Piranha is a virus from the games Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Battle Network 6 with a fish-like design. When in battle, Piranhas move up and down the column in which they are located. Their arms are constantly rotating in a propeller-like fashion. When they first move to a panel, they release a lock-on cross-hair traveling forward into the players direction. If there are no obstacles in the way of the traveling cross-hair, then the virus moves onto the next panel and repeats the attacking process. If the cross-hair lands on the player, it will quickly attempt to lock-on and begin shooting metallic arrows from its mouth at them. The player can move away, even if they are locked onto, to successfully avoid the attack.
Piranha family
Piranha
Piranha have green-colored scales and orange-colored fins. Their arms and face is of greyish tone.
Piranha2
Piranha2 have red-colored scales and yellow-colored fins. Their arms and face is of pale-pink tone.
Piranha3
Piranha3 have blue-colored scales and green-colored fins. Their arms and face is of light-bluish tone.
PiranhaSP
PiranhaSP have grey-colored scales and pink-colored fins. Their arms and face is of light-purple tone.
RarePiranha
RarePiranha have pink-colored scales and blue-colored fins. Their arms and face is of greenish tone.
RarePiranha2
RarePiranha2 have yellow-colored scales and grey-colored fins. Their arms and face is of yellow tone.
Virus stats by game
Mega Man Battle Network
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HP: | Element: |  |
Damage: | |||
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| Dropped: | TriArrow (A, B, C, D, E) | ||||||
| Location: | Waterworks 1/2/3/4/5/6, Waterworks Control Panel | ||||||
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| Dropped: | TriSpear (F, G, H, I, J) | ||||||
| Location: | Waterworks Control Panel, Masa's Fish Stand, WWW 3, Internet 8 | ||||||
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HP: | Element: | |
Damage: | |||
| Dropped: | TriLance (K, L, M, N, O) | ||||||
| Location: | Internet 11 | ||||||
Mega Man Battle Network 6
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HP: | Element: | |
Damage: | |||
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| Dropped: | TrainArrow1 | ||||||
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| Dropped: | TrainArrow2 | ||||||
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| Dropped: | TrainArrow3 | ||||||
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| Dropped: | None | ||||||
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| Dropped: | TrainArrow1, TrainArrow2 | ||||||
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| Dropped: | TrainArrow2, TrainArrow3 | ||||||
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Battle Chips
Mega Man Battle Network
| ID | Image | Battle Chip | Description | Attack | Element | Code(s) | Rarity | |
| 036 | 
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TriArrow | Fires a 3-arrow burst | 40 |  None
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A, B, C, D, E | * |
| 037 | 
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TriSpear | Fires a 3-spear burst | 50 | None
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F,G,H,I,J | ** |
| 038 | 
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TriLance | Fires a 3-lance burst | 60 | None
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K,L,M,N,O | **** |
Mega Man Battle Network 2
| ID | Image | Battle Chip | Description | Attack | Element | Code(s) | Memory | Rarity | |
| 054 | 
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Trident | 3 volleys of spears | 60 | None
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E, I, K, O, T, * | 30 MB | **** |
Mega Man Battle Network 6
| ID | Image | Battle Chip | Description | Attack | Element | Code(s) | Memory | Rarity | |
| Standard Chip 023 | 
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File:Battle Chip icon Train Arrow 1.png | TrnArrw2 | Hits enmy w/arrow. Use dstnc | 30 | Aqua
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A, F, K | 30 MB | * |
| Standard Chip 024 | 
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File:Battle Chip icon Train Arrow 2.png | TrnArrw2 | Hits enmy w/arrow. Use dstnc | 40 | Aqua
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G, M, Z | 36 MB | ** |
| Standard Chip 025 |
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File:Battle Chip icon Train Arrow 3.png | TrnArrw3 | Hits enmy w/arrow. Use dstnc | 50 | Aqua
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M, S, Y | 42 MB | *** |
Trivia
- Piranha and Handy are the only viruses to ever reappear after their blacked-out chip image status, unlike viruses such as Miney, Ammonicule, and Fanner, that appear only in the first game, and never show up again, resulting in permanently blacked-out chips in the subsequent games.
| Mega Man Battle Network | |
|---|---|
| Main characters | |
| Lan • Mayl • Chaud • Dex • Yai • Dr. Hikari • Wily • MegaMan • Roll • ProtoMan • GutsMan • Glyde • Bass | |
| Bosses | |
| FireMan.EXE • NumberMan.EXE • GutsMan.EXE • StoneMan.EXE • IceMan.EXE • ColorMan.EXE • ElecMan.EXE ProtoMan.EXE • BombMan.EXE • MagicMan.EXE • Life Virus -Optional bosses- WoodMan.EXE • SkullMan.EXE • SharkMan.EXE • ShadowMan.EXE • PharaohMan.EXE • Bass.EXE | |
| Enemies | |
| Ammonicule • Anaconda • Beetank • Billy • CanDevil • Canodumb • Cloudy • ColdBear • Fanner • Fishy • Flappy Froshell • Gaia • Handy • HardHead • Jelly • Megalian • Mettaur • Miney • Mosqurito • Piranha • Poitton Popper • Prog • Puffy • Ratty • Rush • Satella • Spooky • Swordy • Twisty • VolGear | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| List of Battle Chips • List of Upgrades • Walkthrough • Script | |