Piranha Pod
| Piranha Pod | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Model form New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Party Superstars (2021) | ||
| Variant of | Spiny Egg Piranha Plant | ||
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Piranha Pods are a Piranha Plant version of Spiny Eggs. Like Spiny Eggs, they are thrown by Lakitus, but turn into a Piranha Plant upon landing, rather than a Spiny. Their behavior is also akin to their relatives Nipper Spores and Nipper Plants.
History[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Piranha Pods make their debut appearance in New Super Mario Bros. U, exclusively in the level Blooming Lakitus, and appear in New Super Luigi U, exclusively in Spinning Sandstones and Beanstalk Jungle. Here, Piranha Pods are thrown by the Lakitus that occasionally show up in these levels where, after bouncing off the ground slightly, become a Piranha Plant that remains stationary on the ground. Piranha Pods can be defeated in the same ways a Spiny Egg can be defeated, including shooting a fireball at them with Fire Mario or touching them while invincible.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Viridi briefly mentions Piranha Pods during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
Piranha Pods reappear on the Peach's Birthday Cake board in Mario Party Superstars, replacing the Strawberry Seeds from the original Mario Party, though they are still referred to as strawberries. In-game, the term is used liberally to refer to both the pod itself and the Piranha Plant that grows out of it, while a Play Nintendo article reserves "strawberry" for the Piranha Pods.[1] In the board, Piranha Pods can be bought from a Lakitu if a player lands on certain Event Spaces. They come in two sizes, small (costing 5 coins) and large (costing 30 coins). Small Piranha Pods grow into regular Piranha Plants, while large Piranha Pods grow into Big Piranha Plants.
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. U | pakkun_tane | Pakkun Tane | Piranha Seed |
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 | グーリンダイ[3][4] Gūrindai |
From Jugemu, a famous story about a boy with a very long name; comparable to「ジュゲム」(Jugemu, "Lakitu") and「パイポ」(Paipo, "Spiny Egg"), whose names have the same origin[2] | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 刺刺球[4] Cìcìqiú (Mandarin) Chichikàuh (Cantonese) |
Spiky Ball; shared with Spike Ball | |
| Chinese (traditional) | Piranha Pod[4] | Unmodified from the English name | |
| Dutch | Piranha Pod[4] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Gousse Piranha[4] | Piranha Pod, from Fleur Piranha ("Piranha Plant") and gousse ("bean pod" or "clove") | |
| French (NOE) | Pic-Piranha[4] | Portmanteau between Pic-Pic ("Spiny Egg") and Plante Piranha ("Piranha Plant") | |
| Gûrindai[5] | Romanization of the Japanese name | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Piranha-Spross[4] | Piranha Sprout | |
| Italian | Bulbo di Pianta Piranha[4] | Piranha Plant Bulb | |
| Uovo di Pianta Piranha[6] | Piranha Plant Egg; comparable to Uovo di Koopistrice ("Spiny Egg") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 뻐끔볼[4] Ppeokkeum Bol |
Piranha Ball | |
| Russian | Пиранья-отпрыск[4] Piran'ya-otprysk |
Piranha offshoot | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Semilla piraña[4] | Piranha seed | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Bulbo Planta Piraña[4][7] | Piranha Plant Bulb |
References[edit]
- ^ "The strawberries then grow into Piranha Plants, which gobble up other players’ coins or stars!" – Five boards, five tips. Play Nintendo. Retrieved November 24, 2021. (Archived November 24, 2021, 14:22:13 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Mandelin, Clyde (6 Feb. 2013). Super Mario Bros. Translation Comparison: Names. Legends of Localization. (Archived December 5, 2024, 01:30:15 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 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 209.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 209.
- ^ 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 209.
- ^ 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 209.
| Spinies | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Kyodai Togemetto • Spike Storm |
| Species | Big Spiny • Dark Spiny • Paper Spiny • Piranha Pod • Sad Spiny • Sharpea • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spike Blop • Spike Koopa • Spikester • Spikey • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Spiny R • Spiny Shroopa • Thorny • Urspike |
| Related items | Giant Shell • Spiny Orb • Spiny Shell (blue) • Spiny Shell (red) |
