Editing Dragoneel

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|image=[[File:NSMBUDX Dragoneel model.png|200x200px]]<br>[[File:NSMBUDX twin Dragoneel model.png|200x200px]]<br>Models of both Dragoneel types from ''New Super Mario Bros. U''

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Dragoneels''' are gigantic eels that make their debut in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. These enemies have angry closed eyes that resemble those of a [[Porcupuffer]], and large zigzag-shaped red jaws, the upper one having a pink lip. Also, they have long sleek bodies with a long purple crest running along their red backs and their underside is white with pale purple polka dots, and a long purple fin along their back. Dragoneel's wing-like pectoral fins and three-lobed caudal fin are similar to those of [[Cheep Cheep]]s. They closely resemble [[Gobblegut]] (and [[Fracktail]]) and behave similar to the [[Snorkel Snake]] as they try to encircle players with their bodies; in fact, their internal file name in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' suggests they may be directly based on the Snorkel Snake.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====

In the game, they attack by chasing the player's character. They can only be defeated with a [[Super Star]], and doing so causes it to spit out several [[coin]]s. Dragoneels appear in the [[Sparkling Waters]] level, [[Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto]] and {{world-link|coin|5|World Coin-5 (New Super Mario Bros. U)}}. It follows the player throughout the underwater course, while the players must avoid the monster. Throwing [[fireball]]s at its head will slow it down, but throwing them at its body will speed it up. If the player swims behind a Dragoneel and remains out of reach, the Dragoneel will begin circling the player. In a multiplayer game, it will go after the player furthest to the right of the screen. The Dragoneel is also capable of swimming through walls and other objects.

A shorter, purple-blue variant of Dragoneels, appearing only in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', can be found in Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto. Only two purple Dragoneels appear in a small section with coins and a [[Star Coin]]. They have the same strategies that Dragoneels have; they follow the player(s) while they must avoid them. However, they make tighter turns, and are significantly slower. Throwing fireballs at their heads will make them move gradually slower.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', Dragoneels make a cameo in the background of the vertical section of underwater levels in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style. They do not appear as course parts.

Dragoneels host the [[Dragoneel Treasure]] events in [[Whimsical Waters]] in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''.

[[File:Super Mario Party - Rumble Fishing (results).png|thumb|Caught Dragoneels in the Rumble Fishing minigame of ''Super Mario Party'']]

Dragoneels reappear in ''[[Super Mario Party]]'' in the minigames [[Rattle and Hmmm]], where one may appear during the final round, and more notably in [[Rumble Fishing (Super Mario Party)|Rumble Fishing]], where players each have to reel out a Dragoneel in hopes of finding the longest Dragoneel to win the minigame.

 

A Dragoneel appears as a boss in the [[Dragoneel Slayers]] minigame in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''. In the minigame, it creates whirlpools that players need to avoid, and can be damaged when it leaps out of the water by throwing [[Green Shell]]s at it.

 

{{quote| This poor Dragoneel is yet another victim of [[Woodrow]]'s [[File:Woodrow icon MRSOH.png|20px]] cursed - and in my honest opinion - vastly overrated poetry. |Beep-0| Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope}}

 

 

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===Names in other languages===

|Jap=タツノン

|JapR=Tatsunon

|JapM=From「竜」(''tatsu'', "dragon") or possibly「竜の落し子」(''tatsu no otoshigo'', "seahorse"), and an allusion to「ウナボン」(''Unabon'', "Snorkel Snake")

|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title="New Super Mario Bros. U" in『[[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=209|isbn=4-091065-69-4}}</ref>

|Fre=Dranguille

|FreM=From "dragon" and ''anguille'' ("eel")

|ItaM=Pun on ''drago'' ("dragon") and ''anguilla'' ("eel")

|KorM=from "용" (''yong'', "dragon") and "~돌이" (''-dori'', a Korean suffix that refers to a man)

|PorM=From ''dragão'' ("dragon") and ''moreia'' ("moray eel")

|PorC=<ref>{{cite|author=Detona|date=October 17, 2024|url=youtube.com/watch?v=G-b0z0pRq4o|title=Super Mario Party Jamboree - Jornada das Tarefas - Completo 100%|timestamp=57:00|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=October 23, 2024}}</ref>

|RusM=From ''дракон'' (''drakon'', "dragon") and ''угорь'' (''ugor'', "eel")

|SpaA=Anguisaurio

|SpaAM=From ''anguilla'' ("eel" in Latin) and the suffix ''-saurio'' ("-saurus")

|SpaE=Hidragón

|SpaEM=From ''hidra'' ("hydra") and ''dragón'' ("dragon")

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