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{{minigame-infobox
{{distinguish|Clock-Watcher}}
| image = [[File:Clock Watchers MP7.png|260px]]
{{minigame infobox
| appeared_in = ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|image=[[File:Clock Watchers MP7.png|260px]]
| type = 4-Player Mic mini-game
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 7]]''
| song = Time Grows Nigh
|type=4-Player Mic minigame
|track=Time Grows Nigh
|sample=[[File:MP7 Time Grows Nigh.oga]]
}}
}}
{{distinguish|Clock-Watcher}}
'''Clock Watchers''' is a 4-Player Mic [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''.
'''Clock Watchers''' is a 4-Player Mic [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. It's very similar to the Duel minigame [[Time Bomb (minigame)|Time Bomb]] from ''[[Mario Party 2]]''. Its name comes from the word "clock" and "watch"; both devices measure time.
 
==Overview==
The minigame opens with [[Goomba]]s cheering in the audience as the players show up.


==Introduction==
A time is presented on a large clock by the announcer. Some time after the minigame starts, players say "Stop" into the [[Nintendo GameCube#Nintendo GameCube Microphone|Mic]] as close to the presented time as they can. Players have only three seconds to see the timer onscreen. If a player has not stopped their timer by 20 seconds, the game registers it as their time. Players who stop the clock closest to the given time win, but if everyone has the same time, it is a tie.
The crowd cheers as the players run onto the stage.


==Gameplay==
The crowd cheers as the winning and losing players do their respective animations.
A time will be shown on a large clock. The players have to say "Stop" into the [[Mic]] after said amount of time has passed. The player who comes closest wins. However, after three seconds, the time will disappear, forcing players to keep track of it themselves.


==Ending==
The second word of the minigame title refers to "watch" as in a clock or from observing.
The Goomba-filled [[audience]] cheers as the winner does his or her victory animation.


==Controls==
==Controls==
*'''Mic''' – Say: "Stop"
*{{button|gcn|mic}} – Say: "Stop"


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=マイクでストップ
|Jpn=マイクでストップ
|JapR=Maiku de sutoppu
|JpnR=Maiku de sutoppu
|JapM=Stop with Mic
|JpnM=Stop with Mic
|Fra=Chrono-Maîtres
|Fre=Chrono-Maîtres
|FraM=Pun on ''choronomètre'' (chronometer) and ''maître'' (master)
|FreM=Pun on ''choronomètre'' ("chronometer") and ''maître'' ("master")
|Ger=Uhr-plötzlich
|Ger=Uhr-plötzlich
|GerM=Portmnateau of ''Uhr'' (clock) and ''urplötzlich'' (suddenly)
|GerM=Portmnateau of ''Uhr'' ("clock") and ''urplötzlich'' ("suddenly")
|Spa=Crono a ciegas
|Spa=Crono a ciegas
|SpaM=Blind Watch
|SpaM=Blind Watch
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|ItaM=Chronomasters
|ItaM=Chronomasters
}}
}}
{{MP7 Minigames}}
 
[[Category:4-player Minigames]]
==See also==
[[Category:Mario Party 7 Minigames]]
*[[Time Bomb (minigame)|Time Bomb]]
 
{{MP7 minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 minigames]]

Latest revision as of 20:36, March 8, 2025

Not to be confused with Clock-Watcher.
Clock Watchers
Wario in Clock Watchers from Mario Party 7
Appears in Mario Party 7
Type 4-Player Mic minigame
Music track Time Grows Nigh
Music sample

Clock Watchers is a 4-Player Mic minigame in Mario Party 7.

Overview[edit]

The minigame opens with Goombas cheering in the audience as the players show up.

A time is presented on a large clock by the announcer. Some time after the minigame starts, players say "Stop" into the Mic as close to the presented time as they can. Players have only three seconds to see the timer onscreen. If a player has not stopped their timer by 20 seconds, the game registers it as their time. Players who stop the clock closest to the given time win, but if everyone has the same time, it is a tie.

The crowd cheers as the winning and losing players do their respective animations.

The second word of the minigame title refers to "watch" as in a clock or from observing.

Controls[edit]

  • Microphone – Say: "Stop"

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules"Stop the timer as close to the target time as you can."
  • Advice"Once the timer disappears, keep counting in your head."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マイクでストップ[?]
Maiku de sutoppu
Stop with Mic
French Chrono-Maîtres[?] Pun on choronomètre ("chronometer") and maître ("master")
German Uhr-plötzlich[?] Portmnateau of Uhr ("clock") and urplötzlich ("suddenly")
Italian Cronomaestri[?] Chronomasters
Spanish Crono a ciegas[?] Blind Watch

See also[edit]