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|title=Piranha Plant Cove
|title=Piranha Plant Cove
|image=[[File:MKT Piranha Plant Cove Scene.jpg|300px]]<br>View of the starting banner
|image=[[File:MKT Piranha Plant Cove 3 View.jpg|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]) (Wave 6) (2023)
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|cups=[[Spiny Cup]]
|tours='''Piranha Plant Cove:'''<br>[[Exploration Tour (2023)]]<br>'''Piranha Plant Cove 2:'''<br>[[Exploration Tour (2023)]]<!--'''Piranha Plant Cove 3:'''<br>[[Mii Tour (2023)]]-->
|tours=[[Exploration Tour (2023)]]
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|online_play=Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
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'''Piranha Plant Cove''' is a race course from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It debuts in the [[Exploration Tour (2023)|2023 Exploration Tour]] as its featured course. It is set in an underwater ruin with [[Maw-Ray]]s that has a [[Piranha Plant]] motif, which includes stone [[Petey Piranha]] heads near a staircase at the exit of the underwater section. Along the course are various hieroglyphs depicting 8-bit Piranha Plant sprites from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', and various engravings on pillars are seen glowing bright blue. [[Thwomp]]s appear as obstacles as well, while [[Bulber]]s appear as background elements.
'''Piranha Plant Cove''' is a race course from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It debuted in the [[Exploration Tour (2023)|2023 Exploration Tour]] as its featured course. It is set on 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 Pillar]]s are seen glowing bright turquoise. [[Thwomp]]s, [[Maw-Ray]]s, [[Clampy]]s, [[Cheep Cheep]]s, [[Jellybeam]]s, and [[Bulber]]s are featured as course and background elements. The underwater ruins of this course bear similarities to popular depictions of the fictional island of {{wp|Atlantis}}. The music for this course is in a 6/4 time signature.


Piranha Plant Cove is the first course in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and the second course in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] overall to start entirely underwater, after ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''{{'}}s [[Dolphin Shoals]]. It is also the first non-city new course to feature different routes.
It has three routes: Piranha Plant Cove, '''Piranha Plant Cove 2''', and '''Piranha Plant Cove 3''', 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. The first two routes debuted together, while the third route debuted in the [[Mii Tour (2023)|2023 Mii Tour]]. All three routes are vastly different regarding the environments racers drive through; the first route focuses on the ruins, the second route takes racers on a nearby island, and the third route takes racers into a cave, passing shipwrecks. It is the third ''Tour''-original course to have a re-route with a different starting line placement, after [[Los Angeles Laps]] and [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]], although unlike said courses, the starting line has a completely different appearance between variants. Excluding courses that were announced simultaneously, this course and [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] mark the shortest period of time between the announcement of two new courses for the ''Mario Kart'' series, with them being announced five days apart from each other.


The underwater ruins and the architecture of this course bear similarities to the fictional island of {{wp|Atlantis}}.
This first route for this course is a favorite of [[Toadette|Toadette (Explorer)]], [[Princess Peach|Peach (Explorer)]], [[Luigi|Luigi (Vacation)]], [[Princess Daisy|Daisy (Sailor)]], and the [[Mii|Castle]], [[Mii|Chain Chomp]], and [[Mii|Roaring Racer Mii Racing Suits]]. The second route is a favorite of [[Luigi|Luigi (Golf)]], [[Tanooki Mario|Kitsune Luigi]], [[Petey Piranha]], and the [[Mii|Petey Piranha]], [[Mii|Rocky Wrench]], and [[Mii|Brown Mii Racing Suits]].


==Course layout==
Piranha Plant Cove returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' in the [[Cherry Cup]] as part of the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]].
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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 (race course)|Dry Dry Ruins]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and {{classic-link|GCN|Dry Dry Desert}} in ''Mario Kart 8''. When the two branches are connected again, racers drive up a large staircase, decorated with stone [[Petey Piranha]] heads, that takes them up to the surface. Afterwards, racers drive along the ruins, driving beneath many stone arch ways, taking 90-degree bends before diving back into the water, and driving down a straightaway and entering a cavern, avoiding [[Thwomp]]s in the process. Racers take a few more turns before reaching the finishing line.
==''Mario Kart Tour''==
==Appearances==
===Course layouts===
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====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 [[Falling Pillar|pillars]] that, throughout the race, may fall on to the road, similar to [[Dry Dry Ruins (race course)|Dry Dry Ruins]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and {{classic-link|GCN|Dry Dry Desert}} in ''Mario Kart 8''. When the two branches are connected again, racers drive up a large staircase with [[current]]s, 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 [[Thwomp]]s to be avoided, with [[Dash Panel]]s placed in front of them. This section has raised portions of the road with slanted sides, allowing for multiple [[Trick]]s to be performed depending on the lines being taken. Racers take a few more turns before reaching the finishing line.
 
The course also appears as '''Piranha Plant Cove R''' (reversed), '''Piranha Plant Cove T''' (with ramps), and '''Piranha Plant Cove R/T''' (reversed with ramps)
 
This route is the first instance of a course starting 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]].
 
====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 [[Jellybeam]]s 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.
 
The course also appears as '''Piranha Plant Cove 2R''' (reversed), '''Piranha Plant Cove 2T''' (with ramps), and '''Piranha Plant Cove 2R/T''' (reversed with ramps).
 
Piranha Plant Cove 2's map includes a road only accessible in the course's R and R/T variants, making it the third course to include a road from an alternate variant on its map, after [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways 2]] and [[GBA Boo Lake]].
 
===Appearances===
For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].
For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
===Piranha Plant Cove===
====Course icons====
<gallery>
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCove PeachExplorer.png|The course icon with Peach (Explorer)
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCoveR PeteyPiranha.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Petey Piranha
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCoveT CaptainToad.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Captain Toad
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCoveRT LightblueShyGuyExplorer.png|The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Light-blue Shy Guy (Explorer)
MKT Tour89 NabbitCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Do Jump Boosts]] bonus challenge held on this course
MKT Tour89 BabyDaisyCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Time Trial (Mario Kart Tour)|Time Trial]] bonus challenge held on this course
</gallery>
 
====Screenshots====
<gallery>
<gallery>
MKT Piranha Plant Cove Scene.jpg|View of the starting banner
PiranhaPlantCove2.jpg|An image of racers on the course.
PiranhaPlantCove2.jpg|An image of racers on the course.
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.<ref>@mariokarttourEN (February 1, 2023). [https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1621040723197046784 "''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.</ref>
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.<ref>@mariokarttourEN (February 1, 2023). [https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1621040723197046784 "''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.</ref>
Piranha Plant Cove Variant 2.png|An additional variant of the course, with the starting line being relocated to an unseen portion of the track
MKT PiranhaPlantCove View2.jpg|View of a staircase
MKT PiranhaPlantCove View3.jpg|View of the section with Thwomps
</gallery>
 
===Piranha Plant Cove 2===
====Course icons====
<gallery>
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCove2 PeteyPiranha.png|The course icon with Petey Piranha
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCove2R PeachHappi.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Peach (Happi)
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCove2T BirdoWhite.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Birdo (White)
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantCove2RT LightblueShyGuyExplorer.png|The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Light-blue Shy Guy (Explorer)
MKT Tour89 MarioCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Time Trial (Mario Kart Tour)|Time Trial]] bonus challenge held on this course
</gallery>
 
====Screenshots====
<gallery>
Piranha Plant Cove Variant 2.png|View of the section with currents
MKT PiranhaPlantCove View.jpg|View of a pier
MKT PiranhaPlantCove View.jpg|View of a pier
MKT PiranhaPlantCove View2.jpg|View of a staircase
MKT PiranhaPlantCove View3.jpg|View of the course with Thwomps
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
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|name1=OceanRuins
|meaning1=Ocean Ruins
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===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=パックンしんでん<ref>@mariokarttourJP (February 2, 2023). [https://twitter.com/mariokarttourJP/status/1621040724291772418 "''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.</ref>
|Jap=パックンしんでん
|JapR=Pakkun Shinden
|JapR=Pakkun Shinden
|JapM=Piranha Temple
|JapM=Piranha Temple
|Chi=吞食花神殿
|ChiR=Tūnshí Huā Shéndiàn
|ChiM=Piranha Plant Temple
|Fre=Ruines Plante Piranha
|FreM=Piranha Plant Ruins
|Ger=Piranha-Pflanzen-Bucht
|GerM=Piranha Plant Bay
|Ita=Cala Pianta Piranha
|ItaM=Piranha Plant Cove
|Kor=뻐끔 신전
|KorR=Ppeokkeum Shinjeon
|KorM=Piranha Temple
|Por=Ruínas Planta Piranha
|PorM=Piranha Plant Ruins
|Spa=Ruinas Planta Piraña
|SpaM=Piranha Plant Ruins
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*This course's music is written in a 6/4 structure.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:41, May 12, 2023

Not to be confused with Piranha Creeper Cove or 3DS Piranha Plant Slide.
Piranha Plant Cove
View of the shipwreck area in Piranha Plant Cove 3
Information
Appears in Mario Kart Tour (2023)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Tour(s)
Piranha Plant Cove:
Exploration Tour (2023)
Piranha Plant Cove 2:
Exploration Tour (2023)
Music sample
Course map
Piranha Plant Cove
The map of Piranha Plant Cove from Mario Kart Tour
Piranha Plant Cove 2
The map of Piranha Plant Cove 2 from Mario Kart Tour

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 on 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. The music for this course is in a 6/4 time signature.

It has three routes: Piranha Plant Cove, Piranha Plant Cove 2, and Piranha Plant Cove 3, 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. The first two routes debuted together, while the third route debuted in the 2023 Mii Tour. All three routes are vastly different regarding the environments racers drive through; the first route focuses on the ruins, the second route takes racers on a nearby island, and the third route takes racers into a cave, passing shipwrecks. It is 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. Excluding courses that were announced simultaneously, this course and Yoshi's Island mark the shortest period of time between the announcement of two new courses for the Mario Kart series, with them being announced five days apart from each other.

This first route for this course is a favorite of Toadette (Explorer), Peach (Explorer), Luigi (Vacation), Daisy (Sailor), and the Castle, Chain Chomp, 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.

Piranha Plant Cove returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the Cherry Cup as part of the Booster Course Pass.

Mario Kart Tour

Course layouts

Piranha Plant Cove relative to its other routesPiranha Plant Cove 2 relative to its other routes
The course's routes in relation to each other

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 GCN Dry Dry Desert 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, with Dash Panels placed in front of them. This section has raised portions of the road with slanted sides, allowing for multiple Tricks to be performed depending on the lines being taken. Racers take a few more turns before reaching the finishing line.

The course also appears as Piranha Plant Cove R (reversed), Piranha Plant Cove T (with ramps), and Piranha Plant Cove R/T (reversed with ramps)

This route is the first instance of a course starting completely underwater in Mario Kart Tour, and the second course in the Mario Kart series overall after Mario Kart 8's Dolphin Shoals.

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.

The course also appears as Piranha Plant Cove 2R (reversed), Piranha Plant Cove 2T (with ramps), and Piranha Plant Cove 2R/T (reversed with ramps).

Piranha Plant Cove 2's map includes a road only accessible in the course's R and R/T variants, making it the third course to include a road from an alternate variant on its map, after Berlin Byways 2 and GBA Boo Lake.

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

Screenshots

Piranha Plant Cove 2

Course icons

Screenshots

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Mario Kart Tour Gmob_OceanRuins1 OceanRuins Ocean Ruins

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パックンしんでん
Pakkun Shinden
Piranha Temple
Chinese 吞食花神殿
Tūnshí Huā Shéndiàn
Piranha Plant Temple
French Ruines Plante Piranha Piranha Plant Ruins
German Piranha-Pflanzen-Bucht Piranha Plant Bay
Italian Cala Pianta Piranha Piranha Plant Cove
Korean 뻐끔 신전
Ppeokkeum Shinjeon
Piranha Temple
Portuguese Ruínas Planta Piranha Piranha Plant Ruins
Spanish Ruinas Planta Piraña Piranha Plant Ruins

References