Editing Talk:Lava Piranha

==Split Lava Bud from Lava Piranha==

With [[Crystal Bit]] split from [[Crystal King]] [[Talk:Crystal King#Split Crystal_King and Crystal Bit|via proposal]] and [[Petit Piranha]] ''already'' split from [[Lava Piranha]], I don't see why the Lava Bud should be left by the wayside. Yes, they're extensions of the Lava Piranha - so are [[Bungee Bud]]s and [[Naval Bud]]s and the previously mentioned enemies. Otherwise, the game treats them as individual enemies in every regard, with different names, different stats, and different abilities, like a proper enemy. If they're considered to be separate in-game, their articles should also be separate.

== Wither ==

The article states that Wither in the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Mash-up is replaced by Lava Piranha. However, due to the creature having spots and not rings, wouldn't [[Naval Piranha]] or possibly even [[Megasmilax]] be more likely candidates? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 16:27, 7 September 2018 (EDT)

:I suppose it depends on what projectiles it spits. If it's fireballs, I think that would make it pretty clear. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 16:29, 7 September 2018 (EDT)

== Regarding this and Fire Piranha Plant ==

While on the surface, these seem like two wholly different subjects, the amount of evidence this is simply an atypical iteration of Fire Piranha Plant is just too much to ignore. Unlike the other chapter bosses, the game writes Lava Piranhas as a species, and in the Japanese script, Goombario's comment is to say that somehow Fire Piranha Plant can also survive in lava (in addition to typical habitats). In the English script, it was altered a bit (possibly through the translator missing the point) so he says Lava Piranhas in general can survive lava, though this is not necessarily untrue for Fire Piranha Plants. That all being said, that would make it the only Chapter boss other than Bowser to be from a previous game, and this iteration has clear influence from Naval Piranha. It could be considered sort of similar to how this game's Spear Guys have Dancing Spear Guy traits mixed in. Now, as for Petit Piranha and Nipper Plant, they seem even more different, though it seems a fiery combination of Nipper Plant and Nipper Spore that could be seen as another bizarro iteration in my opinion. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 00:08, October 3, 2020 (EDT)

:No way am I agreeing on merging this with Fire Piranha Plant. It may be referred to as a species, but it is a boss with its own name in every version outside of Japan, doesn't look like a normal Fire Piranha Plant, and even if its English name was the same, its role is still enough for it to remain its own article. We even have articles on subjects with the same name as the rest of their species but with boss roles instead of normal enemies, such as [[Big Boo (boss)]]. {{User:Keyblade Master/sig}}

:::::::(I didn't see the ''Minecraft'' Piranha thing so I've addressed it above.) It's vague, but I take it the Tattle can also mean that the subject is a Fire Piranha that adapted to live in lava, not that Fire Piranhas in general can live in lava. I can't think of other examples of Fire Piranhas existing in lava. I know they're completely different games, but in the ''Super Mario Maker'' series, lava defeats Fire Piranhas, right? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 08:26, October 20, 2020 (EDT)

::::::::They gradually sink like any other non-Cheep enemy, including Thwomps and Dry Bones (both of which have been known to do perfectly fine in lava). [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 04:51, October 21, 2020 (EDT)