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|image=[[File:YNI Model PreyingMantas.png|150px]]
|image=[[File:YNI Model PreyingMantas.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''Yoshi's New Island''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|subject_origin=[[Jellyfish]]
|comparable=[[Jellybeam]]
|comparable=[[Jellybeam]]
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A '''Preying Mantas'''<ref name=NP>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref> 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 {{wp|praying mantis}}, a kind of insect, and {{wp|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 [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their [[Submarine Yoshi|Submarine]] forms. They appear again as enemies in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''.
A '''Preying Mantas'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref> is an [[List of enemies|enemy]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its port]], and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. Its name is a portmanteau of {{iw|wikipedia|praying mantis}}, a type of insect, and {{iw|wikipedia|manta ray}}, a kind of stingray. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, making them little of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. A Preying Mantas can be defeated from one of [[Submarine Yoshi]]'s torpedoes.
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==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Preying Mantas.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Preying Mantas.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMAGPB Yoshi.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 4]]: Hang in There, Yoshi''
SMAGPB Yoshi.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 4]]: Hang in There, Yoshi''
SMA3-PreyingMantas.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-PreyingMantas.png|Sprite from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|海月|くらげ}}<ref name=Sho>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|page 7]].</ref><ref name=Advance>「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''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|page 16]].</ref> / くらげ<ref name=Sho/><ref name=YNI>「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''), [[Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|page 19]].</ref>
|Jap={{ruby|海月|くらげ}}<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7}}|isbn=4-09-102523-4|date=September 20, 1995}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「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={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16}}|date=November 20, 2002|isbn=4-09-106701-4}}</ref> / くらげ<ref name=Sho/><ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「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={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|19}}|date=August 9, 2014|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1}}</ref>
|JapR=Kurage
|JapR=Kurage
|JapM=Jellyfish
|JapM=Jellyfish
|Ger=Blubber-Qualle<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1995|page=18}}</ref>
|GerM=Bubble Jellyfish
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*During the development of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like [[Dry Bones]].<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Skeleton Jellyfish|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>
*During the development of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like [[Dry Bones]].<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Skeleton Jellyfish|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish]]|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Preying Mantas
Preying Mantas from Yoshi's New Island
Model from Yoshi's New Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Comparable

A Preying Mantas[1] is an enemy in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, its port, and Yoshi's New Island. Its name is a portmanteau of praying mantis, a type of insect, and manta ray, a kind of stingray. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, making them little of a threat to the Yoshis. A Preying Mantas can be defeated from one of Submarine Yoshi's torpedoes.

Profiles

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Shogakukan guide: 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。[2] (Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.)
  • 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。[3] (Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.)

Yoshi's New Island

  • Shogakukan guide: 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。[4] (They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.)

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 海月くらげ[2][3] / くらげ[2][4]
Kurage
Jellyfish
German Blubber-Qualle[5] Bubble Jellyfish

Trivia

  • During the development of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like Dry Bones.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 128Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg.
  2. ^ a b c September 20, 1995. 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102523-4. Page 7Media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg.
  3. ^ a b November 20, 2002. 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106701-4. Page 16Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png.
  4. ^ a b August 9, 2014. 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 19Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg.
  5. ^ Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 18.
  6. ^ Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved May 15, 2023.