Editing Shaman

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|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Shaman.png|140px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|notable=[[Bestovius]]<br>[[Chet Rippo]]<br>[[Merlee]]<br>[[Merlon]]<br>[[Merlow]]<br>[[Merlumina]]<br>[[Merluvlee]]<br>[[Merle]]<br>[[Nolrem]]<br>[[Old Man Watchitt]]
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{{quote|Yahoo! Good luck to [[Mario|ya]]!|Shaman|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}
'''Shamans''' are characters first appearing in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', where they act as both NPC shopkeepers and enemies. They later made a reappearance as non-enemy NPCs vital to the plot of the first three games of the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]].

The Shamans in ''Super Mario RPG'' are all identical, while those later introduced in the ''Paper Mario'' series have individual characteristics—as well as hair—which the Shamans did not seem to have before.
==History==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
In ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]], Shamans are first encountered near the [[sea]] area and the [[Sunken Ship]] as shopkeepers, selling [[Mario]] and his party items and weapons. After Mario buys items from the latter, the Shaman verifies whether Mario's password to access the ship's treasure room is correct or not, stating how many letters (if any at all) are correct and giving a hint on that the password relates to the sea.

Shamans later appear in the [[Belome Temple]], again, as merchants. One allows Mario access to a warp [[trampoline]] for 100 [[coin]]s, and another allows Mario to receive his fortune, as well as access to the rest of the temple, for 50 coins. There is another Shaman later on, who tells Mario that the fortune he receives from a Belome statue determines the destination of the next room. In the caverns of [[Land's End]] outside the temple, there is another Shaman, who sells Mario a [[Super Star|star]] for 400 coins.

Mario later battles Shamans as enemies in both [[Nimbus Land]] and [[Bowser's Keep]]. These magical beings are very weak to physical attacks, while having a strong magical defense. If a Shaman is struck with a Special Attack, there is a one-in-three chance it will flee the battle.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
[[Merlon]], [[Merlee]], [[Merluvlee]], [[Merlow]], [[Merle]], and [[Merlumina|Madam Merlar]] appearing in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] greatly resemble Shamans, though in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Merlee, Merluvlee, and Madam Merlar, the latter now known as Merlumina, have significantly altered designs incorporating few elements of Shamans. [[Wonky]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' claims that they may be a part of a sort of clan that names their members after their purposes. Additionally in this game, the character [[Chet Rippo]] is redesigned to resemble a very tattered version. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Nolrem]], [[Tribe of Ancients#Merlight|Merlight]], [[Tribe of Ancients#Merloo|Merloo]], and [[Tribe of Ancients#Merlimbis|Merlimbis]] are also Shamans.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Shaman|image=[[File:SMRPG Shaman idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Shaman}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMRPG Shaman.png|Artwork, ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
ShamanSprite.png|Idle sprite, ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スペール<ref>{{cite|author=マサむね|date=November 22, 2015|url=youtu.be/E-nRtvBX8rE?t=641|title=スーパーマリオRPG プレイ動画 part16|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 11, 2023}}</ref> <ref> [[:File:Card 51.jpg|''Super Mario RPG'' trading card]] </ref>
|JpnR=Supēru
|JpnM=Comes from "spell"
|ChiS=咏唱师
|ChiSR=Yǒngchàng Shī
|ChiSM=Chanter
|ChiT=詠唱師
|ChiTR=Yǒngchàng Shī
|ChiTM=Chanter
|Dut=Sjamaan
|DutM=Shaman
|Fre=Chamage
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''chaman'' ("shaman") and "mage"
|Ger=Schamänchen
|GerM=Diminutive form of ''Schamane'' ("shaman")
|Ita=Sciamago
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''sciamano'' ("shaman") and ''mago'' ("mage")
|Kor=스펠
|KorR=Seupel
|KorM=Spell; from the Japanese name
|Spa=Chamán
|SpaM=Shaman
}}

==Trivia==
*According to concept art, a prototypical form of this enemy appears to have been known as「まじあん」(''Majian'', Magian) and wielded a cane. It would have been one of the three types of minions brainwashed by a cut cane weapon beast, together with [[Magikoopa]] and [[Shy Guy]].<ref>kurashimakaz (March 10, 2021). [https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1369697859868659714 Twitter post by Kazuyuki Kurashima with an early relationship chart]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 27, 2022.</ref>
*Shaman's Monster List profile in the remake seems to refer to the Shaman NPCs seen throughout the game, though it also may be a reference to the various shops run by Shaman characters in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series.

==References==
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[[Category:Magicians]]
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Shopkeepers]]
[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars species]]
[[Category:Paper Mario species]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door species]]
[[Category:Super Paper Mario species]]
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