Fire Nipper Plant
| Fire Nipper Plant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sprite fromSuper Mario Bros. 3 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010) | ||
| Variant of | Nipper Plant Fire Piranha Plant | ||
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Fire Nipper Plants,[1] also known asFiery Walking Piranhas[2] orWalkingPtooies,[3] are a rare fire-breathing version ofNipper Plant that first appeared inSuper Mario Bros. 3.
Their ability to spit fire is occasionally transferred over to regularNipper Plants instead. Regular Nipper Plants have the ability to spit fireballs inMario & Luigi: Dream Team. InPaper Mario: The Origami King, theMusée Champignon has a description for Nipper Plants that mentions they can spit fire, but they do not during gameplay.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
InSuper Mario Bros. 3, only one Fiery Walking Piranha appears in the entire game, near the end ofWorld 7-8. It stays in place, and whenMario orLuigi approaches, it attacks him by spittingfireballs that arc in his direction. It acts similarly to a redPanser fromSuper Mario Bros. 2, though a Fiery Walking Piranha can shoot up to four fireballs at once instead of two.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fire Nipper Plants are mentioned briefly byViridi in the JapanesePalutena's Guidance dialogue forPiranha Plant. They are not mentioned at all in the English version; however, when the game is set to Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean, the subtitles include the name "Fire Nipper Plant" in English.[1]
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ファイアプチパックン[4][5] Faia Puchi Pakkun | Fire Nipper Plant | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | Fire Nipper Plant[5] | Unmodified from the English name | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | Fire Nipper Plant[5] | Unmodified from the English name | |
| German | Feurige Hoppel-Hopp[6] | Fiery Hop-Hop | |
| Italian | Pianta tenaglia[sic] sputafuoco[7][8] | Fire-spitting nipper plant | |
| Korean | Fire Nipper Plant[5] | Unmodified from the English name | |
| Spanish | Blantita Escupefuego[9] | Fire-spitting Nipper Plant |
References[edit]
- ^abPalutena's Guidance for Piranha Plant inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate (set to Chinese or Korean)
- ^June 1990.Nintendo Power Volume 13.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 71.
- ^"The rarest enemy that you'll come across in any Super Mario game is the Walking Ptooie. This odd plant only appears once in World 7-8 of Super Mario Bros. 3. The second rarest enemy is the Yellow Koopa Troopa. You'll find three of them in Super Mario World." – August 1991.Mario Mania.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 168.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Bros. 3" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 37.
- ^abcdIn-game name forPalutena's Guidance onPiranha Plant fromSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- ^Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992).Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN3-929034-02-6. Page 99.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Bros. 3" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 37.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Bros. 3" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN979-1259575760. Page 37.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Bros. 3" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 37.
