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Naval Piranha

Yoshi Mario Party

Naval Piranha (ビッグパックン Biggu Pakkun?, Big Pakkun) is an enlarged Piranha Plant and a recurring boss in the Yoshi platforming games. It first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

In Yoshi franchise

Yoshi's Island series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Naval Piranha SMW2

Naval Piranha is the boss of World 3, where it both lives and is encountered in its own castle level, Naval Piranha's Castle.

After Kamek enlarges Naval Piranha, it begins to fight Blue Yoshi by spitting out Nipper Plants, which can damage Blue Yoshi by touching him. It can also attack by charging Yoshi and by using its spiky tentacles, each having a Naval Bud at the end. To defeat Naval Piranha, Blue Yoshi has to throw three Yoshi Eggs at its belly button. After three hits, Naval Piranha shrinks and disintegrates in defeat.

There is a method to skip battling Naval Piranha altogether; just outside of its room, if Blue Yoshi properly aims and throws an egg at the Naval Piranha's bud offscreen, Kamek is hearing yelling, "OH MY!!!" and the battle ends.

Yoshi's Island DS

Naval Piranha briefly appears during the introduction alongside the other castle bosses of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as the game's events are recapped.

Tetris Attack

Naval Piranha is fought as the ninth boss of VS. Mode in the Game Boy version and as the tenth boss in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version.

Yoshi's Woolly World/Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World

Naval Piranha is the boss of World 4. It is first fought in Naval Piranha's Sewer (4-8), then later again in Naval Piranha 2: Now It's Personal! (4-S).

In Mario franchise

Mario Party Advance

MPA Naval Piranha icon
MPA Bowserstein Dialogue

Naval Piranha appears in the Bowser Lab, during the Bowserstein! quest. Naval Piranha is unveiled by Bowser if the player selects to see the "scary monster" that Bowser made. Afterward, Bowser has the player face it in the minigame Koopa Kurl, and the reward for winning is unlocking the minigame itself.

In the epilogue, Naval Piranha is said to now live and thrive within the desert.

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Navigation

  1. "That's not an alligator living in the sewers of the castle at the end of World 3, but a dino-eating plant. Judging by how slow he moves, though, Naval Piranha hasn't encountered many snacks as shrewd as Yoshi. Have you heard of the Achilles heel? Well, Yoshi knows that this ferocious foliage has an Achilles Adam's apple!" - The Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide, page 17.
  2. "Yoshi could fight this battle as it was intended, or, if quick enough, can end the confrontation with a single Egg before it even starts! If the Piranha Plant takes damage from off-screen before Kamek arrives, he never has the chance to use his magic on her!" - Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island World 2 tab.