Jinx

Jinx
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 in Monstro Town in Super 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. If Mario walks inside the dojo, Jinx's student Jagger will notice Bowser 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, and HP stats. He also introduces Quicksilver in the second fight and Bombs Away (which has extremely high attack power) in the third fight. After winning the third fight, Jinx rewards Mario and his allies with the Jinx 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 of jumping 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 for the Master in Paper 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 and Chan and Lee for the Master.

During the battle against the Wizakoopa brainwashed by the Smithy Gang, he may create a Jinx Clone to defend him.

A sprite of Jinx is present in the data of the E3 2003 demo of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

Statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Jinx (1)
	HP	600	FP	100	Speed	30	Yoshi Cookie	None
	Attack	140	Magic attack	0	Location(s)	Monstro Town	Bonus Flower	None
	Defense	100	Magic defense	80	Weak	None	Items	None
	Evade	30%	Magic evade	25%	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Morph rate	0%
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Spells	None	Sp. attacks	Valor Up (HP < 300), Jinxed, Triple Kick
Psychopath	"You're just a beginner!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Jinx (2)
	HP	800	FP	100	Speed	32	Yoshi Cookie	None
	Attack	160	Magic attack	0	Location(s)	Monstro Town	Bonus Flower	None
	Defense	120	Magic defense	90	Weak	None	Items	None
	Evade	30%	Magic evade	25%	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Morph rate	0%
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Spells	None	Sp. attacks	Quicksilver, Valor Up (HP < 400), Jinxed, Triple Kick, Silver Bullet
Psychopath	"Sympathy!? Not from me!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Jinx (3)
	HP	1000	FP	100	Speed	35	Yoshi Cookie	None
	Attack	180	Magic attack	0	Location(s)	Monstro Town	Bonus Flower	None
	Defense	140	Magic defense	100	Weak	None	Items	None
	Evade	30%	Magic evade	25%	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Morph rate	0%
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Spells	None	Sp. attacks	Bombs Away, Valor Up (HP < 600), Vigor up! (HP < 300), Jinxed, Triple Kick, Quicksilver, Silver Bullet
Psychopath	"Ooh! I'm gonna hurt ya!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Jinx (Testing Capabilities)
HP	600
Exp.	0
Weak Elements	N/A
Weak Statuses	N/A
Drops	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

Jinx (You Asked for It)
HP	800
Exp.	0
Weak Elements	N/A
Weak Statuses	N/A
Drops	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

Jinx (Sensei in Action)
HP	1000
Exp.	0
Weak Elements	N/A
Weak Statuses	N/A
Drops	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

Mario-Style Jinx
HP	4000
Exp.	0
Weak Elements	N/A
Weak Statuses	N/A
Drops	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

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  Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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  Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

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  Sprite from the data of the E3 2003 demo of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ジャッキー Jakkī	Jacky; a reference to famous actor and martial artist, Jackie Chan
Chinese	賈奇 Jiǎqí	Transliteration of Japanese name
French	Jinx	-
German	Jitsu	Derived from "Jujutsu"
Italian	Jinx	-
Korean	재키 Jaeki	Jacky; from the Japanese name
Spanish	Jinx	-

Trivia

Post-game epilogue scene

• After defeating Culex 3D then defeating Smithy in the remake, Jinx, along with Jagger, appears in the credits scene with Monstermama and the other characters.