Editing Big Fire Piranha

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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Big Fire Piranha Plant NSMB2 Prima.jpg|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variant_of=[[Fire Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|comparable=[[Piranha Plant (statue)]]
}}
'''Big Fire Piranhas''', also known as '''Big Fire Piranha Plants''',<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|date=circa Jan. 2025|title=New Super Mario Bros. 2|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/new_smb2/index.html|publisher=Mario Portal|accessdate=23 Jan. 2025}}</ref> '''Big Venus Fire Traps''',<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=23|language=en-us|date=2012|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0-307-89552-3}}</ref> and '''Big Fire Piranha Plans''',{{sic}}<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/64/?lang=en|language=en|title=English ''Super Mario 64'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233823/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/64/?lang=en}}</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|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>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=108|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610051238/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/boss9.html|title=Five Piranha Flowers - (Course 13)|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|language=en-us|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</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''====
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 in ''New Super Luigi U'']]
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 ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' appearance as their smaller counterparts and can be safely stomped on.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
[[File:Fire piranha big full.png|thumb|A Big Fire Piranha in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'']]
Big Fire Piranhas reappear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', first appearing in [[Upshroom Downshroom]] and appearing as uncommon enemies throughout the game. Like in ''Super Mario Maker 2''{{'}}s ''3D World'' style, they use the Fire Piranha Plant's ''3D Land'' appearance and act the same as in previous 2D appearances, though they spit multiple fireballs at once just like their smaller relatives.

===''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 [[Smash Taunt#Palutena's Guidance|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]]. Unlike most other Piranha Plant species mentioned in the conversation, which are generally listed in the order of their first appearances, Big Fire Piranhas 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 Big Fire Piranha Plant.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
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
|Jpn=でかファイアパックン<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=86, 145 and 195|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JpnR=Deka Faia Pakkun
|JpnM=Big Fire Piranha
|Jpn2=デカ島のパックンフラワー
|Jpn2R=Dekashima no Pakkun Furawā
|Jpn2M=[[Tiny-Huge Island|Huge Island]] Piranha Flower
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors|title=「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』|date=1996|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Media Factory|page=12|isbn=4-88991-411-0}}</ref>
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario 64''
|Spa=Grande Piraña Pirómana
|SpaM=Grand Pyromaniacal Piranha
|FreA=Pyro Piranha géante
|FreAM=Giant Pyro Piranha
|FreE=Maxi-Pyro Piranha
|FreEM=Maxi-Pyro Piranha
|Dut=Reuze-Fire Piranha
|DutM=Giant Fire Piranha
|Ger=Pyro-Piranha Maxima
|Ger2=Riesen-Feuer-Piranha-Pflanze
|GerM=Pseudo-Latin for "Maxi-Pyro Piranha"
|Ger2M=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
|Kor=점보파이어뻐끔
|KorR=Jeombo Paieo Ppeokkeum
|KorM=Jumbo Fire Piranha
}}

==Notes==
*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>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/New_Super_Mario_Bros./Unused_Actors_And_Features|title=''New Super Mario Bros.''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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