Spring Vault
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| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Pulse Beam | ||
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Spring Vaults[1][2] are enemies introduced in Super 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 be jumped on and used as a spring, allowing Mario or Luigi to reach areas he otherwise would not be able to reach, similarly to the Sentry Garage and Spring Topmen.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
Spring Vaults are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy, being the first members of the Pulse Beam family that can be encountered, and are commonly seen in areas inhabited by Topmen. 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 a Star 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 a springboard. Spring Vaults are first encountered in the Flipswitch Galaxy, where one guards the Power Star, deactivating and acting as a spring once Mario activates all 18 Flipswitch Panels. Some Spring Vaults in the Dreadnought Galaxy have already been deactivated by the time they are reached, and as such, they are solely used for jumping.
Appearances[edit]
marks missions where Spring Vaults are completely absent.
marks missions where Spring Vaults are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
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| Terrace | Flipswitch Galaxy | 
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Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Only one Spring Vault appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2 as an enemy. It is exclusively located in the Space Storm Galaxy ("To the Top of Topman's Tower" only), and it behaves identically to the Spring Vaults in the previous game.
Appearances[edit]
- marks missions where Spring Vaults are completely absent.
- marks missions where Spring Vaults are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
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| World 5 | Space Storm Galaxy | |
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Gallery[edit]
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy 2
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 | 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" and Robomolla ("Sping Topman") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Laser Sentinella[11]:160 | Sentry Beam | ||
| Spanish | Rayo Saltador[12] | Jumping Ray Beam |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super 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.)
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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). ISBN 978-4-09-227115-9. 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). ISBN 978-4-8399-3630-3. 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). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 127, 160.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 182.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127, 160.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 112, 268-69, 273.
- ^ Andrea Minini Saldini (2008). Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 75. Milan: Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 78.
- ^ a b Sakai, 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). ISBN 889367436X.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" 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 127.
