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|image=[[File:Ghost Piranha.gif]]<br>A Polterpiranha
|image=[[File:Ghost Piranha.gif]]<br>A Polterpiranha
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|parent_species=[[Piranha Plant]]
|parent_species=[[Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
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'''Polterpiranhas'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 279.</ref>, recently known as '''Ghosts''', are winged, cobalt blue, undead [[Piranha Plant]]s found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.
'''Polterpiranhas'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 279.</ref>, referred to in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] as simply '''Ghosts''', are winged, cobalt blue, undead [[Piranha Plant]]s found in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.


==History==
==History==
===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
===''Yoshi's Island DS''===
Ghosts move up and down or side to side. They also hang upside down and do not have a stem. If the player does not have enough time to react, they will eat [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] whole for about two seconds, leaving Yoshi's current baby floating around until Yoshi gets out to capture it. They can be defeated by throwing a [[Yoshi's Egg]] at them or by having Baby DK perform his dash attack on them.
Polterpiranhas move up and down or side to side. They also hang upside down and do not have a stem. If the player does not have enough time to react, they will eat [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] whole for about two seconds, leaving Yoshi's current baby floating around until Yoshi gets out to capture it. They can be defeated by throwing a [[Yoshi's Egg]] at them or by having [[Baby Donkey Kong|Baby DK]] perform his dash attack on them.


===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', "Ghost" is mentioned as a variety in the North American version of the Piranha Plant [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. It is unmentioned in the British English version, but is mentioned in the Japanese version under its full name.
====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Polterpiranha, retranslated as Ghost, is mentioned as a variety in the North American version of the Piranha Plant [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. It is unmentioned in the British English version, but is mentioned in the Japanese version under its full name.


===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Ghosts 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]].
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Ghosts 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]].



Revision as of 09:32, November 22, 2021

Template:Species-infobox Polterpiranhas[1], referred to in the Super Smash Bros. series as simply Ghosts, are winged, cobalt blue, undead Piranha Plants found in Yoshi's Island DS.

History

Yoshi's Island DS

Polterpiranhas move up and down or side to side. They also hang upside down and do not have a stem. If the player does not have enough time to react, they will eat Yoshi whole for about two seconds, leaving Yoshi's current baby floating around until Yoshi gets out to capture it. They can be defeated by throwing a Yoshi's Egg at them or by having Baby DK perform his dash attack on them.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Polterpiranha, retranslated as Ghost, is mentioned as a variety in the North American version of the Piranha Plant trophy. It is unmentioned in the British English version, but is mentioned in the Japanese version under its full name.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Ghosts are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ゆーれいパックン
Yūrei Pakkun
Ghost Piranha

Dutch Ghost Piranha
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German Spuk-Piranha
Spook Piranha
Italian Fantapiranha
From fantasma ("phantom") and Piranha
Russian пиранья-призрак
piran'ya-prizrak
Ghost Piranha

Spanish (NOA) planta piraña fantasma
Phantom Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOE) Planta Piraña Fantasma
Phantom Piranha Plant

References

  1. ^ Black, Fletcher. Yoshi's Island DS PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 279.