Ticktock Hop

Template:Minigame-infobox Ticktock Hop (originally parsed Tick Tock Hop) is a Duel minigame found in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party Superstars. The playing field resembles the painting from Super Mario 64 that takes the player to Tick Tock Clock.

Gameplay

The minigame in Mario Party Superstars

The players stand on the hour hand and have to dodge the minute hand by simply jumping over it as it comes spinning around toward them. As the game progresses, the minute hand may be the only hand rotating, the hour hand may be the only one rotating, both hands may be rotating, and they may also reverse direction and change speeds. The last player standing wins. If both players are knocked off by the minute hand at the same time or if they jump over the hand 99 times, the minigame ends in a draw.

Although it does not say in the instructions, players can use to angle their characters or run in place. However, they will stay in the same place, so there is no functional use for this.

In Mario Party Superstars, due to the 16:9 aspect ratio, one can see that the clock is on the top of a wooden table with some tools and cogs surrounding it.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• – Jump

Mario Party Superstars

• jc-right – Jump

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules
  • Tumble: "The hands of the clock spin round and round. Time your jumps to avoid being hit by the minute hand."
  • Goomba: "Stand on the clock's hour hand and jump the minute hand as you spin around!"
• Advice
  • Tumble: "Be careful because the hands will speed up and slow down without warning."
  • Goomba: "The clock hands will suddenly speed up, slow down and even change directions! You'd better pay attention!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Jump and avoid the clock's spinning hands. Don't get hit!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ぐるりんクロック[?] Gururin kurokku	Spinning Clock
German	Riskante Zeiten[?]	Risky Times
Portuguese	Hora da Rasteira[?]	Time to Trip Up
Spanish	Tic, Tac, Salto[?]	Tick, Tock, Jump