Editing Unagi

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{{Species-infobox
|title=Unagi
|image=[[File:Unagi.png]]
|derived_species=[[Mega Unagi]]
|related=[[Gringill]]<br>[[Spike Eel]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
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'''Unagi''' is a species of eel that first appears in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It is maroon-ish red-violet in color with yellow stripes on its back fin. The mega versions are proven in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' to be strong enough to destroy entire clusters of [[Brick Blocks]], and cannot be defeated with anything, even the Star power up.

''Unagi'' (うなぎ) is the Japanese word for freshwater eel, especially the Japanese eel, ''Anguilla japonica''. Note that saltwater eels should be called ''anago'' (穴子).
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:JollyRoger.png|thumb|right|The Unagi from ''Super Mario 64''.]]
One Unagi, sometimes referred to as '''Unagi the eel'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 33</ref>, appears in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. [[Mario]] or his friends can lure him out of his sunken ship home in [[Jolly Roger Bay]] by swimming near and provoking him to attack. After about three attempted bites, he will leave the ship, allowing Mario and his friends to enter it via the ship's window. Once inside, if Mario opens the chests in the correct order, the ship will surface, causing the water inside the ship to drain, thus allowing Mario to get the [[Power Star]].

Unagi is seen again later, this time making a water cove his home. Once again, Mario and friends can lure him out in the same fashion as before. The water cove is not accessible but there is a Power Star attached to the eel's tail. To gain it Mario and friends must simply touch it.

In later missions, Unagi circles the previous location of the sunken ship.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
[[File:NSMB World 8-3.png|thumb|right|A Mega Unagi in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
After a long absence, they appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as a enemy in underwater levels. They only appear in [[World 4-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-3]] and [[World 8 (New Super Mario Bros.)#World 8-3|World 8-3]]. In World 8-3, Unagis swim around in a predictable pattern trying to hit [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]]. Some Unagis also live in small underwater coves, attacking anything in its vicinity. Unagis can be defeated with a [[Mega Mushroom]] and a [[Super Star]]. There is also a big version called the [[Mega Unagi]].

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart Wii''====
Several Unagis reappear in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', where they can be seen while traveling through the underwater tunnel in [[Koopa Cape]], poking their heads out of various [[Warp Pipe|Pipe]]s. Another, perhaps a Mega Unagi, can be seen swimming outside of [[Chain Chomp Wheel]]. 

====''Mario Kart 7''====
They also reappear again in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', making a cameo in the underwater zones of [[Daisy Cruiser (course)|Daisy Cruiser]] and [[Koopa Cape]].

====''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''====
In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', they make a small appearance in the underwater parts of the race track Tropical Coast.
====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
[[File:Mega Unagi MK8.jpg|thumb|The Mega Unagi in Dolphin Shoals.]]
A single [[Mega Unagi]] appears in an underwater section of the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' track [[Dolphin Shoals]], where players race along its body for a short section and can perform [[Trick]]s from its undulating body. It returns in the enhanced [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Playingeel.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
Unagi64Face.jpg|''Super Mario 64''
Eelds.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
NSMB MegaUnagi.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=ウツボ
|JapR=Utsubo
|JapM=Moray
|Spa=Morena
|SpaM=Moray eel
|Fra=Anguy
|FraM=From ''Anguille'', the French word for Eels, and "Guy", a masculine name.
|Ger=Kano
|GerM=
|Kor=곰치
|KorR=Gomchi
|KorM=Moray eel}}

==References==
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[[Category:Koopa Troop]]
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[[Category:Underwater Creatures]]
[[Category:Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]
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