Piranha Planet
- Not to be confused with Piranha Plant.
| Piranha Planet | |
|---|---|
 Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time | |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) |
| Latest appearance | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) (mentioned) |
| Variant of | Piranha Plant |
Piranha Planets are pipe balls in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, teeming with miniature Piranha Plants equipped with space suits and phasers. They are found in the Star Shrine.
Among their attacks is trying to fall on one of the heroes. They first rotate several times in place, and then teleport above one of the bros. before falling; if it was right side up before teleporting, it falls on Mario; if it will fall on Luigi, it will be upside down right before it warps up. If countered, it can fall several times (on the same target), and each time it is countered with a hammer, it takes damage.
They can also shoot lasers at Mario and Luigi. If the Piranha Planet shoots upwards, it shoots at Mario. If it shoots upside down, it shoots at Luigi. Sometimes After firing a laser at Mario or Luigi, Piranha Planets can move the laser to the other brother. If it shoots at one person, it does it multiple times.
Its last move is to spawn many Piranha Plants and shoot them at a brother. The mini astronaut Piranha Plants pop out of its holes one at a time, coming in two different colors: red for Mario and green for Luigi. The planet starts spinning, and slightly less than two seconds later, the Piranha Plants fly off the planet towards the bros. in the same order in which they appeared on the planet.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Piranha Planets are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.
Statistics
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piranha Planet | ||||||||
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HP | 144 (180) | POW | 130 (150) | Defense | 110 (120) | ||
| Experience | 170 (180) | Coins | 20 (30) | Speed | 87 (91) | |||
| Location(s) | Star Shrine | Role | Common | Item drop | Copy Flower – 12.75% Ultra Drop – 2.25% | |||
| Level | 25 (26) | Battled by | Anyone | |||||
| Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release). | ||||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ビジターパックン[?] Bijitā Pakkun |
Visitor Piranha | |
| Dutch | Piranha Planet[?] | - | |
| French | Planète Piranha[?] | Piranha Planet | |
| German | Piranha-Planet[?] | Piranha Planet | |
| Italian | Pianeta Piranha[?] | Piranha Planet | |
| Korean | 외계뻐끔[?] Oegye Ppeokkeum |
Outer Space Piranha | |
| Russian | пиранья-планетоид[?] piran'ya-planetoid |
Piranha Planetoid | |
| Spanish | Planeta Piraña[?] | Piranha Planet |
