Jinx

Jinx
Artwork from Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
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 Wizakoopa, he may create a Jinx Clone to defend himself.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, Jinx can be refought after defeating Smithy. At the start of the battle, the Action Gauge is reset, and the party must refill it and use any Triple Move to end the battle. If any party member fails an Action Command, Jinx immediately attacks that party member with Silver Bullet. After defeating Culex 3D then defeating Smithy, Jinx, along with Jagger and Culex in his 2D form, appears in the credits scene with Monstermama and the other characters.

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

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!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Jinx (Testing Capabilities)
	HP	600	Weak Elements	N/A	Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Monstro Town
	Monster List profile	(He's nowhere near experienced enough to beat me. I should be OK as long as I use Valor Up and occasionally attack twice.)
	Thought Peek	"You don't have the experience to beat me!"
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Jinx (You Asked for It)
	HP	800	Weak Elements	N/A	Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Monstro Town
	Monster List profile	(...This is a bad time for me to start sympathizing with my opponents. I've got Quicksilver and Silver Bullet, and they won't be expecting those.)
	Thought Peek	"Sympathy!? Not from me!"
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Jinx (Sensei in Action)
	HP	1000	Weak Elements	N/A	Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Monstro Town
	Monster List profile	(If they let their guard down, they're done for. They'll learn that soon enough. With Bombs Away after Vigor Up, I'm not holding back! I can't lose!)
	Thought Peek	"I've committed your every move to memory!"
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Mario-Style Jinx
	HP	4000	Weak Elements	N/A	Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Monstro Town
	Monster List profile	It was only after that rematch that Jinx realized if he was going to learn anything about teamwork moves, Jagger should have fought as well.
	Thought Peek	"Sensei! Please instruct me!"
	Animations

Gallery

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  Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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

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  Post-game epilogue scene

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジャッキー[?] Jakkī	Jacky; a reference to Jacky from Virtua Fighter
Chinese (simplified)	贾奇[?] Jiǎqí	Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (traditional)	賈奇[?] Jiǎqí	Transliteration of Japanese name
Dutch	Jinx[?]	-
French	Jinx[?]	-
German	Jitsu[?]	Derived from "Jujutsu"
Italian	Jinx[?]	-
Korean	재키[?] Jaeki	Jacky; from the Japanese name
Spanish	Jinx[?]	-

Jinx (Testing Capabilities)

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジャッキー　(１回目かいめ) Jakkī (ikkaime)	Jinx (1st Time)
	ジャッキー（ようす見）[?] Jakkī (Yōsu mi)	Jinx (Watching the Situation)
Chinese (simplified)	贾奇（正在观望）[?] Jiǎqí (Zhèngzài Guānwàng)	Jinx (Waiting and Watching)
Chinese (traditional)	賈奇（正在觀望）[?] Jiǎqí (Zhèngzài Guānwàng)	Jinx (Waiting and Watching)
Dutch	Jinx (vaardigheidstraining)[?]	Jinx (skill training)
French	Jinx (échauffement)[?]	Jinx (warmup)
German	Jitsu (zaghafter Antastmodus)[?]	Jinx (tentative probing mode)
Italian	Jinx (Vediamo come te la cavi)[?]	Jinx (Let's see how you handle it)
Korean	재키(몸풀기)[?] Jaeki (Mom pulgi)	Jinx (Warmup)
Spanish	Jinx (te pone a prueba)[?]	Jinx (he tests you)

Jinx (You Asked for It)

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジャッキー　(２回目かいめ) Jakkī (nikaime)	Jinx (2nd Time)
	ジャッキー（ちょっと本気）[?] Jakkī (Chotto Honki)	Jinx (A Little Serious)
Chinese (simplified)	贾奇（开始认真了）[?] Jiǎqí (Kāishǐ Rènzhēnle)	Jinx (Getting serious)
Chinese (traditional)	賈奇（開始認真了）[?] Jiǎqí (Kāishǐ Rènzhēnle)	Jinx (Getting serious)
Dutch	Jinx (serieuze werk)[?]	Jinx (serious business)
French	Jinx (aperçu piquant)[?]	Jinx (spicy glimpse)
German	Jitsu (macht langsam ernst)[?]	Jinx (is getting serious)
Italian	Jinx (L'hai voluto tu)[?]	Jinx (You asked for it)
Korean	재키(적당한 실력)[?] Jaeki (Jeokdanghan Sillyeok)	Jinx (Moderate Skill)
Spanish	Jinx (se pone serio)[?]	Jinx (he gets serious)

Jinx (Sensei in Action)

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジャッキー　(３回目かいめ) Jakkī (sankaime)	Jinx (3rd Time)
	ジャッキー（本当のつよさ）[?] Jakkī (Hontō no Tsuyo-sa)	Jinx (True Strength)
Chinese (simplified)	贾奇（真正强度）[?] Jiǎqí (Zhēnzhèng Qiángdù)	Jinx (True Strength)
Chinese (traditional)	賈奇（真正強度）[?] Jiǎqí (Zhēnzhèng Qiángdù)	Jinx (True Strength)
Dutch	Jinx (sensei in actie)[?]	Jinx (sensei in action)
French	Jinx (le maître en action)[?]	Jinx (the master in action)
German	Jitsu (der Sensei-Supremo!)[?]	Jinx (the Supreme Sensei!)
Italian	Jinx (Sensei in azione)[?]	Jinx (Sensei in action)
Korean	재키(진정한 힘)[?] Jaeki (Jinjeonghan him)	Jinx (True Strength)
Spanish	Jinx (senséi en acción)[?]	Jinx (sensei in action)

Mario-Style Jinx

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジャッキー（マリオ流道場）[?] Jakkī (Mario Nagare Dōjō)	Jinx (Mario-Style Dojo)
Chinese (simplified)	贾奇（马力欧流道场）[?] Jiǎqí (Mǎlìōu liú dàochǎng)	Jinx (Mario-Style Dojo)
Chinese (traditional)	賈奇（瑪利歐流道場）[?] Jiǎqí (Mǎlìōu liú dàochǎng)	Jinx (Mario-Style Dojo)
Dutch	Jinx (Mario-dojo)[?]	-
French	Jinx (arts Mario)[?]	Jinx (Mario arts); pun on arts martiaux ("martial arts")
German	Mario-Stil-Jitsu[?]	Mario-Style Jinx
Italian	Jinx (stile di Mario)[?]	Jinx (Mario's style)
Korean	재키(마리오파 도장)[?] Jaeki (Mario-pa dojang)	Jinx (Mario-Style Dojo)
Spanish	Jinx (dojo de Mario)[?]	Jinx (Mario's dojo)