Homing Chomp
| Homing Chomp | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Chomp | ||
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Homing Chomps[1] (generically known as Silver Chomps)[2][3] are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They are giant silver Chomps with yellow rings around their eyes, red irises, and pupils that are constantly rolling around out of sync with each other. Unlike other Chomps, Homing Chomps always roll towards Mario or Luigi and try to hit him. Homing Chomps can be defeated either by Rainbow Mario, by pushing them off a cliff while on a Star Ball, or from using a rubbery bulb. Usually, only one appears in any mission, but four appear together on the final planet of the Battle Belt Galaxy. There is a Homing Chomp who must be defeated in order to progress in the second mission in the Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy.
An extremely large Homing Chomp appears in the E3 2009 trailer of Super Mario Galaxy 2, though it never made it into the final game. In the trailer, it seems to be acting similarly to Sorbetti during the boss battle in the Freezy Flake Galaxy. Within the game's "ObjNameTable" file, there is a removed "WanwanSearchBig" entry,[4] which is likely a remnant of this.
Appearances[edit]
marks missions where Homing Chomps are completely absent.
marks missions where Homing Chomps are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions | ||
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| World 3 | Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy |  |
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| World 5 | Slipsand Galaxy | |
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| World 6 | Battle Belt Galaxy | |
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Gallery[edit]
Artwork of the Homing Chomp planet in the Battle Belt Galaxy
A large Homing Chomp in the E3 2009 trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2
Screenshot of Super Mario Galaxy 2
Naming[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The English name "Homing Chomp" refers to the enemy's targeting behavior. This name was first published on the English version of Mario Portal in 2022. Beforehand, the 2010 Prima Games guidebook for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and 2015 English localization of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia referred to the enemy as the "Silver Chomp,"[5] which is also incorporated into the title of the mission "Silver Chomp Grudge Match." In Japanese sources, the enemy is referred to as「サーチワンワン」(Sāchi Wanwan, "Search Chain Chomp"), a name comparable to that of other enemy variants that target the player character such as「サーチプクプク」(Sāchi Pukupuku, "Deep Cheep") and「サーチキラー」(Sāchi Kirā, "Bull's-Eye Bill"). This differs from the Japanese name for the for mission, which is「押し出せ！シルバーワンワン」(Oshidase! Shirubā Wanwan, "Push it Out! Silver Chain Chomp"). The distinction between this mission title and the enemy's name in Japanese paratext conveys「シルバー」(shirubā, "silver") is applied as a descriptive adjective, rather than as a part of the enemy's name. This discrepancy may be the reason why the enemy's English name was revised to "Homing Chomp" in 2022.
Not all localizations for Super Mario Galaxy 2 have the same discrepancy between mission title and enemy name, such as in European French. In lieu of greater clarification, uses of "silver Chain Chomp" in the mission titles across localizations are assumed to be the enemy's name within those respective languages. The only localization that follows the discrepancy present in Japanese and English is Italian, with the mission title describing the enemy as Categnaccio Argento ("Silver Chain Chomp")[6] whereas the guidebook calls it Caccia Categnaccio ("Homing Chain Chomp"). The latter is comparable to the enemy's true name in English and Japanese.
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ObjectData/WanwanSearch.arc | WanwanSearch | Transliteration of below |
| SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | ワンワンサーチ (Wanwan Sāchi) | Chomp Search |
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 the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | サーチワンワン[7][8] Sāchi Wanwan |
Search Chain Chomp; comparable to「サーチプクプク」(Sāchi Pukupuku, "Deep Cheep") | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 银色汪汪[9] Yínsè Wāngwāng (Mandarin) Ngàhnsīk Wōng'wōng (Cantonese) |
Silver Chain Chomp | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 銀色汪汪[6][9] Yínsè Wāngwāng (Mandarin) Ngàhnsīk Wōng'wōng (Cantonese) |
Silver Chain Chomp | |
| Dutch | Zilveren Chomp[9] | Silver Chomp | |
| French (NOA) | Boulouf d'argent[6] | Silver Chain Chomp | |
| French (NOE) | Chomp argenté[10] | Silver Chain Chomp | |
| Silver Chomp[11] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Silbernen Kettenhund[6] | Silver Chain Chomp | |
| Rollender Kettenhund[12] | Rolling Chain Chomp | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Caccia Categnaccio[13][14] | Homing Chain Chomp | |
| Korean | 은색 멍멍이[6] Eunsaek Meongmeong'i |
Silver Chain Chomp | |
| Portuguese | Chomp Chomp prateado[9] | Silver Chain Chomp | |
| Spanish | Chomp Buscador[15] | Seeker Chomp |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super 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.)
- ^ Silver Chomp Grudge Match
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc (English). ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 25.
- ^ TCRF. Super Mario Galaxy 2/Removed Objects. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ Roberts, Rachel, and Cardner Clark, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (First English Edition). Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page 161.
- ^ a b c d e In-game name for "Silver Chomp Grudge Match" from the Wii version of Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ Hamamura, Koichi, Takeo Sakamoto, Ryo Aoyama, and Akimi Miyazawa, editors (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2コンプリートガイド』. Tokyo: Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-726682-7. Page 159.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in『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). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 159.
- ^ a b c d In-game name for "Silver Chomp Grudge Match" from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 27.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 159.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 159.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 25.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 159.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 159.
| Chain Chomps | |
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| Characters | Broode's Chain Chomp • Chain Chomp (Wonder Chomp) • Chomp Country • Kyankyan • Paper Macho Chain Chomp • Princess (Paper Mario: Color Splash) • Princess (Paper Mario: The Origami King) • The Big Chomp and the Little Chomp • Underchomp |
| Species | Big Chain Chomp • C. Chain Chomp • Chain Chawful • Chain Chomp • Chain Chomplet • Chaindelier • Chomp (stomping) • Chomp Chomp • Chomp-Muncher • Chomp Shark • Dark Chomp • Fire Incoming Chomp • Flame Chomp • Flame thrower • Frame Chomp • Gold Chomp • Homing Chomp • Incoming Chomp • Mecha-Chomp • Paper Chain Chomp • Pocket Chomp • Red Chomp • Small Chomp • Spiked Chomp • Stone Chomp |
| Similar species | Gnawsher • Revver • Snapjaw • Splorch |
| Other | Chomp Rock • Fake Chomp |
