Editing Maw-Ray

'''Maw-Rays''', previously referred to as '''Unagi'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|title=''The Super Mario 64 Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|date=1996|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Official Player's Guide''|date=2006|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|isbn=1-59812-009-3|page=12}}</ref> for most of their history, are recurring eel<ref>{{cite|author=NintendoAmerica|date=September 17, 2020|url=x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1306669318193721344|title=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|publisher=X|accessdate=September 17, 2020|archive=web.archive.org/web/20200917190138/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1306669318193721344}}</ref> enemies in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise that debuted in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They are enormous maroon-colored {{wp|moray eel|morays}} dappled with yellow spots, often depicted nesting in underwater cavities on the seafloor of an area. Maw-Rays typically lunge at player characters that approach their cavities with snapping jaws.

 

The English name "Unagi" is shared with a {{wp|Unagi|Japanese dish}} traditionally made out of the freshwater eel ''{{wp|Japanese eel|Anguilla japonica}}'', similar to the shark enemy [[Sushi]] that also debuted in ''Super Mario 64''. The name "Maw-Ray," introduced with its more realistic eel design in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', is a play on "maw" and "moray." This name is more comparable in origin to its Japanese name 「ウツボ」 (''Utsubo''), the {{wp|common name}} for real moray eels.

 

Maw-Rays are the first of several large cave-dwelling eel enemies in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series that exhibit similar behavior, including [[Eely-Mouth]], [[Gringill]]s, and [[Spike Eel]]s.

One Unagi, also referred to as '''Unagi the eel'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=33|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or simply as the '''Eel''',<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980224211709/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/boss11.html|title=Eel - (Course 3)|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=22 May 2024}}</ref> appears in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its [[Super Mario 64 DS|Nintendo DS remake]]. In the [[Jolly Roger Bay]] [[mission]], [[Plunder in the Sunken Ship]], [[Mario]] can lure Unagi out of its sunken ship home 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. Unagi is the focus of the next mission, [[Can the Eel Come Out to Play?]], where it now appears in a water cove. Unagi can be lured out in the same manner as before, and it now has a [[Power Star]] attached to its tail that can be obtained by touching it. However, if too much time passes, Unagi will return to the alcove and will have to be lured out again. In later missions, Unagi circles where the sunken ship formerly was.

Unagi and their [[Mega Unagi|big counterparts]] appear as underwater enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Unagi keep their ''Super Mario 64 DS'' design. They are encountered only in [[World 4-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-3]] and [[World 8-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]]. Some Unagi swim around while others live in small underwater coves, attacking anything in its vicinity. Unagi can be defeated with a [[Mega Mushroom]] and a [[Super Star]].

A [[Spike Eel]] appears in [[List of Super Mario Odyssey pre-release and unused content|concept art]] for the Underwater Tunnel to the Lighthouse in the Seaside Kingdom in place of Maw-Rays, but they were eventually replaced by Maw-Rays.<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors|date=2019|format=First English Edition|title=''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|isbn=978-1-50671-375-5|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse Books]]|page=228}}</ref>

[[File:MK8 Dolphin Shoals Unagi.png|thumb|left|Unagi in Dolphin Shoals]]

[[File:Maw-Ray_TSMBM.png|thumb|left|The Maw-Ray leaping out of the water in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'']]

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