River Piranha Plant
| River Piranha Plant | |||
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![]() In-game artwork from Super Mario Run | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Piranha Plant | ||
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River Piranha Plants are enemies introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are a variant of Piranha Plant that greatly resemble the Jumping Piranha Plant of Super Mario World in design, as well as real-life floating plants, like duckweeds and frogbit, although unlike Jumping Piranha Plants, they appear to lack teeth.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
River Piranha Plants are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear in World 5-1 as common enemies. When Mario is not around, they blow green spike balls like a Ptooie's method of attacking. When Mario approaches, they suck in and bring the spike ball to their lips and slowly blow it upwards to attack. Just like regular Piranha Plants, they can be defeated with fireballs or a Star. Hitting it with an iceball will also freeze it in place. The spike ball itself can be taken out with a shell or the Star, after which the River Piranha Plant will sweat and panic in place, unable to do anything.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
River Piranha Plants are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port. In the former game, they appear only in Fliprus Lake and Seesaw Bridge, and in New Super Luigi U, River Piranha Plants appear in Spinning Sandstones and Fliprus Floes. River Piranha Plants behave identically as before.
Super Mario Run[edit]
River Piranha Plants are enemies in Super Mario Run, starting with the version 3.0.4 update. In the World Tour mode, they appear only in the level Spike Bar Jungle.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
River Piranha Plants (just called River Piranhas) are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Run[edit]
- Notebook bio: "This may look like a regular Piranha Plant, but they can move objects by blowing on them."
Gallery[edit]
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| New Super Mario Bros. Wii New Super Mario Bros. U |
1 Data/files/Object/pakkun_water.arc content/Common/actor/pakkun_water.szs |
pakkun_water | Water Piranha; compare walking version |
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 | ウキパックン[1][2][3][4] Uki Pakkun |
Float Piranha, likely in reference to「 |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 漂浮吞食花[4][5] Piāofú Tūnshíhuā (Mandarin) Pīufàuh Tānsihkfā (Cantonese) |
Floating Piranha Plant | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 漂浮吞食花[3][4][6] Piāofú Tūnshíhuā (Mandarin) Pīufàuh Tānsihkfā (Cantonese) |
Floating Piranha Plant | |
| Dutch | River Piranha Plant[3][7] | - | |
| Water Lily Piranha[8] | New Super Mario Bros. U | ||
| River Piranha[4] | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | ||
| French (NOA) | Aqua Piranha[4] | Water Piranha | |
| French (NOE) | Aqua Piranha[9][3][4] | Water Piranha | |
| Plante Piranha de rivières[10] | River Piranha Plant | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Teich-Piranha[11][3][4] | Pond Piranha | |
| Italian | Pianta Piranha acquatica[12][4] | Aquatic Piranha Plant | |
| Piranha acquatica[3] | Aquatic Piranha | Super Mario Run | |
| Pianta Piranha di fiume[13]:144 | River Piranha Plant | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Pianta Piranha di Fiume[13]:209 | |||
| Korean | 둥둥뻐끔[3][4] Dungdung Ppeokkeum |
Floating Piranha | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Piranha-d'água[3] | Water Piranha | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Lírio-Piranha[14] | Piranha Lily | |
| Russian | Пиранья-лилия[3][4] Piran'ya-liliya |
Lily piranha | |
| Пиранья Лилия[15] Piran'ya Liliya |
Lily Piranha | New Super Mario Bros. U | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Piraña fontana[3][4] | Fountain piranha | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Lirio Piraña[16][3][4] | Piranha Lily |
References[edit]
- ^ Ito, Shota, Tomomi Seki, Kei Narita, Izumi Sasaki, Ryosuke Ito, Mio Yuasa, and Masakazu Kodaira, editors (2009). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・Wiiパーフェクトガイド』. Tokyo: Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-726295-9. Page 29.
- ^ 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 144, 209.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Notebook entry (15 Dec. 2016). Super Mario Run by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 3.2.4). Nintendo. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "大量的漂浮吞食花正在 此区域里排成一队严阵以待。" – 奖励影片 (11 Jan. 2019). 089: 苏打丛林-6 利用漂浮吞食花来实现1UP. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Simplified Chinese).
- ^ 「這個區域並排著大量伺機而動的飄浮吞食花。」– 獎勵影片 (11 Jan. 2019). 089: 蘇打叢林-6 利用漂浮吞食花 1UP. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Traditional Chinese).
- ^ "De River Piranha Plants liggen hier op de loer." – Bonusvideo's (11 Jan. 2019). 089: Cassismoeras-6 Versla de River Piranha Plants voor 1UPs. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Dutch).
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U-kanaal (18 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Cassismoeras-6 - Versla de Water Lily Piranha's voor 1UPs (Wii U). YouTube (Dutch). (Archived July 14, 2025, 21:45:06 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Chaîne New Super Mario Bros. U (18 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Jungle Cassis-6 - Invasion d'Aqua Piranha (Wii U). YouTube (French). (Archived September 19, 2025, 13:27:34 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 144.
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Kanal (18 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Limonadendschungel-6 - 1-Up-Strauß aus Teich-Piranhas (Wii U). YouTube (German). (Archived June 24, 2025, 15:50:25 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Canale New Super Mario Bros. U (18 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Giungla gassata 6 - Piante Piranha acquatiche per ottenere 1-Up (Wii U). YouTube (Italian). (Archived September 19, 2025, 13:33:59 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (18 Feb. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Selva Gelatinosa-6 - Derrote os Lírios-Piranha por 1UPs (Wii U). YouTube (European Portuguese). (Archived September 19, 2025, 13:37:42 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Канал New Super Mario Bros. U (18 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Soda Jungle-6 - Defeat the Water Lily Piranhas for 1-Ups (Wii U). YouTube (Russian). (Archived July 15, 2025, 17:15:59 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (18 Feb. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Jungla Sirope-6 - Vidas extra derrotando a los Lirios Piraña (Wii U). YouTube (European Spanish). (Archived June 24, 2025, 16:02:35 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
