Big Fire Piranha

(Redirected from Big Fire Piranha Plant)
Big Fire Piranha
A Big Venus Fire Trap in New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. 2
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Variant of Fire Piranha Plant
Big Piranha Plant
Variants

Big Fire Piranhas, also known as Big Fire Piranha Plants,[1] Big Venus Fire Traps,[2] and Big Fire Piranha Plans,[sic][3] are enemies first appearing in Super Mario 64. They are larger Fire Piranha Plants; their fireballs are often comparatively larger as well.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DSEdit

 
A Piranha Flower in Super Mario 64

In Super Mario 64 and its remake, Super Mario 64 DS, Big Fire Piranhas are known as Piranha Flowers[4][5] and are the target of the first mission of Tiny-Huge Island: Pluck the Piranha Flower. Five of them appear in this mission as a group boss. Like Small Piranhas, they blend in the grass at first. When Mario approaches, they grow in size at an alarming rate, spit a fireball, then quickly shrink back to their invulnerable selves. All of them appear in one area, and they must be attacked to obtain a Power Star. In Super Mario 64 DS, another way to deal with them is by using a mushroom hidden in one of the three wooden stumps in the same area, as a giant character will instantly defeat the enemies upon touch. Once defeated, they shrink like a normal-sized Piranha Plant before leaving the player with two coins (or, if defeated with a mushroom, three coins).

New Super Mario Bros. WiiEdit

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, only two Piranha Flowers are found, in World 2-3. From this game forward, they can be defeated by shooting three fireballs at them or by using a Star.

New Super Mario Bros. 2Edit

One Big Venus Fire Trap reappears in New Super Mario Bros. 2, in World 5-6. Rather than shooting large fireballs, Big Venus Fire Traps shoot out normal-sized ones like their smaller counterparts.

New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeEdit

 
A Big Venus Fire Trap in Light-Up-Lift Tower in New Super Luigi U

After an absence in New Super Mario Bros. U, Big Venus Fire Traps reappear in New Super Luigi U in Piranhas in the Dark, Slippery Rope Ladders, Light-Up-Lift Tower, and Rising Piranhas. They reappear in the New Super Luigi U levels in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DSEdit

Big Venus Fire Traps can appear in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS if the player enlarges a Fire Piranha Plant with a Super Mushroom. It is the first game where Big Venus Fire Traps can appear in Warp Pipes.

Super Mario Maker 2Edit

Big Fire Piranhas return in Super Mario Maker 2, acting as they did before. In the Super Mario 3D World style, they have the same Super Mario 3D Land appearance as their smaller counterparts and can be safely stomped on.

Super Mario Bros. WonderEdit

 
A Big Fire Piranha in Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Big Fire Piranhas reappear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, first appearing in Upshroom Downshroom and appearing as uncommon enemies throughout the game. Like in Super Mario Maker 2's 3D World style, they use the Fire Piranha Plant's 3D Land appearance and act the same as in previous 2D appearances, though they spit multiple fireballs at once just like their smaller relatives.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s JourneyEdit

Big Fire Piranhas also appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, where they were raised by Fawful and temporarily prevent Bowser from passing in Peach's Castle. Mario and Luigi must go to the Chest Station within Bowser's body and spring Bowser into the Big Fire Piranhas several times to defeat them. Getting hit by fireballs or any Piranha Plants and Chain Chomps along the way will cause Bowser to lose 10 coins.

Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

While Big Fire Piranhas do not appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, they are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant. Unlike most other Piranha Plant species mentioned in the conversation, which are generally listed in the order of their first appearances, Big Fire Piranhas are listed amongst New Super Mario Bros. Wii debuts. Big Piranhas, Nipper Spores, Small Piranhas, and Fire Stalking Piranhas are similarly listed out of order.

Unused appearancesEdit

New Super Mario Bros.Edit

Big Venus Fire Traps were meant to appear in the original New Super Mario Bros. and appear fully-functioning in the game's coding, but they were not implemented in the final game.[6]

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかファイアパックン[7]
Deka Faia Pakkun
Big Fire Piranha
きょだいパックンフラワー[8][9]
Kyodai Pakkun Furawā
Mega Piranha Plant Super Mario 64
Chinese (simplified) 大火焰吞食花[10]
Dà Huǒyàn Tūnshíhuā
Big Fire Piranha Plant
Chinese (traditional) 大火焰吞食花[10]
Dà Huǒyàn Tūnshíhuā
Big Fire Piranha Plant
Dutch Reuze-Fire Piranha[10] Giant Fire Piranha
French (NOA) Pyro Piranha géante[10] Giant Pyro Piranha
French (NOE) Maxi-Pyro Piranha[10] Maxi-Pyro Piranha
German Riesen-Feuer-Piranha-Pflanze[10] Giant Fire Piranha Plant
Feuerspeiende Piranha-Pflanze[11] Fire-breathing Piranha Plant Super Mario 64
Italian Pianta Piranha falò gigante[10] Giant Fire Piranha Plant
Pianta piranha[12] Piranha plant Super Mario 64
Fiore Piranha[9] Flower Piranha Super Mario 64 DS
Pianta Piranha Falò gigante[13]:86 Giant Fire Piranha Plant Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Super Pianta Piranha Falò[13]:145 Super Fire Piranha Plant
Pianta Piranha Falò Gigante[13]:195 Giant Fire Piranha Plant
Korean 거대뻐끔플라워[9]
Geodae Ppeokkeum Peullawo
Huge Piranha Flower
Russian Огромное огненное растение-пиранья[10]
Ogromnoye ognennoye rasteniye-piran'ya
Huge Fire Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOA) Grande Piraña Pirómana[10] Grand Pyromaniacal Piranha
Piranha Plant gigante[14] Giant Piranha Plant Super Mario 64
Spanish (NOE) Grande Piraña Pirómana[10] Grand Pyromaniacal Piranha
Planta carnívora gigante[15] Giant carnivorous plant Super Mario 64
Piraña Pirómana Gigante[16]:86 Giant Fire Piranha Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Gran Piraña Pirómana[16]:145, 195 Great Fire Piranha

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Nintendo Co., Ltd. (circa Jan. 2025). New Super Mario Bros. 2. Mario Portal (English). Retrieved 23 Jan. 2025.
  2. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (2012). New Super Mario Bros. 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89552-3. Page 23.
  3. ^ English Super Mario 64 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:38:23 UTC via archive.today.)
  4. ^ Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 108.
  5. ^ Five Piranha Flowers - (Course 13). Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (American English). Archived June 10, 1998, 05:12:38 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  6. ^ New Super Mario Bros.. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 86, 145, 195.
  8. ^ In-game name for "Pluck the Piranha Flower" from Super Mario 64.
  9. ^ a b c In-game name for "Pluck the Piranha Flower" from Super Mario 64 DS.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j In-game name for Palutena's Guidance on Piranha Plant from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  11. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 86.
  12. ^ Roberto Ferri (May 1999). Official Nintendo Magazine issue 7. Milan: Xenia Edizione S. r. L. (Italian). Page 87.
  13. ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
  14. ^ Rodriguez, Gustavo, and José Sierra, editorial directors (1997). "Super Mario 64" in Club Nintendo, yr. 6, no. 1. Productos y Equipos Internacionales, Editorial Samra (Mexican Spanish). Page 70.
  15. ^ Guías Nintendo (2007). 100 monedas en Tiny huge island (Isla cambiante). Guía Super Mario 64 (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 11:47:10 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  16. ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1.