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'''Piranha Plant Cove'''<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> 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. Pillars are also shown to fall on this course, similar to [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' and [[Dry Dry Ruins]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.
'''Piranha Plant Cove'''<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> 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. Pillars are also shown to fall on this course, similar to [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' and [[Dry Dry Ruins]] from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.


Piranha Plant Cove is the first course in ''Mario Kart Tour'' to start entirely underwater and the second course overall after ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''{{'}}s [[Dolphin Shoals]].
Piranha Plant Cove is the first course in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and the second course overall to start entirely underwater, after ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''{{'}}s [[Dolphin Shoals]].


The underwater ruins and the architecture of this course bear similarities to the fictional island of {{wp|Atlantis}}.
The underwater ruins and the architecture of this course bear similarities to the fictional island of {{wp|Atlantis}}.

Revision as of 02:11, February 3, 2023

This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

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Not to be confused with Piranha Creeper Cove or 3DS Piranha Plant Slide.
Piranha Plant Cove
Piranha Plant Cove.
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Appears in Mario Kart Tour (2023)
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Piranha Plant Cove[1] is a race course from Mario Kart Tour. It debuts in the 2023 Exploration Tour as its featured course. It is set in an underwater ruin with Maw-Rays 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. Pillars are also shown to fall on this course, similar to Dry Dry Desert from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Dry Dry Ruins from Mario Kart Wii.

Piranha Plant Cove is the first course in Mario Kart Tour and the second course overall to start entirely underwater, after Mario Kart 8's Dolphin Shoals.

The underwater ruins and the architecture of this course bear similarities to the fictional island of Atlantis.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese パックンしんでん[2]
Pakkun Shinden
Piranha Temple

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