Mario Party 3 - Mini-Game Guide (Page 01)
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You must not use it for anything that gains profit. Specifically Magazines, Game Guides, Commercial Web Sites. You’re also not allowed to rip off part/s of this Walkthrough/FAQ and put it on your own Walkthrough/FAQ. Anyone doing this is guilty of “plagiarism”, the act of stealing and passing off of ideas and words of another as one’s own without crediting the source. You also cannot use this Walkthrough/FAQ as a guide for you to make your own Walkthrough/FAQ, you must do everything there is to do in the game yourself or have others give info about your game and give them proper credit. You can copy the layout though. You can put this Walkthrough/FAQ on your non-commercial or non-profit web site provided that not a single character has been edited or removed and you MUST have permission from me in order to do so. You can also, print a copy of the entire walkthrough or a part of it, provided you only use it for personal purposes. Remember “You don’t have to steal, just ask.” - B.O.F.III Thanks to ATadeo for letting me use his disclaimer! Just a quick run of the mill mini-game guide here. No real FAQ/Walkthrough. Besides, I hate starting out walkthroughs, so I’m doing this one fast. need fast reflexes here. You can cheat by immediately pausing when a block is revealed, and seeing if it’s the correct picture. A good way to trick your opponents is to slap down a random time when a flower appea----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: I. 4 Player Mini-Games II. Battle Mini-Games III. Duel Mini-Games IV. 1v3 Mini-Games V. 2v2 Mini-Games VI. Item Mini-Games VII. Game Guy Mini-Games VIII. ??? Mini-Games IX. Best/Worst Mini-Games X. Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 PLAYER MINI-GAMES +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ======================================================================= Awful Tower Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 In this game, you have to get to the top of the tower by jumping from block to block. The blocks move back forth. The Hammer Bros. will throw hammers at you, and when you get close they will run away. To jump distances, simply back yourself up and run-jump to the next block. Once you get to the arrow block you will win. Try not to slip off a block, or you’ll fall! ======================================================================= ======================================================================= The Beat Goes On Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 There’ll be lots of cussing in this game if you’re playing with other people. Basically, the Shy Guys give out a tune and you have to copy it, adding a new note at the end. Then the next person will get the turn, and the next, and the next, then back to you. Try to make it stay in a pattern, like : B, Z, A, B, Z, A, etc. That’s what the computer likes to do, anyway. The computer usually messes up on their second try though, so you can be last and be lucky. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= M.P.I.Q Difficulty: 3/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 Toad will give out questions, that will be typed VERY slowly on the big board. Once they are typed you need to guess them by hitting the block. You can do this earlier, but you shouldn’t since the question will not be finished. The one who hits the block will need to answer the question. If they get it right, they get a point. If they get it wrong, they’re out. The first person to 3 points wins. The questions Toad gives you are extremely easy, and you should know most of them. Cheat Tips: Annoy everyone else who’s playing by continuously talking. Everyone around you will get annoyed and probably guess wrong. Also, you can say “I know!” and not tell anyone what the real answer is. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Treadmill Grill Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 9/10 This is one helluva fun game. The objective is to be the last one standing on a pack of moving conveyors that rotate from time to time. You can ground pound and punch your opponents hoping that they will fall off, but it’s better of not doing anything and watching each of the other opponents kill themselves while you’re just standing there. Podoboos will come out later, and if you touch them, you automatically lose. Also, the conveyors get narrower from time to time, so watch out! ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Picture Imperfect Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 9/10 Another nice and fun game. You will first get to see a face of a Mario character, such as Toad, Mario, or the caterpillar. It will disappear and you will have to make the same face, or at least get close to making the same face. First, the top part will be moving, and when you see the right picture, you need to time right and hit the block. For example, on Mario’s hat, it will go L, G, W, M... when you see M hit it quickly! Then it will go to the face parts and it moves faster. Whoever gets the most accurate picture wins. Cheat Tips: Be extremely mean and cover the screen with your hands when it shows the correct picture (before the game starts). Then, your human opponents will not know what the character looks like. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Aces High Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 This game is a lot like Shell Shocked from Mario Party 2, except it’s fast paced, more fun, and more intense. Fly around and fire missiles at your opponents. If you fire a lot a Bullet Bill will fly out from your cannon. They’re homing, so you can hit your opponents more easily. If you see a ! appear above you, immediately accelerate! Each person has 2 health, and if you’re the last one standing you win. Hold Z until you see a bullet in your compartment, then fire. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Rockin’ Raceway Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 3/10 This game literally sucks, and will literally hurt your hands and numb them (not as bad as the rotating control stick in Mario Party 1). But if you want to win, you’re gonna have to be hurt. Press A and B as quickly as you can, but make sure that when you have only 1 carrot, you stop and wait for it to recharge at least one more. The carrot icons will either bust your horse or make it stop for 2 seconds. The orange one will give you max carrots invulnerability and the blue one hurts you. Wait for the orange one and grab it! ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Chip Shot Challenge Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 You need to swing the club so the ball gets in the hole. Basically, this is golf, except it’s shortened. Don’t aim EXACTLY at the hole, aim a little away otherwise the ball will miss. Also, adjust the angle, then swing. Everyone swings, and the winner is either the one who gets the ball in the hole or the one closest to the hole. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Cheep Cheep Chase Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 3/10 Repeatedly press A to swim, but dive when you see bombs in your path. Don’t dive too early though, because you’ll get air right at the bomb, and it’ll stun you so the big Cheep Cheep could eat you. The bombs move later on so watch out! ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Mario’s Puzzle Party Difficulty: 8/10 Fun Factor: 9/10 This is one of the hardest mini-games in Mario Party 3, but can be very fun if you make it. Basically, this is Tetris, and when you get two blocks of the same color they disappear. Combo the blocks so you can make garbage blocks come to your opponents. Thwomps will also drop down, and you can use them to distort your blocks. This game can give you headaches if you play with the computer, since they often cheat. The first one to 100 points wins, but you can adjust it up to 1000 in Toad’s mini-game room. I wouldn’t do that if I were you though, it would be very long... ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Messy Memory Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 First, you see many items stacked on shelves, then Toads come in and mess everything up, starting the game. The objective is to get the items where they were before the Toads messed them up. Try to remember where the items were in your head. Press Z to close the curtain so no one will copy you. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Ice Rink Risk Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 A huge Spiny will drop onto an ice rink and you have to survive by escaping from it. It’s slippery do be careful! More Spinys will drop down after a while, and they can change directions if they bump into each other. This could be very hard or very easy, depending on when your opponents die. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Curtain Call Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 Koopas, Goombas, and Boos dance on a stage, once they leave, Toad will come out and ask you where they were during their dance. His questions are mostly “who’s the third person from the left?” and those kind. SO try to remember. The people that guess it right move on, and it gets harder with the placement. Cheat Tips: Choose a random person REALLY FAST once the guessing starts. This will make everyone think you are right and choose the same thing. At the last minute, change your answer. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Frigid Bridges Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 You need to carry a block to the other side by crossing a very slippery and thin bridge, then come back, grab another block, and repeat until you have three blocks placed. This could be tough, since it slows you down if you fall, and you’ll fall a lot. Be careful of the Cheep Cheep halfway through, and don’t get distracted by your opponent’s screen. Whoever gets to the island first wins. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Toadstool Titan Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 Hit blocks around the stage. One of them has a mushroom. Whoever gets the mushroom will turn giant and can take out the opponents for a short time. If you’re not giant, then spread away from the giant to avoid getting hit altogether. Once the giant goes back to normal the blocks come back and you’ll have to find the mushroom again. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Water Whirled Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 I don’t hate this game anymore, now that I know how to play and figured out the controls =p. Hold the control stick left/right to move when you are turning a lap. Hold A to move forward, then rotate once you get to turns. 5 laps and it’s over. Try to hug the inner wall so you can get to the end easier. This is a record game, so try to go as fast as you can! ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Bounce N’ Trounce Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 Jump high by pressing A. When you’re in the air, press Z to attack your opponents hoping they will be kicked off the blocks. The blocks will start falling halfway through, and this could be a good thing if you’re away from your opponents as they’re fighting and losing on the other side of the battlefield. Cheat Tips: Jump on someone’s head to stun them for a split-second. That won’t seem much, but they’ll have space for others to beat the crap outta them. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Pipe Cleaners Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 The controls are on the pipes, and you have to hit them when you see Baby Bowser in that pipe. Once you get used to it, you’ll have a big chance if winning. Just make sure not to swing at everything if you don’t get it. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Snowball Summit Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 Build snowballs by pushing B repeatedly against the snow. Throw snowballs at your opponents or move them against opponents. Best thing about them is that you can use them to defend yourself from other snowballs – a good strategy if you’re being ganged up. When there’s one person left on the screen besides you, and they don’t have a snowball, immediately build one and make it extremely huge, then press A to throw it at them. They’ll surely fall off and you’ll win. Cheat Tips: Make a huge snowball as quick as you can and stand on the bottom edge. The others will kill each other with snowball while you stand with your snowball doing nothing. If they try to fire a snowball at you, it won’t hurt you since it’ll just break your regular snowball. If there is one person left and you still your huge snowball, lob it at him/her. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Parasol Plummet Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 You earn coins no matter what, but earning the most coins is hard. Let out your parasol when the Hammer Bros. are dropping down coins, but put it away once you see hammers. Try to be the guy at the top of all the other players since you can get more bags and coins. This could be tough, as your opponents can push you away and the hammer can beat you up. ======================================================================= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BATTLE MINI-GAMES +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ======================================================================= Locked Out Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 9/10 I love this game. It’s just so many fun. The objective is to get a key that matches the color of the door and use it to open the door. There are three doors and four characters, so one of them will die. It will continue until there are 2 characters left, and one of them will win. You can punch someone to have them drop their key, but that rarely works =(. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Slap Down Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 A big flower picture is in the middle and many blocks are around it. Throughout the game the blocks will reveal themselves. One of the blocks matches the flower in the middle. When you see this one immediately press A to slap down the flower. Whoever slaps first wins first prize. You rs. This could make them think it’s the right picture and slap too. It even works on the computer! Although I don’t recommend doing this, you could have much fun seeing your opponent be so stupid. Cheat Tips: Roughly touch the A Button (don’t push it!) when a picture appears which is NOT the right picture. Since you roughly touched it and you can hear the sound, others will think it’s the one and push. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Storm Chasers Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 You need to chase down the storm cloud with your flower pot to make the Piranha Plant grow. When it grows it flashes. Don’t go in your opponents’ way, because chances are the cloud will escape, and you’ll still be stuck within your opponents. Whoever’s Plant grows the largest wins. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Stacked Deck Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 This game is based purely on luck, 100% luck, no skill needed (unless you count Ground Pound as a skill =p). Ground Pound a random card. If it’s a Toad, you go to the end of the line and continue the game. If it’s a Baby Bowser, you die. If it’s a Boo, the order of the line gets scrambled, but you don’t die. You never know which card is which, so it’s all luck. Kind of like Russian Roulette. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Merry Go Chomp Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 Just like above. This game is all luck. Step on a colored part of the spinning column. Whichever one ends up near the chomp, the chomp eats the character on that part of the column, and it continues. All luck. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Eye Sore Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 Run around Mr. I 15 times to make him disappear. Touching him will hurt you and stun you, so don’t do that. As you run, Podoboos will fall out. You will see their shadow, so you’ll know where they will fall. If you touch them you’ll be stunned. Try to go around them if they are in your way, don’t just wait for them to get out of your way. Or you can jump... It’s not that hard, I don’t understand why the computer sucks at this game... Beat the Computer the Hard Way: Want a challenge? Set the computer on Hard, then start the game. Give all the computers a head start – have them run around Mr. I four times, then start running. Can you still beat them? ======================================================================= ======================================================================= All Fired Up Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 The podoboos are all over the place and you have to escape from them. They will make circles, jump ropes, crosses, and other things around the circled arena to try to stop you. Jump over the circles and try not to go near an opponent, because they might bump you into the flame. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Three Door Monty Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 Toad, Boo, and Koopa will enter and/or exit different doorways. Once all of them enter a certain doorway, a picture of one of the characters will appear in the middle of the screen. You have to answer which doorway this character entered last. The first one to answer gets first place, so be quick. ======================================================================= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DUEL MINI-GAMES +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ======================================================================= Crowd Cover Difficulty: 2/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 A big picture of a character is drawn on the middle of the board and three pictures are on the bottom. Your job is to guess which picture matches the one on the bottom. However, many characters walk around the picture, blocking the expressions/movements of the characters. Once you see what you need to see, you’ll know. It’s an easy game... ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Vine With Me Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 All you have to do is swing vine to vine. To make it easy, grab the next vine just as you got on the last vine, it should work. If you fall, you’ll be stunned. This can become annoying, but time your jumps as the vine is closer to you. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Popgun Pick-off Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 Shoot Bowser and DO NOT shoot Toad. You will need to hold the control stick left (HOLD, not press) to shoot the left window, and same with others. It’s always put in the center. Each time you shoot Baby Bowser you get one point, and you can score lots of shots in one round. Shooting Toad will cause you to lose 10 points. A good strategy is to pause when Baby Bowser and Toad come out, and get used to where they are, then resume and fire away. Cheat Tips: Pause a split-second before Toads and Baby Bowsers appear. You’ll see where they are and you won’t have a chance of hitting a Toad, and more of a chance of hitting Baby Bowser. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Tick Tock Hop Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 Jump over the minute hand as it circles the clock. This may seem easy, but later the hour hand you start moving on starts doing nasty thing like spinning the other way the minute hand is spinning, or slowing down the minute hand while making itself quicker. Whoever touches the minute hand loses, and it’s not easy to win here. Cheat Tips: Yell “JUMP!” a little too soon... ======================================================================= ======================================================================= End of the Line Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 Make it to the end of the tracks without falling. When you fall down by taking the wrong path, you start over. Memorize the wrong and right paths and you should be fine. There are three sections with two passages each. It’s always random. Cheat Tips: Look at the opponent’s screen and see where they are going. If they go the right way and you go the wrong way, you can copy the opponent... Also, you can yell out “LEFT!” to make your opponent think it really is left, but end up going the wrong way. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Motor Rooter Difficulty: 8/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 Make it to the end of the tunnel. To speed up, use the speed arrows. Bad controls here, especially when you’re at the top. Avoid the watts, and rely on the speed arrows. The maps in the middle show where the watts are and how far you are and your opponent. But don’t look at the map too much, you’ll lose track of the race. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Bowser Toss Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 Throw Bowser farther than your partner does. Repeatedly tap A to spin him faster, and adjust your angle forward a little bit and higher, but not TOO high, otherwise he won’t fly far enough. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Silly Screws Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 To get to the end you need to jump over screws. Press A to make the screw go away from the wall, and B to go next to the wall. Once the screw is near the next one, you’ll see an arrow. Make sure you stop repeatedly pressing either A or B before you get to the arrow, otherwise you’ll go past the screw. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Baby Bowser Bonkers Difficulty: 3/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 Jump on as many Baby Bowsers as you can, kind of like Whack a Mole without the hammer. Actually you don’t need to necessary “jump” as when you touch them you automatically kill them. Stomp on as many as you can. Many will appear at the end, so you’ll have advantages. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Fowl Play Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 Chase the chicken around the farm and grab it with the B Button. If you lose track of it, find the footprints and follow them. The chicken is fast. To make matters worse, the split-screen can really piss you off. It’s best to corner the chicken or chase it away from your partner, and then catch it. Jump over the fence if you need to. ======================================================================= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 VS 3 MINI-GAMES +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ======================================================================= Hide and Sneak Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 When you’re the player that is looking for the others, don’t be fooled to where the others go to. It will seem weird, but if (example) Waluigi’s last run was to the rock, he may actually be hiding behind the log. Try to predict where characters will hide. When you’re one of the ones that needs to hide, use teamwork and don’t hide all in the same place, but don’t take all separate places either, because it will be easier for the finder to track you down. Cheat Tips: Mind boggle the opponent and tell him where you REALLY are. He won’t trust you, of course, and choose something else. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Boulder Balls Difficulty: 8/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 It’s practically impossible to win when you’re the one throwing boulders, because the computer will cheat and somehow avoid the boulder, then get to the top. But try to aim for the player that is closest to the top. If you’re a runner, don’t always be in the same path and spread out from the others. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Tidal Toss Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 6/10 Combo up different techniques if you’re the wave-making player. For example, jump many times, then do a ground pound. You can trick the computer into thinking you’re doing a pattern, and then breaking the pattern with a few ground pounds to knock them away. If you’re one of the three, try to jump over the smaller waves and save a jump for the big one. Don’t stay near the edge or the tide will throw you off. Cheat Tips: If you’re one of three, listen up: When you get hit and you’re near the edge, you’ll be flashing invulnerable for about a second. This gives you time to go back to the inner part. With this, it’s almost impossible to lose. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Hand, Line, and Sinker Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 If you’re the fisherman, wait for the fishes to get in a certain position where it’s perfect to catch them, then cast your hook. Or wait for them to bunch up. If you’re a fish, avoid staying close to the others otherwise you will be caught. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Ridiculous Relay Difficulty: 7/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 If you’re the lone player, speed up and never let go of the control stick. You will get hit, and there’s no avoiding it. Avoid all goombas and keep below the bullet bills. If you’re one of the three, make sure you know how to pilot your vehicle and do it fast. There’s a bigger chance the top player will win then the bottom ones. The Spider Tank controls are always the same: Up+A, Down+A, Up+B, Down+B, so you can keep pressing them without even looking at the screen. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= River Raiders Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 5/10 If you’re the lone player, avoid all the coins unless they’re scrunched up, and go for the money bags making sure they don’t get to the other players behind you. If you’re one of the three, take a side unless you’re the middle player. If you’re the middle player, you’re screwed. The others should take the left/right sides, but be aware of the logs. No matter what, you don’t lose anything here, you will get coins. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Spotlight Swim Difficulty: 5/10 Fun Factor: 7/10 If you’re the lone player, dive under the water when the searchlights appear to be ganging up on you. You will know where you are when you dive when it shows the bubbles. Swim underwater away from the searchlights and it will be easier to evade. Keep in mind that when a searchlight spots you, a ! will appear, and you’ll have about a split-second to dive or you will lose. If you’re one of the three players, follow the swimmer and his bubbles. Try to predict where he will rise and keep the searchlight there. Actually, all three searchlights need to be on the swimmer for him/her to get caught. Cheat Tips: Not really cheat tips, but oh well... if one of your opponents is on your side as one of the three, and you want him to lose, you can keep your searchlight away from the swimmer at all times. Since all three searchlights need to spot the swimmer, this could be a good thing if your opponent has 10 – 19 coins and is right near the star. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Thwomp Pull Difficulty: 6/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 If you’re the lone player, you have a higher chance of winning. Just press the button that shows up, then the next, and the next, and so on... The three players are assigned a button, so when their button pops up they’ll push it. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Coconut Conk Difficulty: 4/10 Fun Factor: 4/10 If you’re the lone player, roll away from the coconuts but make sure you don’t get trapped in the corner. If you’re one of the three, don’t bunch up and take different palm trees, then gang up. Cheat Tips: The three players: Make up different patterns in throwing down coconuts. Have one person take the left side, one take the right, and one take the center. You’ll have a higher chance of hitting the roller and you won’t be hitting each other. =======================================================================
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