Jumping Piranha Plant
| Jumping Piranha Plant | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario World | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World (1990) | ||
| Latest appearance | WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021) | ||
| Variant of | Piranha Plant | ||
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A Jumping Piranha Plant (alternatively Jumpin' Piranha Plant,[1] misspelled as Jumping Pirhana Plant in the Super Mario World ending sequence) is a variant of Piranha Plant that is not rooted to the ground.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario World[edit]
Jumping Piranha Plants made their debut in Super Mario World as the most frequent Piranha Plant enemies in the game. Most of them live in Warp Pipes, but some can be found hiding in bushes. Their propeller-like stems enable them to fly up quickly out of their spots and descend slowly back in, damaging Mario or Luigi at direct contact. However, the playable characters can spin-jump on them without getting harmed, although this does not inflict damage on the enemies either. A Jumping Piranha Plant can be defeated by shooting a fireball at it while in Fire form, whipping it while in Caped form, or touching it while invincible.
A fire-breathing variant of Jumping Piranha Plant called Jumping Fire Piranha Plants also appears in the game.
After the Special Zone is completed, Jumping Piranha Plants turn into Jumping Pumpkin Plants (also named Pumpkin Plants),[2] which look like jack-o'-lanterns. However, they function exactly the same.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
Jumping Piranha Plants return in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. They appear only in World-e's e-Reader accessible level Ground Work. The Jumping Piranha Plants behave exactly as they do in Super Mario World. They also look like they did in that game, though they have Super Mario Bros. 3's original Piranha Plant species' heads instead.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Jumping Piranha Plants appear in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. They are available only in the Super Mario World style, replacing regular Piranha Plants. When shaken, however, they turn into Fire Piranha Plants instead of Jumping Fire Piranha Plants. They reappear in Super Mario Maker 2.
Jumping Piranha Plants behave just like in Super Mario World when placed inside Warp Pipes. When placed outside one, they first make contact with the ground or on a platform underneath them if needed, then make several short bounces before jumping up to attack. They can be enlarged in the level editor by dragging a Super Mushroom onto them. Putting wings on a Jumping Piranha Plant enables it to hover for a short while in the air after making a leap. If a Bill Blaster is loaded with a winged Jumping Piranha Plant, the enemy will continuously shoot in and out of it in a horizontal line.
Super Mario Adventures[edit]
Jumping Piranha Plants make an appearance in Super Mario Adventures, being the first creature sent by Bowser to attack Princess Toadstool's palace by biting Mario's nose.
Super Mario Party[edit]
In Super Mario Party, a Jumping Piranha Plant, referred to as a Piranha Plant in this game, appears as the 21st level in the Rec Room minigame Puzzle Hustle, being based upon its Super Mario World sprite.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Piranha Plant's up special, Piranhacopter, allows it to fly by spinning its stem like a propeller in a similar fashion to a Jumping Piranha Plant.[3] On Palutena's Temple, Jumping Piranha Plants are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.
Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]
Jumping Piranha Plants return in Paper Mario: The Origami King, now able to breathe fire like their fiery variants, and are found in the Spring of Jungle Mist. They can also attack Mario with Bite and Bite Barrage similarly to other Piranha Plant variants in the game. Also like them, they cannot be jumped on unless Mario uses the Iron Boots or their variants.
WarioWare: Get It Together![edit]
Jumping Piranha Plants reappear in WarioWare: Get It Together! in levels 1 and 2 of the Super Mario World microgame.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario World[edit]
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
These are a tropical plant version of the Volcano Plant! Be careful; they come madly whirling out of the pipes and can be very tough. - Japanese:
パックンフラワーの熱帯植物バージョン！？土管の中から、くるくる回りながら飛び出してぐるぞ。種を吐くこともあるので気をつけよう。[4]
(Translation: A tropical plant version of the Piranha Plant!? It pops out from inside a clay pipe, spinning around and around. Be careful, because it sometimes spits out seeds.) - French:
C'est une version tropicale de la plante Volcano. ATTENTION : elles deviennent folles et sortent des tuyaux en tourbillonnant ; cela peut vous donner du fil à retordre.[5]
(Translation: This is a tropical plant version of the Volcano Plant. BEWARE : they come crazy and whirling out of the pipes ; this can give you a hard time.)
- English:
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ピーパックン (JP) / Jumping Piranha Plant (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| フラワー族 | Tribe | Flower clan | |
| がんばり屋 | Disposition | Someone who battles on in difficult circumstances | |
| ワールド | Game appearances | World | |
| 小さくても元気いっぽい ちっちゃいパックンフラワー。土管から元気に顔を出し、葉っぱを羽にしてゆっくりと降りてくる。土管の中に入るのを待って通り過ぎるか、飛んでいる時に下を通り抜けよう。[6] |
Small but spirited A tiny Piranha Plant. They emerge cheerfully from pipes and descend slowly, using their leaves as wings. Wait for it to enter the pipe and pass by, or pass under it when it jumps. | ||
Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]
| Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy | |||||||||||||||
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| Jumping Piranha Plant | |||||||||||||||
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HP | 24 | Moves | Location(s) | |||||||||||
| Type | Spiked | Bite (?), Bite Barrage (?), Fireball (?), Fireball Frenzy (?) | Spring of Jungle Mist | ||||||||||||
| Role | Common | ||||||||||||||
| Item drops | Bag of confetti | ||||||||||||||
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They look like teeny Piranha Plants with leafy little feet. Though adorable, their fire is still fire, so stay alert. | ||||||||||||||
Gallery[edit]
Sprites[edit]
Yoshi's Cookie (NES)
Yoshi's Cookie (Game Boy)
Yoshi's Cookie (SNES)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Screenshots[edit]
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Yoshi no Cookie)
Scans[edit]
Super Mario Game Picture Book 3: Mario and Yoshi
Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 3: Dolphin's Ball
Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 3: Dolphin's Ball
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ピーパックン / ピー-パックン[7] Pī-Pakkun |
"P-Piranha", 「パックン」(Pakkun) being from the Japanese name of Piranha Plants; officially romanized as "P-Pakkun". "P-" may be short for propeller or, given the early name "P-Hat" present in Super Mario World assets,[8] a reference to Peahat, a flying flower enemy from The Legend of Zelda. | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 跳跃食人花[11] (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2) Tiàoyuè Shírénhuā |
Jumping Piranha Plant | |
| 跳跃吞食花 (since Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)[?] Tiàoyuè Tūnshíhuā |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 跳躍吞食花[?] Tiàoyuè Tūnshíhuā |
Jumping Piranha Plant | |
| Dutch | Jumping Piranha Plant (Super Mario Maker 2)[?] | - | |
| Jumping Piranha[?] | |||
| French (NOA) | Fleur Piranha sautant[?] | Jumping Piranha Flower | |
| French (NOE) | Plante Piranha sauteuse[9] | Jumping Piranha Plant | |
| Plante carnassière sautante[5] | Jumping carnivorous plant | Super Mario World | |
| German | Hüpfer-Piranha[?] | Jumping Piranha | |
| Sprung-Piranha[10] | - | ||
| Italian | Pianta Piranha salterella[?] | Jumping Piranha Plant | |
| Korean | 점핑뻐끔플라워[?] Jeomping Ppeokkeum Peullawo |
Jumping Piranha Plant | |
| Russian | прыгающее растение-пиранья[?] prygayushchee rastenie-piran'ya |
Jumping Piranha Plant | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Planta Piraña saltarina[?] | Jumping Piranha plant | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Planta Piraña Saltarina[?] | Jumping Piranha Plant |
Trivia[edit]
- Prototype assets of Super Mario World show that Jumping Piranha Plants had alternate Fall-themed graphics resembling a Fire Flower with Mario's face.[12]
- In the English instruction booklet of Super Mario World, the Jumping Piranha Plant is described as a tropical version of the "Volcano Plant" (likely referring to Volcano Lotus); however, the Japanese instruction booklet correctly refers to it as a Pakkun Flower (Piranha Plant).
References[edit]
- ^ 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
- ^ September 1991. Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11.
- ^ GameXplain (November 1, 2018). Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Reveal Trailer (Petey Piranha Final Smash!). YouTube. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ 1990. Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese).
- ^ a b Super Mario World French instruction booklet, page 23.
- ^ Shogakukan (1994). 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Page 166.
- ^ Kagawa, Ryo (APE/Shigesato Itoi), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors (1991). "UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオワールド』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-104117-5. Page 27.
- ^ TCRF. Prerelease:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps#Enemy Cast List. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ Paper Mario: The Origami King in-game name.
- ^ Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 19.
- ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Frieze (July 24, 2020). X post featuring prototype Super Mario World assets. X. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
