Piranha Plant (SSBU)
Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
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Universe | Mario |
Availability | Downloadable |
Final Smash | Petey Piranha |
“ | Piranha Plant Pipes Up! | ” |
—Introduction Tagline |
Piranha Plant (パックンフラワー, Packun Flower) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was confirmed as a playable character alongside Ken and Incineroar on November 1, 2018. It will be the first DLC character in Ultimate, and is scheduled to release some time after the game's December 7, 2018 launch. It will be available as a free bonus until January 31, 2019 to anyone who pre-purchases the digital version of Ultimate or registers their physical version with My Nintendo. It is not part of the Fighters Pass, but will be available for purchase separately after the January 31st date.
Moves and Aesthetics
Here is the known moveset for Piranha Plant, in order based on the reveal trailer and character showcase:
- Pummel: bites the opponent
- Up throw: bites the opponent upward
- Forward throw: Heatbutts the opponent away
- Dash attack: Jumps forward and hits the opponent with its pot
- Down smash: Swings its pot in a circle on the ground
- Up smash: Bites upward
- A reference to what it does in the main Mario series games, presumably one of its taunts
- Spins around in a circle in the air, hitting multiple times, presumably one of its aerial attacks
- A move where it spits a cloud of poison in front of it, dealing damage with seemingly no knockback or flinching. Possibly a special move
- A move where Piranha plant spits out a metal spike ball, and blows air upwards. The ball can then be blown to the left or right. It's unknown if the windbox affects other players or not. It also seems that only 1 can be active at a time
- Up special: Spins its leaves, propelling him upward like a helicopter
- Up aerial: Swings its pot upward
- Down aerial: Thrusts its pot downward, presumably a powerful spike
- A move where Piranha Plant pauses briefly before stretching out to bite an opponent, possibly a Down special move
- Final Smash: Summons Petey Piranha.
Reveal trailer
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Gallery
Piranha Plant attacking Wario eating a Maxim Tomato on Skyloft.
Piranha Plant shooting poison at Toon Link on Mushroom Kingdom.
Piranha Plant falling on Midgar.
Mario with a Super Leaf floating over Piranha Plant's blue, gray, pink, and blue costumes on Mario Maker.
Pirahna Plant being hit by Jigglypuff's Sing in Living Room.
Character Showcase Video
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Trivia
- Piranha Plant is the first newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to have all its alternate costumes shown in its reveal trailer.
- Piranha Plant is the first generic enemy to be a playable character in Smash.