Watermelon
- Not to be confused withMelon.
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| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
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Watermelons, also namedmelons, appear in theSuper Mario franchise asfruits with various types of roles, most involving some form of interactivity.
History[edit]
Yoshi series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
Watermelons appear inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island andits reissue in three varieties (parsed asWater Melon in one preview),[1] each offering special attacks. Green watermelons allow aYoshi to spit out the seeds as projectiles; if a green watermelon already has a bite mark in it, there will be only a third as many seeds.Ukikis have many watermelons, some half-eaten by them, which they use to spit seeds at a Yoshi.Red watermelons allow three shots of fire breath that burn enemies and meltIce Blocks.Blue watermelons allow three shots of ice breath that freeze enemies, making them harmless and immobile and causing them to break apart when a Yoshi touches them. Super Green Watermelons, Super Red Watermelons, and Super Blue Watermelons are also available asSpecial Items, which automatically give a Yoshi the ability of the watermelon as if he had gulped it. Watermelons are featured prominently in theMini Battle calledWatermelon Seed Spitting Contest.
A Special Item called theSuper Green Watermelon also appears in the game.
Yoshi's Story[edit]
Watermelons inYoshi's Story appear as one of the favorite fruit ofGreen Yoshis, along withmelons.
Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]
Watermelons inYoshi Touch & Go can be eaten by Yoshi to receive five eggs.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Watermelons inYoshi's New Island are functionally the same as in the original. Watermelons with bite marks are first encountered inUkiki Jammin', first held by an Ukiki and having seeds that are spat out by them. A full variant of the watermelon is found inRide the Blarggwich. Red and blue watermelons can also be found in later levels of the game, with red watermelons first debuting inHarry Hedgehog's Labyrinth and blue watermelons inBrave the Bumpty Blizzard.
Yoshi's Woolly World /Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]
Green watermelons appear inYoshi's Woolly World andPoochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, where Yoshi uses them to spit out seeds that can hit enemies andWinged Clouds, break sponge obstacles, and collectbeads orSmiley Flower. A full watermelon has 50 seeds. When there is a bite on a watermelon, there are 20 seeds in it. Seeds vanish on contact with invisible Winged Clouds but successfully reveal the cloud; seeds are the only projectile in the entire game incapable of passing through these clouds.Wonder Wool fully negate watermelon seeds. Many enemies and bosses can survive a single hit from a watermelon seed, but some of them flinch and they will take damage after being pelted by enough seeds. Out of all of Yoshi's attacks, watermelon seeds are the least efficient in terms of inflicting damage. Watermelons first appear inClawdaddy Beach. Some Ukikis inMonkeying Round and Round use watermelons with bites in them to spit an endless supply of seeds at Yoshi in volleys of four at a time. Eating the watermelon from them is prioritized over the Ukiki and cancels the attack even if they already took a bite from the watermelon.
Fire and ice watermelons also return, again allowing Yoshi to use fire and ice breath.
TheAll-you-can-eat watermelon!Power Badge causes a watermelon on a propeller to appear in a course above Yoshi. It reappears whenever Yoshi has not eaten this watermelon and this watermelon is currently offscreen. This means Yoshi can spit watermelon seeds at nearly any point in the game. However, the badge cannot be used while fightingMega Baby Bowser. Watermelons from this badge fly away after Yoshi defeats a boss.
Watermelon slices also occasionally appear in theBonus Game only included inYoshi's Woolly World, where they are worth 300 points each. Yoshi can collect them with his body or using his tongue.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
Watermelons appear in volume 14 ofSuper Mario-kun, which is the adaption ofSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Like in the game, they give characters who eat them respective abilities. The first time they appear, Mario and Luigi stuff a Super Red Watermelon inside a crying Baby Mario to quiet him. He then breathes fire at Toadies who first attempted to attack. The next time they appear, Helicopter Yoshi eats a Super Green Watermelon and spits seeds at Kamek, Toadies, and Baby Mario they are carrying. During their battle against aLunge Fish, Mario stuffs a Super Blue Watermelon inside Yoshi to make Yoshi freeze the Lunge Fish.
Virtual Boy Wario Land[edit]
InVirtual Boy Wario Land, watermelons are grown in the greenhouse ofStage 9. Larger ones act as graphic-swaps of floor-boundBrick Blocks, though a type called theAngry Watermelon can only be destroyed by solving a puzzle. The puzzles involve carrying smaller watermelons that are sometimes dropped byHoney-Bees and throwing them ontoWatermelon Springs to hit a moving mechanism in the background with it.
Mario Party series[edit]
Watermelons in theMario Party series have differing roles between each appearance. Giant watermelons appear inMario Party as giant fruits on Watermelon Island part ofYoshi's Tropical Island. InMario Party 5,Super Duel Mode contains a weapon for machines called the Seed Machine Gun, which is modeled after the watermelons fromSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island; it is a weak, lightweight gun that fires seeds at a rapid rate and is worth five Battle Game Points. Watermelons inMario Party 10 appear in the minigameWatermelon Whalin', where they are carried by the rival players, and the solo player has to break them.
Donkey Kong franchise[edit]
Donkey Kong 64[edit]
- “For 7coins, I can now give you an extra melon to help you live longer and upgrade your weapon. Do you want it?”
- —Candy Kong,Donkey Kong 64
Melons inDonkey Kong 64 are used as theKongs' life meter. Each melon is made up of four slices, and if a Kong takes damage, they lose a melon slice of their health, sometimes even half a melon (the equivalent of two slices). Melon slices refill the Kongs' health, and can be found by either breaking openMelon Crates or by defeating enemies such asKritters orGnawties. If the Kongs lose all their health, they are sent back to the starting point of the area. At first, the Kongs start out only having one melon in their health meter, but they can have up to three by obtaining a melon upgrade fromCandy Kong inAngry Aztec andCrystal Caves each. Melons are ammo in somebonus stages such asTeetering Turtle Trouble!.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat[edit]
Watermelons inDonkey Kong Jungle Beat are the theme for theWatermelon Kingdom, where the goal for each level from this kingdom is a giant watermelon.
DK: Jungle Climber[edit]
A giant watermelon appears inVeggie Patch inDK: Jungle Climber, where its seeds are used aspegs.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]
Watermelons appear inDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze as explosive objects known asWatermelon Fuse Bombs, which can be picked up and thrown at enemies to defeat them, or at certain obstacles to destroy them, usually to reveal a secret. Large rectangular watermelons also make an appearance as platforms in the levelFruity Factory, a reference to real-lifesquare watermelons grown in Japan.
Donkey Kong Bananza[edit]
InDonkey Kong Bananza, a huge, cubic watermelon appears in theResort Layer. It is found atop a giant banana-shaped rock and blocks the sinkhole leading to theTempest Layer.Donkey Kong can destroy the watermelon by punching it from above. Once it is destroyed, giant slices of watermelon can be found in the waters near the rock. Punching the watermelon slices restores part of Donkey Kong's health.
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Sunshine[edit]
Watermelons appear inSuper Mario Sunshine as giant interactive objects inGelato Beach, where theSurf Cabana makes juice smoothies out of watermelons, and there is a Watermelon Festival where participants show off their largest watermelon. These watermelons are quite sensitive to pressure, and act and look more like water balloons. If broken, they will respawn in their initial location after a short time. Pushing a watermelon off of an edge also destroys it.[2] A watermelon can release acoin when broken, which is doable up to ten times per watermelon, which does not release any more coins when broken unless the course is reset.[citation needed]
There arewatermelon blocks in secret levels andPianta Village, which act as breakableblocks.
Super Mario Galaxy /Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Watermelons inSuper Mario Galaxy,Super Mario Galaxy 2, andSuper Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 permanently replace greencoconuts, with the same function, afterMario has collected 9999Star Bits.
Super Mario Galaxy also has a watermelon in "Bubble Blastoff" of theDeep Dark Galaxy. Mario lands on a glass planet where he mustGround Pound the three encircling tennis balls within the planet which will hit the watermelon in the center and cause it to grow visibly larger until it shatters the glass planet and becomes the new planet.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]
There are watermelon-likePiranha Plants introduced inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder calledMelon Piranha Plants. They spit out watermelon seeds which players can bounce off of. Like in theYoshi's Island series, if a Yoshi eats a Melon Piranha Plant, it can spit out a large number of watermelon seeds at rapid-fire pace, or, if it grabs one of the seeds the enemy spits out, it can spit it back out.
Nintendo Puzzle Collection[edit]
InNintendo Puzzle Collection, green, red, and blue Watermelons cascade down the screen when a stage of Round 9 is cleared in the Action Mode ofYoshi no Cookie.
WarioWare series[edit]
Watermelons appear in a few of themicrogames in theWarioWare series. InWarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!,Body Block involves people keeping a watermelon bouncing around. InWarioWare: Touched!, these fruit appear inSteel Chef andIt Slices, It Dices, where the player has to cut through them. They also appear inGlobal Warning. The microgameUniversal Marionette fromWarioWare: Smooth Moves features watermelons as projectiles that must be deflected. Body Block, Steel Chef and Universal Marionette reappear inWarioWare Gold, though Body Block is rethemed and does not include watermelons.
Mario Kart Arcade GP[edit]
A watermelon inMario Kart Arcade GP appears in the bonus stage of theMario Cup, where the goal is to push a watermelon to the goal.
Mario Hoops 3-on-3[edit]
A Watermelon appears inMario Hoops 3-on-3 as one of the unlockable basketballs.
Mario Sports Mix[edit]
Watermelons inMario Sports Mix are objects inFeed Petey, where player characters can earn fifty points by throwing a watermelon intoPetey Piranha's mouth. The watermelon is suspended in midair on a rope, and player characters can obtain the watermelons by jumping up under it.
Nintendo Land[edit]
Watermelons are one of the types of fruit which appear in theYoshi's Fruit Cart attraction inNintendo Land. A watermelon also appears as an unlockableprize at the Nintendo Land Plaza.
Luigi's Mansion series[edit]
Watermelons appear in theLuigi's Mansion series as interactive objects found in certain rooms. InLuigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, watermelons appear in the room floors ofScareScraper, where if a player breaks one, it will release severalhearts. InLuigi's Mansion 3, watermelons are found in the Kitchen alongside pumpkins. They do not drop hearts when destroyed, but they can be flung atChef Soulfflé to disarm him of his frying pan.
Minecraft[edit]
In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack forMinecraft,melons are replaced by watermelons.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]
Watermelons inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie can be seen in a fruit cart along withpineapples andbananas whileToad is escortingMario through theMushroom Kingdom.
Gallery[edit]
Yoshi spitting seeds inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Purple Yoshi spitting seeds
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
AUkiki holding a watermelon fromSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yossy Island Jumbo Carddass
Donkey Kong Card Game trading card
Super Mario Sunshine (watermelon block)
Super Mario Sunshine
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Yoshi no Cookie)
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
A Ukiki holding a watermelon fromYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's New Island
Artwork ofMario eating a watermelon
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | みどりのスイカ[3] Midori no suika | Green watermelon | |
| スイカ[4] Suika | Watermelon | ||
| Chinese | 西瓜[?] Xīguā | Watermelon | |
| Dutch | Watermeloen[?] | Watermelon | |
| French(Canadian) | Melon d'eau[?] | Watermelon | |
| French(European) | Pastèque[?] | Watermelon | |
| German | Wassermelone[?] | Watermelon | |
| Knatterkürbis[?] | Rattle pumpkin (Gunfire pumpkin) | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | |
| Italian | Cocomero Verde[5] | Green Watermelon | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
| Cocomero[6][7][8] | Watermelon | Yoshi's Story,Super Mario Sunshine,Super Mario Galaxy,Yoshi's New Island | |
| Cocomero verde[9] | Green watermelon | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | |
| Korean | 수박[?] Subak | Watermelon | |
| Portuguese | Melancia[?] | Watermelon | |
| Romanian | Pepene verde[?] | Green melon | |
| Russian | Арбуз[?] Arbuz | Watermelon | |
| Spanish | Sandía[?] | Watermelon |
References[edit]
- ^"WATER MELONS EVERYWHERE Yoshi respects Water Melon etiquette by blurting seeds out all over the place. There are a few strains of Water Melon, the benefits of which vary depending on colour. The red ones, for example, cause Yoshi to breathe fire!!!" – September 1995.Nintendo Magazine System (AU) #30.Catalyst Publishing (Australian English). Page 14.
- ^"If you push it off a steep edge, the melon will pop—so you'll need to work carefully." – Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal (2002).Super Mario Sunshine Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-930206-23-2. Page 63.
- ^August 5, 1995.Super Mario: Yossy Island instruction booklet.Nintendo (Japanese). Page 17.
- ^1998. 「ヨッシー全百科」(Yoshi All Hyakka).Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-281158-6. Page 39. Retrieved from Internet Archive. (Archived via Ragey0.)
- ^Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island GIG's Italian manual. Page 9.
- ^1998.Yoshi's Story instruction booklet.Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 123.
- ^Super Mario Sunshine Italian PRIMA Guide.Prima Games (Italian). Page 14.
- ^Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 105, 136.
- ^2002.Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 instruction booklet.Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
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