Dino Piranha Speed Run
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| Dino Piranha Speed Run | |||||||
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| 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. 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]
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]
Dino Piranha (boss)
Planets visited[edit]
Starting planet
Peanut-shaped planet
Bean-shaped planet
Bitten-apple planet
Flipswitch planet (optional)
Block-climb planet
Home of Dino Piranha
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タイムアタック! タマゴの Taimu atakku! Tamago no hoshi no Dino Pakkun |
Time Attack! Dino Piranha on the Egg Planet | |
| Chinese | 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 | |
| French (NOA) | Dino Piranha (Contre-la-Montre)[?] | Dino Piranha (Against the Clock) | |
| French (NOE) | Des planètes, des œufs, et Dino Piranha (contre-la-montre)[?] | Planets, Eggs, and Dino Piranha (Against the Clock) | |
| German | Zeitangriff! Dino-Piranha[?] | Time Attack! Dino Piranha | |
| Italian | In fretta! Dino Piranha![1] | Hurry! Dino Piranha! | |
| Svelto! C'è Dino Piranha![2] | Hurry! There's Dino Piranha! | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 타임 어택! 달걀별의 디노뻐끔[?] Taim Eotaek! Dalgyalbyeol-ui Dino Ppeokkeum |
Time attack! Dino Piranha of Egg Planet | |
| Portuguese | Desafio cronometrado: a Planta Dinopiranha[3] | Timed challenge: Dino Piranha | |
| Spanish (NOA) | ¡Date Prisa! Más Dinopiraña[?] | Hurry! More Dino Piranha | |
| Spanish (NOE) | ¡Date prisa! Más ovoide y Dinopiraña[?] | Hurry! More ovoid and Dino Piranha |
References[edit]
- ^ «In fretta! Dino Piranha!» – mission list (2007). Super Mario Galaxy. Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 129.
- ^ In-game name from the 2025 Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy.
