Fire Nipper Plant
Fire Nipper Plants[1], also known as Fiery Walking Piranhas[2] or Walking Ptooies[3], are rare fire-breathing versions of Nipper Plants.
History
Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Bros. 3, only one appears in the entire game, near the end of World 7-8. Once it spots Mario, it attacks him by spitting fireballs similar to Venus Fire Traps, though a Fiery Walking Piranha can shoot up to four fireballs at once.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
These enemies, now referred to as "Nipper Plants", appear as background enemies in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. In battle, a Piranha Plant may spit out Nipper Spores into the background, each one instantly becoming a Nipper Plant. Once created, they shoot fireballs at Mario and Luigi individually, which they must deflect with his hammer to avoid taking damage and to also randomly hit the Piranha Plants in the process.
Occasionally, a Piranha Plant will spit a fireball towards the Nipper Plant, who will bounce the fireball about until each Nipper Plant has touched the fireball at some point, where the last Nipper Plant to touch it sends the fireball towards Mario, who must hammer it back at the Piranha Plant who created it to counter-attack and avoid taking damage. The Nipper Plants are defeated when the Piranha Plant that spawned them is defeated.
| Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipper Plant | ||||||||
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HP | 1 | Role | Common | Level | 21 | Location(s) | Dreamy Driftwood Shore |
| Power | 106 | Position | Background | No Hitter | — | |||
| Defense | 1 | World | Dream | Weakness | None | Item drop | None (0%) None (0%) | |
| Speed | 54 | Experience | 0 (0) | Coins | 10 (100%) | |||
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, these 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 set to Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese or Korean, its name is subtitled as Fire Nipper Plant in English.[1]
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Fire Nipper Plants return in Paper Mario: The Origami King, though referred to by their parent species' name.
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 | |
| Russian | Грызоцвет[?] Gryzotsvet |
Nipper flower (same as Nipper Plant) | |
| Spanish | Blantita[?] | Nipper Plant (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team) |
References
- ^ a b Palutena's Guidance for Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (set to Chinese or Korean)
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 13, 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." - Mario Mania, pg. 168.
- ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Bros. 3 section, page 37.
