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[[Image:Preying_Mantis.PNG|frame|right|A '''Preying Mantas'''.]]
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:YNI Model PreyingMantas.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''Yoshi's New Island''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|comparable=[[Jellybeam]]
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'''Preying Mantas'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref> are [[jellyfish]] [[list of enemies|enemies]] in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' series. Their English name is a play on "{{wp|praying mantis}}" and "{{wp|manta ray|manta}}," with the use of "{{wp|Predation|preying}}" conveying they are aggressive creatures. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, making them little of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. A Preying Mantas can be defeated from one of [[Submarine Yoshi]]'s torpedoes.
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref>{{cite|date=September 20, 1995|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=4-09-102523-4|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7}}}}</ref> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.''<ref name=NP/>


A '''Preying Mantas''' is a [[Jellyfish]] found in the waters in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]. The Yoshis can only attack them when in [[Yoshi Submarine|submarine mode]]; they are also only encountered while in this form.
===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 2002|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=4-09-106701-4|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16}}}}</ref> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')


It is possible that the Preying Manta are related to the salt-water dwelling Jellyfish from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. [[Jellyfish#Super Mario Galaxy|Jellyfish]] resembling Preying Mantas also appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', in the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]] and the [[Bigmouth Galaxy]]. They are found in groups of four swimming around. They also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' in the [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]]. Although, in the game guide, they are called Jammyfish.
===''Yoshi's New Island''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|date=August 9, 2014|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|19}}}}</ref> (''They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.'')


== Trivia ==
==Gallery==
*"Preying Mantas" is a pun on [[Wikipedia:Praying mantis|praying mantis]], which is a kind of insect.
<gallery>
*They may be related to [[Jumping Blooper]]s.
Preying Mantas.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
<br clear=all>
SMAGPB Yoshi.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 4]]: Hang in There, Yoshi''
{{Yoshi}}
SMA3-PreyingMantas.png|Sprite from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
{{SMG}}
</gallery>
[[Category:Yoshi Species]]
 
[[Category:Underwater Creatures]]
==Names in other languages==
[[Category:Yoshi Enemies]]
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|海月|くらげ}}<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1995|title=「オールカラー版 スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド全百科」 (''All-Color Ban - Super Mario: Yossy Island All Hyakka'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=42}}</ref> / くらげ<ref name=YNI/>
|JpnR=Kurage
|JpnM=Jellyfish
|Ger=Blubber-Qualle<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1995|page=18}}</ref>
|GerM=Bubble Jellyfish
}}
 
==Notes==
*During the development of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like [[Dry Bones]].<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Skeleton Jellyfish|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
 
==References==
<references/>
 
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Latest revision as of 12:19, March 10, 2025

Preying Mantas
Preying Mantas from Yoshi's New Island
Model from Yoshi's New Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Comparable

Preying Mantas[1] are jellyfish enemies in the Yoshi's Island series. Their English name is a play on "praying mantis" and "manta," with the use of "preying" conveying they are aggressive creatures. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, making them little of a threat to the Yoshis. A Preying Mantas can be defeated from one of Submarine Yoshi's torpedoes.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。[2] (Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.)
  • Player's Guide: Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.[1]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。[3] (Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。[4] (They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 海月くらげ[5] / くらげ[4]
Kurage
Jellyfish
German Blubber-Qualle[6] Bubble Jellyfish

Notes[edit]

  • During the development of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like Dry Bones.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 128Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg.
  2. ^ September 20, 1995. 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102523-4. Page 7Media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg.
  3. ^ November 20, 2002. 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106701-4. Page 16Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png.
  4. ^ a b August 9, 2014. 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 19Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg.
  5. ^ November 20, 1995. 「オールカラー版 スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド全百科」 (All-Color Ban - Super Mario: Yossy Island All Hyakka). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 42.
  6. ^ Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 18.
  7. ^ Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved May 15, 2023.