Editing Rain Shower

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{{multiframe|[[File:Rain Shower GaWG4 classic.png|200px]] [[File:GWG4-Rainshower Screenshot.PNG|200px]]|size=420|align=right|''Rain Shower''{{'}}s Classic version (left) and Modern version (right) from ''Game & Watch Gallery 4''}}
'''''Rain Shower''''' is a dual-screen [[Game & Watch]] game that was released as part of the Multi Screen series on August 10, 1983. It appears in the [[Museum]] in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''. It is also featured as a [[minigame]] in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'', which includes an updated "Modern" version of the game.

==Gameplay==
===Classic version===
A dark cloud covers up the sky, then it precipitates. The player must help a boy move the clotheslines from getting his hanged clothes wet. The player receives a [[point]] every time a raindrop passes a clothesline without hitting a shirt. When the player reaches 100 points, it stops raining for a brief moment before raining again, and the player receives 10 points. As the player progresses in the game, the raindrops fall faster. If a raindrop hits a shirt, the boy will angrily wring it out, and the player will get a miss. If the player gets 300 points without any misses, the points will be worth double until the player does get a miss. If the player has any misses at said score, all misses will be removed instead. When the player gets three misses, they receive a [[Game Over]]. In Game B, crows appear and sometimes move the clotheslines.

===Modern version===
In the Modern version, [[Bowser]] throws colored water balloons at [[Toad]] and [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] (or, on Hard Mode, [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Wario]]). [[Mario]] must move them out of the way by moving the ropes. Additionally, [[Princess Peach]] and the others join later in the game. Occasionally, Bowser throws [[3-Up Moon]]s, and Mario earns two points for catching one. If he catches five 3-Up Moons without getting a miss, he knocks Bowser out of the tree, earning 20 points. When Mario reaches 100 points, a [[P Switch]] appears. He then activates it, causing the water balloons onscreen to turn into [[coin]]s, awarding him 10 points. The season changes every time the player gets 100 points. On Hard Mode, [[Waluigi]] appears. He attempts to move the ropes, making it difficult for Mario to protect his friends. When Mario accumulates 200, 500, and 700 points, a [[Lakitu]] appears and drops a [[1 UP Heart|heart]] for him to take to remove a miss. Unlike in the Classic version, music is featured, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.

A humorous sequence plays if the player selects the game yet does not actually start it. Specifically, Toad is trapped in a wicker basket on a rope as [[Spike Ball|Spiked Ball]]s are being dropped. Luigi, noticing that Toad is in danger and cannot get off, attempts to save Toad by pulling the rope. At that moment, however, Waluigi ends up arriving and noticing the commotion, and he ends up fighting Luigi for Toad. Just as he is doing so, a Spiked Ball hits Waluigi on the head, stunning him enough for Luigi to give a hefty pull that both sends Waluigi flying and has Toad landing safely in Luigi's arms.

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G&WG4_Rain_Shower_Autumn.png|The Modern version of ''Rain Shower'' (autumn)
G&WG4_Rain_Shower_Winter.png|The Modern version of ''Rain Shower'' (winter)
G&WG4_Rain_Shower_Spring.png|The Modern version of ''Rain Shower'' (spring)
</gallery>
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==Controls==
*{{button|gba|pad}}: Move
*{{button|gba|A}} and {{button|gba|B}}: Shift

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
G&WG4 Rain Shower Donkey Kong Jr Sprite.png|[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]
G&WG4 1UP Heart.png|[[1 UP Heart]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Black Paint Balloon.png|Black water balloon
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Blue Paint Balloon.png|Blue water balloon
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Bowser.png|[[Bowser]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Coin.png|[[Coin]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Green Paint Balloon.png|Green water balloon
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Lakitu.png|[[Lakitu]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Luigi.png|[[Luigi]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Mario.png|[[Mario]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower P Switch.png|[[P Switch]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Peach.png|[[Peach]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Pink Paint Balloon.png|Pink water balloon
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Toad.png|[[Toad]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Waluigi.png|[[Waluigi]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Wario.png|[[Wario]]
G&WG4 Modern Rain Shower Yoshi.png|[[Yoshi]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=L'Acquazzone
|ItaM=The Downpour
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.gameandwatch.ch/en/faq-questions-answers/oto-giochi-preziosi.html Game&Watch OTO and Giochi Preziosi FAQ], list of Italian ''Game & Watch'' games. ''gameandwatch.ch'', retrieved on January 22, 2024.</ref>
}}

==Trivia==
{{NIWA|NWiki=1}}
*The Modern version of ''Rain Shower'' features more characters of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] than any other Modern Game & Watch game.

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20100118183243/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/rain_shower.htm ''Rain Shower'' information on In the Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)

==References==
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{{Game & Watch Gallery}}
[[Category:Game & Watch Gallery 4 minigames]]