| Clawdaddy |
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) |
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| Notable members |
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| King Clawdaddy |
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The Clawdaddy[1] is a foam-covered crab and a recurring enemy in the Yoshi franchise. Their name is a play on 'crawdad,' a name sometimes used for the crayfish.
Clawdaddies usually have the ability to enlarge one of their claws and attack with it; they also cannot be eaten and turned into an egg by Yoshi.
History[edit]
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
Clawdaddies first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and later in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. They inhabit the jungles of Yoshi's Island, and are first encountered in Prince Froggy's Fort. They take three Eggs or a Ground Pound to be defeated. Clawdaddies walk from one side to another on a platform, and rush towards Yoshi upon spotting him; once close enough, they enlarge one of their claws before lunging and pinching, or spinning it around, which knocks Baby Mario off Yoshi on contact.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
In Yoshi's Island DS, they are replaced by a very similar enemy, Crabbles.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
A Clawdaddy in Yoshi's New Island
Clawdaddies reappear in Yoshi's New Island. When they see Yoshi, they turn bright red and angrily charge at him. Once they reach him or the end of their platform whatever surface they are on, they will attack by rotating their claw briefly. In this game, the foam on a Clawdaddy's body can be removed by licking it or hitting it with an egg, revealing a squarish body underneath. In this state, their movement pattern is similar, though they now slam their claw against the ground to attack, and can be defeated by a single stomp or egg. Ground Pounding defeats them in one hit, regardless of form.
A giant Clawdaddy, King Clawdaddy, appears as the boss of World 3.
Tetris Attack[edit]
Clawdaddy teams up with Froggy during the events of Tetris Attack.
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]
A model of a Clawdaddy in Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
Clawdaddies reappear in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, where they mainly populate Clawdaddy Beach. They are now stylized to resemble plaid purses with sewing clippers for claws. When they spot the Yoshi, they take a bigger pair of clippers from their interior to replace one of their claws, then rush towards him in an attempt to attack.
There are numerous different ways to defeat a Clawdaddy: jumping on it three times, jumping on it once after stunning it with a Yarn Ball, performing a single ground pound on it, or spitting six watermelon seeds at it. Upon defeat, Clawdaddies give out several beads which are automatically added to the counter.
Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]
A Clawdaddy in Yoshi's Crafted World
Clawdaddies reappear in Yoshi's Crafted World in the level Bombs Away on Pirate Island, where they act like they did in Yoshi's New Island.
Gallery[edit]
Yoshi's New Island (default)
Yoshi's New Island (attacking)
Yoshi's New Island (weakened)
Yoshi's New Island (mad while weakened)
Yoshi's New Island (attacking while weakened)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | カニスキー[2]
Kanisukī | Crabsky |
| French | Tournepince | Comes from 'tourne', meaning 'flailing', and 'pince' which means 'claw'. |
| German | Scherenschuft | From 'Schere' (Scissors) and 'Schuft' (Blackguard) |
| Italian | Granchiasso | From granchio (crab) and chiasso (fuss) |
| Korean | 싹둑꽃게
Ssakduk'kkotge | Combination of '싹둑', meaning 'snip', and '꽃게', meaning 'swimming crab'. |
References[edit]
- ^Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 126.
- ^「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 15.
| Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
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| Characters | Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Roger Lift • Support Ghost |
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| Worlds | Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 |
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| Items | Regular items | Blue watermelon • Coin • Flower • Green watermelon • Key • Red Coin • Red watermelon • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg) |
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| Special Items | 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker |
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| Objects | ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Cloud • Arrow Lift • Balloon • Beanstalk • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg-Plant • Expansion Block • Falling Rock • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal roulette • Green Shell • Ice Block • Icicle • Message Block • Middle Ring • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red Balloon • Red Shell • Rock Block • Snowball • Spinning Log • Spring ball • Squishy block • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block |
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| Bosses | Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Prince Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser / Big Baby Bowser |
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| Enemy classes | Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus |
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| Enemies | Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Baseball Boy • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Chain Gate • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishin' Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Bill* • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Naval Bud • Needlenose • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Potted Spiked Fun Guy • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Toady • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy |
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| Obstacles | Ball 'N' Chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Tekkyū Dosun • Thorn • Turtle Cannon |
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| Mini Battles | Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest |
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| Bonus Challenges | Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine |
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| Miscellaneous | Yoshi's Island |
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| Further info | Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yoshi Island Original Sound Version |
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| *Only in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
[Edit] Tetris Attack |
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| Pals | Yoshi • Lakitu • Bumpty* • Poochy • Flying Wiggler • Froggy • Gargantua Blargg • Lunge Fish • Raphael the Raven |
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| Rivals | Hookbill The Koopa • Naval Piranha • Kamek • Bowser |
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| Other characters | Little Yoshi • Fly Guy • Goonie • Dr. Freezegood • Grinder • Eggo-Dil • Clawdaddy • Flamer Guy • Flopsy Fish • Shy Guy • Naval Bud • Toady |
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| Gameplay | Panel • Garbage Block • Shock Panel • Shock Block |
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| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Media • Quotes • Staff |
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| * Exclusive to the SNES version. |
| Yoshi's New Island |
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| Protagonists | Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Stork |
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| Supporting Characters | Mario • Poochy |
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| Worlds | World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 |
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| Items and objects | ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Lift • Blarggwich • Blue watermelon • Bucket • Checkpoint Ring • Chomp Rock • Coin • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Donut Block • Egg Block • Egg Medal • Egg-Plant • Expansion Block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Flutter Wings • Goal Ring • Green watermelon • Hidden Coin • Item Balloon • Key • Mega Eggdozer • Message Block • Metal Eggdozer • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Post • Red Coin • Red watermelon • Red Yoshi Star • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Star • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Whirly Gate • Winged Cloud • Yoshi egg • Yoshi Star |
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| Bosses | Kamek • Big Beanie • Count Fang • King Clawdaddy • Furious Fred de Fillet • Punkey the Pokey Prince • Baby Bowser / Mega Baby Bowser • Bowser / Mega Bowser |
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| Enemies | Bandit • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boo Blah • Boo Guy • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Caged Ghost • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Deep Cheep • Dizzy Dandy • Door Heihō • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fake Yoshi • Fang • Fire Wanwan Dosun • Fishin' Lakitu • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flutter • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Goomba • Goonie • Grim Leecher • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mame-san • Mega Guy • Mega Kantera • Metal Guy • Milde • Needlenose • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Pyro Guy • Raphael the Raven • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy Guy • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Solo Toady • Snifit • Spear Guy • Spray Fish • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Tetu Kantera • Thunder Lakitu • Toady • Tree Heihō • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy |
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| Minigames | Ground-Pound Pop • Tulip Toss • Flutter Fortune • Enemy Eat-Off • Eggy Pop • Flutter Finish |
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[Edit] Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World |
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| Protagonists | Playable characters | Yoshis • Poochy* |
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| Allies | Bouncie • Fluffin' Puffin • Gold Lakitu* • Poochy • Poochy Pup* |
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| Locations | Worlds | World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • Wonderful World of Wool (★-S) |
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| Other | amiibo Hut • Boss Tent • Craft Island • Poochy Hut* • Scrapbook Theater • Yoshi Hut • Yoshi Theater* |
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| Poochy Dash levels* | Galloping Green Meadow • Hotheaded Lava Fields • Stitchy Scramble • Zippy Lagoon • Bobsledding Peaks • Fort Bombs Away |
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| Items and objects | Arrow Lift • Bead • Chomp Rock • Egg-Plant • Fire watermelon • Flipper • Goal Ring • Heart • Ice watermelon • Invincibility Egg • Item Balloon • Key • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Pencil Patch* • Post • Power Badge • Present Box • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Stamp Patch** • Transformation Door • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Winged Cloud • Wonder Wool • Yarn Ball • Yarn Basket |
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| Bosses | Big Montgomery • Knot-Wing the Koopa • Burt the Bashful • Bunson the Hot Dog • Miss Cluck the Insincere • Naval Piranha • Snifberg the Unfeeling • Kamek • Baby Bowser / Mega Baby Bowser |
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| Enemies | Bill Blaster • Bomb Guy • Boo Guy • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill Patch • Bumpty • Burrbert • Burt • Cheep Cheep • Clawdaddy • Fang • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flooff • Fluffy Phantom • Fly Guy • Fooly Flower • Frame Boo • Frame Chomp • Gargantua Blargg • Goonie • Gusty • Hook Guy • Hot Dog • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Drop • Li'l Smooch Spider • Little Mouser • Lunge Fish • Miss Cluck • Monty Mole • Monty Mole Patch • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Nipper Spore Patch • Peeply • Pharaoh Guy • Piranha Plant • Pokey Pom • Ruffin' Tumble • Ruffin' Tumble Patch • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy Guy • Shy Guy Tower • Skeleton Goonie • Smooch Spider • Snag-Stitch • Snifit • Snoot • Snow Guy • Spray Fish • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Wall Lakitu • Wik • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woollet Bill • Woozy Guy |
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| *Only in Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World • ** Only in Yoshi's Woolly World |
| Yoshi's Crafted World |
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| Characters | Playable | Yoshis |
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| Supporting | Blockafellers • Crumples • Poochy • Poochy Pups • Sprout • Sundream Stone • Torque |
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| Allies | Baby Rhinono • Snow Ucky Kong • Takko • Uckykong |
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| Antagonists | Baby Bowser • Kamek |
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| Moves | Egg Throw • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound |
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| Items and Objects | Checkpoint Bell • Coin (Large · Blue · Red) • Dream Gem • Egg-Plant • Egg Block • Floppy Block • Heart • Item Balloon • Key • Magnet • Message Block • Party Ball • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Springboard • Winged Cloud • Winged Timer Cloud • Yoshi's Egg |
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| Mini-Bosses | Yarrctopus • Shogun of Skewers • Mr. Geary |
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| Bosses | Tin-Can Condor • Burt the Ball • Gator Train • Spike the Piranha • The Great King Bowser • Mega Baby Bowser • Kamek |
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| Enemies | Shy Guys | Attack Ghost • Bazooka Heyho • Coin Bag Heyho • Donguri Heyho • Fat Guy • Fly Guy • Fly Heyho • Juggling Heyho • Knife Guy • Ninja Guy • Petal Guy • Pirate Guy • Rocket Guy • Shy Guy • Shy Guy Tower • Skall Heyho • Spear Guy • Unicycle Shy Guy • Vampire Heyho • Woozy Guy • Zombie Debuho • Zombie Guy |
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| Other | Beach Burt • Big Monty Mole • Bobber • Bon-Bom • Bullet Bill • Bungee Piranha • Bunmawashi Doll • Bumpty • Bushydo • Cheep Cheep • Chompagobbler • Clawdaddy • Cybo • Fang • Flightless Goonie • Flutter • Fooly Flower • Gargantua Blargg • Goonie • Gusty • Koopa Troopa • Li'l Marcher • Little Mouser • Lunge Fish • Makimaki • Mel • Monty Mole • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pinecone • Piranha Plant • Raven • Rhinono • Skelesaurus • Snakey • Tap-Tap • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu |
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| Worlds | Sunshine Station • Yarrctopus Docks • Go-Go Land • Big Paper Peak • Origami Gardens • Dino Desert • Pastel Pathway • Sky-High Heights • Cardstock Carnival • Acorn Forest • Chilly-Hot Isles • Ninjarama • Rumble Jungle • Outer Orbit • Cheery Valley • Shadowville • Hidden Hills |
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| Miscellaneous | Costumes • Crafts • Gallery • Music • Quotes • Staff |
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