Not to be confused with Chandelier.

Chaindelier
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of	Chain Chomp
Comparable Shyndelier

“Mario! The chain! Aim for the chain!”

—Princess Peach, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Mario and Bowser fighting on their Kinklink-held chandeliers

Chaindeliers (originally known as Kinklinks) are a variety of Chain Chomps that are used to hold up chandeliers in Bowser's Keep. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake, Mario and Bowser fight on a pair of chandeliers, each one held up by a Chaindelier. Bowser proves too difficult to defeat, so Mario (with some advice from Princess Peach) attacks the Chaindelier holding up Bowser's chandelier instead. After it is defeated, the screen flashes white as, with an exception of the Switch version, the fire in the chandeliers' candles goes out. The Chaindelier then drops the chandelier along with Bowser. However, as he falls, he starts to throw hammers at Mario's Chaindelier. Eventually, the second Chaindelier drops Mario, sending him plummeting to the ground below, though he manages to get back up by jumping on Bowser.

During the battle with Boomer, who is also fought on the chandeliers, the Chaindeliers are replaced with Shyndeliers.

In the English localization only, the Chomp Shell is said to be the shell of a Kinklink, while Orb Users' thought states that they hate Kinklinks. However, this appears to be an error on the translation's part, as in the original Japanese text, the more geographically appropriate Chomp is used in both instances. This may have been overcorrection due to a line earlier in the game, when Bowser addresses his Kinklink as Chomp in the Japanese version.

In the original game, the Kinklinks have a white color, which is likely intended to be the harsh lighting from the chandelier reflecting off them; a piece of scene artwork featuring themMedia:SMRPG Exor.gif shows them as a more standard black. In the remake, the Chaindeliers are a dark blue, like contemporary appearances of Chain Chomps.

In the remake, a Thought Peek quote was added for them, which implied their holding up chandeliers was a paying job for them, only to have a very small fee of two coins per hour, much to their chagrin.

Statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Kinklink
	HP	60	FP	100	Speed	99
	Location(s)	Bowser's Keep (first visit)	Attack	0	Magic attack	0
	Role	Support	Defense	10	Magic defense	0
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	None
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	None	Strong	None	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Items	None
Psychopath	"...[A]"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Chaindelier
	HP	60	Weak Elements	N/A	Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Bowser's Keep
	Monster List profile	They hold the chandeliers in their teeth without uttering a single complaint. (If they opened their mouth to speak, they'd drop the chandeliers.)
	Thought Peek	"Two coins an hour isn't payment enough for this kind of work."
	Animations	N/A

• Monster List profile in other languages:
  • Japanese:
    一言ひとことも文句もんくを言いわず、シャンデリアをくわえて離はなさないのは、しゃべるとシャンデリアを落おとしてしまうからである。
    (Translation: They hold the chandeliers in their mouths and do not let go, without a single word of complaint, because if they spoke, they would drop the chandeliers.)

Gallery

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  Scene art featuring a Kinklink
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  A Kinklink's shortened length
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  A Kinklink's full on-screen length
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  Chaindeliers in the remake

Naming

"Chaindelier" is a portmanteau of "Chain Chomp" and "chandelier".

Names in other languages

Footnotes and references

Footnotes

References

• Chain Chomps
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars species