Jelectro
| Jelectro | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Bros. 3 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024) | ||
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Jelectros are enemies introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are glowing, electric jellyfish that slightly bob in place underwater.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Jelectros are enemies in Super Mario Bros. 3. Jelectros are invincible to all attacks, even Invincible Mario and hammers. Jelectros are first encountered in World 3-5, being spread throughout, while in World 7-4, a large swarm of them is encountered in the middle of the level. Jelectros are like Munchers in that the game programs them as damaging, animated scenery tiles, making them an indestructible solid surface. Artwork of the Jelectros depict them as smooth, as opposed to the gray spots on their sprites. Additionally, the remakes recolor the Jelectros to be blue, instead of black.
Jelectros bob up and down in place in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, rather than staying completely still. They also appear in one World-e level, Sea to Sky.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2
Jelectros are course elements in Super Mario Maker, its Nintendo 3DS version, and Super Mario Maker 2. They replace the Spike Traps when creating a course in the Super Mario Bros. 3 underwater theme, keeping their properties from Super Mario Bros. 3. In Super Mario Maker, they are only identified as Spike Traps, but Super Mario Maker 2 calls them by their actual name.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Jelectros also make appearances in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. Here they are similar to their game appearances, except they have glowing red eyes and yellow tentacles. They appear in episodes such as "Reptiles in the Rose Garden", where they can actually move, and "The Ugly Mermaid", where they stand still like they originally do in Super Mario Bros. 3.
Super Mario Bros. Print World
A Jelectro appears in the printing software, Super Mario Bros. Print World, in the artwork entitled "Swimming Mario" alongside Mario.
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up
A Jelectro makes a cameo appearance on the Marine Biologist page in Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, and is even mentioned in the description.[1]
Nintendo Adventure Book
In the Nintendo Adventure Book Leaping Lizards, Luigi spots some Jelectros through a window while exploring Iggy Koopa's secret underwater lab in Water Land. Three weeks later, some Jelectros appear in the swimming portion of the International Mushroom Games obstacle course. If the reader chooses Luigi to compete in the course, one of the Jelectros will shock and briefly stun him as soon as he enters the water.
Profiles and statistics
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| しびれくらげ (JP) / Jelectro (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| アクア族 | Tribe | Aqua clan | |
| おしついている | Disposition | Calm | |
| 3 | Game appearances | 3 | |
| 無敵のクラゲ軍団登場 どんな攻撃も通じない無敵の電気クラゲ。げんぜん動こうとしないが、やたら大勢で登場するので間を抜けるだけでもたいへん。カエルスーツなら、楽に泳げる。[2] |
The invincible jellyfish army! An invincible electric jellyfish that cannot be harmed by any attack. They do not move at all, but they appear in such large numbers that it is very difficult just to get between them. If you wear a Frog Suit, you can swim easily. | ||
Gallery
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario All-Stars (Super Mario Bros. 3)
Super Mario Maze Picture Book 5: Adventure in the Land of Rainbows
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | しびれくらげ[3][4] Shibire Kurage |
Numbness Jellyfish | |
| French | Médusélectrique[5] | Portmanteau of électrique ("electric") and méduse ("jellyfish") | |
| German | Quallektro[?] | Electro-Jellyfish | |
| Italian | Jelectro[6] | - | |
| Elettromedusa[7][8] | Electro-jellyfish; shared with Jam-o'-War | ||
| Korean | 찌릿해파리[9] Jjirit Haepari |
Shocking Jellyfish | |
| Spanish | Electromedusa[?] | Electric Jellyfish |
References
- ^ "Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few." – Marine Biologist page description (1992). Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up. Merit Software (English).
- ^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 89.
- ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 37.
- ^ Nintendo (2020). CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. 3. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo (French). Page 42.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo (Italian). Page 36.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 28.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 36.
- ^ 2010. 슈퍼 마리오 25주년 스페셜 에디션 (Syupeo Mario 25-junyeon Seupesyeol edisyeon) instruction booklet. Nintendo of Korea (Korean). Page 30.
