Homing Chomp

Silver Chomps are a new type of Chain Chomp in the game Super Mario Galaxy 2. They resemble giant silver Chomps with red pupils and yellow lining surrounding its pupils. A single Silver Chomp first appears in the Rolling Masterpiece Galaxy in the mission Silver Chomp Grudge Match. One later appears in the Slipsand Galaxy, in the mission Sailing the Sandy Seas. A total of four Silver Chomps later appear in the Battle Belt Galaxy on the final planet in Mini-Planet Mega-Run and Mini-Planet Daredevil Run. They often appear as a miniboss who guards the star.

These enemies can only be defeated by Rainbow Mario, by pushing them off a cliff while on a Star Ball, or by the use of a Stretch Plant. What makes these enemies unique from other Chomps is that they will actually home in on Mario or Luigi.

Trivia

 * An extremely large Silver Chomp appeared in the E3 2009 trailer of Super Mario Galaxy 2, though it never made it into the final game. In the trailer, it seemed to be acting similar to Sorbetti during the boss battle in the Freezy Flake Galaxy, so it is possible that this Silver Chomp was originally intended to be a boss, but was replaced by Sorbetti in the final version of the game. The game designers may have decided to compensate for this by downgrading the Silver Chomp to a lesser enemy instead, and incorporating it into several levels nevertheless.