Piranha Plant
- For fighter info, see Piranha Plant (SSBU).
| Piranha Plant | |
|---|---|
File:Piranha Plant - Artwork.png Artwork of a potted Piranha Plant from Super Mario 3D World. | |
| Universe | Mario |
| Debut | Super Mario Bros. (1985) |
| Smash Bros. appearances | SSB Brawl SSB4 Ultimate |
| Most recent non-Smash appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) |
| Console/platform of origin | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Species | Piranha Plant |
| Place of origin | Mushroom Kingdom |
| Article on Super Mario Wiki | Piranha Plant |
Piranha Plants (パックンフラワー, Packun Flower) are enemies from the Mario series.
Character description
Piranha Plants are recurring Mario enemies that primarily live in Warp Pipes and attempt to bite Mario and other characters. They are based on venus flytraps and first appear in the original Super Mario Bros., and have appeared frequently throughout the Mario franchise. A large number of Piranha Plant subspecies exist, including variants that breathe fire, spit poison, and have other powers. There are also larger Piranha Plants that serve as bosses, such as Petey Piranha, a boss debuting in Super Mario Sunshine, and Naval Piranha, a recurring boss from the Yoshi series.
In Super Smash Bros.
Piranha Plants sometimes appear out of the Warp Pipes on the Mushroom Kingdom stage. They are enemies that don't have a settled schedule between the two pipes. They won't appear if the character is on the pipe or on the side of the pipes, and the pipes are very low, making them easy to jump over.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
A Piranha Plant may sometimes appear as a stage element on PictoChat. However, they don't go up or down, and they stay on the stationary platform. Also, Petey Piranha, the first boss of Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary, is an oversized, mobile Piranha Plant.
Trophy information
- Piranha Plant
A vicious, plantlike monster that typically hides in pipes. Piranha Plants emerge with mouths open, awaiting victims. A poorly timed jump means a chomping--hence the "piranha" name. While there have been exceptions--there are many Piranha Plants with unique traits-- they generally don't appear if Mario waits on top of or just next to a pipe. They hate fireballs.
: Super Mario Bros. (1985)
: New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
In Super Smash Bros. 4
Piranha Plants reappear as just a trophy.
Trophy information
The Piranha Plant trophy appears in both versions. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U it is part of the Super Mario Bros. Trophy Box.
- Piranha Plant
These guys aren't so much carnivorous as Mario...nivorous. Ahem. There are lots of varieties, like Frost, Wild Ptooie, Ghost, Prickly, Dino, Bone, Elasto-Piranhas, Stalking, Naval... A helpful mnemonic is "Fireballs with Ground Pounds defeat baddies, even super nasties."
These carnivorous plants are hungry for one thing - Mario! There are all sorts of them, including the Naval Piranha, Fire Piranha Plant, Inky Piranha Plant, Piranha Creeper, Bone Piranha Plant, Stalking Piranha Plant... But all you need to know is "plants with teeth want to eat Mario".
- : Super Mario Bros. (10/1985)
- : Super Mario Bros. 3 (02/1990)
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
As a playable character
Piranha Plant was confirmed as a DLC character on November 1, 2018, making its debut as a playable character for the first time in any game. Piranha Plant is available for free to players that register the game with My Nintendo before January 31, 2019, but will be paid DLC separate from the Fighters Pass after that date.
As a stage element
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Piranha Plants once again appear in 2D sprite form on the returning Mushroom Kingdom stage.
Trivia
- Piranha Plant, the dog from Duck Hunt, Palutena, Ridley, Dark Samus, and Wii Fit Trainer are the only playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series that do not have a playable appearance in any other video game.
- However, Fire and Poison Piranha Plants are enemy captures in Super Mario Odyssey. Petey Piranha, who appears in Piranha Plant's Final Smash, has also been playable in various Mario spin off games.
- Piranha Plant is the first playable character in the series to be a generic enemy.
- Piranha Plant and Mr. Game & Watch are the only characters with no eyes.
