Piranha Pod
| Piranha Pod | |
|---|---|
 A Lakitu with a Piranha Pod | |
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Party Superstars (2021) |
| Variant of | Spiny Egg Piranha Plant |
Piranha Pods are a Piranha Plant version of Spiny Eggs. Like Spiny Eggs, they are thrown by Lakitus, but turn into a Piranha Plant upon landing, rather than a Spiny.
History
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Piranha Pods make their debut appearance in New Super Mario Bros. U in the levels Blooming Lakitus, and in New Super Luigi U in the levels Spinning Sandstones and Beanstalk Jungle. Here, Piranha Pods are thrown by the Lakitus that occasionally show up in these levels where, after bouncing off the ground slightly, become a Piranha Plant that remains stationary on the ground. Piranha Pods can be defeated in the same ways a Spiny Egg can be defeated, including shooting a fireball at them with Fire Mario or touching them while invincible.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Viridi briefly mentions Piranha Pods during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.
Mario Party Superstars
Piranha Pods reappear on the Peach's Birthday Cake board in Mario Party Superstars, replacing the Strawberry Seeds from the original Mario Party, though they are still referred to as strawberries. In-game, the term is used liberally to refer to both the pod itself and the Piranha Plant that grows out of it, while a Play Nintendo article reserves "strawberry" for the Piranha Pods.[1] In the board, Piranha Pods can be bought from a Lakitu if a player lands on certain Event Spaces. They come in two sizes, small (costing 5 coins) and large (costing 30 coins). Small Piranha Pods grow into regular Piranha Plants, while large Piranha Pods grow into Big Piranha Plants.
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. U | pakkun_tane | Pakkun Tane | Piranha Seed |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | グーリンダイ[?] Gūrindai |
Based on a part of the name of the folktale character Jugemu | |
| Chinese | 刺刺球[?] Cìcì Qiú |
Spiky Ball; from「刺刺蛋」(Cìcì Dàn, Spiny Egg) | |
| Dutch | Piranha Pod[?] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Gousse Piranha[?] | Piranha Pod | |
| French (NOE) | Pic-Piranha[?] | Pike-Piranha; from "Pic-Pic" (Spiny Egg) | |
| German | Piranha-Spross[?] | Piranha Bud | |
| Italian | Bulbo di Pianta Piranha[?] | Bulb of Piranha Plant | |
| Korean | 뻐끔볼[?] Ppeokkeum Bol |
Piranha Ball | |
| Russian | Пиранья-отпрыск[?] Piran'ya-otprysk |
Offspring Piranha | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Semilla Piraña[?] | Piranha Seed | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Bulbo Planta Piraña[?] | Piranha Plant Bulb |
References
- ^ Five boards, five tips. Play Nintendo. Retrieved November 24, 2021. (Archived November 24, 2021, 14:22:13 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
| Spinies | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Kyodai Togemetto • Spike Storm |
| Species | Big Spiny • Dark Spiny • Paper Spiny • Piranha Pod • Sad Spiny • Sharpea • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spike Blop • Spike Koopa • Spikester • Spikey • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Spiny R • Spiny Shroopa • Thorny • Urspike |
| Related items | Giant Spiny Shell • Spiny Orb • Spiny Shell (blue) • Spiny Shell (red) |
