Stalking Piranha Plant: Difference between revisions

{{about|the enemy|the similarly named [[Rock-Candy Mines]] course|[[Walking Piranha Plants!]]}}

|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])

|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])

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==History==

===''Super Mario'' series===

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====

[[File:NSMBW World 5-Enemy Screenshot.png|thumb|Stalking Piranha Plants in an Enemy Course in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]

Stalking Piranha Plants first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where they appear in [[World 5-1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 5-1]], [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6-3]], and the World 5 [[Enemy Course]]. When the player(s) is/are not nearby, they walk around on two legs, like [[Ptooie]]s, and when the player(s) approach(es) them, they stretch out their necks up and downwards in order to block the player's/players' paths and to attack them. These enemies can be defeated by a [[fireball]], a [[Super Star|Star]], or a [[shell]], or by being [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed when frozen by an [[iceball]]. Like most Piranha Plants, these enemies cannot be picked up when frozen.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===

Stalking Piranha Plants reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and in [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its 3DS port]], being made of yarn and ribbon. They mainly appear in the level [[Naval Piranha's Sewer]]. In this game, if the stalk of the plant is hit, then the head will fall down next to the body, and the two will rejoin each other shortly after. When the head and body rejoin, a sound plays similar to that of a Dry Bones' regeneration sound. Attacking the head will permanently defeat the Stalking Piranha Plant. They attack similarly to how they attack in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.

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In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Piranha Plant has an attack where it stretches its stem to bite distanced opponents, which is based off of Stalking Piranha Plants and [[Elasto-Piranha]]s. On [[Palutena's Temple]], Stalking Piranha Plants (just called '''Stalking Piranhas''') are mentioned briefly by [[icaruspedia:Viridi|Viridi]] during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]].

{{foreign names

|Jap=テクテクパックン

|JapR=Tekuteku Pakkun

|SpaAM=Pedestrian Piranha

|SpaE=Planta Piraña Acechadora

|SpaEM=Stalker Piranha Plant

|Dut=Stalking Piranha

|DutM=-

|ChiR=Mànbù Tūnshíhuā

|ChiM=Stroll Piranha Plant

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==References==

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[[Category:Piranha Plants]]

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