Frost Piranha
| Frost Piranha | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Screenshot from Mario Kart World | |||
| First appearance | Paper Mario (2000) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Piranha Plant | ||
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Frost Piranhas (also known as Ice Piranha Plants)[1] are a type of Piranha Plant with a freezing bite and icy breath. They generally inhabit similarly cold climates. Frost Piranhas most commonly appear in the Paper Mario series, appearing in Chapter 7 of Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario.
History[edit]
Paper Mario series[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
Frost Piranhas first appear in Paper Mario. They are visually blue recolors of the game's Putrid Piranhas, and as such are larger than normal Piranha Plants and face the side, allowing them to be jumped on. Like all normal enemy Piranha Plants in the game, they burrow underground and spout up to attack. Mario first encounters Frost Piranhas while on his way to Starborn Valley. Along with being exceptionally strong, they have the ability to shoot icy blasts of breath that can freeze Mario and his allies (although the blasts themselves will not hurt them). Frost Piranhas are unaffected by ice-based attacks, though are weak to fire-based ones. Frost Piranhas are later encountered on Shiver Mountain, where they are less abundant.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
Frost Piranhas are enemies in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where they, like Putrid Piranhas, are now depicted as Pale Piranha recolors and as such are now normal-sized and upward-facing, preventing jump attacks against them. They can be found on the Path to Fahr Outpost and are slightly stronger than previously. They no longer have their icy breath attack, but their bites can freeze Mario or his partners if not guarded against. In the Nintendo Switch remake, Frost Piranhas regain their icy breath attack, which targets both Mario and his partner at once and can freeze them, though their bite attack no longer inflicts freeze. Just like before, Frost Piranhas are unaffected by ice-based attacks, which even restores their HP, but are weak to fire-based ones. They and the Ice Puffs are the only ice-themed enemies in the game.
Super Paper Mario[edit]
Frost Piranhas return in Super Paper Mario, where they are found in The Underwhere. This time their stalk is green like normal Piranha Plants instead of blue, and they are only found popping out of Warp Pipes. They can attack by breathing an ice gust. Frost Piranhas sometimes drop an Ice Storm if defeated.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Frost Piranhas[2] appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their Nintendo Switch port, making them the only Paper Mario enemy to cross into the New Super Mario Bros. games. They look and act similarly to Fire Piranha Plants, but shoot ice balls, which are capable of freezing playable characters as well as other enemies, similarly to Ice Bros. Additionally, Yoshi can eat their ice balls and spit them at other enemies. In New Super Mario Bros. U, Frost Piranhas inhabit the world of Rock-Candy Mines, where three of them appear in the level Fuzzy Clifftop, with two in a Warp Pipe and one on the ceiling, and in New Super Luigi U, Frost Piranhas appear in Broozers and Barrels.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Frost Piranha is mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Mario Kart World[edit]
Frost Piranhas[3] reappear in Mario Kart World, colored similarly to their appearances in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.[4] They are obstacles that appear in pipes and spit ice balls at racers.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Piranha | |||||||||
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Max HP | 10 | Attack | 4 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Role | Common | Type | Ground | Level | 22 | ||||
| Strong | Ice | Weak | Fire (+2), Egg Missile (+2) | Moves | Bite (4), Icy Breath (Freeze - Good, 2) | ||||
| Sleep? | 95%, 1 | Dizzy? | 50%, 0 | Shock? | 90%, 0 | ||||
| Shrink? | 75%, 0 | Stop? | 85%, 0 | Fright? | 20% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 20% | Hurricane? | 20% | Coins | 1 + 1-4 | ||||
| Items | Fire Flower | Run | 18 | Location(s) | Shiver Snowfield, Shiver Mountain | ||||
| Tattle | This is a Frost Piranha. Frost Piranhas are frozen Piranha Plants. Max HP: 10, Attack Power: 4, Defense Power: 0 They'll try to freeze you with their icy breath. You'll be at their mercy if they freeze you, so you'd better try to immobilize them right away. Ice attacks won't work--they love ice! Fire attacks, though... | ||||||||
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
GameCube[edit]
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Piranha | ||||||||
|
Max HP | 10 | Attack | 5 | Defense | 0 | ||
| Location(s) | Fahr Outpost, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 62, 64, 67) | Role | Common | Level | 26 | |||
| Sleep? | 100% | Dizzy? | 40% | Confuse? | 80% | |||
| Tiny? | 85% | Stop? | 70% | Soft? | 85% | |||
| Burn? | 100% | Freeze? | 0% | Fright? | 10% | |||
| Gale Force? | 40% | KO? | 95% | Moves | Jaw Clamp (5, Frozen) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 1 - 4 | Items | Dried Shroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Volt Shroom (drop only) | |||
| Tattle Log #: 58 |
Log | A Piranha Plant with ice powers that's weak against fire. Its biting attack sometimes freezes you. | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Frost Piranha. It's a cool customer with strong ice powers. Max HP is 10, Attack is 5 and Defense is 0. Its biting attack sometimes freezes us, so try to immobilize it first. It's weak against fire attacks, too, so use them as well. | |||||||
Nintendo Switch[edit]
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Piranha | ||||||||
| Max HP | 10 | Attack | 5 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Location(s) | Path to Fahr Outpost, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 62, 64, 67) | Role | Common | Level | 27 | |||
| Sleep? | 100% | Dizzy? | 40% | Confuse? | 80% | |||
| Tiny? | 85% | Stop? | 70% | Soft? | 85% | |||
| Burn? | 100% | Freeze? | 0% | Fright? | 10% | |||
| Gale Force? | 40% | KO? | 95% | Moves | Jaw Clamp (5), Ice breath (5 to both Mario and partner, frozen) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 1 - 4 | Items | Dried Mushroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Volt Mushroom (drop only) | |||
| Tattle Log #: 61 |
Log | A Piranha Plant with ice powers that's weak against fire. It absorbs ice attacks, and its icy-breath attack can sometimes freeze you! | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Frost Piranha. It's a cool customer with strong ice powers. Max HP is 10, Attack is 5 and Defense is 0. Its frozen-breath attack can freeze us, so try to immobilize it first. It's weak against fire attacks too, so use them as well. That said, don't even think about using ice attacks! | |||||||
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Piranha | |||||||||
|
Max HP | 7 | Role | Common | Location(s) | The Underwhere (7-1) | |||
| Attack | 3 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Ice Storm | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | ||||
| Score | 700 | ||||||||
| Card description | Someone left this flower out in the winter cold. On the plus side, it can cool beverages in a hurry. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 58 59 60 |
Tattle | This frigid Frost Piranha has subzero breath... Max HP is 7 and Attack is 3. If you get breathed on, you'll be frozen for a bit... Originally hailing from a cold climate, this plant struck out in search of new prey... This plant loves ice cream, but hates hot-fudge sundaes. | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
List of appearances[edit]
| Title | Description | Release date | System/format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Mario | Common enemy | 2000 | Nintendo 64 |
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | Common enemy | 2004 | Nintendo GameCube |
| Super Paper Mario | Common enemy | 2007 | Wii |
| New Super Mario Bros. U | Uncommon enemy | 2012 | Wii U |
| New Super Luigi U | Uncommon enemy | 2013 | Wii U |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Mentioned | 2018 | Nintendo Switch |
| New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | Uncommon enemy | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | Common enemy | 2024 | Nintendo Switch |
| Mario Kart World | Uncommon enemy | 2025 | Nintendo Switch 2 |
Names in other languages[edit]
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 with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アイスパックン[5][6][7] Aisu Pakkun |
Ice Piranha | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 冰冻吞食花[7][8] Bīngdòng Tūnshíhuā (Mandarin) Bīngdung Tānsihkfā (Cantonese) |
Frozen Piranha Plant | |
| 冰冻食人花[9] Bīngdòng Shírénhuā (Mandarin) Bīngdung Sihkyàhnfā (Cantonese) |
Paper Mario | ||
| Chinese (traditional) | 冰凍吞食花[10] Bīngdòng Tūnshíhuā (Mandarin) Bīngdung Tānsihkfā (Cantonese) |
Frozen Piranha Plant | |
| Frost Piranha[7] | Unmodified from the English name | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
| Dutch | Ice Piranha Plant[11] | - | |
| Frost Piranha[7] | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | ||
| French (NOA) | Piranha gelée[7][12] | Frozen Piranha | |
| French (NOE) | Piranha gelé[13][14] | Frozen Piranha | |
| Cryo Plante Piranha[15] | The prefix cryo-, denoting something pertaining to the cold, with Plante Piranha ("Piranha Plant") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Piranha gelée[7] | Frozen Piranha | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
| German | Frost-Piranha[16] | Frost Piranha | |
| Frost Piranha[17][7] | - | Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
| Italian | Piranha gelida[18][19][7][20] | Icy Piranha | |
| Ghiaccio Piranha[21] | Ice Piranha | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 아이스뻐끔플라워[7][23] Aiseu Ppeokkeum Peullawo |
Ice Piranha Plant | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Piranha Gelo[22] | Ice Piranha | |
| Russian | Морозное растение-пиранья[7] Moroznoye rasteniye-piran'ya |
Frosty piranha plant | |
| Spanish | Piraña Hielo1[24][25][7][26][27] | Ice Piranha |
1 - This name was lowercased as "piraña hielo" in Latin American localizations from 2012 to 2019.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U Prima's Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 147.
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:41:11 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ In-game mission "Weave past Frost Piranha attacks for blue coins!"
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPHFUs8u8i4
- ^ 「アイスパックンだよ こおりついた パックンフラワーだ」("It's an Ice Piranha! It is a Piranha that is frozen.") – Goombario tattling during battle (11 Aug. 2000). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese).
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. U" in『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 208.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l In-game name from Palutena's Guidance on Piranha Plant from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- ^ "这是“冰冻吞食花”哦。也就是拥有冰冻之力的冷酷吞食花。" – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Simplified Chinese).
- ^ In-game name displayed during battle from the iQue version of Paper Mario. (Archived 25 Jan. 2022 via YouTube by Darth Koopa (Darth Koopa).)
- ^ 「他是「冰凍吞食花」喔。擁有冰凍能力的冷酷吞食花。」– Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Traditional Chinese).
- ^ "Dat is een Ice Piranha Plant. Een koele kikker met een ijzingwekkende kracht." – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Dutch).
- ^ « C'est une Piranha gelée. Une Fleur qui maîtrise le pouvoir de la glace. » – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Canadian French).
- ^ « C'est un Piranha gelé. Ce sont des Plant'piranhas gelés. » – Goombario tattling during battle (5 Oct. 2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French).
- ^ « C'est un Piranha gelé. Une Plante Piranha avec de la glace dans les veines. » – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (French).
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. U" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 208.
- ^ „Das ist ein Frost-Piranha. Frost-Piranhas sind eiskalte Piranha-Pflanzen.“ – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (German).
- ^ „Das ist eine Frost Piranha. Das sind nichts anderes, als gefrorene Piranha-Pflanzen.“ – Goombario tattling during battle (5 Oct. 2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German).
- ^ In-game name from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
- ^ In-game name from Super Paper Mario.
- ^ «Punta alle monete blu e occhio alle Piranha gelide!» – Mission description (5 Jun. 2025). Mario Kart World by Nintendo EPD. Nintendo (Italian).
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. U" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 208.
- ^ «Esquiva-te dos ataques das Piranhas Gelo!» – Mission description (5 June 2025). Mario Kart World by Nintendo EPD. Nintendo (European Portuguese).
- ^ "『아이스뻐끔플라워』야 얼음의 힘을 가진 쿨한 뻐끔플라워지" – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Korean).
- ^ «Es una Piraña Hielo. Las Piraña Hielo son Plantas Piraña congeladas.» – Goombario tattling during battle (5 Oct. 2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish).
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros. U" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 208.
- ^ "Es una Piraña Hielo, una Planta Piraña que utiliza ataques helados." – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (Latin American Spanish).
- ^ «Es una Piraña Hielo, una Planta Piraña que utiliza ataques heladores.» – Goombella tattling during battle (23 May 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo (European Spanish).




