Sea Urchin

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Sea Urchins are recurring Enemies in The Legend of Zelda series.[1][2][name references needed] Sea Urchins go unnamed in Super Mario Maker.

Characteristics

Link's Awakening

In Link's Awakening, they appear on Toronbo Shores. While they can not move and are not actively aggressive, they will damage Link if he touches them.[3] He must Push them out of the way using his Shield in order to reach his washed up Sword.[4] He can then use his Sword to destroy them with a single hit.

Four Swords Adventures

In Four Swords Adventures, the four Links cannot push or destroy them with any weapons. Instead, they are forced to either simply avoid them, or defeat other enemies in the area in order to make them disappear.

Echoes of Wisdom



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Sea Urchin
An unmoving aquatic monster with hard spines that can pierce metal.

Sea Urchins appear on coastlines and underwater in Hyrule. As in previous appearances, they are immobile and cause damage on contact. When summoned as an Echo, they have an Echo cost of one.

Other Appearances

Link's Awakening (Cagiva)

 
A Sea Urchin from the manga

A single Sea Urchin is seen on Toronbo Shores blocking the access to Link's Sword. Being chased by Octoroks, Link dashes and bounces off the Sea Urchin using his Shield to reach his Sword.

Super Mario Maker

Sea Urchins are seen in Super Mario Maker where they can be placed in the Super Mario World underwater level style, replacing the Spike Traps.

Super Mario Maker 2

Like in Super Mario Maker, Sea Urchins replace Spike Traps in the Super Mario World underwater level style.

Trivia

Nomenclature

  Names in Other Regions  
LanguageNamesMeanings
Japanese
ウニ (Uni) (EoWEchoes of Wisdom)Urchin
ChineseTRTraditional
海膽 (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
ChineseSISimplified
海胆 (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
Dutch
Zee-egel (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
FrenchEUEuropean
Oursin (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
FrenchCACanadian
Oursin (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
German
Seeigel (LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) | EoWEchoes of Wisdom)Sea Urchin
Italian
  • Riccio Marino (LALink's Awakening | LADXLink's Awakening DX)[6]
  • Riccio di mare (LANSLink's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) | EoWEchoes of Wisdom)
  • Same as English.
  • Sea urchin
Korean
성게 (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
PortugueseBRBrazilian
Ouriço-do-mar (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
SpanishLALatin American
Erizo (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
SpanishEUEuropean
Erizo (EoWEchoes of Wisdom) 
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Other Names

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References

  1. Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 202 (LALink's Awakening | FSAFour Swords Adventures)
  2. Sea Urchin
    An unmoving aquatic monster with hard spines that can pierce metal.
    — Notebook (Echoes of Wisdom)
  3. Beware of sea urchins! Don't touch them with your bare hands! — Sign (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening—Nintendo Player's Guide, Nintendo of America, pg. 95
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening—Nintendo Player's Guide, Nintendo of America, pg. 21
  6. Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 202