Piranha Plant Cove: Difference between revisions

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|tours='''Piranha Plant Cove:'''<br>[[Exploration Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Pipe Tour]]<br>'''Piranha Plant Cove 2:'''<br>[[Exploration Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Pipe Tour]]<br>'''Piranha Plant Cove 3:'''<br>[[Mii Tour (2023)]]<br>[[Summer Tour (2023)]]

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'''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 the {{wp|Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan|Temple of the Feathered Serpent}} of {{wp|Teotihuacan}}, while also seemingly being based on {{wp|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 without being a city course, after [[N64 Kalimari Desert]]; it is the only [[new course]] with this distinction. The first two routes debuted together in the 2023 Exploration Tour, while the third route debuted later 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 new course in ''Mario Kart Tour'' 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. Piranha Plant Cove 3 is the first course in the ''Mario Kart'' series to take place entirely [[Underwater driving|underwater]].

==''Mario Kart Tour''==

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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 [[Falling Pillar|pillars]] that, throughout the race, may fall on to the road, similar to [[Wii Dry Dry Ruins|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|dash panels]] placed in front of them. This section has raised portions of the road with slanted sides, allowing for multiple [[Trick|tricks]] to be performed depending on the lines being taken. Racers take a few more turns before reaching the finishing line.

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]].

For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour#Piranha Plant Cove|List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'' § Piranha Plant Cove]].

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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 racers encounter two [[Clampy]]s and the currents now appear before the split path. After driving along a brief portion of the ruins from the first variant, which now has water geysers and an [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]], 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.

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]].

For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour#Piranha Plant Cove 2|List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'' § Piranha Plant Cove 2]].

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Racers start at the exact same place they start in the first route. When the race begins, racers follow a group of [[Fish Bone]]s and take a sudden sharp left turn to enter a crystal cave before serpentining round numerous shipwrecks. A large left turn is taken following the wreckages, taking racers through a rocky section decorated with numerous glowing corals. Here, racers can drive over [[Water Geyser|water geysers]] and avoid [[Clampy]]s containing coins. Taking another left turn, racers go underground beneath Piranha Plant Cove 2 to enter a sunken ruin filled with dilapidated sculptures of [[Petey Piranha]] after avoiding a giant [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]] that lunges out and attempts to bite any nearby racers. Underground, there are many ramps players may use for jump boosts; however, it isn't long until a final right turn is taken, taking racers back to the finish line. On the first lap, racers are accompanied by a giant, fast Maw-Ray when they reach the starting line again. Racers follow this Maw-Ray into the cave during the opening of the second lap.

This is the only course in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series (not counting ''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'') to take place underwater entirely, although players can briefly jump above the water in the T variant.

For this course's tour appearances, see [[List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour#Piranha Plant Cove 3|List of Piranha Plant Cove tour appearances in ''Mario Kart Tour'' § Piranha Plant Cove 3]].

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==''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''==

==Gallery==

===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===

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MK8D Piranha Plant Cove Scene 2.png|View of the pier

MK8D Piranha Plant Cove Scene 3.png|Thwomps on the course

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|Spa=Ruinas Planta Piraña

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