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'''Spike Eels'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 14.</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] found in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are magenta colored eels with purple spikes on their back and three big yellow spikes on their head, that slightly resemble hair. They have a big mouth with white lips and a single sharp tooth.
'''Spike Eels'''<ref> {{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=14}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] found in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are magenta colored eels with purple spikes on their back and three big yellow spikes on their head, that slightly resemble hair. They have a big mouth with white lips and a single sharp tooth.


==History==
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
[[File:3DS SuperMario 6 scrn06 E3.png|thumb|left|A Spike Eel in [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]].]]
[[File:3DS SuperMario 6 scrn06 E3.png|thumb|left|A Spike Eel in [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]].]]
Spike Eels appear only in underwater tropical levels, notably in [[World 3-2 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 3-2]], [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]] and [[Special 2-2]]. They stay in holes and swim in Mario's way, like [[Maw-Ray]]s and [[Gringill]]s. They take 15 hits to defeat with the [[Fire Flower]] or [[Boomerang Flower]], but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into [[Statue Mario]] and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind. Their tails are also spiked.
Spike Eels appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', where they are found only in underwater tropical levels, notably in [[World 3-2 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 3-2]], [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]] and [[Special 2-2]]. They stay in holes and swim in Mario's way, like [[Maw-Ray]]s and [[Gringill]]s. They take 15 hits to defeat with the [[Fire Flower]] or [[Boomerang Flower]], but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into [[Statue Mario]] and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind. Their tails are also spiked.
 
===''Super Mario Odyssey''===
[[File:SMO Concept Art - Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse.jpg|thumb|Concept artwork of the Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse in ''Super Mario Odyssey'', featuring a Spike Eel.]]
At least one Spike Eel [[List of Super Mario Odyssey pre-release and unused content|was originally going to appear]] in the [[Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse]] from the [[Seaside Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' with their appearance from ''Super Mario 3D Land'', as shown in the area's concept artwork, but they were eventually replaced by [[Maw-Ray]]s.<ref> {{cite|author=Nintendo|date=September 28, 2018|title=''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|page=228}}</ref>
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Although Spike Eels do not appear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', they appeared in concept artwork for the [[Seaside Kingdom]].<ref>''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', page 228.</ref>
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|Jap=トゲトゲウオ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section, page 181.</ref>
|Jap=トゲトゲウオ<ref> {{cite|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'' § ''Super Mario 3D Land''|publisher=Shogakukan|page=181}}</ref>
|JapR=Togetoge Uo
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|Chi=尖刺鱼<ref>https://www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/index.html</ref>
|Chi=尖刺鱼<ref>{{cite|title=超级马力欧 ３Ｄ乐园：游戏画面|url=https://www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/ss6.html|publisher=iQue}}</ref>
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Revision as of 14:37, March 2, 2024

Spike Eel
SpikeEelSM3DL.png
A Spike Eel from Super Mario 3D Land
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Variant of Maw-Ray
Comparable

Spike Eels[1] are enemies found in Super Mario 3D Land. They are magenta colored eels with purple spikes on their back and three big yellow spikes on their head, that slightly resemble hair. They have a big mouth with white lips and a single sharp tooth.

History

Super Mario 3D Land

A Spike Eel in World 7-1.

Spike Eels appear in Super Mario 3D Land, where they are found only in underwater tropical levels, notably in World 3-2, World 7-1 and Special 2-2. They stay in holes and swim in Mario's way, like Maw-Rays and Gringills. They take 15 hits to defeat with the Fire Flower or Boomerang Flower, but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into Statue Mario and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind. Their tails are also spiked.

Super Mario Odyssey

File:SMO Concept Art - Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse.jpg
Concept artwork of the Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse in Super Mario Odyssey, featuring a Spike Eel.

At least one Spike Eel was originally going to appear in the Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse from the Seaside Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey with their appearance from Super Mario 3D Land, as shown in the area's concept artwork, but they were eventually replaced by Maw-Rays.[2]

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D Land romfs/ObjectData/Utsubo.szs Utsubo Romanization of「ウツボ」(moray eel)
Also the Japanese name of Maw-Ray, which otherwise usually goes by the internal filename "moray"

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese トゲトゲウオ[3]
Togetoge Uo
 Spiky Fish

Chinese 尖刺鱼[4]
Jiān Cì Yǘ
 Sharp Spike Fish

German Dornenaal
 From "dornen" (thorn) and "aal" (eel)
Italian Anguillo Spino
 Masculine form of the words "anguilla" (eel) and "spina" (spike)
Portuguese Peixe-Espinho
 Spike-Fish
Spanish (NOE) Peciespino
 From "pez" (fish) and "espinoso" (spiny)

References

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games. Page 14.
  2. ^ Nintendo (September 28, 2018). The Art of Super Mario Odyssey. Dark Horse Comics. Page 228.
  3. ^ (2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook § Super Mario 3D Land. Shogakukan. Page 181.
  4. ^ 超级马力欧 ３Ｄ乐园：游戏画面. iQue.
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Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Cosmic Clone • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles Baddie Box • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller
Bosses Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
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Objects ! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations Main worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
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Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Wall Jump
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