Spike the Piranha

"My piranha plant will gobble you up and show you what's what!"

- Kamek

Spike the Piranha is the boss of Acorn Forest in Yoshi's Crafted World. He is a large Piranha Plant who is created after Kamek enchants a party ball, acorns, and thorns.

Intro
Spike is found in the Acorn Forest level of the same name, in a garden area. The level starts with Kamek and Baby Bowser looking at a red party ball with white spots. Baby Bowser has the idea of breaking it, and walks away to find something to throw at it. Shortly afterwards, Yoshi arrives, and is given the choice to break it or leave it be. If Yoshi chooses to break it, a Shy Guy walks past, and Yoshi turns it into a Yoshi Egg, which he throws at the ball, splitting it in two and releasing the contents, a few acorns and thorns. Then Kamek and Baby Bowser come back, and get mad at Yoshi breaking the ball himself. If Yoshi chooses to leave it, Baby Bowser and Kamek come back with a nut, suprised to see Yoshi. Then, when Baby Bowser throws the nut, it reveals the same contents, and he accuses Yoshi of swapping the contents. Either way, shortly afterward, Kamek alters it into the boss, turning many acorns and thorns into a long stem, folding two green pieces into leaves placed on the top of the stem, and modifying the two halves of the party ball into a Piranha Plant head off camera, complete with cardboard teeth and a tongue, which is placed on the stem, completing the alterations.

Battle
Spike's first attack is shooting blue spike balls and three Shy Guys at Yoshi. Next, he spits out five seeds, which turn into party balls with either Shy Guy or spike ball symbols on them. If Yoshi throws an egg at the Shy Guy ball, it pops open to reveal the enemy. If Yoshi attacks the party ball depicting a spike ball, a spike ball falls downward. If it falls on Spike's head, it damages him. After getting hit, Spike goes into the background and sends two waves of one row of Naval Bud-like plants called ivies towards Yoshi, which he constantly angles left and right. Two of the ivies then hang down into the foreground and spit out blue spike balls that roll, bouncing orange spike balls, and Shy Guys. Spike spits out the seed again and jumps back into the foreground towards Yoshi, but gets stuck in the center of the arena. If Yoshi attacks Spike again, he goes into the background and sends out three waves of two rows of ivies. Then, he causes ivies to pop up from the dirt before appearing in the middle of the stage and spitting out red spike balls as more party balls are created. If Yoshi manages to hit the last spike ball onto Spike's head, he falls apart and the battle is complete. Afterwards, a nearby ivy bursts open, revealing the red Dream Gem, which Yoshi obtains.