Dino Piranha Speed Run

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Mission
Dino Piranha Speed Run
A screenshot of the Dino Piranha Speed Run mission in Good Egg Galaxy.
Location Good Egg Galaxy
Mission number 4
Game Super Mario Galaxy
Boss Dino Piranha
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Dino Piranha Speed Run is the fourth mission of Good Egg Galaxy of Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port. Mario (or Luigi) must complete a slightly-different version of the Dino Piranha mission in under four minutes. If Mario (or Luigi) exceeds the time limit, he loses a life. This mission can be played only once a Speedy Comet is orbiting the galaxy. This is the first Prankster Comet that appears after Mario collects 13 Power Stars.

Layout[edit]

A screenshot of the changed boulder planet in the Dino Piranha Speed Run mission.
Boulders become Chomps under the Speedy Comet.

As the original mission, Mario lands on the starting planet and is allocated four minutes. The goal remains the same: Mario arrives to the top of the structure underneath the planet, but instead of having to spin to open a crystal containing a Luma, the Luma is already there and transforms immediately to a Sling Star as Mario talks to the Luma. The Sling Star launches Mario to a Launch Star that launches Mario to the boulder planet, this time featuring Chomps as opposed to boulders. The goal also remains the same here: Mario collects five yellow Star Chips that form a Launch Star, which takes him to the bean planet. The bean planet also contains the same goal as before: defeating the Piranha Plant spawns a Sproutle Vine. Using the Mario Sproutle Vine, Mario lands on the bitten apple planet. Even here, boulders are replaced by Chomps. Defeating the Spiny Piranha Plant spawns a Sproutle Vine. This Sproutle Vine takes Mario to the block-climb planet. Mario can alternatively defeat a lone Piranha Plant atop a Warp Pipe to access the flipswitch planet, which he then navigates by activating all Flipswitch Panels found there until a Launch Star takes him to the block-climb planet. Mario then navigates the block-climb planet, destroys the crystal containing a Launch Star, and travels to the dino geo planet. Dino Piranha is fought using the same strategy as before: spinning four times at its tail defeats it, revealing the Power Star. Grabbing the Power Star stops the timer, ending the mission.

Enemies and obstacles[edit]

Planets visited[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese タイムアタック! タマゴのほしの ディノパックン
Taimu Atakku! Tamago no Hoshi no Dino Pakkun
Time Attack! Dino Piranha on the Egg Planet [1]
Chinese (Simplified) 时间挑战!蛋蛋星上的恐龙吞食花
Shíjiān tiāozhàn! Dàn dàn xīng shàng de kǒnglóng tūnshí huā
Time Attack! Dino Piranha on the Egg Planet Galaxy [1]
Chinese (Traditional) 時間挑戰!蛋蛋星上的恐龍吞食花
Shíjiān tiāozhàn! Dàn dàn xīng shàng de kǒnglóng tūnshí huā
Time Attack! Dino Piranha on the Egg Planet Galaxy [?]
French (Canadian) Dino Piranha (Contre-la-Montre) Dino Piranha (Against the Clock) [1]
French (European) Des planètes, des œufs, et Dino Piranha (contre-la-montre) Planets, Eggs, and Dino Piranha (Against the Clock) [1]
German Zeitangriff! Dino-Piranha Time Attack! Dino Piranha [1]
Italian In fretta! Dino Piranha! Hurry! Dino Piranha! [1]
Svelto! C'è Dino Piranha! Hurry! There's Dino Piranha! Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia [2]
Korean 타임 어택! 달걀별의 디노뻐끔
Taim Eotaek! Dalgyalbyeol-ui Dino Ppeokkeum
Time Attack! Dino Piranha of Egg Planet [1]
Portuguese Desafio cronometrado: a Planta Dinopiranha Timed Challenge: Dino Piranha [3]
Spanish (Latin American) ¡Date Prisa! Más Dinopiraña Hurry! More Dino Piranha [1]
Spanish (European) ¡Date prisa! Más ovoide y Dinopiraña Hurry! More Ovoid and Dino Piranha [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i In-game name on the mission select screen (Nintendo Wii).
  2. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 129.
  3. ^ In-game name from the 2025 Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy.