Trace Race

Template:Minigame-infobox Trace Race is a Battle minigame in Mario Party 4 and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100.

Introduction

The camera zooms in on the beginning of a giant clipboard as the four players jump in one by one, each holding a giant crayon.

Gameplay

Players each have a giant crayon and a long path that they must trace. The path winds with a series of turns, curves, and loops. Players score points based on their accuracy. The most accurate player at the path's end wins, unless no one scores at least 30 points, in which case the game ends in a tie.

In Mario Party 4, each crayon and path is colored according to the character, with a relevant symbol at the beginning of the path. In The Top 100, the standard player colors are used, with the symbol always being a mushroom.

Ending

After all four players reach the end of the track, the screen shows their traces from beginning to end, calculating who was most accurate. In Mario Party 4, the winning player(s) will do their victory animation(s) while the other players do their losing animations.

Controls

Mario Party 4

• – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move

In-game text

Mario Party 4

• Game Rules – "Trace the colored line on the ground. Whoever stays closest to the original line wins!"
• Advice – "If no one scores more than 30 points, we'll call it a tie. Try to get 100, you guys!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"
• On-screen – "Trace the guideline carefully!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	なぞってクレヨン[?] Nazotte Kureyon	Tracing with Crayon
Dutch	Overtrekken[?]	Trace
German	Linienführung[?]	Lines Guide
Italian	Gli assi della penna[?]	Pen axes
Spanish	Cera a la carrera (Mario Party 4) Traza en carrera (Mario Party: The Top 100)[?]	Crayon to the race (Mario Party 4) Trace in race (Mario Party: The Top 100)

Trivia

• Everyone except Waluigi holds the crayon at a 45-degree angle.