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{{species infobox
|title=Snorkel Snake
|image=[[File:SnorkelSnake.png|250px]]<br>The Snorkel Snake as it appears in ''Yoshi's Story''
|image=[[File:SnorkelSnake.PNG|250px]]<br>The Snorkel Snake as it appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|species=[[Mr. Eel]]}}
|variants=[[Mr. Eel]]
|relatives=[[Dragoneel]]}}
[[File:YSSnorkelSnake.png|frame|left]]
[[File:YSSnorkelSnake.png|frame|left]]
The '''Snorkel Snake'''<ref>''Yoshi's Story'' [[Nintendo Power#Player's Guides|Player's Guide]], pg. 11</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000511180922/http://www.yoshisstory.com/page5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 23, 2015.</ref>, also called "'''Snorkle Fish'''"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000409004735/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref>, is an enemy appearing in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. It appears in only one area of the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]], where it waits for the player to swim nearby. When it spots the player, it will swim in circles around them. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, and there will always be an opening for the player to quickly swim out of. The Snorkel Snake is seen swimming on the world map of the Ocean.
The '''Snorkel Snake''',<ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|page=11|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19991021230157/http://www.yoshisstory.com/page5-1.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref> also called the '''Snorkle Fish''',<ref name=fish>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19990508193347/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref> is a serpentine enemy that appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. It resembles a large white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. Snorkel Snake have smaller variants named [[Mr. Eel]]s. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant {{wp|pipefish}}, particularly due to the mouth. The Snorkel Snake can be seen swimming on the [[P. 5-Ocean|Ocean page]], and it is found in a single area of the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]], where it waits for a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to [[swim]] nearby. When it spots them, it swims in circles around them, attempting to enclose them within its spiky body; since Yoshis cannot throw [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s underwater, the Snorkel Snake is effectively invincible. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, allowing the Yoshis to escape if encircled.


It resembles a large, white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. It is invincible since [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s cannot throw [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]s underwater, and the spikes on its body are harmful. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant {{wp|pipefish}}, particularly due to the mouth.
==Profiles and statistics==
 
*'''Website bio:''' ''Swimming in circles that grow ever-tighter, The Snorkle Fish is a prickly Yoshi-smiter.''<ref name=fish/>
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', a similar enemy called [[Dragoneel]] appears, as they both try to encircle players with their bodies.
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 「長いからだはトゲだらけ。おまけにあとを追ってくる。なんてこった!」 ("''Their long body is covered in thorns. In addition, it will follow you. What the heck!''")<ref name=Sho/>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ウナボン<ref>[[Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg|「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), page 6.]]</ref>
|Jap=ウナボン<ref name=Sho>{{cite|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg|6}}|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')}}</ref>
|JapR=Unabon
|JapR=Unabon
|JapM=From {{wp|unagi}}
|JapM=Portmanteau of「{{hover|鰻|ウナギ}}」(''unagi'', eel) and「坊」(''bon'', Japanese affectionate suffix for "boy")<!--"bon" is one of the two spellings of the common "bō" suffix, it is not a typo or anything else. https://www.japandict.com/%E5%9D%8A -->
|Ger=Drehwutz<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|page=20|language=de|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|GerM=
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*The Snorkel Snake bears a resemblance to the [[Dragoneel]], which was introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and also tries to encircle players with its body. The Snorkel Snake's Japanese name, "Unabon," is used as a file name for the Dragoneel, suggesting this resemblance may have been intentional.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:18, June 22, 2024

Snorkel Snake
Artwork of a Snorkel Snake from Yoshi's Story
The Snorkel Snake as it appears in Yoshi's Story
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Variants
Relatives
Sprite of a Snorkel Snake from Yoshi's Story

The Snorkel Snake,[1][2] also called the Snorkle Fish,[3] is a serpentine enemy that appears in Yoshi's Story. It resembles a large white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. Snorkel Snake have smaller variants named Mr. Eels. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant pipefish, particularly due to the mouth. The Snorkel Snake can be seen swimming on the Ocean page, and it is found in a single area of the level Lots O'Jelly Fish, where it waits for a Yoshi to swim nearby. When it spots them, it swims in circles around them, attempting to enclose them within its spiky body; since Yoshis cannot throw eggs underwater, the Snorkel Snake is effectively invincible. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, allowing the Yoshis to escape if encircled.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

  • Website bio: Swimming in circles that grow ever-tighter, The Snorkle Fish is a prickly Yoshi-smiter.[3]
  • Shogakukan guide: 「長いからだはトゲだらけ。おまけにあとを追ってくる。なんてこった!」 ("Their long body is covered in thorns. In addition, it will follow you. What the heck!")[4]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ウナボン[4]
Unabon
Portmanteau of「」(unagi, eel) and「坊」(bon, Japanese affectionate suffix for "boy")

German Drehwutz[5]
 

Trivia[edit]

  • The Snorkel Snake bears a resemblance to the Dragoneel, which was introduced in New Super Mario Bros. U and also tries to encircle players with its body. The Snorkel Snake's Japanese name, "Unabon," is used as a file name for the Dragoneel, suggesting this resemblance may have been intentional.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11.
  2. ^ Yoshi's Story official website. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived October 21, 1999, 23:01:57 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Yoshi's Story official website. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived May 8, 1999, 19:33:47 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  4. ^ a b 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 6Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P6.jpg.
  5. ^ Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 20.