Spring Vault
| Spring Vault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork fromSuper Mario Galaxy | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
| Member of | Topman Tribe | ||
| Variant of | Pulse Beam | ||
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Spring Vaults[1][2] areenemies introduced inSuper Mario Galaxy. They hide in the ground with only their upper halves visible until approached, at which point they usually start attacking. Their main attack involves them sending circular lasers in the area around them, but their heads can bejumped on and used as a spring, allowingMario orLuigi to reach areas he otherwise would not be able to reach, similarly to theSentry Garage andSpring Topmen.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
Spring Vaults are enemies inSuper Mario Galaxy and itsNintendo Switchport, being the first members of thePulse Beam family that can be encountered, and are commonly seen in areas inhabited byTopmen. They are stationary and fire lasers in a circular shockwave formation when approached, damaging Mario or Luigi on contact. Spring Vaults are indestructible, but they can be stunned either by being jumped on or from being hit by aStar Bit. If Mario or Luigi jumps on top of a Spring Vault twice, the spring beneath its head becomes exposed and it can be used as aspringboard. Spring Vaults are first encountered in theFlipswitch Galaxy, where one guards thePower Star, deactivating and acting as a spring once Mario activates all 18Flipswitch Panels. Some Spring Vaults in theDreadnought Galaxy have already been deactivated by the time they are reached, and as such, they are solely used for jumping.
- Flipswitch Galaxy
- Battlerock Galaxy ("Battlerock Barrage", "Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe", "Luigi under the Saucer")
- Dreadnought Galaxy ("Infiltrating the Dreadnought", "Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons", "Battlestation's Purple Coins")
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Only one Spring Vault appears inSuper Mario Galaxy 2 and its Nintendo Switchport, inSpace Storm Galaxy'ssecond mission. It behaves identically to the Spring Vaults in the previous game.
Gallery[edit]
Model fromSuper Mario Galaxy
Screenshot fromSuper Mario Galaxy
Screenshot fromSuper Mario Galaxy
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of theSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due toconcerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ジャンプビーマー[3][4][5] Janpu Bīmā | Jump Beamer | |
| French | Begoressort[6] | Spring Topman | |
| Sentry Beam[7] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Jump-Beamer[8] | Jump Beamer | |
| Italian | Robomolla viola[9] | Purple Spring Topman | |
| Robot viola[10] | Purple robot | Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale | |
| Lasermolla[11]:127 | Portmanteau of "laser" andRobomolla ("Sping Topman") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Laser Sentinella[11]:160 | Sentry Beam | ||
| Spanish | Rayo Saltador[12] | Jumping Ray Beam |
References[edit]
- ^EnglishSuper Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal.nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today[deprecated link].)
- ^EnglishSuper Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal.nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today[deprecated link].)
- ^Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-227115-9. Page 401.
- ^Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』. Tokyo:ambit (Japanese). ISBN978-4-8399-3630-3. Page 19.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 127, 160.
- ^Browne, Catherine (2010).Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé:Prima Games (French). ISBN978-2-952-67394-5. Page 182.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018).Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127, 160.
- ^Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg:Tokyopop (German). ISBN978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^Black, Fletcher (2007).Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville:Prima Games (Italian). ISBN978-1-906064-03-7. Page 112, 268-69, 273.
- ^Andrea Minini Saldini (2008).Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 75. Milan:Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 78.
- ^abSakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018).Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 127.
