Jellybeam
| Jellybeam | |||
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Screenshot fromMario Kart World | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Jelectro | ||
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Jellybeams[1] are ajellyfish enemy introduced inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. Their name is a pun on "jelly bean," as well as a portmanteau of "jellyfish" and "beam." Their appearance is reminiscent ofJelectros fromSuper Mario Bros. 3 while also incorporating bioluminescent spots reminiscent of the reflective cilia ofcomb jellies.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Jellybeams are encountered inWorld 8-4 inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They serve to illuminate the dark waters, and move up and down slowly. A Jellybeam can still harm the player character on contact. Jellybeams can be defeated from eitherfireballs or aSuper Star. Mario can also freeze Jellybeams, causing them to stop moving, but they will continue to illuminate the water. When a "bah" is heard in the music, Jellybeams briefly flash their lights.
New Super Mario Bros. U /New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Jellybeams reappear inNew Super Mario Bros. U acting in the same manner as inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, and appear only inDeepsea Ruins ofSoda Jungle with Bulbers,Fish Bones, andCircling Boo Buddies.
Mario Kart series[edit]
Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Jellybeams appear in the underwater segments ofGCN Sherbet Land andDolphin Shoals inMario Kart 8 andMario Kart 8 Deluxe. They illuminate the water around them but do not actively interact with drivers. They also appear inPiranha Plant Cove in theBooster Course Pass.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Jellybeams appear at the beginning of the underwater section ofPiranha Plant Cove 2 inMario Kart Tour. Like thebumpers inDS Waluigi Pinball, they bounce away drivers who run into them, even if said drivers are under the effects of aFrenzy,Mega Mushroom,Bullet Bill, orSuper Star. Jellybeams grant bonus points when hit with an offensive item (except for aBanana orGiant Banana) or when simply driven into; if a driver lands on top of a Jellybeam, they additionally receive aJump Boost. Most items, when thrown, break on contact with a Jellybeam, while others are bounced away (Bananas and Giant Bananas) and some pass through it (Bowser's Shells andGiga Bob-ombs).
Mario Kart World[edit]
Jellybeams appear in the ocean byCrown City,DK Spaceport, andPeach Stadium inMario Kart World.[2] They float in water stationarily and bounce racers upwards when driven on. TheKamek item can temporarily summon Jellybeams on the track.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]
There is an illustration of a Jellybeam on the storefront sign of a fish shop inToad Town.
Gallery[edit]
The August 2018LINE calendar
Jellybeam illustration in the teaser poster forThe Super Mario Bros. Movie
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of theSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due toconcerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ライトクラゲ[3][4] Raito Kurage | Light Jellyfish; comparable to「しびれくらげ」(Shibire Kurage, "Jelectro") | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 发光水母[4] Fāguāngshuǐmǔ(Mandarin) Faatgwōngséuimóuh(Cantonese) | Luminescent Jellyfish | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 發光水母[4] Fāguāngshuǐmǔ(Mandarin) Faatgwōngséuimóuh(Cantonese) | Luminescent Jellyfish | |
| French(European) | Luméduse[4] | Portmanteau betweenlumière ("light") andméduse ("jellyfish") | |
| Jellybeam[5] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Qalle[4] | FromQualle ("jellyfish") | |
| Italian | Medusella[4] | Frommedusa ("jellyfish") and the diminutive suffix-ella | |
| Medulampada[6]:146 | Portmanteau ofmedusa ("jellyfish") andlampada ("lamp") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Medusilla[6]:210 | Jammyfish | ||
| Korean | 젤리빔[4] Jellibim | Jellybeam | |
| Portuguese(Brazilian) | Água-luz[4] | Portmanteau betweenágua-viva ("jellyfish") andluz ("light") | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Meluza[4] | Portmanteau betweenmedusa ("jellyfish") andluz ("light") | |
| Spanish(European) | Medusiño[4] | Portmanteau betweenmedusa ("jellyfish") andniño ("child") |
References[edit]
- ^Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009).New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide.Prima Games (American English). ISBN978-0-307-46592-4. Page 161.
- ^Sliver (April 4, 2025).30 Minutos de GAMEPLAY de MARIO KART WORLD para Nintendo Switch 2YouTube. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 146, 211.
- ^abcdefghijIn-game name displayed as anaction inMario Kart Tour.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 146.
- ^abSakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018).Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X.


