Jinx
Artwork fromSuper 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 inMonstro Town inSuper 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. IfMario walks inside the dojo, Jinx's studentJagger will noticeBowser 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, andHP stats. He also introducesQuicksilver in the second fight andBombs Away (which has extremely high attack power) in the third fight. After winning the third fight, Jinx rewards Mario and his allies with theJinx 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 ofjumping 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 forthe Master inPaper 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 andChan andLee for the Master.

During the battle againstWizakoopa, he may create aJinx Clone to defend himself.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, Jinx can be refought after defeatingSmithy. At the start of the battle, the Action Gauge is reset, and the party must refill it and use anyTriple Move to end the battle. If any party member fails an Action Command, Jinx immediately attacks that party member with Silver Bullet. After defeatingCulex 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 ofMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.^[1]

Statistics[edit]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

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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 ofMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

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  Post-game epilogue scene

Names in other languages[edit]

Jinx (Testing Capabilities)

Jinx (You Asked for It)

Jinx (Sensei in Action)

Mario-Style Jinx

References[edit]

• Martial artists
• Optional bosses
• Third-party Super Mario characters
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bosses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names