Editing Piranha Patch

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:MP9 4-Player Piranha Patch.png|260px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|type=Free-for-All minigame
|time=30 seconds
|track=Hoopla
|sample=[[File:MP9 Hoopla.oga]]
}}
'''Piranha Patch''' is a Free-for-All [[minigame]] featured in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. Its name is possibly a pun on the phrase "pumpkin patch."

==Introduction==
A single flower bud blooms into a pink flower. The camera then zooms out to show the entire field as the players run in holding baskets.

==Gameplay==
Players try to earn [[point]]s by collecting flowers while avoiding [[Piranha Plant]]s. Buds appear before they become flowers. Gold flowers are worth three points and are much rarer than pink flowers, which are worth one point each. Hitting a Piranha Plant makes players lose a point. Piranha Plants, pink flowers, and gold flowers all grow from the same bud, so players will have to be careful. Flowers disappear five seconds after sprouting, while Piranha Plants disappear only three seconds after sprouting. Players move more slowly in the tall grass section of the playing field. After 30 seconds, the player with the highest score wins.

This minigame also appears in [[Perspective Mode]]. In it, the camera is zoomed in on the player, making it harder to see if there are any flower buds nearby.

==In-game text==
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Gather as many flowers as you can. Pink flowers are worth one point, and gold flowers are worth three. Be careful: you'll lose a point for each Piranha Plant you pick by mistake!"''
* '''Controls''' &ndash; ''"Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press {{button|wii|Pad}} to move."''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MP9 Piranha Patch Perspective Mode.png|Perspective Mode version
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Flower Shower (minigame)|Flower Shower]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ドタバタお花畑
|JpnR=Dotabata ohanabatake
|JpnM=Slapstick Flower Garden
|Chi=七手八腳小花田
|ChiR=Qī shǒu bā jiǎo xiǎo huātián
|ChiM=Bustling Small Flower Garden
|Fre=Chouette cueillette
|FreM=Nice gathering
|Ger=Durch die Blume
|GerM=Through the Flower, pun on ''durch die Blume'' ("in a roundabout way")
|Ita=Giardino Carnivoro
|ItaM=Carnivore Garden
|Spa=Jardín Piraña
|SpaM=Piranha Garden
}}

{{MP9 minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 9 minigames]]
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