Editing Mega Maw-Ray

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:NSMB World 8-3.png|200px|A '''Mega Unagi''' in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|variant_of=[[Maw-Ray]]
|comparable=[[Big Gringill]]<br>[[Smackerel]]
}}
'''Mega Maw-Rays'''<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|date=circa Jan. 2025|title=New Super Mario Bros.|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/new_smb/index.html|publisher=Mario Portal|accessdate=23 Jan. 2025}}</ref>, previously referred to as '''Mega Unagi'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide|page=12|date=May 15, 2006|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-59812-009-3}}</ref>, are a gigantic variant of [[Maw-Ray]] that appears only in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Mega Maw-Rays appear in two underwater stages in the game: [[World 4-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-3]], where they function as obstacles swimming to the left, and [[World 8-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-3]], where one swims to the right and actively chases [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) throughout the latter half of the stage. Mega Maw-Rays are very dangerous, and they destroy many objects in their path, such as [[Brick Block|brick]]s and [[? Block]]s. There is no way to defeat a Mega Maw-Ray. However, Mario can go "through" one by using a [[Mega Mushroom]] or a [[Super Star|Starman]] and [[swim]]ming through its back; he will be pushed away if he collides with its face. In World 8-3, if Mario tries to stay above or below the Mega Unagi and let it pass, it will swim slower and move towards Mario, trying to corner him in the top or bottom of the screen. If this is unsuccessful, the Mega Maw-Ray will eventually swim forward and vanish from the screen, but it will return after about one minute. Unlike [[Cheep Chomp|Cheep-Chomp]]s, Mega Maw-Rays cannot swallow Mario whole, but they instead damage him regularly.

Normal Maw-Rays are larger in most subsequent appearances and thus appear to be closer in size to Mega Maw-Rays, although normal Maw-Rays do not display the destructive qualities of Mega Maw-Rays.

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|file1=<tt>data/enemy/moray_big.nsbmd</tt>
|name1=moray_big
|meaning1=Big [[Maw-Ray#Internal names|Maw-Ray]]
}}

{{foreign names
|Jpn=巨大ウツボ<ref>{{cite|author=Shogakukan editors|title=「敵キャラクターリスト」in『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』|url=i.imgur.com/dfDUNt6.jpg|date=2006|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=17|isbn=4-091063-07-1}}</ref>
|JpnR=Kyodai Utsubo
|JpnM=Giant Maw-Ray
|Ger=Riesen-Kano
|GerM=Giant Maw-Ray
|Ita=Mega Mordorena<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=114}}</ref>
|ItaM=Mega Maw-Ray
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Eels]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. enemies]]
[[it:Mega Mordorena]]