Piranha's Pursuit

Piranha's Pursuit
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars
Type	1-vs-3 minigame
Music track	Dodging Danger (Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars) What Should We Do?! (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Music sample Mario Party: Mario Party: The Top 100: Mario Party Superstars:

Piranha's Pursuit is a 1-vs-3 minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars.

Overview

Gameplay in Mario Party Superstars

The minigame opens with a small Piranha Plant coming out of the ground after being showered with rain. In later iterations, the replacement, Petey Piranha, flies in from offscreen before gameplay starts.

The gameplay involves team players ground-pounding a cloud to launch raindrops on the Piranha Plant (Petey Piranha in later versions) to make it larger, faster, and jump farther, as the solo player skateboards off, dodging obstacles, namely rocks and falling logs; if they jump onto a vine, they can swing on it. If the solo player is hit, the team players win, but if the solo player reaches the end, where the Piranha Plant or Petey Piranha hits their face into a gate, they win.

In later iterations, a meter showing the solo player's progress appears on the bottom of the screen.

Wario losing the minigame in Mario Party

If the solo player wins, the camera moves closer to them as they do their victory pose, though if they lose in Mario Party, the announcer says "Miss!" as the Piranha Plant thrashes the solo player, throws them at the ground, and growls at them. On Mini-Game Island, the announcer says, "Finish!" instead. In later editions of Piranha's Pursuit, if the solo player loses, Petey Piranha knocks them off-screen.

In Mario Party, if the solo player wins, they receive fifteen coins, five from each player; if they lose, the team players each receive five coins from the solo player. In Mario Party Superstars, this is changed to the usual outcome of the winning side earning 10 coins.

In Mario Party Superstars, this minigame is available in Stages 2 and 5 of the Trio Challenge in Mt. Minigames. In Stage 2, human players play as a team against a Normal computer-controlled solo opponent, and they can earn Rank A by winning within 38 seconds, Rank B for 43 seconds, Rank C for 48 seconds, or Rank D for after 48 seconds. In Stage 5, a single human player plays against Normal computer-controlled opponents, and they can earn Rank A by finishing with no mistakes; Rank B if they make one mistake; Rank C if they do two mistakes; or Rank D if they make three or more mistakes.

The minigame can be bought from the Mini-Game House in Mario Party for 100 Coins.

Controls

Mario Party

Solo (1 player)

• – Jump
• – Run

Group (3 players)

• – Move
• – Jump
• + – Hip Drop

Mario Party: The Top 100

Solo (1 player)

• Mash : Skate
• : Jump

Group (3 players)

• : Jump
• in the air: Ground Pound

Mario Party Superstars

Solo Side (1 player)

• Mash to skate
• – Jump

Team Side (3 players)

• – Jump
• → – Ground Pound

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "Press repeatedly to escape the Piranha Plant. Players on the cloud Hip Drop to feed the Piranha Plant with rain."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Press repeatedly to escape the Piranha Plant's pursuit. Clear the game by reaching the goal."
• Advice – "As it rains on the Piranha Plant, it gets bigger and can jump farther."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "The chase is on as 3 players give Petey Piranha the water he needs to stalk the fourth!"
• On-screen (Solo) – "Run from Petey Piranha!"
• On-screen (Team) – "Ground Pound to make it rain on Petey Piranha so he grows!"

Mario Party Superstars

• Solo side: "Mash the button to escape!"
• Team side: "Ground-pound to feed Petey Piranha with rain."

Gallery

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  Ending if the team wins in Mario Party

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  Ending if the solo player wins in Mario Party

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  Mario Party: The Top 100

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジュラシックパックン[?] Jurashikku Pakkun	Jurassic Piranha, a pun on Jurassic Park
Chinese (simplified)	侏罗纪吞食花[?] zhūluójì tūnshíhuā	Jurassic Piranha
Chinese (traditional)	侏羅紀吞食花[?] zhūluójì tūnshíhuā	Jurassic Piranha
Dutch	Plantenjacht[?]	Plant Hunt
French	Piranha poursuite	Piranha pursuit
German	Piranha-Verfolgung[?]	Piranha Pursuit
Italian	Piranha's Pursuit	-	Mario Party
	Fuga disperata[?]	Desperate escape	Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars
Korean	쥐라기 뻐끔[?] Jwiragi Bbeoggeum	Jurassic Piranha
Portuguese	Petey-Pega[?]	Pun on "Petey Piranha" and pique-pega ("tag")
Russian	Побег от пираньи[?] Pobeg ot piran'i	Escape from piranha. Побег additionally translates to "sprout" or "shoot"
Spanish	Piraña en persecución[?]	Piranha chase