Jinx

Jinx
Jinx's artwork for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)

“I guess I underestimated you. You pack quite a punch! But don't let it get to your head, because I let you HAVE that round. Let's have a rematch.”

—Jinx, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Jinx is a martial arts master who operates a dojo in Monstro Town in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Although he is extremely small, he is also enormously powerful. Visiting the dojo is not necessary to completing the game, and is an optional sidequest. If Mario walks inside the dojo, Jinx's student Jagger will notice Bowser and kindly offer a challenge against the party. After beating Jagger, his Sensei Jinx reveals himself and can be fought.

Jinx can be defeated up to three times, getting exponentially stronger with each fight, with higher attack, defense, and HP stats. He also introduces Quicksilver in the second fight and Bombs Away (which has extremely high attack power) in the third fight. After winning the third fight, Jinx rewards Mario and his allies with the Jinx Belt, the symbol of his power which is to be worn by the highest-ranking member. Jinx also quickly declares Mario the new Sensei of the dojo, calling it "Mario Style Dojo" and giving up his title. Jagger and Jinx immediately train in Mario's apparent style of martial arts, beginning their training regimen of jumping one thousand times. In spite of this, they continue to do this tirelessly for the rest of the game, and Mario is never directly seen instructing his dojo.

Jinx paved the way for the Master in Paper Mario; both Jinx and the Master are optional martial arts-themed bosses in their respective games that are fought in three progressively more challenging battles. Both also have a student (or two) who are fought before them: Jagger for Jinx and Chan and Lee for the Master.

During the battle against the Magikoopa brainwashed by the Smithy Gang, he may create a Jinx Clone to defend him.

A sprite of Jinx is present in the data of the E3 2003 demo of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Jinx (1st Match)
	HP	600	FP	100	Speed	30
	Location(s)	Monstro Town	Attack	140	Magic attack	0
	Role	Boss	Defense	100	Magic defense	80
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	30%	Magic evade	25%	Spells	None
	Weak	None	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Valor Up (HP < 300), Jinxed, Triple Kick
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Items	None
Psychopath	"You're just a beginner!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Jinx (2nd Match)
	HP	800	FP	100	Speed	32
	Location(s)	Monstro Town	Attack	160	Magic attack	0
	Role	Boss	Defense	120	Magic defense	90
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	30%	Magic evade	25%	Spells	None
	Weak	None	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Quicksilver, Valor Up (HP < 400), Jinxed, Triple Kick, Silver Bullet
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Items	None
Psychopath	"Sympathy!? Not from me!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Jinx (3rd Match)
	HP	1000	FP	100	Speed	35
	Location(s)	Monstro Town	Attack	180	Magic attack	0
	Role	Boss	Defense	140	Magic defense	100
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	30%	Magic evade	25%	Spells	None
	Weak	None	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Bombs Away, Valor Up (HP < 600), Vigor up! (HP < 300), Jinxed, Triple Kick, Quicksilver, Silver Bullet
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Items	None
Psychopath	"Ooh! I'm gonna hurt ya!"

Gallery

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  Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

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  Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

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  Sprite from the data of the E3 2003 demo of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジャッキー[?] Jakkī	Jacky; a reference to famous actor and martial artist, Jackie Chan
Spanish	Jinx[?]	-