Nipper Spore
- "Puff ball" redirects here. For the enemies in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island referred to as "Puff-Balls" in issue #43 of the UK Nintendo Magazine System, seeFuzzy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island).
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| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Piranha Plant | ||
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Nipper Spores orpuff balls[1] are enemies with the ability to form intoNipper Plants when landing on to the ground. Nipper Spores generally resemble red spheres attached to white balls of fluff via small, black or yellow stems.
History[edit]
Yoshi series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
InSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island andits enhanced port, Nipper Spores are first encountered inThe Cave Of Chomp Rock. They descend slowly from a certain height to the ground. Simply touching one will causeYoshi to dropBaby Mario off his back. Upon coming into contact with the ground, they transform into a Nipper Plant, which starts walking right away. Yoshi will swallow a Nipper Spore directly upon eating it, without producing anegg. He will lick his lips directly after doing so.
Yoshi's Story[edit]
InYoshi's Story, Nipper Spores have spikes on them. They are also foul tasting, meaning that they will hurt anyBaby Yoshi (except for the Black and White ones) that attempts to eat them.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
InYoshi's Island DS, Nipper Spores first appear in the levelBa-dum BUM!. Throughout the game, some Nipper Spores are produced byNipper Dandelions. When strong gusts of wind blow (usually caused byWindbags), the Nipper Spores are blown off of the Nipper Dandelion and into the air, until they land and becomeNipper Plants.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Nipper Spores return inYoshi's New Island, acting the same way as before. They are first encountered in the levelCave of the Nipper Plants.
Yoshi's Woolly World /Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]
InYoshi's Woolly World andPoochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Nipper Spores are first present in the levelSponge Cave Spelunking, where they act the same as in theYoshi's Island series.Nipper Spore Patches are sometimes encountered in large blocks of wool that can be unwoven; they behave identically to a regular Nipper Spore.
Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]
Nipper Spores reappeared in the courseJumping to Victory ofYoshi's Crafted World. Their design and behavior remain unchanged from previous games.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]
Nipper Spores also appear inMario & Luigi: Dream Team, wherePiranha Plants in battle spit them out into the background to createNipper Plants.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nipper Spores are mentioned briefly byViridi duringPalutena's Guidance dialogue forPiranha Plant. Unlike most other variations generally mentioned in order of appearance, they are listed amongstSuper Mario Bros. 3 debuts.Big Piranhas,Big Fire Piranhas,Small Piranhas, andFire Stalking Piranhas are similarly listed out of order.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]
- Player's Guide:These drift slowly from the ceilings of caves and forts. You can't make eggs out of them.[2]
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 綿毛のついたタネが地面に落ちると、プチパックンになる。タネの間は食べてもタマゴにならない。[3] (Seeds with fluff attached that become Nipper Plants when they touch the ground. They do not turn into eggs when eaten while they are still seeds.)
Yoshi's Story[edit]
- Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:Damit das mit den Sporen kein Drama wird, sondern lustig, schluck' ich sie gleich in der Luft.[4] (So that the spores are not a drama, but fun, I swallow them in the air.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Tetris Attack (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Yoshi's Island DS
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | プチパックンのたね[5][6] Puchi Pakkun no Tane | Nipper Plant Spore | |
| プチパックンのタネ[3] Puchi Pakkun no Tane | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | ||
| Chinese(Simplified) | 钳人花种子[7] Qiánrénhuā Zhǒngzi | Nipper Plant Seed | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | Nipper Spore[7] | Unmodified from the English name | |
| Dutch | Nipper Spore[8][7] | - | |
| French(Canadian) | Nipper Spore[9][7] | - | |
| French(European) | Spore de Nipper[10][7] | Nipper Spore | |
| German | Möchtegern-Spore[11][7] | Wannabe Spore, named in relation toMöchtegern-Pflanze ("Nipper Plant") | |
| Para-Sporen[4] | Para-Spores | Yoshi's Story | |
| Italian | Spora Tenaglia[12][7] | Nipper Spore | |
| Korean | 새끼뻐끔의 씨앗[13][7] Saekkippeokeum-ui Ssiat | Nipper Plant Seed | |
| Russian | Грызоспора[7] Gryzospora | Nipper spore | |
| Spanish | Espora de Blantita[a][15][7] | Nipper Spore |
References[edit]
- ^"Feature: They start off as puff balls and turn into Nipper Plants" – Play Nintendo (March 18, 2023).Mario, Pokémon Trainer, Link & Yoshi vs TINY Encounters! 😱 Baddies & Battles Ep 3 | @playnintendo (2:25).YouTube. Retrieved March 19, 2023. (Screen captureMedia:YT Play Nintendo 2023-03-18 screencap Nipper Plants.jpg.)
- ^Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995).Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page128Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg.
- ^abWatanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-106071-4. Page21.
- ^abHein, Marko, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Rinke, editors (1998).Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater „Yoshi's Story“. Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page19Media:Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png.
- ^Yoshioka, Seino (Muse Staff) (1998). 『ヨッシー全百科: カラースペシャル版』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-281158-6. Page 73.
- ^Kataoka, Michiaki, Hideyuki Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shibano, Satoru Watanabe, and Tomoya Sato (2017). 『ポチと！ ヨッシー ウールワールドオフィシャルガイド』. Tokyo:Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN978-4-04-892795-6. Page 258.
- ^abcdefghijkIn-game name forPalutena's Guidance onPiranha Plant fromSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- ^Herinneringentent (3 Feb. 2017).Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World byGood-Feel.Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch).
- ^Théâtre des souvenirs (3 Feb. 2017).Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel.Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
- ^Théatre des ouvenirs (26 Jun. 2015).Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel.Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French). (Archived 27 Sept. 2015 via JeuxVideo by marye43.)
- ^Museums-Pavillon (26 Jun. 2015).Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel.Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). (Archived via YouTube by Domtendo.)
- ^Teatro dei ricordi (26 Jun. 2015).Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel.Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). (Archived via Mario's Castle.)
- ^추억 극장 (4 Mar. 2017).Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel.Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
- ^Carpa de los recuerdos (3 Feb. 2017).Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel.Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
- ^Guías Nintendo (2015).Enemigos.Guía Yoshi’s Woolly World (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:37:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
