Small Piranha

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Small Piranha
FirePiranhaPlantSM64.png
A Small Piranha in Super Mario 64
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Fire Piranha Plant

Small Piranhas, also known as Small Fire Piranha Plans,[sic][1] are a variation of Fire Piranha Plant[2] that appears in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.

History[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Small Piranhas attack by quickly sprouting from the ground with a harsh hissing noise, then blasting a small fireball before disappearing. Like normal Piranha Plants, they can be defeated with a basic attack, which grants a single coin. One appears on Tiny-Huge Island, next to the Tiny Island's Shrinker Pipe where the five large versions are located on the Huge Island, and two appear in Bowser in the Sky. Unlike the other Piranha Plants in this game, Small Piranhas do not shrink back into the ground upon defeat, but they instantly disappear instead.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Small Piranhas are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant. Unlike most other variations generally mentioned in order of appearance, they are listed between Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time debuts, which would place them at the release of Super Mario 64 DS rather than Super Mario 64. Big Piranhas, Nipper Spores, Big Fire Piranhas, and Fire Stalking Piranhas are similarly listed out of order.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チビ島のパックンフラワー[3]
Chibijima no Pakkun Furawā
Tiny Island Piranha Plant
ちびファイアパックン[4]
Chibi Faia Pakkun
Chibi Fire Piranha
ちびパックンフラワー[?]
Chibi Pakkun Furawā
Chibi Piranha Plant
Chinese (simplified) 迷你吞食花[?]
Mínǐ Tūnshíhuā
Mini Piranha Plant
Dutch kleine Piranha[?] Small Piranha
French petite Plante Piranha[?] Small Piranha Plant
German Klein-Piranha-Pflanze[?] Small Piranha Plant
Italian Mini Piranha Falò[5] Mini Fire Piranha
Piccola Pianta Piranha (Super Mario Bros. Ultimate)[?] Small Piranha Plant
Korean 꼬마뻐끔플라워[?]
Kkoma Ppeokkeum Peullawo
Kid Piranha Plant
Russian маленькое растение-пиранья[?]
malen'koye rasteniye-piran'ya
Small Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOA) planta piraña menor[?] Small Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOE) Peque Planta Piraña[?] Little Piranha Plant

References[edit]

  1. ^ English Super Mario 64 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:38:23 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ Super Mario 64 DS internal filename (FIREPAKUN_S)
  3. ^ Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors (1996). 「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』. Tokyo: Media Factory (Japanese). ISBN 4-88991-411-0. Page 12.
  4. ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 64 section. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 86.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 92.