Editing Big Fire Piranha

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Big Fire Piranha Plant NSMB2 Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Big Venus Fire Trap for ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Fire Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|comparable=[[Fire Pakkun Zō]]
}}
'''Big Fire Piranhas''', also known as '''Big Venus Fire Traps''',<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 23.</ref> are enemies first appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They are larger [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s; their [[fireball]]s are often comparatively larger as well.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:Venustrapsm64.png|thumb|left|A Piranha Flower in ''Super Mario 64'']]
In ''Super Mario 64'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Big Fire Piranhas are known as '''[[Piranha Flower]]s'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 108.</ref><ref>(June 10, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980610051238/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/boss9.html Five Piranha Flowers - (Course 13)]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 23, 2018.</ref> and are the target of the first mission of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]: [[Pluck the Piranha Flower]]. Five of them appear in this mission as a group boss. Like [[Small Piranha]]s, they blend in the grass at first. When [[Mario]] approaches, they grow in size at an alarming rate, spit a fireball, then quickly shrink back to their invulnerable selves. All of them appear in one area, and they must be attacked to obtain a [[Power Star]]. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', another way to deal with them is by using a [[Super Mushroom|mushroom]] hidden in one of the three wooden [[stump]]s in the same area, as a [[Mega Mario|giant character]] will instantly defeat the enemies upon touch. Once defeated, they shrink like a normal-sized Piranha Plant before leaving the player with two [[coin]]s (or, if defeated with a mushroom, three coins).

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Big Fire Piranha Plant.png|thumb]]
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', only two Piranha Flowers are found, in [[World 2-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 2-3]]. From this game forward, they can be defeated by shooting three fireballs at them or by using a [[Super Star|Star]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
One Big Venus Fire Trap reappears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', in [[World 5-6 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-6]]. Rather than shooting large fireballs, Big Venus Fire Traps shoot out normal-sized ones like their smaller counterparts.

====''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:NSLU Light-Up-Lift Tower Screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|A Big Venus Fire Trap in Light-Up-Lift Tower]]
After an absence in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', Big Venus Fire Traps reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' in [[Piranhas in the Dark]], [[Slippery Rope Ladders]], [[Light-Up-Lift Tower]], and [[Rising Piranhas]]. They reappear in the ''New Super Luigi U'' [[level]]s in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''.

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Big Venus Fire Traps can appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' if the player enlarges a Fire Piranha Plant with a [[Super Mushroom]]. It is the first game where Big Venus Fire Traps can appear in [[Warp Pipe]]s. 

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Big Fire Piranhas return in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', acting as they did before. In the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style, they have the same appearance as their smaller counterparts.

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
Big Fire Piranhas also appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|its remake]], where they were raised by [[Fawful]] and temporarily prevent [[Bowser]] from passing in [[Peach's Castle]]. Mario and [[Luigi]] must go to the [[Chest Station]] within Bowser's body and spring Bowser into the Big Fire Piranhas several times to defeat them. Getting hit by fireballs or any [[Piranha Plant]]s and [[Chain Chomp]]s along the way will cause Bowser to lose 10 coins.

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
While Big Fire Piranhas do not appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', they are mentioned briefly by [[icaruspedia:Viridi|Viridi]] during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]]. Unlike most other variations generally mentioned in order of appearance, they are listed amongst ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' debuts. [[Big Piranha Plant|Big Piranha]]s, [[Nipper Spore]]s, [[Small Piranha]]s, and [[Fire Stalking Piranha Plant|Fire Stalking Piranha]]s are similarly listed out of order.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64DS Piranha Flowers.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
SM64 THI 1.png|''Super Mario 64 DS''
NSMBW World 2-3 Screenshot.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSLU Rising Piranhas Screenshot.jpg|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=でかファイアパックン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 86, 145 and 195.</ref>
|JapR=Deka Faia Pakkun
|JapM=Big Fire Piranha
|SpaA=grande piraña pirómana
|SpaAM=Grand Pyromaniacal Piranha
|SpaE=Grande Piraña Pirómana
|SpaEM=Grand Pyromaniacal Piranha
|FraA=Pyro Piranha géante
|FraAM=Giant Pyro Piranha
|FraE=Maxi-Pyro Piranha
|FraEM=Maxi-Pyro Piranha
|Dut=Reuze-Fire Piranha
|DutM=Giant Fire Piranha
|Ger=Pyro-Piranha Maxima<br>Riesen-Feuer-Piranha-Pflanze
|GerM=Pseudo-Latin for "Maxi-Pyro Piranha"<br>Giant Fire Piranha Plant
|Ita=Pianta Piranha falò gigante
|ItaM=Gigantic Bonfire Piranha Plant
|Rus=огромное огненное растение-пиранья
|RusR=ogromnoe ognennoe rastenie-piran'ya
|RusM=Huge Fire Piranha Plant
|Chi=大火焰吞食花
|ChiR=Dà Huǒyàn Tūnshíhuā
|ChiM=Big Fire Piranha Plant
}}

==Trivia==
*Big Venus Fire Traps were meant to appear in the original ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and appear fully-functioning in the game's coding, but they were not implemented in the final game.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/New_Super_Mario_Bros./Unused_Actors_And_Features TCRF]</ref>

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