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|title=Jellyfish
|image=[[File:YS Blue Jellyfish Artwork.jpg|250px]]
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|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|comparable=[[Jellyfish]]
|subject_origin=[[Jellyfish]]
|comparable=[[Jelectro]]
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'''Jellyfish'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 11, 92, 94, 95, 96.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508193347/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref><ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 112.</ref><ref>Prima Bath. ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 89.</ref> are enemies from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' that only appear in the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]]. They are impervious to all methods of defeat and come in blue, red, and green. Blue jellyfish simply move up and down. Red jellyfish chase a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]. Green jellyfish simply float in place and do not appear until the third part of the stage. Red jellyfish can sometimes have an item like a [[fruit]] or a [[Heart Fruit]].
'''Jellyfish'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 11, 92, 94, 95, 96.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508193347/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref><ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 112.</ref><ref>Prima Bath. ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 89.</ref> are enemies from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They appear only in the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]]. They are impervious to all methods of defeat and come in blue, red, and green (or light blue).<ref>"''Don't bother waiting for the light blue jellyfish to swim up or down-they'll refuse to move.''" - ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide, [https://archive.org/details/YoshisStoryOfficialPlayersGuide/page/n97/mode/2up page 96].</ref> Blue jellyfish simply move up and down. Red jellyfish chase a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]. Green jellyfish simply float in place and do not appear until the third part of the stage. Red jellyfish can sometimes have an item such as a [[fruit]] or a [[Heart Fruit]].
 
==Profiles and statistics==
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 海の底でふんわりふわり。道を開ける気なんか、ありませ〜ん。<ref name=Sho/> (''Soft, floaty creatures at the bottom of the sea. They do not want to open the way.'')
*'''Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:''' ''Normalerweise sieht sie sehr schlecht, aber wenn ich ihr zu nahe komme, verfolgt sie mich.''<ref name=German/> (''Normally she has very bad eyesight, but if I get too close, she chases me.'')


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
YS Monochrome Jellyfish Artwork.png|Alternate official artwork
Yoshi's Story Red and Blue Jellyfish.png
Yoshi's Story Red and Blue Jellyfish.png
Lots'O'Jellyfish!.png
Lots'O'Jellyfish!.png
YS-LotsO'JellyFish-Icon.png|Lots O'Jelly Fish level icon
YSJellyFish.png|Uncolored sprite
Story Jellyfish blue.png|Blue sprite
Story Jellyfish red.png|Red sprite
Story Jellyfish green.png|Green sprite
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=クラゲボン<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><br>''Kuragebon''
|Jap=クラゲボン<ref name=Sho>[[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>
|JapM=Possibly a pun of「海月」(''kurage'', jellyfish) and「クラムボン」(''Kuramubon'', {{wp|Clammbon}})
|JapR=Kuragebon
|JapM=Play on「{{hover|海月|クラゲ}}」(''kurage'', jellyfish) and a possible reference to「クラムボン」(''Kuramubon''), a fictional character from {{wp|Kenji Miyazawa}}'s novel ''Yamanashi''
|Chi=大眼水母
|Chi=大眼水母
|ChiR=dà yǎn shuǐ mǔ
|ChiR=dà yǎn shuǐ mǔ
|ChiM=Big eyes jellyfish
|ChiM=Big eyes jellyfish
|Spa=Meduza<ref>Club Nintendo [https://archive.org/details/club-nintendo-ano-07-no-05-mexico/page/n17/mode/2up TIPS section]</ref>
|SpaM=Corruption of "medusa" (jellyfish)
|Ger=Quallofatz<ref name=German>Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater, {{media link|Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png|page 19}}.</ref>
|GerM=From "qualle" (jellyfish) and possibly "fatzke" (fop)
|Fre=Méduse<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Tests-Jeu-Nintendo-64,394,Yoshis-Story,2.html Official french Nintendo magazine]</ref>
|Fre2=Méduse Géante
|FreM=Jellyfish
|Fre2M=Giant Jellyfish
|Ita=Medusa<ref>''[[Club Nintendo (Italian magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' - 1998 issue 2; pag. 6</ref>
|ItaM=Jellyfish
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 17:26, March 19, 2024

Jellyfish
A jellyfish from Yoshi's Story.
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Subject origin Jellyfish
Comparable

Jellyfish[1][2][3][4] are enemies from Yoshi's Story. They appear only in the level Lots O'Jelly Fish. They are impervious to all methods of defeat and come in blue, red, and green (or light blue).[5] Blue jellyfish simply move up and down. Red jellyfish chase a Yoshi. Green jellyfish simply float in place and do not appear until the third part of the stage. Red jellyfish can sometimes have an item such as a fruit or a Heart Fruit.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 海の底でふんわりふわり。道を開ける気なんか、ありませ〜ん。[6] (Soft, floaty creatures at the bottom of the sea. They do not want to open the way.)
  • Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Normalerweise sieht sie sehr schlecht, aber wenn ich ihr zu nahe komme, verfolgt sie mich.[7] (Normally she has very bad eyesight, but if I get too close, she chases me.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クラゲボン[6]
Kuragebon
Play on「海月」(kurage, jellyfish) and a possible reference to「クラムボン」(Kuramubon), a fictional character from Kenji Miyazawa's novel Yamanashi

Chinese 大眼水母
dà yǎn shuǐ mǔ
Big eyes jellyfish

French Méduse[9]
Méduse Géante
Jellyfish
Giant Jellyfish
German Quallofatz[7]
From "qualle" (jellyfish) and possibly "fatzke" (fop)
Italian Medusa[10]
Jellyfish
Spanish Meduza[8]
Corruption of "medusa" (jellyfish)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Pages 11, 92, 94, 95, 96.
  2. ^ Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Prima Bath. Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 112.
  4. ^ Prima Bath. Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 89.
  5. ^ "Don't bother waiting for the light blue jellyfish to swim up or down-they'll refuse to move." - Yoshi's Story Player's Guide, page 96.
  6. ^ 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), page 6.
  7. ^ a b Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater, page 19Media:Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png.
  8. ^ Club Nintendo TIPS section
  9. ^ Official french Nintendo magazine
  10. ^ Club Nintendo - 1998 issue 2; pag. 6