Watermelon seed
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| Watermelon seed | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (2026) |
Watermelon seeds[1] are small projectiles typically obtained from eating watermelon. They are typically fired in rapid-fire bursts but deal less damage compared to other projectiles.
History[edit]
Yoshi series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
Watermelon seeds first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its reissue as projectiles obtainable by Yoshi by eating green watermelons. Ukikis eat green watermelons themselves to spit seeds at Yoshi.
The goal of the Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest, one of the game's Mini Battles, is to spit watermelon seeds at a Bandit.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Watermelon seeds appear in Yoshi's New Island, where they once again can be obtained from watermelons and fired by both Yoshi and Ukikis.
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]
In Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, watermelon seeds again can be obtained from watermelons and fired by both Yoshi and Ukikis. Yoshi can use them to hit enemies and Winged Clouds, break sponge obstacles, and collect beads or Smiley Flower. Seeds vanish on contact with invisible Winged Clouds but successfully reveal the cloud; seeds are the only projectile in the entire game incapable of passing through these clouds. Wonder Wool fully negate watermelon seeds. Many enemies and bosses can survive a single hit from a watermelon seed, but some of them flinch and they will take damage after being pelted by enough seeds. Out of all of Yoshi's attacks, watermelon seeds are the least efficient in terms of inflicting damage.
As the All-you-can-eat watermelon! Power Badge provides an endless supply of watermelons in the courses it can be used, Yoshi can attack with watermelon seeds at essentially any point in the game. However, the badge cannot be used while fighting Mega Baby Bowser.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book[edit]
In Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, watermelon seeds can once again be obtained by eating watermelons. Firing seeds at dirt allows them to take root and grow into new watermelon plants. Bugyas that infest watermelons spit their seeds to attack. When Yu Ef Ohs abduct watermelons, they will also fire seeds out in a similar fashion.
Mario Party 5[edit]
In Mario Party 5, the Seed Machine Gun machine part available in Super Duel Mode fires watermelon seeds at a rapid rate.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]
Watermelon seeds appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder as hazardous projectiles fired by Melon Piranha Plants. At set intervals or after exiting their pipe, Melon Piranha Plants will spit five seeds in a row in the direction they are facing. While some Melon Piranha Plants always face a specific direction, others turn to face characters and spit seeds towards them. Each watermelon seed can be bounced off and defeated individually. Watermelon seeds spit by Melon Piranha Plants break upon contact with walls or characters.
As with most other projectiles, Yoshi can eat and spit out watermelon seeds, which can be used to defeat enemies and activate objects. However, Yoshi's tongue can be used to collect multiple watermelon seeds at once. When multiple watermelon seeds are held in Yoshi's mouth, they are spit out in bursts of five seeds each. Seeds that are spit out by Yoshi travel faster than those spit by Melon Piranha Plants and can travel through walls.
Yoshi can also eat Melon Piranha Plants directly, which provides Yoshi with 20 watermelon seeds for a total of four bursts of seeds.
Gallery[edit]
Yoshi spitting seeds in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Purple Yoshi spitting seeds
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
References[edit]
- ^ "An assault of watermelon seeds! Yoshi, show them your seed-spitting superiority!" – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel.
