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* | *The first route for this course is the first instance of a course staring completely underwater in ''Mario Kart Tour'', and the second course in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] overall after ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''{{'}}s [[Dolphin Shoals]]. | ||
*The music for this course is the only music track in the ''Mario Kart'' series to be in a 6/4 time signature. | *The music for this course is the only music track in the ''Mario Kart'' series to be in a 6/4 time signature. | ||
Revision as of 14:28, February 8, 2023
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- Not to be confused with Piranha Creeper Cove or 3DS Piranha Plant Slide.
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Piranha Plant Cove is a race course from Mario Kart Tour. It debuted in the 2023 Exploration Tour as its featured course. It is set in an archipelago containing underwater ruins with a Piranha Plant motif. Along the course are various hieroglyphs depicting 8-bit Piranha Plant sprites from Super Mario Bros., and various engravings on Falling Pillars are seen glowing bright turquoise. Thwomps, Maw-Rays, Clampys, Cheep Cheeps, Jellybeams, and Bulbers are featured as course and background elements. The underwater ruins of this course bear similarities to popular depictions of the fictional island of Atlantis.
It has two routes, Piranha Plant Cove and Piranha Plant Cove 2, making it the second course in Mario Kart Tour to have numbered re-routes and not be set in a real life location, after N64 Kalimari Desert; it is the first new course with this distinction. Several unused routes indicate a third variant will release later, also akin to city courses. It is also the third Tour-original course to have a re-route with a different starting line placement, after Los Angeles Laps and Berlin Byways, although unlike said courses, the starting line has a completely different appearance between variants.
This first route for this course is a favorite of Toadette (Explorer), Peach (Explorer), Luigi (Vacation), Daisy (Sailor), and the Castle and Roaring Racer Mii Racing Suits. The second route is a favorite of Luigi (Golf), Kitsune Luigi, Petey Piranha, and the Petey Piranha, Rocky Wrench, and Brown Mii Racing Suits.
Course layouts
This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.
Piranha Plant Cove
Similar to Dolphin Shoals from Mario Kart 8, this course's starting line is located underwater. When the race begins, racers are immediately met with a brief fork in the road; here, there are pillars that, throughout the race, may fall on to the road, similar to Dry Dry Ruins from Mario Kart Wii and Template:Classic-link in Mario Kart 8. When the two branches are connected again, racers drive up a large staircase with currents, decorated with stone Petey Piranha heads, that takes them up to the surface. Afterwards, racers drive along the ruins, beneath stone arches with the option to drive on top of one of them, taking 90-degree bends before diving back into the water, and driving down a straightaway and into a cavern featuring Thwomps to be avoided. Racers take a few more turns before reaching the finishing line.
Piranha Plant Cove 2
The second variant begins in a part of the course completely separate from the first variant, at the edge of an island overlooking the ruins. Racers are promptly launched off a glider ramp into the water below, which features Jellybeams that can be hit for points, before making a tight turn followed by a slight S-bend towards the starting area of the first variant, where the currents now appear before the split path. After driving along a brief portion of the ruins from the first variant, instead of turning left racers keep heading straight and then make a gradual right up the bank of the island. Here, the path splits into two wooden paths around a small pier, before meeting up and making another sandy S-bend to the finish line past a biting Piranha Plant.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Gallery
Piranha Plant Cove
Course icons
The course icon with Peach (Explorer)
The course icon of the Reverse variant with Petey Piranha
The course icon of the Trick variant with Captain Toad
The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Light-blue Shy Guy (Explorer)
The course icon of the Do Jump Boosts bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Time Trial bonus challenge held on this course
Screenshots
An image of racers on the course.
![Another image of racers on the course. This and the previous image were used on the official Mario Kart Tour social media accounts as a spot the difference.[1]](https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a0/PiranhaPlantCove.jpg/120px-PiranhaPlantCove.jpg)
Another image of racers on the course. This and the previous image were used on the official Mario Kart Tour social media accounts as a spot the difference.[1]
View of a staircase
View of the section with Thwomps
![Another image of racers on the course. This and the previous image were used on the official Mario Kart Tour social media accounts as a spot the difference.[1]](/File:PiranhaPlantCove.jpg)
Piranha Plant Cove 2
Course icons
The course icon with Petey Piranha
The course icon of the Reverse variant with Peach (Happi)
The course icon of the Trick variant with Birdo (White)
The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Light-blue Shy Guy (Explorer)
The course icon of the Time Trial bonus challenge held on this course
Screenshots
View of the section with currents
View of a pier
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Chinese | 吞食花神殿[?] Tūnshí Huā Shéndiàn |
Piranha Plant Temple | |
| French | Ruines Plante Piranha[?] | Piranha Plant Ruins | |
| Italian | Cala Pianta Piranha[?] | Piranha Plant Cove | |
| Korean | 뻐끔 신전[?] Ppeokkeum Shinjeon |
Piranha Temple |
Trivia
- The first route for this course is the first instance of a course staring completely underwater in Mario Kart Tour, and the second course in the Mario Kart series overall after Mario Kart 8's Dolphin Shoals.
- The music for this course is the only music track in the Mario Kart series to be in a 6/4 time signature.
References
- ^ @mariokarttourEN (February 1, 2023). "Piranha Plant Cove, an all-new course for the Mario Kart series, will appear in the Exploration Tour starting Feb. 7, 10:00 PM PT! To get ready, can you spot the differences between these two images? There are 10 in total! #MarioKartTour" Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ @mariokarttourJP (February 2, 2023). "マリオカートシリーズ初の新コース #パックンしんでん が2023年2月8日(水)15:00より開幕する「探検ツアー」に登場！ #まちがいさがし #まちがいは10個 #マリオカートツアー" Twitter. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
