Preying Mantas

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Preying Mantas
Preying Mantas from Yoshi's New Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
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A Preying Mantas[1] is a jellyfish found underwater in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Its name is a pun on praying mantis, a kind of insect, and manta ray, a kind of stingray. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the Yoshis. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their Submarine forms. They appear again as enemies in Yoshi's New Island.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.[1]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

  • Shogakukan guide: 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。[2] (Floats and squirms in the water. Harmless if not touched.)

Gallery

  • Super Mario Game Picture Book 4: Hang in There, Yoshi

    Super Mario Game Picture Book 4: Hang in There, Yoshi

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 海月[2] / くらげ[3]
Kurage
 Jellyfish

References

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 128.
  2. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 16.
  3. ^ 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 19.
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items Regular items Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Special Items 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects ! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
Enemies Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishing Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Green Toady • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Bill* • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Needle • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shark Chomp • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Snifit • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Piranha • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
Further info Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.* • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version
*Only in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
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Yoshi's New Island
Protagonists Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Stork
Supporting characters Mario • Poochy
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items and objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Arrow wheel • Binoculars • Blarggwich • Blarggwich (sandwich) • Blue watermelon • Bucket • Checkpoint Ring • Chomp Rock • Coin • Conveyor Belt • Countdown Platform • Crate • Donut Block • Egg Block • Egg Medal • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Flutter Wings • Goal Ring • Hidden Coin • Item Balloon • Key • Leaf platform • Mega Eggdozer • Message Block • Metal Eggdozer • Paddle Platform • Post • Red coin • Red watermelon • Red Yoshi Star • Rough platform • Seesaw • Smiley Flower • Snowball • Spring Ball • Star • Tatami Block • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Whirly Gate • Winged Cloud • Wobble Rock • Yoshi egg (Flashing Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg) • Yoshi Star
Bosses Kamek • Big Beanie • Count Fang • King Clawdaddy • Furious Fred de Fillet • Punkey the Pokey Prince • Baby Bowser • Mega Baby Bowser • Bowser • Mega Bowser
Enemies Bandit • Bill Blaster • Blargg • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boo Blah • Boo Guy • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Caged Ghost • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Deep Cheep • Dizzy Dandy • Door Heihō • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fake Yoshi • Fang • Fire Wanwan Dosun • Fishin' Lakitu • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flutter • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Goomba • Goonie • Grim Leecher • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mame-san • Mega Guy • Mega Kantera • Metal Guy • Milde • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Pokey • Pokey (heading) • Pokey (projectile) • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Pyro Guy • Raphael the Raven • Raven • Raven (chick) • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shy Guy • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Solo Toady • Snifit • Spear Guy • Spiny Egg • Spray Fish • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Tetu Kantera • Thunder Lakitu • Tree Heihō • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Minigames Ground-Pound Pop • Tulip Toss • Flutter Fortune • Enemy Eat-Off • Eggy Pop • Flutter Finish
Other Countdown Timer • Media • Message Block hints • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes
Related Play Nintendo activities:
Are you an expert Yoshi-ologist? • Can’t-miss games • Yoshi's New Island Match-Up
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