Kurako

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Kurako
Kurako receptionistKurata from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Kurako (left) and Kurata (right)
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
Subject origin Jellyfish
Notable members

Kurako are a humanoid species of jellyfish that make an appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake. During the events of the game, a total of three of them appear in Gwarhar Lagoon, and one in Beanbean Fields. They include the Jellyfish Sisters, Gigi and Merri, and two children. One of the children is a girl dressed in a red bow and a dress, and acts as a receptionist to the Jellyfish Sisters' Relaxation Room.

The other child is a boy dressed in red swimming trunks, identified as Kurata. He is encountered on the Beanbean Fields coastline, near a Surfing Spot on the edge of Oho Ocean. When spoken to, he recommends shoving something into the Surfing Spot to turn it into a surfboard, hinting that this may be done by having Mario hammer Luigi into it using the Dunk Hammer.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, the Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser mode introduces another child, a girl with a purple bow and dress, who acts as an announcer and judge for Wendy's "Cutie Battle Contest".

In the original Game Boy Advance title, their faces are a bright, light purple, and in the Nintendo 3DS remake, their faces are a blackish-blue.

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Internal names[edit]

Girl[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurako
content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_ko_kurako
kurako From「海月クラゲ」(kurage, jellyfish) and the Japanese female name ending「」(-ko)
The second file is her Minion Quest counterpart

Boy[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurata kurata From「海月クラゲ」(kurage, jellyfish) and the Japanese male name ending「~た」(-ta)

Trivia[edit]

  • In the Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide, the receptionist is described as a "man".[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thomason, Steve. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide. Page 88. "Talk to the man at the counter in the Relaxation Room and purchase a massage for Mario and Luigi."