Jumbo Ray
| Jumbo Ray | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Model fromNew Super Mario Bros. Wii | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Party 10 (2015) | ||
| Variant of | Manta | ||
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Jumbo Rays[1] are creatures debuting inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They areMantas that are green and wear a pair of swim goggles. Jumbo Rays can leap and fly through the sky, allowing the player characters to stand on them as platforms until they disappear into the fog. Their appearance and manner are similar to those ofDolphins. Despite being Mantas, they lack the usual pair of cephalic fins around their mouths, and instead resembleeagle rays with their slightly elongated snouts.
History[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Jumbo Rays appear inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are encountered in only one course—World 5-5. The player characters have to use the Jumbo Rays to traverse the level. Jumbo Rays make a whistling noise when the player jumps on them, similarly to if the player jumps on aPara-Beetle. However, the Jumbo Rays' sound does not go up the music scale as the Para-Beetle does. Jumbo Rays are not enemies and cannot hurt Mario.
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX[edit]
One Jumbo Ray appears near the start of the underwater zone ofTropical Coast inMario Kart Arcade GP DX, and unlike other appearances, it does not fly in the air.
Mario Party series[edit]
Jumbo Rays have appeared as background characters in theMario Party series. InMario Party: Island Tour, a large group of Jumbo Rays can be seen in the background of the Hot-Air Hijinks minigame mode, a Jumbo Ray can be seen in the background of one of the scenes depicted in theminigameGet Reel, and a Jumbo Ray can be seen at the hot-air balloon in the minigamePoint 'n' Shoot. InMario Party 10, Jumbo Rays appear in the backgrounds of the minigamesBouncy Brawl andBubble Squabble.
Mario Golf: World Tour[edit]
Jumbo Rays fly around in the background of theSky Island course inMario Golf: World Tour.
Gallery[edit]
Model fromNew Super Mario Bros. Wii
Model fromNew Super Mario Bros. Wii
Model fromNew Super Mario Bros. Wii
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii Mario Kart Arcade GP DX | 1 Data/files/Object/manjirou.arc Data/Model/Object/manjirou | manjirou | Portmanteau of "manta" and「次郎」(Jirō); compare withMantarō andHōjirō |
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 | エイジロウ[2][3] Eijirō | Portmanteau between「 | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 魟魚仔[4] Hóngyúzǎi(Mandarin) Hùhng'yújái(Cantonese) | From「魟魚」(hóngyú /hùhng'yú, "stingray") and the diminuitive suffix「仔」(zǎi /jái); comparable to the Simplified Chinese"鳐鱼仔" (Yáoyúzǎi /Yìuh'yùhjái, "Ray") | |
| French(European) | Raie manta[5] | Manta | |
| German | Jumbo-Manta[6] | Jumbo Manta | |
| Italian | Mantamilla volante[7] | Flying Ray, withMantamilla referring to the character fromSuper Mario Galaxy | |
| Raggio Jumbo[8] | Jumbo Beam; a mistranslation of the English "Ray" | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | |
| Mantamilla Volante[9] | Flying Ray, withMantamilla referring to the character fromSuper Mario Galaxy | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 나는 가오리[10] Naneun Gaoli | Flying Stingray | |
| Spanish(European) | Rayo Jumbo[11] | Jumbo Ray; potentially a mistranslation of the English "Jumbo Ray" or a play onrayo ("ray beam"),raya ("stingray"), and masculine given names ending in-o | |
| Aeromanta[12] | Air Manta | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia |
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 10, 106, 107.
- ^Ito, Shota, Tomomi Seki, Kei Narita, Izumi Sasaki, Ryosuke Ito, Mio Yuasa, and Masakazu Kodaira, editors (2009). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・Ｗｉｉパーフェクトガイド』. Tokyo:Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN978-4-04-726295-9. Page 30.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in『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 144.
- ^2010.新 超級瑪利歐兄弟 Wii - 香港任天堂網站.Nintendo Official Site (Traditional Chinese). Archived August 20, 2010, 00:36:46 UTC from theoriginal via Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 Feb. 2020.
- ^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 144.
- ^2011.New Super Mario Bros. Wii Official Sticker Collection (German Edition). Barcelona:E-max, EnterPLAY (German). Page 27.
- ^Sawada, Yukio (2022).Super Mario Mangamania. Translated by Alessandro Colombo. Milan:Edizioni BD (Italian). ISBN978-88349-07122. Page 113-14.
- ^2011.New Super Mario Bros. Wii Album Ufficiale (Italian Edition). Barcelona:Mysterics, EnterPLAY (Italian). Page 27.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 144.
- ^"하늘을 나는 가오리의 등을 빌려 진행하는 공중 코스" – WORLD 4~ (2010).뉴 슈퍼 마리오브라더스 Wii.Nintendo Official Site (Korean). Archived October 24, 2016, 20:00:20 UTC from theoriginal via Wayback Machine. Retrieved 15 Sept. 2025.
- ^2011.New Super Mario Bros. Wii Official Sticker Collection (Spanish Edition). Barcelona:E-max, EnterPLAY (European Spanish). Page 27.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 144.
