Piranha Prowler

The Piranha Prowler is a large kart that appears in Mario Kart Wii. The character's emblem is on the kart's forehead and seen on both sides of the vehicle. The kart resembles a Piranha Plant, specifically Petey Piranha. The kart can be unlocked by winning the 50cc Special Cup.

This kart does not have a bike counterpart. In fact, no other vehicle has stats that are similar to this kart's stats. Still, it is considered a Speed type vehicle.

Stats
The Piranha Prowler is the heaviest vehicle in the game. That way, the player is less likely to be knocked around by other drivers. It also has good speed and average handling and drift, but its other stats are below average.

Color schemes

 * Wario &mdash; (Yellow with white spots, purple petals)
 * Waluigi &mdash; (Purple with white spots, pink petals)
 * Donkey Kong &mdash; (Brown with red spots, yellow petals)
 * Bowser &mdash; (Dark Green with white spots, orange petals)
 * King Boo &mdash; (Black with white spots, pink petals)
 * Rosalina &mdash; (Turquoise with white spots, yellow petals)
 * Funky Kong &mdash; (Red with white spots, yellow petals)
 * Dry Bowser &mdash; (Beige with black spots, red petals)
 * Male Mii &mdash; (White with blue spots, cyan petals)
 * Female Mii &mdash; (Pink with white spots, yellow petals)

Trivia

 * Wario's Piranha Prowler resembles a yellow Piranha Plant seen in the minigame Piranha Panic in Mario Super Sluggers. Donkey Kong's Piranha Prowler features a color scheme that resembles Fiery Dino Piranha from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. On a similar manner, Funky Kong's color scheme's version of this vehicle features Petey Piranha's color scheme, Petey being the basis of the Piranha Prowler. Dry Bowser's color scheme is similar to that of the Bone Piranha Plant from New Super Mario Bros. 2, although that game was released after Mario Kart Wii. Also, the female Mii's Piranha Prowler features Dino Piranha's and Peewee Piranha's color scheme from Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2, respectively.
 * Dry Bowser, DK, and Male Mii are the only characters in the game not to have white dots on their Piranha Prowler.
 * The mouth of the kart opens up when driving; this is most noticeable when it spins out, the player does a trick or blasted out of the cannon in DK Mountain, DK Summit, and Maple Treeway, and the Launch Star in Rainbow Road.