Sentry Beam
Rendered model of a Sentry Beam from Super Mario Galaxy.
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Relatives

Sentry Beams[1][2] are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. These invulnerable metallic robots attack by firing lasers from their mouths at Mario or Luigi.

HistoryEdit

 
An idle Sentry Beam

Super Mario GalaxyEdit

Sentry Beams debut in Super Mario Galaxy, where they first appear in the Battlerock Galaxy. They also appear in Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada and the Toy Time Galaxy. Sentry Beams are stationary robots that hover in place, firing a laser at Mario or Luigi if he approaches them. They cannot be destroyed by any means, but if Mario or Luigi stands on top of them, they cease all motion until he gets off and starts to move again.

AppearancesEdit

  •   marks missions where Sentry Beams are completely absent.
  •   marks missions where Sentry Beams are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
Domes Galaxies Missions
Fountain Battlerock Galaxy              
Kitchen Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada  
Engine Room Toy Time Galaxy            

Super Mario Galaxy 2Edit

Sentry Beams reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2, and they are encountered only in World S. They behave identically to their first appearance.

AppearancesEdit

  •   marks missions where Sentry Beams are completely absent.
  •   marks missions where Sentry Beams are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
Worlds Galaxies Missions
World S Mario Squared Galaxy    
Grandmaster Galaxy    

NamingEdit

Internal namesEdit

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/SearchBeamer.arc SearchBeamer Transliteration of below
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
サーチビーマー (Sāchi Bīmā) Search Beamer

Names in other languagesEdit

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
Japanese レーザーポッド[3][4][5]
Rēzā Poddo
Laser Pod
French Pod laser[6] Laser Pod
Laserpod[7][8] Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
German Laser-Roboter[9] Laser Robot
Italian Laser Sentinella[10][11] Sentry Laser
Spanish Unidad Láser[12]:128 Laser Unit
Láser Centinela[12]:161 Centinel Laser

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 29.
  2. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 127.
  3. ^ Aoyagi, Masayuki, editor (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシーコンプリートガイド』(Super Mario Galaxy Complete Guide). Tokyo: Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-7577-3943-7. Page 365.
  4. ^ 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 20.
  5. ^ 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 128, 161.
  6. ^ 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 31.
  7. ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy Le Guide Officiel (French Edition). Translated by Mathieu Daujam and Calude-Olivier Eliçabe. Roseville: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-1-906064-02-0. Page 31.
  8. ^ 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 128, 159.
  9. ^ 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 128.
  10. ^ 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 29.
  11. ^ 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. Page 128, 161.
  12. ^ a b 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.