River Piranha Plant
| River Piranha Plant | |
|---|---|
 In-game artwork from Super Mario Run | |
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) |
| Latest appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) |
| Variant of | Ptooie |
River Piranha Plants are enemies introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are a variant of Piranha Plant that greatly resemble the Jumping Piranha Plant of Super Mario World in design, as well as real-life floating plants, like duckweeds and frogbit, although unlike Jumping Piranha Plants, they appear to lack teeth.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
River Piranha Plants are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear in World 5-1 as common enemies. When Mario is not around, they blow green spike balls like a Ptooie's method of attacking. When Mario approaches, they suck in and bring the spike ball to their lips and slowly blow it upwards to attack. Just like regular Piranha Plants, they can be defeated with fireballs or a Star. Hitting it with an iceball will also freeze it in place. The spike ball itself can be taken out with a shell or the Star, after which the River Piranha Plant will sweat and panic in place, unable to do anything.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
River Piranha Plants are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port. In the former game, they appear only in Fliprus Lake and Seesaw Bridge, and in New Super Luigi U, River Piranha Plants appear in Spinning Sandstones and Fliprus Floes. River Piranha Plants behave identically as before.
Super Mario Run[edit]
River Piranha Plants are enemies in Super Mario Run, starting with the version 3.0.4 update. In the World Tour mode, they appear only in the level Spike Bar Jungle.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
River Piranha Plants (just called River Piranhas) are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Run[edit]
- Notebook bio: "This may look like a regular Piranha Plant, but they can move objects by blowing on them."
Gallery[edit]
Model from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Model from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Artwork from New Super Luigi U
Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. U
Screenshot from New Super Luigi U
Additional names[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii New Super Mario Bros. U |
1 Data/files/Object/pakkun_water.arc content/Common/actor/pakkun_water.szs |
pakkun_water | Water Piranha; compare walking version |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウキパックン[?] Uki Pakkun |
Float Piranha | |
| Chinese | 漂浮吞食花[?] Piāofú Tūnshíhuā |
Float Piranha Plant | |
| Dutch | River Piranha[?] | - | |
| French | Aqua Piranha[?] | Aqua Piranha | |
| German | Teich-Piranha[?] | Pond Piranha | |
| Italian | Pianta Piranha acquatica[1] | Aquatic Piranha Plant | New Super Mario Bros. U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
| Piranha acquatica[2] | Aquatic Piranha | Super Mario Run | |
| Pianta Piranha di fiume[3] | River Piranha Plant | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | |
| Pianta Piranha di Fiume[4] | New Super Mario Bros. U | ||
| Korean | 둥둥뻐끔[?] Dung-dung Ppeokkum |
Floating Piranha | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Piranha-d'água[?] | Water Piranha | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Lírio-Piranha[5] | Piranha Lily | |
| Russian | пиранья-лилия[?] piran'ya-liliya |
Lily piranha | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Piraña fontana[?] | Fountain piranha | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Lirio Piraña[?] | Piranha Lily |
References[edit]
- ^ Canale New Super Mario Bros. U (January 18, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Giungla gassata 6 - Piante Piranha acquatiche per ottenere 1-Up (Wii U). YouTube (Italian).
- ^ Super Mario Run, "Diario"'s enemy section.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 144.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 209.
- ^ Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (February 18th, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Selva Gelatinosa-6 - Derrote os Lírios-Piranha por 1UPs (Wii U). YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved August 6, 2024.
