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'''Sharks'''<ref name=power>{{cite|quote=Sharks cannot be stopped. Swim around them . . . carefully.|date=Dec. 1992|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]''|format=Volume 43|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|page=49}}</ref><ref name=portal>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> are underwater enemies in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' that wear boxing gloves. They are large-bodied sharks with toothy maws and narrowed eyes. Additional details are present in artwork and paratextual material that are absent in the game itself, specifically lavender dorsa, white underbellies, and a white star-shaped pattern on the tips of their snouts. A shark is one of three enemies on the box art for ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'', with the other two being a [[Noko Bombette]] and a [[Battle Beetle]]. Though sharks have not appeared outside of ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' and related media, they are the first shark enemies in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series, predating [[Sushi]]'s debut in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' by four years. | '''Sharks'''<ref name=power>{{cite|quote=Sharks cannot be stopped. Swim around them . . . carefully.|date=Dec. 1992|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]''|format=Volume 43|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|page=49}}</ref><ref name=portal>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> are underwater enemies in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' that wear boxing gloves. They are large-bodied sharks with toothy maws and narrowed eyes. Additional details are present in artwork and paratextual material that are absent in the game itself, specifically lavender dorsa, white underbellies, and a white star-shaped pattern on the tips of their snouts. A shark is one of three enemies on the box art for ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'', with the other two being a [[Noko Bombette]] and a [[Battle Beetle]]. Though sharks have not appeared outside of ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' and related media, they are the first shark enemies in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series, predating [[Sushi]]'s debut in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' by four years. | ||
Unlike most mainline titles, there was no accompanying reference that provided English names for all of the enemies in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' when it was released in 1992, resulting in many of them being unnamed in English despite having original designs. For this enemy, it has only been passively referred to as a "shark" in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]''.<ref name=power/> "Shark" has subsequently been utilized as the enemy's name in the 2018 English localization of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]''<ref>{{cite|author=Roberts, Rachel, | Unlike most mainline titles, there was no accompanying reference that provided English names for all of the enemies in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' when it was released in 1992, resulting in many of them being unnamed in English despite having original designs. For this enemy, it has only been passively referred to as a "shark" in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]''.<ref name=power/> "Shark" has subsequently been utilized as the enemy's name in the 2018 English localization of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]''<ref>{{cite|author=Roberts, Rachel, Cardner Clark, editors|date=2018|title="Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years''|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse Books]]|isbn=978-1-50670-897-3|page=76}}</ref> and [[Mario Portal]] circa 2022.<ref name=portal/> By contrast, the Japanese name for the enemy is 「ジョー」(''Jō'').<ref name=land2>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/l6j/enemy/index.html|title=スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨／敵キャラクター|publisher=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|language=ja|accessdate=8 Jul. 2024}}</ref><ref name=perfect>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|language=ja|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/ZgToj3Z.jpeg 91]}}</ref><ref name=sakai>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=2015|title="Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" 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]]』|page=75|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref> | ||
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