Memory Match (Mario Party)

Memory Match
Appears in	Mario Party
Type	1-Player mini-game
Time limit	45 seconds
Music track	In the Mushroom Forest
Music sample

Memory Match is a 1-Player minigame that appears in Mario Party.

Introduction

The minigame takes places in a forest where there are various trees, some grown and some cut; certain areas of overgrown grass that contain flowers; and stone statues placed in the grass. There are nine panels on the ground, each marked with a question mark hiding the object image. With the player standing near the panel in the middle, the minigame then starts.

Gameplay

The objective of the minigame is to match all four pairs of pictures within 45 seconds. The player must hip-drop to flip one of the nine panels to reveal the image. If the player successfully matches two panels, they receive two Coins. However, if the player hip-drops two different panels, both of the panels flip back after a few seconds. Matching objects include a red mushroom, a green mushroom, a Fire Flower, and a green Koopa Shell. The remaining panel contains a Bowser icon that stuns the player if they hip-drop it. If the player successfully matches four pairs of tiles before time runs out, they win ten Coins. If the player matches three pairs or fewer, they receive the total number of Coins from pairing up two of the images. This is one of the rare 1-Player minigames where the player does not lose five Coins if they lose.

The minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 50 Coins.

Ending

If the player matches at least one pair of tiles, they do a winning pose. If time is up before they match a pair of tiles, they do a losing pose.

Controls

• – Move
• – Jump
• + – Hip Drop

In-game text

• Game Rules – "When you Hip Drop on the panels, a picture will appear. Remember where the pictures appear and try to match them up."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Hip Drop on the panels to make a picture appear. Match all pictures in the time limit to clear the game."
• Advice – "If you land on the Bowser Panel, your head spins and you can't move for a few seconds."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	えあわせパネル[?] Eawase Paneru	Picture-Matching Panels
French	Jeu-Mémo	Memory Game
German	Gedächtnis-Training[?]	Memory Training
Italian	Memory Match	-

Trivia

• This is the only minigame in which the song "In the Mushroom Forest" plays and, by extension, the only minigame in Mario Party not to share a song with another.