Maw-Ray: Difference between revisions

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'''Maw-Rays''', previously known as '''Unagi'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 12.</ref><ref>Loe, Casey. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. Page 12.</ref> or simply '''Eels'''<ref>(February 24, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980224211709/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/boss11.html Eel - (Course 3)]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 23, 2018.</ref> (also formatted as '''eels'''),<ref>NintendoAmerica (September 17, 2020). [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1306669318193721344 Take a nice swim in Jolly Roger Bay from Super Mario 64. There’s all sorts interesting things to find, like a pirate ship at the bottom of the bay, or a giant eel. Hmm, maybe there’s something special about that eel? #SuperMario3DAllStars]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved September 17, 2020. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200917190138/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1306669318193721344 Archived] September 17, 2020, 19:01:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> are moray eels that first appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They are maroon-ish red-violet, with yellow stripes on their back fins. The [[Mega Unagi|mega versions]] are shown in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' to be strong enough to destroy entire clusters of [[Brick Block]]s and cannot be defeated by any means, not even with the [[Super Star]] power-up.

One Unagi, sometimes referred to as '''Unagi the eel''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 33.</ref> appears in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. The player character can lure it out of its sunken ship home in [[Jolly Roger Bay]] by swimming near and provoking it to attack. The player must then swim a short distance away and then swim back to the ship. Unagi will have left the ship, allowing the player to enter it via the ship's window. Once inside, if Mario opens the chests in the correct order, the ship will surface, causing the water inside the ship to drain, thus allowing the player to get the [[Power Star]].

 

Unagi is seen again later, this time making a water cove its home. Once again, Mario and friends can lure it out in the same fashion as before. The water cove is not accessible, but there is a Power Star attached to the eel's tail. To gain it, Mario and friends must simply touch it. If too much time passes, Unagi will return to the alcove and will have to be lured out again.

In later missions, Unagi circles the previous location of the sunken ship. Its ''Super Mario 64'' design resembles a {{wp|gulper eel}}, while its ''Super Mario 64 DS'' design depicts it with a [[Chain Chomp|Chomp]]-like face. This later design would be used until ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.

[[File:UnagiNSMB.png|thumb|Unagi as seen in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]

[[File:NSMB World 8-3.png|thumb|left|[[Mega Unagi]]]]

Unagi reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as an enemy in underwater levels, retaining their ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' design. They only appear in [[World 4-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-3]] and [[World 8-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]]. In World 8-3, Unagi swim around in a predictable pattern trying to hit [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]]. Some Unagi also live in small underwater coves, attacking anything in its vicinity. Unagi can be defeated with a [[Mega Mushroom]] and a [[Super Star]]. There is also a big version called the [[Mega Unagi]].

====''Mario Party 3''====

In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', a brown Unagi appears in the foreground of [[Deep Bloober Sea]], attempting to take a bite from a pink [[Sushi]]'s tail. A similar giant turquoise eel also appears nearby.

 

In the minigame [[Manta Rings]] from ''[[Mario Party 4]]'', a reddish-brown eel resembling an Unagi darts in front of the characters with a high-pitched noise as they pass a sunken ship, resembling the one from Jolly Roger Bay. If bumped into, three points are deducted.

[[File:Unagi-MKW.png|thumb|left|Several Unagi in ''Mario Kart Wii'']]

Several Unagi make cameos in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', where they can be seen while traveling through the underwater tunnel in [[Koopa Cape]], poking their heads out of various [[Warp Pipe|Pipe]]s. A closer one can be seen swimming outside of [[Chain Chomp Wheel]].

They appear again in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', making a cameo in the [[Underwater driving|underwater]] sections of {{classic-link|GCN|Daisy Cruiser}} and {{classic-link|Wii|Koopa Cape}}.

In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', they make a small appearance in the underwater parts of the race track [[Tropical Coast]].

[[File:Mega Unagi MK8.jpg|thumb|Unagi in Dolphin Shoals]]

A single Maw-Ray appears in an underwater section of the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' course [[Dolphin Shoals]], where players race along its body for a short section and can perform [[Jump Boost]]s from its undulating body. They also make a return in the [[Classic_course#Booster_Course_Pass_courses|booster courses]] {{classic|GCN|Daisy Cruiser}}, {{classic|Wii|Koopa Cape}}, and [[Piranha Plant Cove]], once again making cameos in the underwater sections of each course and retaining their design and model from ''Mario Kart Tour''.

In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', Maw-Rays appear in the underwater sections of several courses. Unlike in contemporary appearances, they revert to their pre-''Super Mario Odyssey'' design. Unlike other sentient obstacles in the game, they are not affected by items whatsoever. They are found in the following courses:

A large Maw-Ray appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', where it consumes [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]] after they plummet from [[Rainbow Road]]. Soon after, the two are able to escape the Maw-Ray by using a [[Rocket Barrel]] from the remains of DK's kart. It uses the current design from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.

Playingeel.png|Screenshot of ''Super Mario 64''

SM64 Thumbnail Unagi.jpg|Picture of Unagi from the ''Super Mario 64'' entry on the Japanese Mario Portal

Super Mario 64 Puzzle.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario 64'' puzzle

4koma Unagi.jpg|Artwork from ''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]''

MP3 Deep Bloober Sea Board.png|''[[Mario Party 3]]''

Unagi.png|Model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''

Koopa Zapper.png|Screenshot of ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''

MK8MawRayModel.png|Model from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''

Maw-Ray Icon SMO.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''

SMO Two Maw Rays Screenshot.png|Screenshot of ''Super Mario Odyssey''

MKT Maw-Ray.jpg|Screenshot of ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''

MK8-Course-Tour PiranhaPlantCove.jpg|Screenshot of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''

|Fra=Anguy<br>Mordrène <small>(''Super Mario Odyssey'')</small><br>Murène<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Scans-Magazine,2,Le-Magazine-Officiel-Nintendo-01.html Nintendo official French magazine N1], page 86</ref>

|FraM=From "anguille" (eel) and possibly the male name "Guy"<br>From "mordre" (to bite) and "murène" (moray). The name is written in lowercase in the Canadian version (''mordrène'') while it is capitalized in the European version (''Mordrène'')<br>Moray