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{{Species-infobox
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|title=Big Venus Fire Trap
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Big Fire Piranha Plant NSMB2 Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>A Big Venus Fire Trap
|image=[[File:Big Fire Piranha Plant NSMB2 Prima.jpg|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|parent_species=[[Fire Piranha Plant]]
|related=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2016|2016]])
|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)]]
}}
}}
[[File:Venustrapsm64.png|thumb|left|A Big Venus Fire Trap in ''Super Mario 64'']]
'''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.
'''Big Venus Fire Traps'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. 2012. ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide. Page 23.</ref> (previously known as '''[[Piranha Flower]]s'''<ref name=flower>[[Pluck the Piranha Flower]]</ref><ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|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>) are enemies first appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They are [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s with one big difference: Big Venus Fire Traps have bloomed to an enlarged state, and 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).


In ''Super Mario 64'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', they are the target of the first mission of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]: [[Pluck the Piranha Flower]]. Five of them appear in this mission. Like regular Fire Piranha Plants in this game, 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 [[punch]]ed to obtain a [[Power Star]]. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', another way to deal with them is by using a Super Mushroom hidden in one of the three wooden pegs in the same area.
====''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]].


In subsequent appearances, they can be defeated by shooting three fireballs at them or by using a [[Super Star]]. In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', only two are found in [[World 2-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 2-3]]. One reappears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', in [[World 5-6 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-6]]. Rather than shooting large fireballs, they shoot out normal-sized ones like their smaller counterparts.
====''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.


After an absence in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', they reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' in [[Piranhas in the Dark]], [[Slippery Rope Ladders]], [[Light-Up-Lift Tower]], and [[Rising Piranhas]].
====''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]]''.


They 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'' / ''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.  


Big Venus Fire Traps also appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', where they temporarily prevent [[Bowser]] from passing in [[Princess Peach's Castle]].
====''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 {{iw|icaruspedia|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.
 
===Unused appearances===
====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
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|title=''{{iw|tcrf|New Super Mario Bros.}}''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
 
==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==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=きょだいパックンフラワー<ref name=flower/><br>''Kyodai Pakkun Furawā''<br>でかパックンフラワー<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 86.</ref><br>''Deka Pakkun Furawā''<br>でかファイアパックン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section, page 145.</ref><ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' section, page 195.</ref><br>''Deka Faia Pakkun''
|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>
|JapM=Giant Piranha Flower<br><br>Big Piranha Flower<br><br>Big Fire Piranha
|JpnR=Deka Faia Pakkun
|Fra=Maxi-Carnivore
|JpnM=Big Fire Piranha
|FraM=Maxi-Carnivorous
|Jpn2=デカ島のパックンフラワー
|Ger=Piranha-Pflanze
|Jpn2R=Dekashima no Pakkun Furawā
|GerM=Piranha Plant}}
|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
}}


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Latest revision as of 11:14, March 9, 2025

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Big Fire Piranha
A Big Venus Fire Trap in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. 2
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Variant of Fire Piranha Plant
Big Piranha Plant
Comparable

Big Fire Piranhas, also known as Big Fire Piranha Plants,[1] Big Venus Fire Traps,[2] and Big Fire Piranha Plans,[sic][3] are enemies first appearing in Super Mario 64. They are larger Fire Piranha Plants; their fireballs are often comparatively larger as well.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Screenshot of a Piranha Flower from Super Mario 64.
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 Flowers[4][5] 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 Piranhas, 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 mushroom hidden in one of the three wooden stumps in the same area, as a 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 coins (or, if defeated with a mushroom, three coins).

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, only two Piranha Flowers are found, in World 2-3. From this game forward, they can be defeated by shooting three fireballs at them or by using a Star.

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

One Big Venus Fire Trap reappears in New Super Mario Bros. 2, in 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[edit]

Light-Up-Lift Tower from New Super Luigi U.
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 levels in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

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 Pipes.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

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[edit]

Screenshot of a Big Fire Piranha from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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[edit]

Big Fire Piranhas also appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and 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 Plants and Chain Chomps along the way will cause Bowser to lose 10 coins.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

While Big Fire Piranhas do not appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, they are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for 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 Piranhas, Nipper Spores, Small Piranhas, and Fire Stalking Piranhas are similarly listed out of order.

Unused appearances[edit]

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

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.[6]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかファイアパックン[7]
Deka Faia Pakkun
Big Fire Piranha
デカ島のパックンフラワー[8]
Dekashima no Pakkun Furawā
Huge Island Piranha Flower Super Mario 64
Chinese 大火焰吞食花[?]
Dà Huǒyàn Tūnshíhuā
Big Fire Piranha Plant
Dutch Reuze-Fire Piranha[?] Giant Fire Piranha
French (NOA) Pyro Piranha géante[?] Giant Pyro Piranha
French (NOE) Maxi-Pyro Piranha[?] Maxi-Pyro Piranha
German Pyro-Piranha Maxima[?] Pseudo-Latin for "Maxi-Pyro Piranha"
Riesen-Feuer-Piranha-Pflanze[?] Giant Fire Piranha Plant
Italian Pianta Piranha falò gigante[?] Gigantic Bonfire Piranha Plant
Korean 점보파이어뻐끔[?]
Jeombo Paieo Ppeokkeum
Jumbo Fire Piranha
Russian огромное огненное растение-пиранья[?]
ogromnoe ognennoe rastenie-piran'ya
Huge Fire Piranha Plant
Spanish Grande Piraña Pirómana[?] Grand Pyromaniacal Piranha

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo Co., Ltd. (circa Jan. 2025). New Super Mario Bros. 2. Mario Portal. Retrieved 23 Jan. 2025.
  2. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (2012). New Super Mario Bros. 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89552-3. Page 23.
  3. ^ English Super Mario 64 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:38:23 UTC via archive.today.)
  4. ^ Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 108.
  5. ^ Five Piranha Flowers - (Course 13). Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (American English). Archived June 10, 1998, 05:12:38 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  6. ^ New Super Mario Bros.. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  7. ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 86, 145 and 195.
  8. ^ 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.