Not to be confused withPiranha Plant Pipeway orPiranha Plant Cove.

Piranha Plant Pipeline
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Appears in	Mario Kart Tour (2023)
Tour	Pipe Tour
Music sample
Course map

Piranha Plant Pipeline is a course fromMario Kart Tour, making its debut in thePipe Tour. As the name indicates, it is an underground network ofWarp Pipes withPiranha Plants spread throughout the track. It is the second course introduced inMario Kart Tour to be named after Piranha Plants, with the first beingPiranha Plant Cove, not counting its variants. The course's appearance and concept are similar to that of the unused "dokan_course" fromMario Kart DS, both being named afterWarp 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 andSqueaky Clean Sprint mark the shortest period of time between the release of two new courses for theMario 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 fromMario Kart Tour to not appear in theMario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass. Since it does not appear outside ofMario Kart Tour, it is the only course in the series that is completely unplayable outside of the Pipe Tour and its reruns. The course does not return inMario Kart World either, although a rendition of its music is present.

Course layout[edit]

Racers start outside, in a mountainous, wooded environment. Going in a straight line, they enter aWarp Pipe and enter the pipe system. Racers continue driving forwards before approaching a wide left turn lined with ahalf-pipe. The pipe then serpentines, with every bend having its own half-pipe. Then, racers drive off of aglide 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 containingFuzzies,Piranha Plants, andSidesteppers. 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 asPiranha Plant Pipeline R (reversed),Piranha Plant Pipeline T (with ramps), andPiranha 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[edit]

For this course's tour appearances, seeList of Piranha Plant Pipeline tour appearances inMario Kart Tour.

Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]

The following are the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Piranha Plant Pipeline and its variants are alwaysfavored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, seeList of Piranha Plant Pipeline tour appearances inMario Kart Tour.

Course	Three-item drivers	Bonus points ×2 karts	Combo bonus ×3 gliders	Two-item drivers	Bonus points ×1.5 karts	Combo bonus ×2 gliders
Normal variant					**	**
R variant
T variant						***
R/T variant				*****	****
* 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[edit]

Ring Race
Icon	Course variant	Chosen driver	Chosen kart	Chosen glider	Grand Star scores	Tour appearances	Cup
	Regular	Pauline	Pipe Frame	Super Glider	35 40 45	Pipe Tour	Wario Cup

Big Reverse Race
Icon	Course variant	Opponents									Tour appearances	Cup
			7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	Extra
	Regular	Driver									Pipe Tour	Ludwig Cup
		Kart
		Glider
Note: In this bonus challenge, the entrance in the red pipe is closed off with ahot-air balloon, which has an arrow sign that points to the blue pipe's entrance.

Gallery[edit]

Course icons[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, seeGallery:Mario Kart Tour race course icons (original courses) § Piranha Plant Pipeline.

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  The course icon

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  The course icon of the R variant

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  The course icon of the T variant

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  The course icon of the R/T variant

Screenshots[edit]

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  View of the starting line

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  View of the green pipe

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  View of the white and transparent section

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  View of the hovering pipe area

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  View of the red and blue entrances

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  View ofWarp Pipes

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  View of aFuzzy riding along a roundtrack inside an orange section

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  View of the orange pipe's exit

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Aquatic areas
• Underground areas
• Mario Kart Tour race courses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names