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{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SeaAnemonieArtwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Yoshi's Story''
|image=[[File:SeaAnemonieArtwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
}}
}}
'''Sea Anemones''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19990930175149/http://www.yoshisstory.com/hearts5-2.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref> also described as '''giant octopuses''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=90|date=April 21, 1999|author=Prima Bath|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=0-7615-2083-X|quote=Swimming on to the right, past the giant octopus, a blue pipe takes Yoshi to a mini melon game.}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. They are sea creatures with long stinging tentacles encountered in [[Lots O'Fish]] only. Sea Anemones are invincible and cannot be defeated. They act as stationary obstacles, moving their tentacles back and forth in an attempt to snare prey. Some Sea Anemones have the ability to move their arms in and out. They normally guard [[melon]]s and [[Heart Coin|coin]]s, the former of which a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must grab with his tongue to avoid the tentacles.
'''Sea Anemones''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19990930175149/http://www.yoshisstory.com/hearts5-2.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}</ref> also described as '''giant octopuses''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=90|date=April 21, 1999|author=Prima Bath|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=0-7615-2083-X|quote=Swimming on to the right, past the giant octopus, a blue pipe takes Yoshi to a mini melon game.}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', found only in the level [[Lots O'Fish]]. Sea Anemones are invincible sea creatures that remain in place, moving their tentacles back and forth, though some do it in and out. Sea Anemones are usually near [[melon]]s and [[Heart Coin|coin]]s.


==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Story Anemone.png|Sprite from ''Yoshi's Story''
Story Anemone.png|Sprite
Lots'O'Fish!.png|A large Sea Anemone guarding some [[coin]]s in ''Yoshi's Story''
YS-LotsO'Fish-Icon.png|Lots O'Fish level icon
YS-LotsO'Fish-Icon.png|Lots O'Fish level icon in ''Yoshi's Story''
Lots'O'Fish!.png|A large Sea Anemone guarding some [[coin]]s
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=イソズキンちゃん<ref name=Sho>{{cite|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P7.jpg|7}}|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')}}</ref>
|Jpn=イソズキンちゃん
|JapR=Isozukinchan
|JpnC=<ref name=Sho>{{cite|date=February 20, 1998|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P7.jpg|7}}|isbn=4-09-102619-2}}</ref>
|JapM=Pun on「{{hover|菟葵|イソギンチャク}}」(''isoginchaku'', "{{wp|sea anemone}}") and possibly「赤ずきんちゃん」(''Akazukin-chan'', "{{wp|Little Red Riding Hood}}")
|JpnR=Isozukinchan
|Spa=Anémona<ref>Club Nintendo [https://archive.org/details/club-nintendo-ano-07-no-05-mexico/page/n19/mode/2up TIPS section]</ref>
|JpnM=Pun on「{{ruby|菟葵|イソギンチャク}}」(''isoginchaku'', "{{wp|sea anemone}}") and possibly「赤ずきんちゃん」(''Akazukin-chan'', "{{wp|Little Red Riding Hood}}")
|Spa=Anémona
|SpaC=<ref>Club Nintendo [https://archive.org/details/club-nintendo-ano-07-no-05-mexico/page/n19/mode/2up TIPS section]</ref>
|SpaM=Anemone}}
|SpaM=Anemone}}



Revision as of 22:57, March 10, 2025

Sea Anemone
Artwork of a Sea Anemone from Yoshi's Story
Artwork
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)

Sea Anemones,[1] also described as giant octopuses,[2] are enemies in Yoshi's Story, found only in the level Lots O'Fish. Sea Anemones are invincible sea creatures that remain in place, moving their tentacles back and forth, though some do it in and out. Sea Anemones are usually near melons and coins.

Profiles and statistics

  • Website description: "Hiding luscious melons under stinging tentacles, The sea anemones are submarine sentinels." [3]
  • Shogakukan guide: 大物は、デンとかまえて触手をゆらゆら。

The big one is holding its tentacles in its den and waving them around.[4]

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese イソズキンちゃん[4]
Isozukinchan
Pun on「菟葵イソギンチャク」(isoginchaku, "sea anemone") and possibly「赤ずきんちゃん」(Akazukin-chan, "Little Red Riding Hood")
Spanish Anémona[5] Anemone

References

  1. ^ Yoshi's Story official website. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived September 30, 1999, 17:51:49 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Swimming on to the right, past the giant octopus, a blue pipe takes Yoshi to a mini melon game." – Prima Bath (April 21, 1999). Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 0-7615-2083-X. Page 90.
  3. ^ 5-2 Lots o' Fish. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived May 8, 1999, 19:50:22 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  4. ^ a b February 20, 1998. 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102619-2. Page 7Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P7.jpg.
  5. ^ Club Nintendo TIPS section