Flippin' Cards!

Flippin' Cards! is a minigame that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. It can be played by entering the Spinning-Door after matching the blue panels.

The minigame is a memory game similar to Memory Match from Mario Party, as the floor is laid out with a grid of ? Panels. The objective is to flip the panels over using Mario's hammer to find matching pairs of Battle Cards within the time limit of either 30, 35, 40, or 50 seconds depending on the Spinning-Door's location. For each pair Mario finds, the card will be added to his inventory, and two seconds will be added to the clock. If Mario flips two non-matching panels, he will be stunned for a brief moment before the panels flip back over. Ten of the twelve ? Panels are Battle Cards, while the remaining two affect the timer: one adds five seconds when flipped over; the other subtracts ten seconds. If the second card flipped in a pair is a timer card, the previously hit card will flip back over with no penalty.

If only time cards remain unflipped, the game will automatically reveal them and end the minigame. Mario is kicked out once all the cards have either been collected or despawn.

Layouts

There are multiple potential layouts for the game:

• Twelve ? Panels - A three-row by four-column grid
  • Four pairs of common Battle Cards, a pair of special Cards (typically Thing Replica Cards), a +5 time boost card and a -10 time penalty card.
  • Five pairs of exclusively Worn-Out Battle Cards, a +5 time boost card and a -10 time penalty card.

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  The grid of ? Panels

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  A typical layout of cards

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  A layout featuring worn-out cards

• Fifteen ? Panels - A three-row by five-column grid
  • Four pairs of common Battle Cards, a pair of uncommon Battle Cards, a pair of special Cards, and three time cards.
  • Three pairs of common Battle Cards, two pairs of uncommon Battle Cards, a pair of special Cards, and three time cards.
  • Six pairs of exclusively Worn-Out Battle Cards, and three time cards.

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  The grid of ? Panels

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  A typical layout of cards

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  A layout including Fire Flowers and POW Blocks

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  A layout featuring worn-out cards

Cards

NOTE: Mario must have previously collected a Thing for its associated Replica card to appear. If Mario has a Replica Card already it will not appear, and can be replaced by a 1-Up Mushroom Card.

Common Card Pairs
Jump	Hopslipper	Worn-Out Hammer x3	Eekhammer	Mushroom
Additional Cards
Fire Flower	POW Block	+5 time card	-10 time card
Worn-Out Card Pairs
Worn-Out Jump	Worn-Out Jump x3	Worn-Out Jump x5	Worn-Out Hammer	Worn-Out Hammer x3	Worn-Out Hammer x5
Thing Replicas and Special Card Pairs
Fire Extinguisher	Fan	Plunger	Lemon	Cat-o-Luck	Piggy Bank
Bone	Bottle Opener	Ice Pick	Balloons	Teapot	Turnip
Instant Camera	Basin	Battery	Compass	Cork	Washing Machine
Lightbulb	Salt and Pepper	Charcoal Grill	Megaphone	Hair Dryer	Magnifying Glass
Claw Hammer	Recorder	Disco Ball	The Shy Bandit	1-Up Mushroom

In-game description

"Hit a card with your hammer to flip it. Try to find all of the pairs before time runs out!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	めくって！カードあわせ[?] Mekutte! Kādo Awase	Flip it! Card Matching
Dutch	Kaartkeren![?]	Turning card!
Italian	Smemorello[?]	From Smemorato (forgetful)
Portuguese	Jogo da Memória[?]	Memory Game
Spanish (NOA)	Regalos a pares[?]	Gifts to pairs