Etch 'n' Catch

Etch 'n' Catch
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Type	2-vs-2 minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	On Your Toes / Come On, Chop-Chop! (Superstars)
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party Superstars:

Etch 'n' Catch is a 2-vs-2 minigame that appears in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party Superstars. Its name is derived from the name of the drawing toy Etch A Sketch.

Gameplay

Yoshi holding a crayon from the minigame while next to a stamp

The minigame takes place on a desk with a giant green binder with light-blue and pink papers on each side and four crayons (in Mario Party Superstars, four more crayons, as well as a crayon case, are visible). Both teams must use large crayons to draw lines around the moving picture of a Toad. Circling the Toad frees him from the picture and awards that team one point. As lines are drawn, they begin disappearing upon reaching a certain length. As more Toads are rescued, their pictures begin moving around the play area. The first team to save five Toads wins. If neither team can rescue five before time runs out, the team that saved more Toads wins. In Mario Party 3, if both teams rescued the same number of Toads, the minigame ends in a draw; in Superstars, this is the case only if neither team rescued any Toads.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• – Move

Mario Party Superstars

• – Move

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Rules – "Toad has been turned into a stamp. Draw a circle around him with your magic crayon to return him to normal."
• Advice – "Work together to encircle Toad, or you won't be able to save him."

Mario Party Superstars

• "Work together with your partner to surround the stamps with your crayons."

Gallery

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  Background in Mario Party 3

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  Toad stamp

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  Toad icon

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  The ending to Etch 'n' Catch in Mario Party 3

See also

• Line in the Sand

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	かこんでクレヨン[?] Kakonde Kureyon	Surround by Crayon
Chinese (simplified)	用蜡笔圏起来[?] Yòng Làbǐ Quān Qǐlái	Circle it with Crayons
Chinese (traditional)	用蠟筆圏起來[?] Yòng Làbǐ Quān Qǐlái	Circle it with Crayons
Dutch	Binnen de lijntjes[?]	Within the lines
French	Entourez, c'est Gagné![?]	Surround to Win!
German	Kritzel-Kreisel[?]	Scribble Circles
Italian	Traccia e intrappola[?]	Sketch and trap
Korean	크레용으로 감싸라![?] Keureyong-euro Gamssara!	Surround with Crayon!
Portuguese	Volta por Cima[?]	"Get Around" (Pun on the expression dar a volta por cima, meaning "bounce back").
Russian	Чертеж побега[?] Chertyozh pobega	Drawing escape
Spanish	Dibuja y Libera[?]	Sketch and Liberate