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{{distinguish|[[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway/Slide]]|Piranha Plant Cove}} | |||
{{distinguish|[[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Pipeway]]|Piranha Plant Cove}} | |||
{{race course infobox | {{race course infobox | ||
|image=[[File:MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 1.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 1.jpg|300px]] | ||
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023) | |appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023) | ||
|tours=[[Pipe Tour]] | |tours=[[Pipe Tour]] | ||
|sample=[[File:MKT Piranha Plant Pipeline Theme.oga]] | |||
|map=[[File:MKT Map PiranhaPlantPipeline.png|140px]] | |||
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'''Piranha Plant Pipeline''' is a course from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', making its debut in the [[Pipe Tour]]. As the name indicates, it is an underground network of [[Warp Pipe]]s with [[Piranha Plant]]s spread throughout the track. It is the second course introduced in ''Mario Kart Tour'' to be named after Piranha Plants, with the first being [[Piranha Plant Cove]], not counting its variants. | '''Piranha Plant Pipeline''' is a course from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', making its debut in the [[Pipe Tour]]. As the name indicates, it is an underground network of [[Warp Pipe]]s with [[Piranha Plant]]s spread throughout the track. It is the second course introduced in ''Mario Kart Tour'' to be named after Piranha Plants, with the first being [[Piranha Plant Cove]], not counting its variants. The course's appearance and concept are similar to that of the unused "[[List of Mario Kart DS pre-release and unused content#Unreleased courses|dokan_course]]" from ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', both being named after [[Warp Pipe]]s and themed around their traversal; the first part is mostly similar in both courses, while the red pipe section of Piranha Plant Pipeline after the first turn in the white tunnel is similar to the second part of dokan_course. | ||
Excluding courses released simultaneously, this course and [[Squeaky Clean Sprint]] mark the shortest period of time between the release of two new courses for the ''Mario Kart'' series, with only a 5-hour gap. | Excluding courses released simultaneously, this course and [[Squeaky Clean Sprint]] mark the shortest period of time between the release of two new courses for the ''Mario Kart'' series, with only a 5-hour gap. | ||
The beginning of the music references the chiptune sound effect Warp Pipes make, except slowed to match the tempo. | |||
Piranha Plant Pipeline is the only new course originating from ''Mario Kart Tour'' to not appear in the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]''. Since it does not appear outside of ''Mario Kart Tour'', it is the only course in the series that is completely unplayable outside of the Pipe Tour and its reruns. | |||
==Course layout== | |||
Racers start outside, in a mountainous, wooded environment. Going in a straight line, they enter a [[Warp Pipe]] and enter the pipe system. Racers continue driving forwards before approaching a wide left turn lined with a [[half-pipe]]. The pipe then serpentines, with every bend having its own half-pipe. Then, racers drive off of a [[Glide Ramp|glide ramp]] and may go through one of two pipes; a red one or a blue one. The red pipe takes racers to two right-angled left turns before taking them into a bendy white, transparent tunnel. The blue route makes racers go round a large right turn, before overlapping, and eventually taking racers on top of a moving green pipe that goes below the previously mentioned white tunnel. The white tunnel and the green pipe shortly take racers back to their respective red or blue pipes, before both routes meet up again in an orange section containing [[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]], [[Piranha Plant]]s, and [[Sidestepper]]s. Racers enter an underwater section before taking a large left turn, and finally leaving the pipes and returning outside, before driving down a brief straightaway to the finish line. | |||
This course also appears as '''Piranha Plant Pipeline R''' (reversed), '''Piranha Plant Pipeline T''' (with ramps), and '''Piranha Plant Pipeline R/T''' (reversed with ramps). In all three variants, the Sidesteppers are gone. In the T variant, the Fuzzies are also gone, and racers are forced to take the red path on lap 1 and the blue path on lap 2. In the R/T variant, the Piranha Plants in the orange section are gone, the moving green pipe is also gone, and there is a glide ramp at the end of the green section. | |||
==Appearances== | |||
For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of Piranha Plant Pipeline tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour|List of Piranha Plant Pipeline tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]. | |||
==Top-tier and middle-tier items== | |||
{{MKT favored table|new|Piranha Plant Pipeline|no_collapse=1}} | |||
==Bonus challenges== | |||
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Ring Race|Piranha Plant Pipeline}} | |||
{{MKT bonus challenge table|Big Reverse Race|Piranha Plant Pipeline}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Course icons=== | |||
{{main-gallery|Mario Kart Tour race course icons (original courses)#Piranha Plant Pipeline|Mario Kart Tour race course icons (original courses) § Piranha Plant Pipeline}} | |||
<gallery> | |||
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantPipeline PaulineCowgirl.png|The course icon | |||
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantPipelineR Iggy.png|The course icon of the R variant | |||
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantPipelineT KitsuneLuigi.png|The course icon of the T variant | |||
MKT Icon PiranhaPlantPipelineRT PenguinLuigi.png|The course icon of the R/T variant | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Screenshots=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 2.jpg|View of the starting line | MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 2.jpg|View of the starting line | ||
MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 3.jpg|View of the white section | MKT Piranha Plant Pipeline Entrance.jpg|View of the green pipe | ||
MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 4.jpg|View of the red and blue | MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 3.jpg|View of the white and transparent section | ||
Fuzzy piranha plant pipeline.jpg|View of a [[Fuzzy]] riding along a round [[ | MKT PiranhaPlantPipeline View 4.jpg|View of the red and blue entrances | ||
Fuzzy piranha plant pipeline.jpg|View of a [[Fuzzy]] riding along a round [[track]] inside an orange section | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Additional names== | |||
===Internal names=== | |||
{{internal names | |||
|game1=''Mario Kart Tour'' | |||
|file1=<tt>Gmob_Dokan</tt> | |||
|name1=Dokan | |||
|meaning1=Pipe | |||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Additional names== | ||
===Internal names=== | |||
{{internal names | |||
|game1=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' | |||
|file1=<tt>Gmob_Dokan</tt> | |||
|name1=Dokan | |||
|meaning1=Japanese name for [[Warp Pipe]]s, lit. "Clay Pipe" | |||
}} | |||
===Names in other languages=== | |||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ドカンキャニオン | |Jap=ドカンキャニオン | ||
|JapR=Dokan Kyanion | |JapR=Dokan Kyanion | ||
|JapM=Pipe Canyon | |JapM=Warp Pipe Canyon | ||
|ChiS=水管峡谷 | |ChiS=水管峡谷 | ||
|ChiSR=Shuǐguǎn Xiágǔ | |ChiSR=Shuǐguǎn Xiágǔ | ||
|ChiSM=Pipe Canyon | |ChiSM=Warp Pipe Canyon | ||
|ChiT=水管峽谷 | |ChiT=水管峽谷 | ||
|ChiTR=Shuǐguǎn Xiágǔ | |ChiTR=Shuǐguǎn Xiágǔ | ||
|ChiTM=Pipe Canyon | |ChiTM=Warp Pipe Canyon | ||
|Fre=Tunnel Plante Piranha | |Fre=Tunnel Plante Piranha | ||
|FreM=Piranha Plant Tunnel | |FreM=Piranha Plant Tunnel | ||
|Ger= | |Ger=Piranha-Pflanzen-Pipeline | ||
|GerM= | |GerM=Piranha Plant Pipeline | ||
|Ita=Tubodotto Piranha | |Ita=Tubodotto Piranha | ||
|ItaM=Piranha "Pipeduct" (portmanteau of ''tubo'', pipe, and ''condotto'', duct) | |ItaM=Piranha "Pipeduct" (portmanteau of ''tubo'', "pipe", and ''condotto'', "duct") | ||
|Kor= | |Kor=토관 캐니언 | ||
|KorR= | |KorR=Togwan Kaenieon | ||
|KorM= | |KorM=Warp Pipe Canyon | ||
|Por=Tobogã Planta Piranha | |Por=Tobogã Planta Piranha | ||
|PorM=Piranha Plant | |PorM=Piranha Plant Slide | ||
|Spa=Tobogán Planta Piraña | |Spa=Tobogán Planta Piraña | ||
|SpaM=Piranha Plant | |SpaM=Piranha Plant Slide | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The course | *The first four seconds of the music for this course sample the sound that plays when Mario enters a Warp Pipe in the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', albeit slowed down to 1/5th of the speed. | ||
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[[Category:Underground areas]] | [[Category:Underground areas]] | ||
[[Category:Mario Kart Tour race courses]] | [[Category:Mario Kart Tour race courses]] | ||
[[it:Tubodotto Piranha]] | |||
Revision as of 08:57, July 12, 2024
- Not to be confused with 3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway/Slide or Piranha Plant Cove.
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Piranha Plant Pipeline is a course from Mario Kart Tour, making its debut in the Pipe Tour. As the name indicates, it is an underground network of Warp Pipes with Piranha Plants spread throughout the track. It is the second course introduced in Mario Kart Tour to be named after Piranha Plants, with the first being Piranha Plant Cove, not counting its variants. The course's appearance and concept are similar to that of the unused "dokan_course" from Mario Kart DS, both being named after Warp Pipes and themed around their traversal; the first part is mostly similar in both courses, while the red pipe section of Piranha Plant Pipeline after the first turn in the white tunnel is similar to the second part of dokan_course.
Excluding courses released simultaneously, this course and Squeaky Clean Sprint mark the shortest period of time between the release of two new courses for the Mario Kart series, with only a 5-hour gap.
The beginning of the music references the chiptune sound effect Warp Pipes make, except slowed to match the tempo.
Piranha Plant Pipeline is the only new course originating from Mario Kart Tour to not appear in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass. Since it does not appear outside of Mario Kart Tour, it is the only course in the series that is completely unplayable outside of the Pipe Tour and its reruns.
Course layout
Racers start outside, in a mountainous, wooded environment. Going in a straight line, they enter a Warp Pipe and enter the pipe system. Racers continue driving forwards before approaching a wide left turn lined with a half-pipe. The pipe then serpentines, with every bend having its own half-pipe. Then, racers drive off of a glide ramp and may go through one of two pipes; a red one or a blue one. The red pipe takes racers to two right-angled left turns before taking them into a bendy white, transparent tunnel. The blue route makes racers go round a large right turn, before overlapping, and eventually taking racers on top of a moving green pipe that goes below the previously mentioned white tunnel. The white tunnel and the green pipe shortly take racers back to their respective red or blue pipes, before both routes meet up again in an orange section containing Fuzzies, Piranha Plants, and Sidesteppers. Racers enter an underwater section before taking a large left turn, and finally leaving the pipes and returning outside, before driving down a brief straightaway to the finish line.
This course also appears as Piranha Plant Pipeline R (reversed), Piranha Plant Pipeline T (with ramps), and Piranha Plant Pipeline R/T (reversed with ramps). In all three variants, the Sidesteppers are gone. In the T variant, the Fuzzies are also gone, and racers are forced to take the red path on lap 1 and the blue path on lap 2. In the R/T variant, the Piranha Plants in the orange section are gone, the moving green pipe is also gone, and there is a glide ramp at the end of the green section.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Piranha Plant Pipeline tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
The following are the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Piranha Plant Pipeline and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Piranha Plant Pipeline tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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| * indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8 for High-End items. | ||||||
Bonus challenges
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Gallery
Course icons
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart Tour race course icons (original courses) § Piranha Plant Pipeline.
The course icon
The course icon of the R variant
The course icon of the T variant
The course icon of the R/T variant
Screenshots
View of the starting line
View of the green pipe
View of the white and transparent section
View of the red and blue entrances
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Mario Kart Tour | Gmob_Dokan | Dokan | Japanese name for Warp Pipes, lit. "Clay Pipe" |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ドカンキャニオン Dokan Kyanion |
Warp Pipe Canyon | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 水管峡谷 Shuǐguǎn Xiágǔ |
Warp Pipe Canyon | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 水管峽谷 Shuǐguǎn Xiágǔ |
Warp Pipe Canyon | |
| French | Tunnel Plante Piranha | Piranha Plant Tunnel | |
| German | Piranha-Pflanzen-Pipeline | Piranha Plant Pipeline | |
| Italian | Tubodotto Piranha | Piranha "Pipeduct" (portmanteau of tubo, "pipe", and condotto, "duct") | |
| Korean | 토관 캐니언 Togwan Kaenieon |
Warp Pipe Canyon | |
| Portuguese | Tobogã Planta Piranha | Piranha Plant Slide | |
| Spanish | Tobogán Planta Piraña | Piranha Plant Slide |
Trivia
- The first four seconds of the music for this course sample the sound that plays when Mario enters a Warp Pipe in the original Super Mario Bros., albeit slowed down to 1/5th of the speed.
