Piranha Plant Balloons

Piranha Plant Balloons
The Piranha Plant Balloons in Mario Kart Tour
Type	Glider
Associated character	Piranha Plant
Appears in	Mario Kart Tour
Variants Gold Piranha Plant Balloons

The Piranha Plant Balloons are a High-End glider in Mario Kart Tour. They were introduced in the Piranha Plant Tour as the signature glider of Petey Piranha. As its name indicates, the glider is a pair of hot-air balloons that resembles two Piranha Plants sticking out of pipes, albeit lacking the stem. The glider's design slightly resembles the Candlelight Flight. The Piranha Plant Balloons glider improves the chances of getting Bananas from Item Boxes and increases the number of bonus points earned for landing hits with Bananas.

Availability

Starting with the Battle Tour, the Piranha Plant Balloons is available in regular tour pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe. However, it is not currently a part of the Daily Selects lineup. The following table shows the glider's special availability by tour.

Tour	Availability
Piranha Plant Tour	Piranha Plant Pipe 1 (Spotlight)
	Piranha Plant Pipe 2
Mario vs. Luigi Tour (2022)	Team Luigi Pipe
Peach vs. Bowser Tour (November–December 2022)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
New Year's Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Space Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Winter Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Exploration Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Doctor Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Mario Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Yoshi Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Bowser Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Mii Tour (2023)	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Princess Tour	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Night Tour	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)
Pipe Tour	Spotlight Shop July 18, 2023 – July 25, 2023
Vacation Tour	Spotlight Shop (Daily Spotlight)

Statistics

Statistics

Special skill	Banana Plus
Favorite courses (Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)	3DS Piranha Plant Slide 3DS Piranha Plant Slide R 3DS Bowser's Castle GCN Yoshi Circuit T RMX Rainbow Road 2R/T Wii Koopa Cape R GCN Baby Park T SNES Donut Plains 2R GBA Bowser's Castle 3R GBA Bowser's Castle 3T N64 Luigi Raceway T SNES Ghost Valley 2R Amsterdam Drift 2T Berlin Byways 3 Amsterdam Drift 2R/T RMX Choco Island 1R/T SNES Donut Plains 3T GBA Boo Lake R New York Minute 2 New York Minute 2T GBA Riverside Park DS Peach Gardens DS Peach Gardens T 3DS Rosalina's Ice World 3DS Piranha Plant Slide R/T RMX Rainbow Road 2R Piranha Plant Cove Bangkok Rush R Bangkok Rush 3 Bangkok Rush 2R/T RMX Choco Island 2R/T Piranha Plant Cove 3 DS Mario Circuit R/T Piranha Plant Pipeline R/T N64 Koopa Troopa Beach R/T Wii Dry Dry Ruins R GBA Yoshi Desert Paris Promenade R Paris Promenade 2R SNES Bowser Castle 3 GCN Waluigi Stadium R/T Rome Avanti Sydney Sprint T Madrid Drive R/T
Favored courses (Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)	3DS Piranha Plant Slide T*** GCN Yoshi Circuit R* SNES Choco Island 2 SNES Choco Island 2R** SNES Ghost Valley 1R/T* 3DS Bowser's Castle T** Wii Koopa Cape T GCN Baby Park GCN Daisy Cruiser T Sky-High Sundae Sky-High Sundae R/T RMX Choco Island 1 GBA Bowser's Castle 3 N64 Luigi Raceway R Amsterdam Drift 2 Berlin Byways 3T SNES Choco Island 1T GBA Battle Course 1 GBA Boo Lake SNES Ghost Valley 2R/T Vancouver Velocity 3 New York Minute B Vancouver Velocity 3R GBA Riverside Park T DS Peach Gardens R/T 3DS Rosalina's Ice World T Merry Mountain T 3DS Rosalina's Ice World R GBA Bowser's Castle 1R/T GBA Bowser's Castle 3R/T Piranha Plant Cove 2 Piranha Plant Cove 2T Bangkok Rush Bangkok Rush 2 Bangkok Rush 3T Bangkok Rush 2T Bangkok Rush 3R/T RMX Choco Island 2T RMX Choco Island 2R Piranha Plant Cove 3R DS Mario Circuit R Piranha Plant Pipeline R N64 Koopa Troopa Beach N64 Koopa Troopa Beach T Wii Dry Dry Ruins T Wii Dry Dry Ruins R/T Paris Promenade 2T Rome Avanti T Sydney Sprint 2R/T GBA Lakeside Park Squeaky Clean Sprint T Madrid Drive 2R/T
* 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.

• Spotlight Shop description:
  • English:
    Is that a flying Piranha Plant? The Piranha Plant Balloons glider is here! Its Banana Plus special skill can spin out your opponents.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      空に浮かぶパックンフラワー パックンバルーンが登場！
    • Chinese (Simplified):
      飘在空中的吞食花，吞食花气球登场！
    • Chinese (Traditional):
      浮在空中的吞食花吞食花氣球登場！
    • French:
      Des Plantes Piranha volantes ? Voici les Ballons Plantes Piranha !
      Faites perdre le contrôle à vos adversaires avec sa spécialité banane + !
    • German:
      Ist es ein Gleiter oder eine fliegende Piranha-Pflanze? Die Piranha-Pflanzen-Ballons sind da!
      Ihre Spezialausstattung Banane+ bringt deine Gegner ins Schleudern.
    • Italian:
      Ehi, guarda, ci sono delle Piante Piranha che volano! Sono arrivati i Palloncini Piranha!
      Fai andare in testacoda gli avversari grazie all'abilità speciale banana plus!
    • Korean:
      뻐끔플라워가 하늘로 두둥실 떠오른 뻐끔글라이더가 등장!
    • Portuguese:
      Você já viu uma Planta Piranha voadora? Chegou o planador Balão Plantas Piranhas!
      A característica especial dele, a Banana+, pode fazer os rivais rodarem.
    • Spanish (Latin America):
      ¿Habías visto alguna vez plantas piraña volando? ¡Llegan los Globos Plantas Piraña!
      ¡Deja a tus rivales dando vueltas con su característica especial, el plátano +!
    • Spanish (Europe):
      ¿Habías visto alguna vez Plantas Piraña volando? ¡Llegan los Globos Plantas Piraña!
      ¡Deja a tus rivales dando vueltas con su característica especial, el plátano +!

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	パックンバルーン Pakkun Barūn	Piranha Balloon		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	吞食花气球 Tūnshí Huā Qìqiú	Piranha Plant Balloon		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	吞食花氣球 Tūnshí Huā Qìqiú	Piranha Plant Balloon		[?]
French	Ballons P. Piranha	Piranha P. Balloons (short for Piranha Plant Balloons)		[?]
German	Piranha-Pflanzen-Ballons	Piranha Plant Balloons		[?]
Italian	Palloncini Piranha	Piranha Balloons		[?]
Korean	뻐끔글라이더 Ppeokkeum Geullaideo	Piranha Glider		[?]
Portuguese	Balão Plantas Piranhas	Piranha Plants Balloon		[?]
Spanish	Globos Plantas Piraña	Piranha Plant Balloons		[?]