Kurako

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Kurako

Kurako (left) and Kurata (right)

First appearance

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)

Latest appearance

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)

Subject origin

Jellyfish

Notable members
Jellyfish Sisters

Kurako are a species in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake. During the events, a total of three of these humanoid species of jellyfish appear in Gwarhar Lagoon, and one in Beanbean Fields. They include the Jellyfish Sisters, Gigi and Merri, and two children. One of the children is a girl dressed in a red bow and a dress, and acts as a receptionist to the Jellyfish Sisters' Relaxation Room. Their faces are a bright, light purple, which was changed to a blackish-blue in the remake.

The other child is a boy dressed in red swimming trunks, identified as Kurata. He is encountered on the Beanbean Fields coastline, near a Surfing Spot on the edge of Oho Ocean. When spoken to, he recommends shoving something into the Surfing Spot to turn it into a surfboard, hinting that this may be done by having Mario hammer Luigi into it using the Dunk Hammer.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, the Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser mode introduces another child, a girl with a purple bow and dress, who acts as an announcer and judge for Wendy's "Cutie Battle Contest".

Gallery

Jellyfish Sisters in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Kurako as she appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Kurata as he appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Kurako in the Relaxation Room as seen in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Jellyfish Sisters in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Kurako in the Relaxation Room as seen in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Kurata on the beach in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Internal names

Girl

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions	`content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurako` `content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_ko_kurako`	kurako	From「海月クラゲ」(kurage, "jellyfish") and the Japanese female name ending「子こ」(-ko) The second file is her Minion Quest counterpart

Boy

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions	`content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurata`	kurata	From「海月クラゲ」(kurage, "jellyfish") and the Japanese male name ending「~た」(-ta)

Trivia

In the Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide, the receptionist is described as a "man".^[1]

References

^ "Talk to the man at the counter in the Relaxation Room and purchase a massage for Mario and Luigi." – Thomason, Steve (2003). Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-43-7. Page 88.

[Edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser
Characters (Superstar Saga)	Protagonists	Mario^1,2 • Luigi^1,2 • Princess Peach^1,2 • Prince Peasley • Bowser^1,2
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple • Bowser (Rookie)^1,2
	Supporting characters	Beanbean troops^1,2 • Bink^1,2 • Blablanadon^1,2 • Bloat^1,2 • Boddle^1,2 • Border Bros^1,2 • Bubbles • Chuckleroot^1,2 • Chuckleroot's granddaughter^1,2 • Cork and Cask • Doctor^1,2 • Dr. Toadley² • Fava^1,2 • Firebrand and Thunderhand^1,2 • Hammerhead Bros.^1,2 • Harhall^1,2 • Hermie III • Hoohoo civilization^1,2 • Jellyfish Sisters^1,2 • Koopa Cruiser crew • Lady Lima^1,2 • Miles Tones^1,2 • Moai^1,2 • Mole^1,2 • Pea^1,2 • Peach-bot^1,2 • Pipeman^1,2 • Professor E. Gadd • Prospector^1,2 • Psycho Kamek¹ • Queen Bean^1,2 • Soybean civilization^1,2 • Spangle • Starshade Bros.^1,2 • Toadsworth^1,2 • Tolstar^1,2 • Tuki^1,2 • Yoshi Fan Club^1,2
	Species	Ankoopa¹ • Beanish^1,2 • Beanlet^1,2 • Big Koopa Troopa² • Designbomb^1,2 • Ghost^1,2 • Hoohooligan^1,2 • Kurako^1,2 • Lagoon-dweller^1,2 • Oho Jee • Sailor^1,2 • Thwomp • Toad^1,2 • Winkle^1,2 • Yoshi^1,2
Characters (The Search for Bowser)	Protagonists	Captain Goomba³ (Gold³) • Captain Shy Guy³ • Captain Boo³ (Gold³) • Captain Koopa Troopa³ (Gold³) • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry)
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple
	Supporting characters	Bowser³ • Corporal Paraplonk³ • Private Goomp³ • Sergeant Guy³ • Prince Peasley • Bubbles • Cork and Cask • Hermie III • Professor E. Gadd • Spangle • Starlow³
Special moves	Overworld/solo attacks	Emergency Block² • Counterattack^1,2 • Dash^1,2 • Dunk Hammer^1,2 • Firebrand^1,2 • Flee^1,2 • Hammer^1,2 • High Jump^1,2 • Jump^1,2 • Mini-Mario^1,2 • Pump Mario^1,2 • Spin Jump^1,2 • Surfboard^1,2 • Tickle^1,2 • Thunderhand^1,2
	Bros. Attacks^1,2	Bounce Bros. • Chopper Bros. • Cyclone Bros. • Fire Bros. • Knockback Bros. • Splash Bros. • Swing Bros. • Thunder Bros.
	Captain Commands³	Deny • Rally • Chance • Play Dead • Lightning • Parry • Pass the Bob-omb • Thwomp Thump • Clash of Captains • Call for Backup • Sneak Attack • Shell Shock
Bosses	Superstar Saga	Birdo • Bowletta^1,2 • Bowser^1,2 • Cackletta^1,2 • Chuckolator^1,2 • Dragohoho^1,2 • Fawful • Flaret^1,2 • Hermie III^1,2 • Hoohooros^1,2 • Jojora^1,2 • Jojora's friends^1,2 • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Mom Piranha^1,2 • Popple • Queen Bean^1,2 • Rookie^1,2 • Tolstar^1,2 • Trunkle^1,2 • Wiggler^1,2
Bosses	The Search for Bowser	Birdo • Corporal Paraplonk³ • Fawful • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Popple • Private Goomp³ • Sergeant Guy³
Locations		Beanbean Airport^1,2 • Beanbean Borderland^1,2 • Beanbean Castle^1,2 • Beanbean Castle Sewers/Beanbean Castle Sewer^1,2 • Beanbean Castle Town^1,2 • Beanbean Outskirts/Beanbean Fields • Beanbean Kingdom • Bowser's Castle • Castle Town Item Shop^1,2 • Chateau de Chucklehuck^1,2 • Chucklehuck Woods • Fire Palace^1,2 • Guffawha Ruins^1,2 • Gwarhar Lagoon • Harhall's Studio^1,2 • Hoohoo Mountain • Hoohoo Village^1,2 • Information Booth^1,2 • Joke's End • Koopa Cruiser • Little Fungitown^1,2 • Little Fungitown Item Shop^1,2 • Mario and Luigi's house^1,2 • Mushroom Kingdom^1,2 • Oho Oasis^1,2 • Oho Ocean^1,2 • Pipe House^1,2 • Princess Peach's Castle^1,2 • Relaxation Room^1,2 • S.S. Chuckola^1,2 • Seabed^1,2 • Starbeans Cafe^1,2 • Stardust Fields^1,2 • Teehee Valley • Thunder Palace^1,2 • Toadtown Square/Peach's Castle^1,2 • Winkle Colosseum^1,2 • Woohoo Hooniversity^1,2 • Yoshi Theater^1,2
Enemies	Superstar Saga	Anuboo^1,2 • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Belly Blech^1,2 • Bill Blaster^1,2 • Blooper^1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo • Cheep Cheep¹ • Chomp Bro^1,2 • Chuck Guy • Chuckorok^1,2 • Clumph • Dry Bones⁴ • Eeker^1,2 • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Dry Bones^1,2 • Elite Gritty Goomba^1,2 • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fighter Fly^1,2 • Fuzzbush • Fuzzy^1,2 • Glurp^1,2 • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomdiver^1,2 • Gritty Goomba • Gunner Guy^1,2 • Hammer Bro • Ice Snifit • Lakipea • Laser Snifit^1,2 • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Malibut^1,2 • Mecha-Blooper^1,2 • Mecha-Chomp¹ • Mechakoopa • Oucher Glass^1,2 • Parabeanie • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Piranha Plant^1,2 • Puffer-Cheep¹ • Rex • Roto-Disc^1,2 • Sand Cheep^1,2 • Scaratroopea • Sharkbone^1,2 • Sharpea • Sniper Bill^1,2 • Spiky Snifit^1,2 • Spiny⁴ • Spiny Cheep Cheep² • Starkiss • Super Fly^1,2 • Sworm^1,2 • Tanoomba • Time Bob-omb^1,2 • Troopea • Virus^1,2 • Yo Bro^1,2
Enemies	The Search for Bowser	Bandit³ • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Big Boo³ • Big Tail Goomba³ • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo³ • Boo • Boomerang Bro³ • Broozer³ • Buzzy Beetle³ • Chain Chomp³ • Chargin' Chuck³ • Chuck Guy • Clumph • Dry Bones⁴ • Elite Captain Quartet³ • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fire Bro³ • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant³ • Fly Guy³ • Fuzzbush • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomba Tower³ • Green Magikoopa³ • Gritty Goomba • Hammer Bro • Ice Bro³ • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa³ • Koopa Troopa³ • Lakipea • Lakitu³ • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mechawful³ • Para-Beetle³ • Parabeanie • Paragoomba³ • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Pokey³ • Red Magikoopa³ • Rex • Scaratroopea • Sharpea • Shy Guy³ • Spear Guy³ • Spike³ • Spiny⁴ • Spiny Cheep Cheep² • Starkiss • Tail Boo³ • Tanoomba • Troopea • White Magikoopa³
Items	Consumables	1-Up Mushroom^1,2 • 1-Up Super^1,2 • 100 Coin² • 10 Coin² • 50-Coin² • Beanbean coin^1,2 • Boo Biscuit² • Coin^1,2 • Five Coin^1,2 • Golden Mushroom^1,2 • Green Pepper^1,2 • Max Mushroom^1,2 • Max Nut^1,2 • Max Syrup^1,2 • Mushroom^1,2 • Nut^1,2 • Red Pepper^1,2 • Refreshing Herb^1,2 • Super Mushroom^1,2 • Super Nut^1,2 • Super Syrup^1,2 • Syrup^1,2 • Ultra Mushroom^1,2 • Ultra Nut^1,2 • Ultra Syrup^1,2
	Key items	Bean Fruit^1,2 • Beanbean Brooch^1,2 • Beanbean Map^1,2 • Beanstar^1,2 • Beanstar piece^1,2 • Beanstone^1,2 • Chuckola Fruit^1,2 • Chuckola Reserve^1,2 • Crabbie Grass^1,2 • Face^1,2 • Fake Beanstar^1,2 • Flaming statue^1,2 • Hoohoo Spirit^1,2 • Invincishroom • Membership Card^1,2 • Neon Egg^1,2 • Peach's Extra Dress^1,2 • Pearl Bean^1,2 • Peasley's Rose^1,2 • Precious belonging^1,2 • Red and Green Goblets^1,2 • Secret Scroll 1^1,2 • Secret Scroll 2^1,2 • Suitcase^1,2 • Winkle Card^1,2
	Bean Juice^1,2	Chuckle Blend • Chuckoccino • Hoohoo Blend • Hoolumbian • Teehee Blend • Teeheespresso • Woohoo Blend
	Special items	Bonus Ring^1,2 • Cobalt Necktie^1,2 • Excite Spring^1,2 • Game Boy Horror SP^1,2 • Great Force^1,2 • Greed Wallet^1,2 • Power Grip¹ • Secret Specs²
	Blocks^1,2	! Block • ? Block • Bros. Block • Command Block • Hidden Block • Hoohoo Block • L Block • M Block • Rally Block • Random Block • Recovery block • Save Album • Simu-Block • Spin Block
	Other	Axe^1,2 • Badge^1,2 • Bean^1,2 • Bike Pads^1,2 • Black Rock^1,2 • Boo Statue^1,2 • Brown Rock^1,2 • Button^1,2 • Cart^1,2 • Gold ring • Chuckola Cola^1,2 • Clothing^1,2 • Conductor^1,2 • Gown^1,2 • Gray Rock^1,2 • Headgear^1,2 • Invincibility Mushroom³ • Koopa Clown Car^1,2 • Lift^1,2 • Poison Mushroom^1,2 • Poltergust 3000^1,2 • Pressure Plate^1,2 • Region map¹ • Rolling Bar Defense System^1,2 • Spiky Stardust Defense System^1,2 • Spring Pad^1,2 • Super Poltergust 3001^1,2 • Surfing Spot^1,2 • Toad Express^1,2 • Torch^1,2 • Wall Face^1,2 • Warp Pipe^1,2 • Watering hole^1,2 • Waterspout^1,2
Minigames^1,2		Border Jump • Mysterious Mine Carts • Star 'Stache Smash • Barrel • Chuckola Bounce • Surfing Game • Splart
Stats		Bros. Point^1,2 • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Level up • Power • Speed^1,2 • Spirit³ • Stache^1,2
Status		Burn^1,2 • Charred^1,2 • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury² • Heavy G^1,2 • Invisible² • Light G^1,2 • Poison^1,2 • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command^1,2 • SPD-Down^1,2 • SPD-Up^1,2 • Trip^1,2
Other		Bean Fever^1,2 • Beanbean Air • Beanhole locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Block locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Bestiary¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Enemy formations^1,2 • Gallery¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Gear¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Glitches¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Hidden Block locations¹ • Hooroglyphs^1,2 • Kingdom Courier^1,2 • Level up progressions^1,2 • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection¹ • Mario Bros.¹ • Pre-release and unused content¹ • Quotes¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Shops² • Special Skill³ • Sound test² • Staff¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Story summaries² • Super Attack^1,2
¹ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga ² Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions ³ Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser ⁴ Enemy variants differ in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

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-{{another language}}
+{{dev data}}
 {{species infobox
-|image=[[File:MLSSBMJellyfishSisters.png]]<br>The Jellyfish Sisters, Gigi and Merri
+|image=[[File:Jellyfish Receptionist 3DS.png|50px]][[File:Beanbean Fields Jellyfish 3DS.png|50px]]<br>Kurako (left) and Kurata (right)
+|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
 |subject_origin=[[Jellyfish]]
 |notable=[[Jellyfish Sisters]]
-|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
-|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
 }}
-'''Kurako'''<ref>''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' internal filenames (<tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurako</tt> and <tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_ko_kurako</tt>)</ref> are a humanoid species of jellyfish that make an appearance in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|its remake]]. During the events of the game, a total of three of them appear in [[Gwarhar Lagoon]], and one in [[Beanbean Fields]]. They include the [[Jellyfish Sisters]], Gigi and Merri, and two children. One of the children is a girl dressed in a red bow and a dress, and acts as a receptionist to the Jellyfish Sisters' [[Relaxation Room]].
+'''Kurako''' are a [[List of species|species]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|its remake]]. During the events, a total of three of these humanoid species of jellyfish appear in [[Gwarhar Lagoon]], and one in [[Beanbean Fields]]. They include the [[Jellyfish Sisters]], Gigi and Merri, and two children. One of the children is a girl dressed in a red bow and a dress, and acts as a receptionist to the Jellyfish Sisters' [[Relaxation Room]]. Their faces are a bright, light purple, which was changed to a blackish-blue in the remake.
-The other child is a boy dressed in red swimming trunks, identified as '''Kurata'''.<ref>''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' internal filename (<tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurata</tt>)</ref> He is encountered on the Beanbean Fields coastline, near a [[Surfing Spot]] on the edge of [[Oho Ocean]]. When spoken to, he recommends shoving something into the Surfing Spot to turn it into a [[surfboard]], hinting that this may be done by having [[Mario]] [[hammer]] [[Luigi]] into it using the [[Dunk Hammer]].
+The other child is a boy dressed in red swimming trunks, identified as '''Kurata'''. He is encountered on the Beanbean Fields coastline, near a [[Surfing Spot]] on the edge of [[Oho Ocean]]. When spoken to, he recommends shoving something into the Surfing Spot to turn it into a [[surfboard]], hinting that this may be done by having [[Mario]] [[hammer]] [[Luigi]] into it using the [[Dunk Hammer]].
-In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', the ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' mode introduces a fifth child, a girl with a purple bow and dress, who acts as an announcer and judge for [[Wendy O. Koopa|Wendy]]'s "Cutie Battle Contest".
+In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', the ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' mode introduces another child, a girl with a purple bow and dress, who acts as an announcer and judge for [[Wendy O. Koopa|Wendy]]'s "Cutie Battle Contest".
+{{br|toc=1}}
-In the original [[Game Boy Advance]] title, their faces are a bright, light purple, and in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake, their faces are a blackish-blue.
-As Japanese names ending in "-''ko''" and "-''ta''" are feminine and masculine, respectively, the names appear to be gendered, while the "''kura''-" part is derived from「{{ruby|海月|くらげ}}」(''kurage'', jellyfish).
-{{br}}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
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 Beanbean Fields Gwarhar Lagoon Resident GBA.png|Kurata as he appears in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
 MLSS Relaxation Room.png|Kurako in the Relaxation Room as seen in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
-Jellyfish Receptionist 3DS.png|Kurako receptionist as she appears in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''
+MLSSBMJellyfishSisters.png|Jellyfish Sisters in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''
-Beanbean Fields Jellyfish 3DS.png|Kurata as he appears in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''
 JellyfishChild3.png|Kurako in the Relaxation Room as seen in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''
 JellyfishChild2.png|Kurata on the beach in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''
 </gallery>
+==Internal names==
+===Girl===
+{{internal names
+|game1=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
+|file1=<tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurako</tt><br><tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_ko_kurako</tt>
+|name1=kurako
+|meaning1=From「{{ruby|海月|クラゲ}}」(''kurage'', "jellyfish") and the Japanese female name ending「{{ruby|子|こ}}」(''-ko'')<br>The second file is her ''Minion Quest'' counterpart
+}}
+===Boy===
+{{internal names
+|game1=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
+|file1=<tt>content0.game/romfs/Obj/FChr.dat/_CA_INFO_/f_kurata</tt>
+|name1=kurata
+|meaning1=From「{{ruby|海月|クラゲ}}」(''kurage'', "jellyfish") and the Japanese male name ending「~た」(''-ta'')
+}}
 ==Trivia==
-*In the ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]], the receptionist is described as a "man".<ref>Thomason, Steve. ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Player's Guide. Page 88. "''Talk to the man at the counter in the Relaxation Room and purchase a massage for Mario and Luigi.''"</ref>
+*In the ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]], the receptionist is described as a "man".<ref>{{cite|author=Thomason, Steve|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Player's Guide|page=88|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-43-7|quote=Talk to the man at the counter in the Relaxation Room and purchase a massage for Mario and Luigi.}}</ref>
 ==References==
 <references/>
 {{M&LSS}}
 [[Category:Allies]]
 [[Category:Jellyfish]]
 [[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga species]]

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