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[[Image:Stalking_Piranha_Plant.PNG|thumb|'''Stalking Piranha Plants''']]
{{about|the enemy|the similarly named [[Rock-Candy Mines]] course|[[Walking Piranha Plants!]]}}
'''Stalking Piranha Plants''' are sub-species of [[Piranha Plant]]s that appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They appear in [[World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5]] as common enemies and [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6]] as rare enemies. When [[Mario]] isn't around, they walk around on two legs, like [[Ptooie]]s. When Mario approaches, however, they stretch out their necks to block Mario's path and to attack him. Stalking Piranha Plants also appear as the enemy of the World 5 [[Enemy Course]]. These enemies can be defeated by a fireball, being frozen, hit with a [[Starman]], or being hit by a [[shell]].
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:StalkingPPlantNSMBW.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|variant_of=[[Ptooie]]
|variants=[[Fire Stalking Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Trottin' Piranha Plant]]
|relatives=[[Elasto-Piranha]]
}}
'''Stalking Piranha Plants''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They are [[Piranha Plant]]s that often have the ability to stretch their necks and walk around, not unlike [[Elasto-Piranha]]s in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', though they are designed more closely to [[Ptooie]]s. At some point, even, in various official social media posts, [[Nintendo]] consistently misidentified the Ptooies in the {{classic-link|GBA|Riverside Park}} course in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as Stalking Piranha Plants.<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|author=@NintendoUK|date=March 8, 2023|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230308153658/https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1633467611026534400|title=Time to make a splash! Dodge the Stalking Piranha Plants and burst through the waterfall of Mario Kart: Super Circuit’s Riverside Park, coming in Wave 4 of the #MarioKart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass.|publisher=X|accessdate=March 8, 2023}}</ref> These mistakes were later corrected.<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|author=@NintendoUK|date=March 9, 2023|url=x.com/NintendoUK/status/1633844655459827715|title=Looks like we need to brush up on our botany! Thanks for letting us know that we got our Stalking Piranha Plants and Ptooies mixed up when we originally posted this.|publisher=X|accessdate=March 9, 2023}}</ref>
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Stalking Piranha Plant Sprite.png|frame|left]]
Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear only in [[World 5-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5-1]], [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6-3]], and the World 5 [[Enemy Course]]. When the player characters are not nearby, they walk around on two legs, like [[Ptooie]]s, and when the player characters approach a Stalking Piranha Plant, it stretches out its necks up and downwards, attempting to block their path. These enemies can be defeated by a [[fireball]], a [[Super Star|Star]], or a [[shell]], or by being [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed when frozen by an [[iceball]]. Like most Piranha Plants, these enemies cannot be picked up when frozen.
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Like most Piranhas, these enemies cannot be picked up when frozen. They are map enemies in World 5.
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
The Piranha Plants in [[Mario Party 3]] also have legs, which might have been the inspiration for this.
[[File:NSLU Rising Piranhas Screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|Screenshot from ''New Super Luigi U'']]
Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|shared port]]. They act the same as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear as rare enemies in [[Bramball Woods]] and are much more common in [[Walking Piranha Plants!]] and [[Rising Piranhas]].


The [[Elasto-Piranha]] is a similar enemy from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''.
In ''New Super Luigi U'', they appear in [[Spinning Sandstones]] and [[Rising Piranhas]].


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===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
{{NSMB Wii}}
[[File:WoollyStalkingPiranhaPlantHQ.png|100px|thumb|A Stalking Piranha Plant in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'']]
{{Piranhas}}
Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its port]], being made of yarn and ribbon. They mainly appear in the level [[Naval Piranha's Sewer]]. In this game, if the stalk of the plant is hit, then the head will fall down next to the body, and the two will rejoin each other shortly after. When the head and body rejoin, a sound plays similar to that of a Dry Bones' regeneration sound. Attacking the head will permanently defeat the Stalking Piranha Plant. They attack similarly to how they attack in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
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[[Category:Plants]]
 
[[Category:Enemies]]
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
[[Category:Sub-Species]]
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
{{main|Fire Stalking Piranha Plant}}
While Stalking Piranha Plants do not appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', a new variant of Stalking Piranha Plants known as Fire Stalking Piranha Plants appear in the ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' mode.
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
Fire Stalking Piranha Plants reappear in the ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' mode in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.
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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Piranha Plant has an attack where it stretches its stem to bite distanced opponents, which is based off of Stalking Piranha Plants and [[Elasto-Piranha]]s. On [[Palutena's Temple]], Stalking Piranha Plants (just called '''Stalking Piranhas''') are mentioned briefly by {{iw|icaruspedia|Viridi}} during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]].
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
NSMBW World 5-Enemy Screenshot.png|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSLU StalkPlant.png|Artwork from ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
NSLU Screenshot Stalking Piranha Plant.png|Screenshot from ''New Super Luigi U''
</gallery>
 
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''<br>''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|file1=<tt>1 Data/files/Object/pakkun_walk.arc</tt><br><tt>content/Common/actor/pakkun_walk.szs</tt>
|name1=pakkun_walk
|meaning1=Walk [[Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Piranha]]; compare [[River Piranha Plant#Internal names|water]] and [[Trottin' Piranha Plant#Internal names|running]] versions
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=テクテクパックン
|JapR=Tekuteku Pakkun
|JapM=「テクテク」is an onomatopoeia meaning "to walk trudgingly", and「パックン」is from the Japanese name of [[Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Piranha Plant]]; following the naming of「フーフーパックン」(''Fūfū Pakkun'', [[Ptooie#Names in other languages|Ptooie]])
|SpaA=Piraña peatona
|SpaAM=Pedestrian Piranha
|SpaE=Planta Piraña Acechadora
|SpaEM=Stalker Piranha Plant
|Fre=Plante Piranha errante (''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]'')
|FreM=Errant Piranha Plant
|FreA=Plante Piranha chasseuse
|FreAM=Huntress Piranha Plant
|FreE=Plante Piranha trotteuse
|FreEM=Trotter Piranha Plant
|Dut=Stalking Piranha
|Ger=Pirsch-Piranha
|GerM=Stalking Piranha
|Ita=Pianta Piranha vagante
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Canale New Super Mario Bros. U|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV5VLiZqQfE|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Sfide: Azione contro le Piante Piranha (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|date=April 4, 2013|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Wandering Piranha Plant
|Rus=растение-пиранья на стебле
|RusR=rastenie-piran'ya na steble
|RusM=Piranha Plant on a Stalk
|Kor=총총뻐끔
|KorR=Chong-chong Ppeokkeum
|KorM=Trotting Piranha Plant
|Chi=漫步吞食花
|ChiR=Mànbù Tūnshíhuā
|ChiM=Stroll Piranha Plant
|PorE=Piranha-Lapa<ref>{{cite|language=pt-pt|accessdate=August 9, 2024|publisher=YouTube|author=Canal New Super Mario Bros. U|date=April 4th, 2013|url=youtu.be/yS7CazJosu0|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' - Desafios: Perigo em Corrente (Wii U)}}</ref>
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Piranha Plants]]
[[Category:Piranha Plants]]
[[Category:New Super Luigi U enemies]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U enemies]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Woolly World enemies]]
[[de:Stängel-Piranha]]
[[it:Pianta Piranha vagante]]

Latest revision as of 08:34, December 5, 2024

This article is about the enemy. For the similarly named Rock-Candy Mines course, see Walking Piranha Plants!
Stalking Piranha Plant
Model of a Stalking Piranha Plant from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Model from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)
Variant of Ptooie
Variants
Relatives

Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are Piranha Plants that often have the ability to stretch their necks and walk around, not unlike Elasto-Piranhas in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, though they are designed more closely to Ptooies. At some point, even, in various official social media posts, Nintendo consistently misidentified the Ptooies in the GBA Riverside Park course in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as Stalking Piranha Plants.[1] These mistakes were later corrected.[2]

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

NSMBW Stalking Piranha Plant Sprite.png

Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear only in World 5-1, World 6-3, and the World 5 Enemy Course. When the player characters are not nearby, they walk around on two legs, like Ptooies, and when the player characters approach a Stalking Piranha Plant, it stretches out its necks up and downwards, attempting to block their path. These enemies can be defeated by a fireball, a Star, or a shell, or by being ground-pounded when frozen by an iceball. Like most Piranha Plants, these enemies cannot be picked up when frozen.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Rising Piranhas from New Super Luigi U.
Screenshot from New Super Luigi U

Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U and their shared port. They act the same as they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear as rare enemies in Bramball Woods and are much more common in Walking Piranha Plants! and Rising Piranhas.

In New Super Luigi U, they appear in Spinning Sandstones and Rising Piranhas.

Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]

A Stalking Piranha Plant in the Scrapbook Theater
A Stalking Piranha Plant in Yoshi's Woolly World

Stalking Piranha Plants are enemies in Yoshi's Woolly World and its port, being made of yarn and ribbon. They mainly appear in the level Naval Piranha's Sewer. In this game, if the stalk of the plant is hit, then the head will fall down next to the body, and the two will rejoin each other shortly after. When the head and body rejoin, a sound plays similar to that of a Dry Bones' regeneration sound. Attacking the head will permanently defeat the Stalking Piranha Plant. They attack similarly to how they attack in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Main article: Fire Stalking Piranha Plant

While Stalking Piranha Plants do not appear in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, a new variant of Stalking Piranha Plants known as Fire Stalking Piranha Plants appear in the Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser mode.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Fire Stalking Piranha Plants reappear in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Piranha Plant has an attack where it stretches its stem to bite distanced opponents, which is based off of Stalking Piranha Plants and Elasto-Piranhas. On Palutena's Temple, Stalking Piranha Plants (just called Stalking Piranhas) are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. U
1 Data/files/Object/pakkun_walk.arc
content/Common/actor/pakkun_walk.szs
pakkun_walk Walk Piranha; compare water and running versions

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese テクテクパックン[?]
Tekuteku Pakkun
「テクテク」is an onomatopoeia meaning "to walk trudgingly", and「パックン」is from the Japanese name of Piranha Plant; following the naming of「フーフーパックン」(Fūfū Pakkun, Ptooie)
Chinese 漫步吞食花[?]
Mànbù Tūnshíhuā
Stroll Piranha Plant
Dutch Stalking Piranha[?] -
French Plante Piranha errante (Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia)[?] Errant Piranha Plant
French (NOA) Plante Piranha chasseuse[?] Huntress Piranha Plant
French (NOE) Plante Piranha trotteuse[?] Trotter Piranha Plant
German Pirsch-Piranha[?] Stalking Piranha
Italian Pianta Piranha vagante[3] Wandering Piranha Plant
Korean 총총뻐끔[?]
Chong-chong Ppeokkeum
Trotting Piranha Plant
Portuguese (NOE) Piranha-Lapa[4] -
Russian растение-пиранья на стебле[?]
rastenie-piran'ya na steble
Piranha Plant on a Stalk
Spanish (NOA) Piraña peatona[?] Pedestrian Piranha
Spanish (NOE) Planta Piraña Acechadora[?] Stalker Piranha Plant

References[edit]

  1. ^ @NintendoUK (March 8, 2023). Time to make a splash! Dodge the Stalking Piranha Plants and burst through the waterfall of Mario Kart: Super Circuit’s Riverside Park, coming in Wave 4 of the #MarioKart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass.. X (British English). Archived March 8, 2023, 15:36:58 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. ^ @NintendoUK (March 9, 2023). Looks like we need to brush up on our botany! Thanks for letting us know that we got our Stalking Piranha Plants and Ptooies mixed up when we originally posted this.. X (British English). Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Canale New Super Mario Bros. U (April 4, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Sfide: Azione contro le Piante Piranha (Wii U). YouTube (Italian).
  4. ^ Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (April 4th, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Desafios: Perigo em Corrente (Wii U). YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved August 9, 2024.