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The '''Snorkel Snake''',<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Page 11.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991021230157/http://www.yoshisstory.com/page5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 23, 2015.</ref> also called the '''Snorkle Fish''',<ref name=fish>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508193347/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref> is a serpentine enemy that appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. It resembles a large white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. Smaller variants of the Snorkel Snake, known as [[Mr. Eel]]s, also appear in the game. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant {{wp|pipefish}}, particularly due to the mouth. | The '''Snorkel Snake''',<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Page 11.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991021230157/http://www.yoshisstory.com/page5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 23, 2015.</ref> also called the '''Snorkle Fish''',<ref name=fish>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508193347/http://www.yoshisstory.com/5-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref> is a serpentine enemy that appears in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. It resembles a large white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. Smaller variants of the Snorkel Snake, known as [[Mr. Eel]]s, also appear in the game. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant {{wp|pipefish}}, particularly due to the mouth. | ||
The Snorkel Snake can be seen swimming on the Ocean page, and it is found in a single area of the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]], where it waits for a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to [[swim]] nearby. When it spots them, it swims in circles around them, attempting to enclose them within its spiky body; since Yoshis cannot throw [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s underwater, the Snorkel Snake is effectively invincible. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, allowing the Yoshis to escape if encircled. | The Snorkel Snake can be seen swimming on the [[P. 5-Ocean|Ocean page]], and it is found in a single area of the level [[Lots O'Jelly Fish]], where it waits for a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to [[swim]] nearby. When it spots them, it swims in circles around them, attempting to enclose them within its spiky body; since Yoshis cannot throw [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s underwater, the Snorkel Snake is effectively invincible. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, allowing the Yoshis to escape if encircled. | ||
==Profiles and statistics== | ==Profiles and statistics== | ||
Revision as of 11:56, February 21, 2023
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The Snorkel Snake,[1][2] also called the Snorkle Fish,[3] is a serpentine enemy that appears in Yoshi's Story. It resembles a large white serpentine creature with green spikes and a large fin for a tail. Its head is a large ball with red eyes, flippers, and a spout for a mouth. Smaller variants of the Snorkel Snake, known as Mr. Eels, also appear in the game. While identified as a snake in English and an eel in Japanese, it more closely resembles a giant pipefish, particularly due to the mouth.
The Snorkel Snake can be seen swimming on the Ocean page, and it is found in a single area of the level Lots O'Jelly Fish, where it waits for a Yoshi to swim nearby. When it spots them, it swims in circles around them, attempting to enclose them within its spiky body; since Yoshis cannot throw eggs underwater, the Snorkel Snake is effectively invincible. However, its body is not long enough for it to make a complete circle, allowing the Yoshis to escape if encircled.
Profiles and statistics
- Website bio: Swimming in circles that grow ever-tighter, The Snorkle Fish is a prickly Yoshi-smiter.[3]
- Shogakukan guide: 「長いからだはトゲだらけ。おまけにあとを追ってくる。なんてこった！」 ("Their long body is covered in thorns. In addition, it will follow you. What the heck!")[4]
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ウナボン[4] Unabon |
From「鰻」(unagi, eel) and「坊」(bon, Japanese affectionate suffix for "boy") |
Trivia
- The Snorkel Snake bears a resemblance to the Dragoneel, which was introduced in New Super Mario Bros. U and also tries to encircle players with its body. The Snorkel Snake's Japanese name, "Unabon," is used as a file name for the Dragoneel, suggesting this resemblance may have been intentional.
References
- ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Page 11.
- ^ Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ a b Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ a b 「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 6.
