Nep-Enut, attacking Yoshi.
Nep-Enut is a huge, blue monster that hides underwater in the games Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS. Nep-Enut will remain submerged until Yoshi approaches him. Then, the monster will rise, blocking Yoshi's path. If Nep-Enut's mouth is hit with an egg, he will return to the water to hide (and only his eyebrows will remain visible). If Yoshi jumps over the giant monster, Nep-Enut will give chase. In Yoshi's Story, Nep-Enuts are only found in the Piranha Grove. Nep-Enuts are much bigger and more detailed in Yoshi's Island DS than in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Trivia
- The Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island box art and game cover shows Yoshi about to cross a gap with a Nep-Enut in hot pursuit.
- It's completely unknown what is the bottom part of Nep-Enut's body, since he only leaves his head outside the water.
- Nep-Enuts have their own level named after them in World 3 of Yoshi's Island: Nep-Enuts Domain.
- Switch the last four letters in Nep-Enut, and you get "Neptune", the Greco-Roman god of the sea.
- The Nep-Enut is to water as the Blargg is to lava.
- Early screenshots of Paper Mario showed that Nep-Enuts were originally going to be in the game.
| Yoshi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Yoshi • Luigi | |
| Enemies | Puzzle pieces | Bloober • Boo Buddy • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant |
| Other | Bob-omb • Cheep Cheep | |
| Yoshi types | Little Yoshi • Yoshi • Winged Yoshi • Star Yoshi | |
| Items | Apple • Cherry • Coin • Fire Flower • Grape • Key • Melon • P Switch • Pineapple • Peach • Red Shell • Strawberry • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's egg | |
| Miscellaneous | Gallery | |