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|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Shaman.png|140px]]

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

|notable=[[Bestovius]]<br>[[Chet Rippo]]<br>[[Merlee]]<br>[[Merlon]]<br>[[Merlow]]<br>[[Merlumina]]<br>[[Merluvlee]]<br>[[Merle]]<br>[[Nolrem]]<br>[[Old Man Watchitt]]

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{{quote|Yahoo! Good luck to [[Mario|ya]]!|Shaman|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}

The Shamans in ''Super Mario RPG'' are all identical, while those later introduced in the ''Paper Mario'' series have individual characteristics - as well as hair - which the Shamans did not seem to have before.

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===

In ''Super Mario RPG'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]], Shamans are first encountered near the [[sea]] area and the [[Sunken Ship]] as shopkeepers, selling Mario and his party items and weapons. After Mario buys items from the latter, the Shaman verifies whether Mario's password to access the ship's treasure room is correct or not, stating how many letters (if any at all) are correct and giving a hint on that the password relates to the sea.

They later appear in the [[Belome Temple]], again, as merchants. One allows Mario access to a warp [[trampoline]] for 100 [[coin]]s, and another allows Mario to receive his fortune, as well as access to the rest of the temple, for 50 coins. There is another Shaman later on, who tells Mario that the fortune he receives from a Belome statue determines the destination of the next room. In the caverns of [[Land's End]] outside the temple, there is another Shaman, who sells Mario a [[Super Star|star]] for 400 coins.

[[Mario]] later battles them as enemies in both [[Nimbus Land]] and [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Keep]]. These magical beings are very weak to physical attacks, while having a strong magical defense. If a Shaman is struck with a Special Attack, there is a one-in-three chance it will flee the battle.

[[Merlon]], [[Merlee]], [[Merluvlee]], [[Merlow]], [[Merle]], and [[Merlumina|Madam Merlar]] appearing in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] greatly resemble Shamans, though in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Merlee and Merluvlee have different looks. [[Wonky]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' claims that they may be a part of a sort of clan that names their members after their purposes. Additionally in this game, the character [[Chet Rippo]] is redesigned to resemble a very tattered version. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Nolrem]], [[Tribe of Ancients#Merlight|Merlight]] and [[Tribe of Ancients#Merloo|Merloo]] resemble Shamans too.

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{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Shaman|image=[[File:SMRPG Shaman idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

 

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===

{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Shaman}}

 

==Gallery==

SMRPG_Shaman.png|Artwork, ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''

ShamanSprite.png|Idle sprite, ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''

SMRPG NS Enemies Lineup Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])

 

|JapR=Supēru

|JapM=Comes from "spell"

|ChiS=咏唱师

|GerM=Diminutive form of ''Schamane'' ("shaman")

|Ita=Sciamago

|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''sciamano'' ("shaman") and ''mago'' ("mage")

 

*According to concept art, a prototypical form of this enemy appears to have been known as「まじあん」(''Majian'', Magian) and wielded a cane. It would have been one of the three types of minions brainwashed by a cut cane weapon beast, together with [[Magikoopa]] and [[Shy Guy]].<ref>kurashimakaz (March 10, 2021). [https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1369697859868659714 Twitter post by Kazuyuki Kurashima with an early relationship chart]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 27, 2022.</ref>

*Shaman's Monster List profile in the remake seems to refer to the Shaman NPCs seen throughout the game, though it also may be a reference to the various shops run by Shaman characters in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series.

 

 

[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemies]]

[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door species]]

[[Category:Super Paper Mario species]]

[[it:Sciamago]]