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Jumping Piranha Plant
Super Mario World

Jumping Piranha Plant

Learn how to defeat the Jumping Piranha Plant in Super Mario World. Avoid their jumps or use fireballs, cape spins, or Yoshi.

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Learn how to defeat the Jumping Piranha Plant in Super Mario World. Avoid their jumps or use fireballs, cape spins, or Yoshi.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Wait by the pipe until the Jumping Piranha Plant has returned into the pipe.
  2. 2
    Proceed over the pipe.
Tips
  • If you stand on the pipe when the plant is inside, it will not come up.
  • A fireball will defeat it.
  • A cape spin will defeat it.
  • Yoshi's eating powers will defeat it.
  • Some Jumping Piranha Plants may spit fireballs left and right mid-jump.
  • You may find a Jumping Piranha Plant in a hedge.
  • In the Alternate World, the Jumping Piranha Plant becomes the 'Jumping Pumpkin Plant'.

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