Piranha Plant (statue)

Piranha Plant
Piranha Plant statues in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
First appearance Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Variant of Fire Piranha Plant
Comparable

The statued variety of Piranha Plants,[1] despite their name, are statues of Venus Fire Traps in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are encountered in Mario's castle only. They routinely charge up horizontal fireball projectiles when approached by Mario. These fireballs can damage him only once they leave the statues' mouths. There are big and small-sized statues, which respectively shoot out big and small fireballs. Both statues can be used as platforms, despite the decorative spikes on the bigger version.

ProfilesEdit

Perfect Ban Mario Character DaijitenEdit

ファイア (JP) / Fire (EN)
 
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ゴーストぞく Tribe Ghost clan
性格せいかく がったことがきら Disposition Does not like being bent
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド2 Game appearances Land 2
大小だいしょうたま

ファイアパックンぞうくちからたま。ビックファイアとスモールファイアの2種類しゅるいがいる。みつけもファイアボールもきかないのでげるしかない。[2]

Large and small fireballs that pop up

The fireballs that are shot out of the mouth of the Fire Piranha statue. There are two types of fireballs: big fireballs and small fireballs. Neither stomping nor fireballs will work, so you have no choice but to run away.

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ファイアパックンぞう[2]
Faia Pakkun Zō
Fire Piranha Statue
ファイアパックン[3]
Faia Pakkun
Fire Piranha
French Statue Pyro Piranha[?] Fire Piranha Statue
German Feuer-Piranha-Pflanze-Statue[?] Fire Piranha Plant Statue
Italian Statua di Pianta Piranha falò[4] Fire Piranha Plant Statue

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Fire-spitting Piranha Plants greet you near the Castle entrance." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
  2. ^ a b 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 176.
  3. ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Deluxe vol. 21 - Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka 3. Page 4.
  4. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 78.