Editing Clampy

|image=[[File:NSMBW Clampy Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

'''Clampys''',<ref name=card>[[:File:NSMBWiiTC-34-Front.png|EnterPlay trading card published for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' (2009)]]</ref><ref>{{cite|date=December 4, 2011|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Mario Kart 7: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=46, 48, 142, 143|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-89384-0}}</ref> originally generically referred to as "'''clams''',"<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 9, 2007|page=130|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=29|date=November 15, 2009|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> are giant oyster enemies that debuted in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They open and close their mouth-like {{wp|Bivalve shell|valves}} periodically, often revealing items inside their cavities. The player character can collect these items, but they must swim away quickly before the Clampy snaps shut. Clampys have cartoonish eyes on the outside of their bodies and pearly, iridescent exteriors. The English name "Clampy" is likely a play on "clam" and "clamp," with the diminutive suffix "-y."

 

One cream-colored Clampy first appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', being encountered in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. Unlike the [[clam]]s in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', Clampy periodically opens and closes its mouth, damaging [[Mario]] if he is inside it when it closes. Otherwise, it can be safely touched. Inside it, Clampy holds a [[Star Chip]] during the first mission, [[Passing the Swim Test]], and holds a [[Coin]] in other missions it appears in. After its item is collected, Clampy will close and open its mouth one last time before staying permanently open for the remainder of the mission.

 

Clampys are enemies appearing only in [[World 1-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1-4]] and in a secret area in [[World 4-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4-1]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They were slightly reshaped, and now display a purple coloration with darker wavy stripes, which would stick to them in most future appearances. They have [[coin]]s or [[1-Up Mushroom]]s between their valves in order to lure a character close so they can attack them. If a Clampy closes its shell in on a character, it will trap them inside for a brief moment and damage them before opening back up. However, their top shells (when closed) and the inside of their cavities (when open) are safe to tread on. In general, Clampys spawn in mid-water and slowly sink to a ground underneath, after which they begin their routine of opening and closing their valves. One Clampy in World 1-4 slips into a pit after touching the ground.

Clampys, referred to as '''Giant Clams'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=79|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref>, appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and its [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|port]], where they act exactly like they do in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. One can be found in a secret area of [[Waterspout Beach]], while multiple inhabit {{world link|coin|5|World Coin-5 (New Super Mario Bros. U)}}. They do not return in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

Clampys appear in the [[3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon|Cheep Cheep Lagoon]] and {{classic link|GCN|Daisy Cruiser}} racecourses in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. They are obstacles that are found only [[Underwater driving|underwater]], containing coins and [[Item Box]]es between their valves that racers can pick up, taking care not to be trapped by the Clampy's valves. Racers can perform [[trick]]s on them when they are open.

Clampys appear in background of the board [[Whimsical Waters]] in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', as well as in the minigame [[Cheep Cheep Check]], where they are used by the solo player to disperse large clusters of bubbles meant to distract the other players from counting the Cheep Cheeps.

Clampy with coins.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''

SMG2 Clampy Screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''

NSMBU Clampy.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

Cheep Cheep Check.png|''[[Mario Party 10]]''

MK8D GCN Daisy Cruiser Aquarium.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''

|Jpn=アコヤガイ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|page=126, 144, 159, 209|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>

|JpnR=Akoya Gai

|JpnM=Akoya Pearl Oyster