Template:Species-infobox Piranha Pests[1] are Piranha Plants species that appear in two games: Yoshi's Story and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

History

Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, Piranha Pests simply resemble the bud of a Piranha Plant with a propeller instead of a stem or stalk. They have tongues almost as long as a Yoshi's, but instead of making eggs, they attempt to swallow the Yoshi and shrink it temporarily. They can only be defeated with a Yoshi's egg.

Piranha Pests are an exotic variation of Piranha Plant indigenous to P.4-3, Piranha Grove. They appear to weave in and out of the many large Piranha Plants in search of food.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

 
Mario and Luigi fighting a Piranha Pest

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Petey Piranha can spit out Piranha Pests (referred to in the Player's Guide as a "plant-pendulum"[2]). These plants use their long tongues to swing on a block, trying to slam into Mario or Luigi. If they are hit with a hammer a few times, they will be defeated.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese Template:Nowrap
Peropero Pakkun
ベロパックン(子)[3]
Bero Pakkun (Ko)
「ペロペロ」is an onomatopoeia for licking and「パックン」is from the Japanese name of Piranha Plant.

「ベロ」is an onomatopoeia for licking or colloquialism for "tongue",「パックン」is from the Japanese name of Piranha Plant, and「子」means "child".
Chinese 长舌花[?]
Chángshé Huā
Long-Tongue Flower
Dutch Piranha Pest[?] -
German Template:Nowrap[?] Lick Piranha Plant
Italian Parassita Piranha[?] Parasitic Piranha
Russian пиранья-вредина[?]
piran'ya-vredina
Nasty Piranha
Spanish (NOA) plaga piraña[?] Plague Piranha
Spanish (NOE) Plaga Piraña[?] Plague Piranha

References

  1. ^ Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Hoffman, Chris. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Player's Guide. Page 53. "When Petey uses his plant-pendulum, a block appears on the top screen with the initial of one of the bros on it. Knock the attack back with the appropriate bro's hammer, then alternate between bros, using hammer strikes to bust the pendulum."
  3. ^ Super Mario Kun volume 36