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{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:MPA Chicken Minigame Screenshot.png|240px]]
|image=[[File:MPA Chicken Minigame Screenshot.png|240px]]
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party Advance]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party Advance]]''
|type=Duel mini-game
|type=Duel mini-game
|track=Mini-Game Theme 10
|sample=[[File:MPA Mini-Game Theme 10.oga]]
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'''Chicken!''' is a duel [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. Its name refers to [[wikipedia:Chicken (game)|Chicken]], a game that involves lasting for as long as possible without yielding to another player.
'''Chicken!''' is a Duel [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. Its name refers to the real-life {{wp|Chicken (game)|game of chicken}}, a game that involves lasting for as long as possible without yielding to another player.


In [[Shroom City]], this game is played against [[Mouser (Mario Party Advance)|Mouser]], when the player arrives at the third and final floor of [[Duel Tower]].
In the [[Shroom City (Mario Party Advance)|Shroom City]] mode, this minigame is played against [[Little Mouser|Mouser]] when the player arrives at the third and final floor of [[Duel Tower]].


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
Both players move out of the way as the Thwomp slams to the ground between them.
Both players move out of the way as a [[Thwomp]] slams to the ground between them.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Both players try to stay under the [[Thwomp]] for as long as they can, but must also avoid being squished by it. Both players can tell how far Thwomp has fallen by how large the shadow that appears in the center of the tower is. The players can fake out by walking out and going back in to make the other player nervous. If one player flees, the other has a chance to get out to win. Victory goes to whoever is not flattened by Thwomp or is the one who stays under longer. If both players are flattened, then the match is a draw.
Both players try to stay under the Thwomp for as long as they can, but they must also avoid being squished by it. Both players can tell how far the Thwomp has fallen by how large the shadow that appears in the center of the tower is. The players can attempt to fake the opponent out by walking out of the shadow and going back in. If one player flees, the other has a chance to get out to win. Victory goes to whoever is not flattened by the Thwomp or is the one who stays under longer. If both players are flattened, the match is a draw.


==Controls==
==Controls==
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==In-game text==
==In-game text==
*'''Rules''' – ''"Thwomp's about to fall! Stay under it the longest, and you win!"''
''Thwomp's about to fall! Stay under it the longest, and you win!''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=たえろ!チキンドッスン
|Jap=たえろ!チキンドッスン
|JapR=Taero! Chikin Dossun
|JapR=Taero! Chikin Dossun
|JapM=Coward! Chicken Thwomp
|JapM=Coward! Chicken Thwomp
|Fra=Pétoches
|Fre=Pétoches
|FraM=Fear
|FreM=Fear
|Ita=Coniglio
|Ita=Coniglio
|ItaM=Chicken (literally "Rabbit"; in Italian it's a figurative saying for a cowardly person)
|ItaM=Chicken (literally "Rabbit"; in Italian it is a figurative saying for a cowardly person)
|Ger=Feigling!
|Ger=Feigling!
|GerM=Coward!
|GerM=Coward!
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{{MPA Minigames}}
==Trivia==
[[Category:Duel Minigames]]
*This is the only minigame in which the song "Mini-Game Theme 10" plays and, by extension, the only minigame in ''Mario Party Advance'' not to share a song with another.
[[Category:Mario Party Advance Minigames]]
 
{{MPA minigames}}
[[Category:Duel minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Advance minigames]]

Latest revision as of 15:12, August 28, 2024

Chicken!
The Duel mini-game, Chicken! from Mario Party Advance
Appears in Mario Party Advance
Type Duel mini-game
Music track Mini-Game Theme 10
Music sample

Chicken! is a Duel minigame found in Mario Party Advance. Its name refers to the real-life game of chicken, a game that involves lasting for as long as possible without yielding to another player.

In the Shroom City mode, this minigame is played against Mouser when the player arrives at the third and final floor of Duel Tower.

Introduction[edit]

Both players move out of the way as a Thwomp slams to the ground between them.

Gameplay[edit]

Both players try to stay under the Thwomp for as long as they can, but they must also avoid being squished by it. Both players can tell how far the Thwomp has fallen by how large the shadow that appears in the center of the tower is. The players can attempt to fake the opponent out by walking out of the shadow and going back in. If one player flees, the other has a chance to get out to win. Victory goes to whoever is not flattened by the Thwomp or is the one who stays under longer. If both players are flattened, the match is a draw.

Controls[edit]

  • A Button – Flee
  • B Button – Fake out

In-game text[edit]

Thwomp's about to fall! Stay under it the longest, and you win!

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese たえろ!チキンドッスン[?]
Taero! Chikin Dossun
Coward! Chicken Thwomp
French Pétoches[?] Fear
German Feigling![?] Coward!
Italian Coniglio[?] Chicken (literally "Rabbit"; in Italian it is a figurative saying for a cowardly person)
Spanish ¡Gallina![?] Chicken!

Trivia[edit]

  • This is the only minigame in which the song "Mini-Game Theme 10" plays and, by extension, the only minigame in Mario Party Advance not to share a song with another.