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[[Image:Preying_Mantis.PNG|frame|right|A '''Preying Mantas'''.]]
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|image=[[File:YNI Model PreyingMantas.png|150px]]<br>''Yoshi's New Island'' in-game model
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|subject_origin=[[Jellyfish]]
|comparable=[[Jellybeam]]
}}
A '''Preying Mantas'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=American English|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|page=[[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128]]}}</ref> is a [[jellyfish]] found underwater in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]], and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. Its name is a pun on {{wp|praying mantis}}, a kind of insect, and {{wp|manta ray}}, a kind of stingray. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their [[Submarine Yoshi|Submarine]] forms.
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==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref name=Sho/> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.''<ref name=NP/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref name=Advance/> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')


A '''Preying Mantas''' is a [[Jellyfish]] found underwater in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]. The Yoshis could simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their [[Yoshi Submarine]] forms.
===''Yoshi's New Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。<ref name=YNI/> (''They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.'')


It is possible that the Preying Manta are related to the salt-water dwelling Jellyfish from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Preying Mantas also appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', in the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]] and the [[Bigmouth Galaxy]]. They are found in groups of four swimming around, hurting Mario if he touches them. They could be defeated with a [[Spin]] or a [[Koopa Shell]], and would give one [[Coin]] when defeated. They also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' in the [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]].
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Preying Mantas.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMAGPB Yoshi.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 4]]: Hang in There, Yoshi''
SMA3-PreyingMantas.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|海月|くらげ}}<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16]]}}</ref> / くらげ<ref name=Sho/><ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|19]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Kurage
|JapM=Jellyfish
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*"Preying Mantas" is a pun on [[Wikipedia:Praying mantis|praying mantis]], which is a kind of insect.
*During the development of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like [[Dry Bones]].<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Skeleton Jellyfish|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
*Preying Mantas may be related to [[Jumping Blooper]]s.
 
*In the Prima Official Game Guide for ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Preying Mantas  are called Jammyfish.
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:36, March 28, 2024

Preying Mantas
Preying Mantas from Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's New Island in-game model
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Subject origin Jellyfish
Comparable

A Preying Mantas[1] is a jellyfish found underwater in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, its Game Boy Advance version, and Yoshi's New Island. Its name is a pun on praying mantis, a kind of insect, and manta ray, a kind of stingray. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the Yoshis. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their Submarine forms.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。[2] (Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.)
  • Player's Guide: Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.[1]
  • Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。[3] (Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。[4] (They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 海月くらげ[2][3] / くらげ[2][4]
Kurage
Jellyfish

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 128.
  2. ^ a b c 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 7.
  3. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 16.
  4. ^ a b 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 19.
  5. ^ TCRF. Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved May 15, 2023.