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{{minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
| image = [[File:EasyPickings.png|260px]]
|image=[[File:EasyPickings.png|260px]]
| appeared_in = ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 7]]''
| type = 1-vs-3 mini-game
|type=1-vs.-3 minigame
| time = 30 seconds
|time=30 seconds
| song = Darkness Rising
|track=Darkness Rising
|sample=[[File:MP7 Darkness Rising.oga]]
}}
}}
'''Easy Pickings''' is a 1-vs.-3 player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. Its name is a pun on pick-axe and a term that refers to easily procured resources, often at the expense of others who are then called "easy pickings" themselves.
'''Easy Pickings''' is a 1-vs.-3 [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. Its name is a pun on a term that refers to easily procured resources, often at the expense of others who are then called "easy pickings" themselves.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The opening cinema of the game shows the players riding on a miner's cart to the area where the game takes place. When they arrive there, they all break the rocks in their path.  
The introduction shows the players riding minecarts through a mine to the area where the game takes place. When the players arrive there, they all break the rocks in their path.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The goal of the game is to find the most gems by smashing rocks.
The goal of the game is to find gems by smashing rocks. Red gems are worth one [[point]], and purple gems are worth three points. The dark rocks in the game cannot be broken. Both the solo player and team of three must smash rocks to win. However, the solo player uses a giant pickaxe, which breaks rocks with a single hit. Each member of the team of three uses a small pickaxe, which breaks rocks with three hits. The side that collects more gems within 30 seconds wins. However, if the solo player and the team of three get the same number of gems by the end, the game is a draw.


Red gems are worth one point, and purple gems are worth three points. The dark rocks in the game cannot be broken. Both the solo player and team of three must do this to win. However, the solo player uses a giant pick-axe, which breaks rocks with a single hit. Each member of the team of three uses a small pick-axe, which breaks rocks with three hits.
==Ending==
 
[[File:Easy Pickings end 7.png|thumb|200px|The ending to Easy Pickings]]
The player or team that collects the most gems within thirty seconds wins. However, if the solo player and the team of three get the same amount of gems by the end, the game is a draw.
The winning side celebrates. In the case of a draw, all players perform their losing animations.


==Controls==
==Controls==
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} – Move
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} – Move
* {{button|gcn|A}} – Swing pick-axe
* {{button|gcn|A}} – Swing pickax


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
* '''Rules''' – ''"Smash the rock to find gems! One player has a big pickax while the other 3 have smaller ones."''
* '''Rules''' – ''"Smash the rock to find gems! One player has a big pickax, while the other 3 have smaller ones."''
* '''Advice''' – ''"The big pickax can smash a rock in 1 swing, but the small ones take 3 swings. You can't break certain rocks."''
* '''Advice''' – ''"The big pickax can smash a rock in 1 swing, but the small ones take 3 swings. You can't break certain rocks."''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=さがせほうせき
|Jap=さがせほうせき
|JapR=Sagase houseki
|JapR=Sagase hōseki
|JapM=Find the Gem
|JapM=Search for Gems
|Fra=La Mine aux Trésors
|Fre=La Mine aux Trésors
|FraM=The Treasure Mine
|FreM=The Treasure Mine
|Ger=Schachtpracht
|Ger=Schachtpracht
|GerM=Mineshaft Splendour
|GerM=Mineshaft Splendor
|Spa=Soy picador
|Spa=Soy picador
|SpaM=I am a cutter
|SpaM=I'm a Picker (pun on an expresion meaning "I'm out to get you")
|Ita=Grotta preziosa
|Ita=Grotta preziosa
|ItaM=Valuable cave
|ItaM=Valuable cave
}}
}}
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{{MP7 Minigames}}
{{MP7 minigames}}
[[Category:1-vs-3 Minigames]]
[[Category:1-vs-3 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 Minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 minigames]]
[[it:Grotta preziosa]]

Latest revision as of 09:26, August 22, 2024

Easy Pickings
Easy Pickings from Mario Party 7
Appears in Mario Party 7
Type 1-vs.-3 minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Darkness Rising
Music sample

Easy Pickings is a 1-vs.-3 minigame in Mario Party 7. Its name is a pun on a term that refers to easily procured resources, often at the expense of others who are then called "easy pickings" themselves.

Introduction[edit]

The introduction shows the players riding minecarts through a mine to the area where the game takes place. When the players arrive there, they all break the rocks in their path.

Gameplay[edit]

The goal of the game is to find gems by smashing rocks. Red gems are worth one point, and purple gems are worth three points. The dark rocks in the game cannot be broken. Both the solo player and team of three must smash rocks to win. However, the solo player uses a giant pickaxe, which breaks rocks with a single hit. Each member of the team of three uses a small pickaxe, which breaks rocks with three hits. The side that collects more gems within 30 seconds wins. However, if the solo player and the team of three get the same number of gems by the end, the game is a draw.

Ending[edit]

The ending to Easy Pickings

The winning side celebrates. In the case of a draw, all players perform their losing animations.

Controls[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Swing pickax

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules"Smash the rock to find gems! One player has a big pickax, while the other 3 have smaller ones."
  • Advice"The big pickax can smash a rock in 1 swing, but the small ones take 3 swings. You can't break certain rocks."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese さがせほうせき[?]
Sagase hōseki
Search for Gems
French La Mine aux Trésors[?] The Treasure Mine
German Schachtpracht[?] Mineshaft Splendor
Italian Grotta preziosa[?] Valuable cave
Spanish Soy picador[?] I'm a Picker (pun on an expresion meaning "I'm out to get you")