| Jam-o'-War | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Jammyfish | ||
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Jam-o'-Wars[1][2] (also referred to generically as jellyfish)[3] are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Their name is taken from the Portuguese man o' war, a hydrozoan resembling a jellyfish. They are large blue variants of Jammyfish covered in flickering rainbow lights. If Mario or Luigi comes in contact with one, he is shocked. Jam-o'-Wars can be defeated only by hitting them two times with a Koopa Shell. After they are attacked once, they glow green but do not change their behavior.
HistoryEdit
Super Mario GalaxyEdit
In Super Mario Galaxy, Jam-o'-Wars appear only in dark, abyssal areas. They very slowly follow Mario in the water around a small section of the water they inhabit, constantly making electrical noises. If a Jam-o'-War is touched, it flashes between orange and blue while rapidly releasing electricity. Jam-o'-Wars give one coin when defeated.
AppearancesEdit
marks missions where Jam-o'-Wars are completely absent.
marks missions where Jam-o'-Wars are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
| Domes | Galaxies | Missions | |||||
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| Bedroom | Bigmouth Galaxy | 
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| Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy | |
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Super Mario Galaxy 2Edit
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, a single Jam-o'-War appears in the comparatively bright and shallow waters of the Cosmic Cove Galaxy. It gives ten Star Bits upon defeat.
AppearancesEdit
- marks missions where Jam-o'-Wars are completely absent.
- marks missions where Jam-o'-Wars are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions | ||
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| World 2 | Cosmic Cove Galaxy |  |
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GalleryEdit
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
NamingEdit
Internal namesEdit
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/JellyfishElectric.arc | JellyfishElectric | Electric Jellyfish |
| StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
電飾クラゲ (Denshoku Kurage) | Illuminated Jellyfish |
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 |
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| Japanese | ビリデカユラリ[4][5][6] Biri Deka Yurari |
Compound of「ビリビリ」(biribiri, an adverb for the feeling of an electric shock),「デカい」(deka, "big") and「ユラリ」(Yurari, "Jammyfish") | |
| French | Méduse géante[7] | Giant jellyfish | |
| German | Riesen-Qualle[8] | Giant Jammyfish | |
| Italian | Medusa gigante[9] | Giant jellyfish | |
| Elettromedusa[10] | Electro-jellyfish; shared with Jelectro | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Spanish | Electroaguamala[11] | Electric Jammyfish |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. 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. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007). Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-7615-5643-5. Page 214 and 264.
- ^ 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 413.
- ^ 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 111.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 214.
- ^ 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.
- ^ November 16, 2007. La Guida Ufficiale - Super Mario Galaxy. Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 214, 264.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 128.