Poison Piranha Pikes

"Poison Piranha Pikes" is a level usually reported to replace Tiny-Huge Island on the Second Floor of Princess Peach's Castle. It features a unique, purple variant of the Piranha Plant and purple water, both of which are said to inflict damage over time, with the water also burning the player when touched. Bob-omb Buddies around the level inform the player about this fact, calling the water "toxic". To obtain the Power Star the player has to defeat all five Poison Piranha Plants.

The level consists of several interconnected islands and a cave that leads to one of two separate subareas, which are named Whomp's Diamond Mine and Whomp's Emerald Mine, the difference between them being their respective color schemes. Whomp's Diamond Mine features light blue crystals hanging from the ceiling while the crystals found in Whomp's Emerald Mine are green, the difference in color also applies to the areas as a whole.

The subareas themselves are described as a sequence of narrow pathways guarded by Whomps, leading either to a dead end or one of three ? Boxes, one of them containing a Power Star. The locations of these boxes are supposedly changing, even when the player is currently present.

Both subareas have been reported to be accessible in the same copy, on what factors it might depend what area is accessed is currently unknown however. Noteworthy is that the pathways rearrange themselves every time the player enters one of the areas after having obtained a star in one of them already, if the player hasn't already obtained 7 stars in Poison Piranha Pikes in total it is possible to obtain another star in the subareas by the same means. wip