried again, it’s amazing.