Fire Nipper Plant
| Fire Nipper Plant | |||
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 Sprite from Super Mario Bros. 3 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010) | ||
| Variant of | Nipper Plant Fire Piranha Plant | ||
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Fire Nipper Plants,[1] also known as Fiery Walking Piranhas[2] or Walking Ptooies,[3] are a rare fire-breathing version of Nipper Plant.
History
Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Bros. 3, only one Fiery Walking Piranha appears in the entire game, near the end of World 7-8. It stays in place, and when Mario or Luigi approaches, it attacks him by spitting fireballs that arc in his direction. It acts similarly to a red Panser from Super Mario Bros. 2, though a Fiery Walking Piranha can shoot up to four fireballs at once instead of two.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Although they are never explicitly called Fire Nipper Plants, regular Nipper Plants are depicted as being able to breath fire in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fire Nipper Plants are mentioned briefly by Viridi in the Japanese Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant. They are not mentioned at all in the English version; however, when the game is set to Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean, the subtitles include the name Fire Nipper Plant in English.[1]
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ファイアプチパックン[4] Faia Puchi Pakkun |
Fire Nipper Plant | |
| German | Feuer-Zangen-Piranha[?] | Fire Pliers Piranha | |
| Italian | Pianta tenaglia sputafuoco[5] | Fire-spitting nipper plant | |
| Russian | Грызоцвет[?] Gryzotsvet |
Nipper flower (same as Nipper Plant) | |
| Spanish | Blantita[?] | Nipper Plant |
Trivia
- In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the description for Nipper Plants in Musée Champignon says that they spit fire, but they never do this in-game.
References
- ^ a b Palutena's Guidance for Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (set to Chinese or Korean)
- ^ June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 71.
- ^ "The rarest enemy that you'll come across in any Super Mario game is the Walking Ptooie. This odd plant only appears once in World 7-8 of Super Mario Bros. 3. The second rarest enemy is the Yellow Koopa Troopa. You'll find three of them in Super Mario World." – August 1991. Mario Mania. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 168.
- ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Bros. 3 section. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 37.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 37.
