Lunge Fish: Difference between revisions

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==History==

Lunge Fish first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', where they hide in the water, and, like their name implies, will lunge at Yoshi as he passes by. Occasionally, a Lunge Fish will stick its head out of the water. Yoshi can then throw an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] at the fish to momentarily stun the creature, or he can defeat one outright by spitting an enemy out at it. If Yoshi falls in the water, a Lunge Fish will attempt to swallow Yoshi and Baby Mario whole similar to how a [[Big Cheep Cheep|Boss Bass]] does.

As shown by graphics in the source code of pre-release builds, Lunge Fish seems to have started out as a bespectacled worm-like creature, labeled "<tt>nomo</tt>" (an abbreviation of the Japanese name) in the files.<ref>[https://twitter.com/rockcock64/status/1286771514281467905 Twitter post showing early SMW2 tiles]. Retrieved July 25, 2020.</ref>

[[File:Castle of Priscilla the Peckish.png|thumb|A Lunge Fish seen in [[Castle of Priscilla the Peckish]] in ''Yoshi's Island DS'']]

In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Lunge Fish appear again, with their sprites appearing to be the desaturated ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' ones with added shading. They act exactly the same. In one level, Yoshi must travel in a boat over a lake infested with Lunge Fish.

Lunge Fish appear in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' as an enemy in some stages with water. In this game, Lunge Fish are modeled on coin purses, with their lips being made of coin purse clasps. Yoshi can defeat them with [[yarn ball]]s or [[watermelon (Yoshi's Island series)|watermelon]] seeds, earning a handful of [[bead]]s, but they will respawn quickly. They act as they do in ''Yoshi's New Island'', but are larger and move through the air slower. They appear in [[Rollin' Down the River]], [[King Bowser's Castle (Yoshi's Woolly World)|King Bowser's Castle]] and [[Wonderful World of Wool]].

Lunge Fish reappear as enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' during the level [[Ride the River]], where they sit in place in the background, jumping out whenever Yoshi crosses their line of sight, and can take down platforms while trying to eat him. At the end of the level, one instead pursues Yoshi horizontally, taking down several moving platforms while repetitively leaping. Near the end of the level's flip side, two can be seen looking back and forth instead of in a single direction, and as such can leap in multiple directions.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFMOdTbACMM</ref>

===''Tetris Attack''===

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Lunge Fish SMW2.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''

TetrisAttackSNES-LungeFishVsIdle.png|''[[Tetris Attack]]'' (SNES)

TetrisAttackSNES-LungeFishVsAttack.png|''Tetris Attack'' (SNES)

TetrisAttackGB-LungeFishVsDefeat.png|''Tetris Attack'' (Game Boy)

TetrisAttackGB-LungeFishVsVictory.png|''Tetris Attack'' (Game Boy)

SMA3-LungeFish.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''

LungeFish YIDS.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|JapR=Nomozu

|SpaA=Bagregona

|SpaE=Pez Zampón

|SpaEM=Gobble Fish

|Ita=Acchiappesce

|Kor=메귀<ref>"위험! 여기부턴 메귀 지대 뗏목을 타고 앞으로 나가요!" (Danger! Lunge Fish area ahead, ride the raft and move forward!) - Message Block in World 3-1 of ''Yoshi's Island DS''</ref>

|KorR=Megwi

|Rus=Рыбоглот

|RusR=Ryboglot

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[[Category:Underwater creatures]]

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[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]]

[[Category:Tetris Attack]]