Piranha Plant

A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some versions can also spit fireballs.

Overview

The Piranha Plant is an enemy in the Super Mario series of games that first appeared in Super Mario Bros. It is a venus flytrap-like plant that emerges from the top of pipes in the Mushroom Kingdom. Variants of the Piranha Plant appeared as early as Super Mario Bros 3 when they would emerge from pipes that hung from the ceiling or jutted sideways from walls, and some also started to spit fireballs. With the Piranha Plant being an established enemy type in the Mario universe, the trend continued with jumping Piranha Plants in Super Mario World. Super Mario Sunshine was the first appearance of Petey Piranha, a huge, walking Piranha Plant that represents the ultimate evolution of the species.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
New Super Mario Bros. Wii released on Nov. 15, 2009	WII	Nintendo EAD
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! released on June 8, 2009	DSI	Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl released on March 9, 2008	WII	Monolith Software, Inc., Sora, Game Arts Co., Ltd.
Mario Party DS released on Nov. 19, 2007	DS	Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Super Mario Galaxy released on Nov. 12, 2007	WII	Nintendo EAD
Super Paper Mario released on April 9, 2007	WII	Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
Yoshi's Island DS released on Nov. 13, 2006	DS	Artoon Co., Ltd.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis released on Sept. 25, 2006	DS	Nintendo Software Technology Corporation
Big Brain Academy released on June 5, 2006	DS	Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. released on May 15, 2006	DS	Nintendo

Concept Name:	Piranha Plant
Appears in:	46 games
First appearance:	Super Mario Bros.
Aliases

	Naval Piranha
	Lava Piranha
	Petey Piranha
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