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{{quote|Welcome to Speak Up, the brain-bending, fast-talking Mic quiz game!|[[Brighton]] and [[Twila]]|Mario Party 6}}
[[File:SpeakUp.png|thumb|Speak Up with Brighton and Twila]]
'''Speak Up''' is a quiz show [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' in Mic Mode. To play, players must have a [[Nintendo GameCube Microphone]] connected or have the settings switched to using the R button on the GameCube controller. At least two players are required to participate, and because of that, it is not possible to challenge computer players. Surprisingly, there are no hostile attitudes seen between the two constantly bickering hosts, [[Twila]] and [[Brighton]].


'''Speak Up''' is a a quiz show [[mini-game]] in ''[[Mario Party 6]]''. To play, the [[player]] must have a [[Nintendo GameCube Microphone]] connected or can use buttons to answer questions (with the R button opening up the selection menu). Surprising, there no hostile attitude seen between the two constantly bickering hosts, [[Twila]] and [[Brighton]]. Panels with one [[Star]] inscribed on it are the easiest and the first question in that category while panels with 5 Stars on it are the hardest and the last question of the category. The more a category has been used, the harder its questions get. 1 Star panels are originally worth 10 points, 2 Star panels are originally worth 20 points and so on. If a question is answered incorrectly, another player will have a chance to answer that question and enter the Speed Round. The players have to be quick to answer the question, or else another player will grab a hold of the question. If another player does not choose to answer the question for a while, the value of the question gradually goes down. Incorrectly answered questions will appear as red X marked panels while correctly answered questions will appear as green checked panels.
==Gameplay==
[[File:SpeakScreen.png|170px|thumb|The Question Screen]]
Two to four players participate in a quiz show competing for the most points. Players earn points by answering questions correctly and quickly. When players do not answer quickly enough, the number of points will go down. If a player gets a question wrong, then the other players will have a chance to steal the question in the Speed Round, and if that player gets it wrong, then no one scores and either [[Brighton]], [[Twila]], or [[Bowser]] will show the right answer. If a player has a Star Panel, then only the current player gets to answer the question twice. If the player gets two wrong answers, then that player won't get the points and the right answer is revealed. The questions available are divided into five categories: Picture Quiz, Counting Quiz, Memory Quiz, Comparison Quiz, and Variety Quiz. The difficulty of the question is shown in the number of stars in the top, with one star being the easiest and five stars being the most difficult. Players may only choose the more difficult questions as long as the easier questions are done first. As the difficulty increases, however, so does the number of points earned. Players can also request one hint per question to make the question easier to answer, but players cannot request hints if a wrong answer has been attempted without asking for a hint. Bonus panels are hidden throughout the game, and they give players a benefit like doubling the number of points, getting a second chance, and more.
[[File:TallyUpResults.png|thumb|left|170px|Tallying up the score.]]
After three rounds of questions, Brighton and Twila tally up scores for the participating players, starting with the player with the least amount of points and ending with the player with the most. At this time, it is possible for Bowser to interfere with the show and take over as hosts while Brighton and Twila get knocked away. Note that this does not always happen, and it happens at random. Not only does Bowser change the aesthetics of the show, but the bonus panels give players negative effects instead of beneficial ones. Additionally, if players get the question wrong, Bowser punishes them by zapping them.


Occasionally, an item will appear on a selected panel, which include [[Mushroom]]s, [[Fire Flower]]s, Stars, [[Poison Mushroom]]s, and [[Warp Pipe]]s. A Mushroom will double the points obtained from answering a question correctly. A Fire Flower will make the question one level easier while retaining the gained points. A Star will allow the player a second chance to answer a question if he or she incorrectly answers it (this doesn't include players answering in the Speed Round). These item panels only appear while Twila and Brighton are hosting the show. However, when [[Bowser]] takes over the quiz to host, the previous item panels cannot be found and are instead replaced by the Poison Mushroom panel and the Warp Pipe panel. A Poison Mushroom will cause the timer to go down faster for the corresponding question. A Warp Pipe will steal half of the points from the player who is winning (if the player using it is winning, the pipe will steal half of the second place player). The five categories consists of the following: Picture, Comparison, Memory, Variety, Counting.
At the end of the game, the player with the most points overall wins a trophy on the screen. If Bowser is present, he also announces the loser of the game and zaps the last place player.


=== Types of Quizzes ===
===Types of quizzes===
=== Picture Quiz ===
====Picture Quiz====
The Picture Quiz requires the player to figure out which playable [[Mario]] character is behind the darkened, blurred, or moving screen. A tricky portion of the quiz challenges the player to name a character while he or she is moving.
The Picture Quiz requires players to figure out which playable character is in the darkened, blurred, or moving screen. The character can also be a spinning stationary figure at a speed determined by the difficulty and slows down as time goes by. A tricky portion of the quiz challenges the player to name a character while the character is moving.


=== Comparison Quiz ===
The background music is [[wikipedia:Techno|techno]].
The Comparison Quiz requires the player to count objects or species on each side of the screen and seeing which has more or less of the said object/specie. Some things include [[Star]]s, [[Shadow Star]]s, [[Ukiki]]s, [[Penguin]]s, [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Thwomp]]s.


=== Memory Quiz ===
<gallery>
The Memory Quiz requires the player to use his or her and remember which character hid behind what or other various things. A cut scene will play with a Mario character walking through an area. After the cut scene, the host will ask what happened to who or where did someone go. This type of quiz has a lot of variety so it is best to pay attention to everything that happened.
File:PatheticWeakling.png|The spinning stationary figure.
File:WhoIsThisLuigi.png|The large-pixel picture.
File:War Snow Man Quiz.jpg|The distorted picture with the character behind a cardboard scene.
File:Picture War Quiz.jpg|The fuzzed out picture.
File:ZoomedQuizQuestion.jpg|The zoomed out pictures.
File:BlurredPicQuizPeach.png|The blurred picture.
File:WarHidingQuiz.jpg|An example of a character hiding behind a cardboard scene.
</gallery>


=== Variety Quiz ===
====Counting Quiz====
The Variety Quiz requires the player to be ready for any quiz from another category. The Variety Quiz isn't really another type of quiz, it's just a combination of every other quiz in Speak Up.
The Counting Quiz requires players to count the number of specified species or objects, moving or stationary. In more difficult levels, the screen is dim and only a spotlight shows what objects are on the screen. This quiz is very similar to the Comparison Quiz in the aspect that both involve counting, but this quiz does not offer a comparison between two areas.


=== Counting Quiz ===
The background music is [[wikipedia:Rock music|rock]].
The Counting Quiz requires the player to count the number of specified species or objects. In more difficult levels, the screen will be dim and only a spotlight will show what objects are on the screen. This quiz very similar to the Comparison Quiz in the aspect that both involve counting.  


At the end of the quiz the winner will receive a trophy.
<gallery>
File:CountingThwompsQuiz.jpg|Counting moving [[Thwomp]]s.
File:CounterKoopaQuiz.jpg|Counting stationary [[Koopa Troopa]]s.
File:CountingisDifficult.jpg|Either counting them all, or just one species.
</gallery>


{{Mario Party 6}}
====Memory Quiz====
The Memory Quiz requires players to use their memory and remember which character hid behind what or what happened as their character is walking by. A cut scene plays with the player's character walking through an area. After the cut scene, the host asks what happened to whom, how many items or characters appeared, or where did someone go.


[[Category:Mini-games]]
The background music is [[wikipedia:Ragtime|ragtime]].
 
<gallery>
File:MemoryQuizLevel1.png|The cut scene memory quiz level 1.
File:Memory QuizLevel2.jpg|The cut scene memory quiz level 2.
File:WalkingMemoryQuiz.jpg|The cut scene memory quiz level 3.
File:MemoryQuestionQuizlevel4.jpg|The cut scene memory quiz level 4.
File:MemoryCanonLevel5.jpg|The cut scene memory quiz level 5.
File:Memory Question Quiz.jpg|The hide and seek memory quiz.
</gallery>
 
====Comparison Quiz====
The Comparison Quiz requires the player to count objects or species on each side of the screen and seeing which has more or less of the said object/species. Some things include [[Star]]s, [[Shadow Star]]s, [[Ukiki]]s, [[Penguin]]s, [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Thwomp]]s.
 
The background music is [[wikipedia:Mazurka|mazurka]].
 
<gallery>
File:ComparisonSpeakUp.png|The comparison quiz with moving Stars or Shadow Stars.
File:Comparison Question Quiz.jpg|The comparison quiz with certain characters on a rotating platform.
</gallery>
 
====Variety Quiz====
The Variety Quiz makes players identify certain characters shown on the screen. The Variety Quiz is very similar to the Picture Quiz in terms of answering the question, but it has unique ways of identifying characters such as seeing the characters' shadow, the character broken up into cubes, or faces visible within a single, moving line.
 
The background music is [[wikipedia:Lounge music|lounge]].
 
<gallery>
File:FacesVarietyWaluigi.png|Seeing the character's face with a single, moving line.
File:Shadow War Quizz.jpg|The character's shadow.
File:VarietyCubes.png|The character broken up into cubes.
</gallery>
 
====Bowser Quiz====
Unlike the others, this category cannot be chosen by default. It is instead chosen by hitting a Shadow Star Panel, obviously only chosen in Bowser Time. The Bowser Quiz features a question where there are eight or sometimes four fruits and players must choose a fruit which Bowser wants to eat. This question is entirely luck-based, but players can still request a hint to see some chosen fruits they can rule out.
 
<gallery>
File:FruitySpeakUp.jpg|Bowser's luck-based quiz.
</gallery>
 
== Bonus Panels ==
Occasionally, an item appears on a selected panel. These items apply certain bonuses to those panels. Many of these bonus panels are found on the harder questions.
 
=== Normal Quiz ===
{{content description
|image1=[[File:PanelMushroom.png]]
|name1=[[Mushroom]] Panel
|description1="''You got a '''{{color|gold|Mushroom Panel}}'''! You'll get '''{{color|gold|double}}''' the usual points if you get the right answer!''"
|image2=[[File:ShroomPanelSuper.png]]
|name2=[[Super Mushroom]] Panel
|description2="''You found a '''{{color|gold|Super Mushroom Panel}}'''! You'll get '''{{color|gold|triple}}''' the usual points if you get the right answer!''"
|image3=[[File:PanelFireFlower.png]]
|name3=[[Fire Flower|Flower]] Panel
|description3="''You got a '''{{color|gold|Flower Panel}}'''! Your next question is gonna be '''{{color|gold|easier}}'''!''"
|image4=[[File:PanelStar.png]]
|name4=[[Star]] Panel
|description4="''You found a '''{{color|gold|Star Panel}}'''! If you get the wrong answer, you'll still get a second try to get it right!''"
}}
 
=== Bowser Time ===
When [[Bowser]] takes over the quiz to host, the previous item panels cannot be found and are instead replaced by the following panels.
 
{{content description
|image1=[[File:PanelBobomb.png]]
|name1=[[Bob-omb]] Panel
|description1="''Gwahaha! It's a '''{{color|purple|Bob-omb}}'''! Will the question be too easy for you? Just to be nice, I'm going to make it even '''{{color|red|harder}}'''!"
|image2=[[File:PoisonMushroomPanel.png]]
|name2=[[Cursed Mushroom]] Panel
|description2="''It's a '''{{color|purple|Cursed Mushroom Panel}}'''! Should I feel bad for enjoying your bad luck? Nope...I'm BOWSER! Gwaha! Answer quickly or your bonus points will fall like a [[Metal Mario]] off an [[airship]]! Gwahaha!"''
|image3=[[File:PanelWarpPipe.png]]
|name3=[[Warp Pipe|Pipe]] Panel
|description3="''Hrmm, it's a '''{{color|purple|Pipe Panel}}'''! But...uh...it's a very fearsome '''{{color|purple|Pipe Panel}}'''! Gwarrrr! Answer this question right and you can pilfer points from your opponents!"''
|image4=[[File:PanelZtar.png]]
|name4=[[Ztar|Shadow Star]] Panel
|description4="''GWAHAHA! It's the...'''{{color|purple|Shadow Star Panel}}'''! All right, pay attention if you don't want to get stomped! I'm about to ask you a very special question!''"
}}
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=マイクでクイズ
|JpnR=Maiku de Kuizu
|JpnM=Quiz with Mic
|Fre=Quiz Micro
|FreM=Mic Quiz
|SpaE=Preguntas y respuestas
|SpaEM=Questions and Answers
|Ger=Sag's laut!
|GerM=Say it loud!
|Ita=Fonoquiz
|ItaM=Phonoquiz (phono- being a Greek prefix meaning "sound")
}}
 
{{MP6 minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party 6 minigames]]

Latest revision as of 18:11, January 7, 2025

“Welcome to Speak Up, the brain-bending, fast-talking Mic quiz game!”
—Brighton and Twila, Mario Party 6
Speak Up from Mario Party 6
Speak Up with Brighton and Twila

Speak Up is a quiz show minigame in Mario Party 6 in Mic Mode. To play, players must have a Nintendo GameCube Microphone connected or have the settings switched to using the R button on the GameCube controller. At least two players are required to participate, and because of that, it is not possible to challenge computer players. Surprisingly, there are no hostile attitudes seen between the two constantly bickering hosts, Twila and Brighton.

Gameplay[edit]

Speak Up from Mario Party 6
The Question Screen

Two to four players participate in a quiz show competing for the most points. Players earn points by answering questions correctly and quickly. When players do not answer quickly enough, the number of points will go down. If a player gets a question wrong, then the other players will have a chance to steal the question in the Speed Round, and if that player gets it wrong, then no one scores and either Brighton, Twila, or Bowser will show the right answer. If a player has a Star Panel, then only the current player gets to answer the question twice. If the player gets two wrong answers, then that player won't get the points and the right answer is revealed. The questions available are divided into five categories: Picture Quiz, Counting Quiz, Memory Quiz, Comparison Quiz, and Variety Quiz. The difficulty of the question is shown in the number of stars in the top, with one star being the easiest and five stars being the most difficult. Players may only choose the more difficult questions as long as the easier questions are done first. As the difficulty increases, however, so does the number of points earned. Players can also request one hint per question to make the question easier to answer, but players cannot request hints if a wrong answer has been attempted without asking for a hint. Bonus panels are hidden throughout the game, and they give players a benefit like doubling the number of points, getting a second chance, and more.

Speak Up from Mario Party 6
Tallying up the score.

After three rounds of questions, Brighton and Twila tally up scores for the participating players, starting with the player with the least amount of points and ending with the player with the most. At this time, it is possible for Bowser to interfere with the show and take over as hosts while Brighton and Twila get knocked away. Note that this does not always happen, and it happens at random. Not only does Bowser change the aesthetics of the show, but the bonus panels give players negative effects instead of beneficial ones. Additionally, if players get the question wrong, Bowser punishes them by zapping them.

At the end of the game, the player with the most points overall wins a trophy on the screen. If Bowser is present, he also announces the loser of the game and zaps the last place player.

Types of quizzes[edit]

Picture Quiz[edit]

The Picture Quiz requires players to figure out which playable character is in the darkened, blurred, or moving screen. The character can also be a spinning stationary figure at a speed determined by the difficulty and slows down as time goes by. A tricky portion of the quiz challenges the player to name a character while the character is moving.

The background music is techno.

  • The spinning stationary figure.

    The spinning stationary figure.

  • The large-pixel picture.

    The large-pixel picture.

  • The distorted picture with the character behind a cardboard scene.

    The distorted picture with the character behind a cardboard scene.

  • The fuzzed out picture.

    The fuzzed out picture.

  • The zoomed out pictures.

    The zoomed out pictures.

  • The blurred picture.

    The blurred picture.

  • An example of a character hiding behind a cardboard scene.

    An example of a character hiding behind a cardboard scene.

Counting Quiz[edit]

The Counting Quiz requires players to count the number of specified species or objects, moving or stationary. In more difficult levels, the screen is dim and only a spotlight shows what objects are on the screen. This quiz is very similar to the Comparison Quiz in the aspect that both involve counting, but this quiz does not offer a comparison between two areas.

The background music is rock.

  • Counting moving Thwomps.

    Counting moving Thwomps.

  • Counting stationary Koopa Troopas.

    Counting stationary Koopa Troopas.

  • Either counting them all, or just one species.

    Either counting them all, or just one species.

Memory Quiz[edit]

The Memory Quiz requires players to use their memory and remember which character hid behind what or what happened as their character is walking by. A cut scene plays with the player's character walking through an area. After the cut scene, the host asks what happened to whom, how many items or characters appeared, or where did someone go.

The background music is ragtime.

  • The cut scene memory quiz level 1.

    The cut scene memory quiz level 1.

  • The cut scene memory quiz level 2.

    The cut scene memory quiz level 2.

  • The cut scene memory quiz level 3.

    The cut scene memory quiz level 3.

  • The cut scene memory quiz level 4.

    The cut scene memory quiz level 4.

  • The cut scene memory quiz level 5.

    The cut scene memory quiz level 5.

  • The hide and seek memory quiz.

    The hide and seek memory quiz.

Comparison Quiz[edit]

The Comparison Quiz requires the player to count objects or species on each side of the screen and seeing which has more or less of the said object/species. Some things include Stars, Shadow Stars, Ukikis, Penguins, Goombas, Koopa Troopas and Thwomps.

The background music is mazurka.

  • The comparison quiz with moving Stars or Shadow Stars.

    The comparison quiz with moving Stars or Shadow Stars.

  • The comparison quiz with certain characters on a rotating platform.

    The comparison quiz with certain characters on a rotating platform.

Variety Quiz[edit]

The Variety Quiz makes players identify certain characters shown on the screen. The Variety Quiz is very similar to the Picture Quiz in terms of answering the question, but it has unique ways of identifying characters such as seeing the characters' shadow, the character broken up into cubes, or faces visible within a single, moving line.

The background music is lounge.

  • Seeing the character's face with a single, moving line.

    Seeing the character's face with a single, moving line.

  • The character's shadow.

    The character's shadow.

  • The character broken up into cubes.

    The character broken up into cubes.

Bowser Quiz[edit]

Unlike the others, this category cannot be chosen by default. It is instead chosen by hitting a Shadow Star Panel, obviously only chosen in Bowser Time. The Bowser Quiz features a question where there are eight or sometimes four fruits and players must choose a fruit which Bowser wants to eat. This question is entirely luck-based, but players can still request a hint to see some chosen fruits they can rule out.

  • Bowser's luck-based quiz.

    Bowser's luck-based quiz.

Bonus Panels[edit]

Occasionally, an item appears on a selected panel. These items apply certain bonuses to those panels. Many of these bonus panels are found on the harder questions.

Normal Quiz[edit]

Image Name Description

Speak Up Mushroom Panel "You got a Mushroom Panel! You'll get double the usual points if you get the right answer!"
Speak Up Super Mushroom Panel "You found a Super Mushroom Panel! You'll get triple the usual points if you get the right answer!"
Speak Up Flower Panel "You got a Flower Panel! Your next question is gonna be easier!"
Speak Up Star Panel "You found a Star Panel! If you get the wrong answer, you'll still get a second try to get it right!"

Bowser Time[edit]

When Bowser takes over the quiz to host, the previous item panels cannot be found and are instead replaced by the following panels.


Image Name Description

Speak Up Bob-omb Panel "Gwahaha! It's a Bob-omb! Will the question be too easy for you? Just to be nice, I'm going to make it even harder!"
Speak Up Cursed Mushroom Panel "It's a Cursed Mushroom Panel! Should I feel bad for enjoying your bad luck? Nope...I'm BOWSER! Gwaha! Answer quickly or your bonus points will fall like a Metal Mario off an airship! Gwahaha!"
Speak Up Pipe Panel "Hrmm, it's a Pipe Panel! But...uh...it's a very fearsome Pipe Panel! Gwarrrr! Answer this question right and you can pilfer points from your opponents!"
Speak Up Shadow Star Panel "GWAHAHA! It's the...Shadow Star Panel! All right, pay attention if you don't want to get stomped! I'm about to ask you a very special question!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マイクでクイズ[?]
Maiku de Kuizu 		Quiz with Mic
French Quiz Micro[?] Mic Quiz
German Sag's laut![?] Say it loud!
Italian Fonoquiz[?] Phonoquiz (phono- being a Greek prefix meaning "sound")
Spanish (NOE) Preguntas y respuestas[?] Questions and Answers
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