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Shy Guy's Perplex Express
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Luck	Payday Waystation
Availability	Default
Description	So close, yet so far! Rush to the front car to get a Star. Simple? Not on this train!
Music sample

Latest revision as of 19:59, October 20, 2024

“Who's at the wheel?! How long is this train?! Are you ahead...or behind?! Welcome aboard the Perplex Express! Where are we going? Insane! And at the speed of crazy! So many cars! So much luxury! But what looks like such a straight run to the front locomotive... is actually a disorienting trip! And if you somehow reach Shy Guy, he'll give you a Star for 20 coins!”

—MC Ballyhoo, Mario Party 8

The Shy Guy's Perplex Express logo

Shy Guy's Perplex Express is one of the boards in Mario Party 8. Shy Guy's Perplex Express is set on a moving passenger train. The board consists of the inside and the top of the train's cars (there is also a secret area called Payday Waystation). The steam locomotive is driven by a Shy Guy engineer, and the train cars themselves are inhabited by Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Shy Guys. The objective on this board is to get to the front of the train, where the Shy Guy engineer gives away a Star for 20 coins. The board is a one-way board, without junctions. Green Candy cannot be obtained on this board.

Players who land on a DK Space cause the train to be switched with Donkey Kong's Barrel Train. The player who makes it to Donkey Kong first gets a free Star. In Star Battle Arena, Donkey Kong doubles the player's coin total, depending on the number of coins the player has by the time they get to him. If the player has zero coins, however, he gives them 10 coins instead. Shy Guy's train comes back after Donkey Kong gives a Star away. When players land on a Bowser Space, Bowser comes on his train, the Bad-Breath Express. If players meet Bowser, he takes a Star away from them. In Star Battle Arena, Bowser steals half of the player's coins. However, when a player comes without a Star or coins in Star Battle Arena, Bowser gives the player 10 coins. The Lucky Space causes the train to stop and let the player off at Payday Waystation, which has many coins and a free Star.

In Star Battle Arena, the winning conditions are to buy a Star for 50 coins from Holly Koopa. Players who meet the conductor get 10 coins from him, if they do not have 50 coins. Only three passenger cars appear in Star Battle Arena.

Green Spaces[edit]

If a player lands on the Green Space in front of Holly Koopa, she offers to buy one of their Candies for several coins. The number of coins offered is linked to the Candy's cost when bought at a Candy Shop. Players in low positions (3rd/4th in Battle Royale) receive higher offers than players in high positions (1st/2nd in Battle Royale).
The Green Space in front of the Shy Guy chef's heat vent causes the player to be sucked up to the roof of the train and vice versa for the Green Space in front of the vent on the roof.
The Green Space on the roof of the green car makes the Shy Guy conductor come and ask for the player's assistance. He informs the player that Holly Koopa's Candy was stolen and says that either Bandit or Mowz did the act. The player must then choose a car where they think the perpetrator is. If they are correct, Shy Guy rewards them with 20 coins (10 only in the Star Battle Arena).
Green Spaces in the red car, on top of the yellow car (before the vent Green Space) as well as on top of the indigo car will cause Magikoopa to appear and use his magic to move the front car to the back of the train, and move the other cars upward to the front.
The Green Space on top of the red car will cause the characters on top to be hit back to the start by a bar, causing them to lose 5 coins each.
The Green Space on top of the light blue train car causes a Shy Guy to throw a coin bag into the engine's firebox, which then causes coins to erupt from the smoke stack and land on players on the top, with each player receiving between 2 and 10 coins. Players in lower positions will receive a higher number of coins.

Payday Waystation[edit]

Yoshi advancing across Payday Waystation

Payday Waystation is a short station encountered while riding Shy Guy's Perplex Express. It appears as a subsection of the board and can be reached only if the player lands on the board's Lucky Space. Upon doing so, the train will quickly stop at Payday Waystation, and the lucky player will exit the train.

The station is five Blue Spaces long, and each Blue Space has three coins. At the end of the station is a Shy Guy conductor, who gives the player a free Star for reaching him. Immediately afterward, a handcar operated by a few Shy Guys will arrive at the station. The player will jump on and be brought back to the train's caboose.

Spaces[edit]

The following tables show how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.

Battle Royale / Tag Battle[edit]

Type of Space	Number of Spaces
Blue Spaces	23
Red Spaces	8
Green Spaces	9
Lucky Spaces	1
DK or Bowser Spaces	3
Total of Spaces	44

Duel Battle / Star Battle Arena[edit]

Duel Battle and Star Battle Arena

Type of Space	Number of Spaces
Blue Spaces	7
Red Spaces	3
Green Spaces	6
Vs. Spaces	3
Challenge Spaces	2
DK or Bowser Spaces	1
Total of Spaces	21

Controversy[edit]

In the United Kingdom, various copies of Mario Party 8 were recalled due to this board featuring a scene where Magikoopa would alter the order of the cars, chanting "Magikoopa magic! Turn the train spastic! Make this ticket tragic!", "spastic" being a highly offensive word in the UK for anyone with cerebral palsy. Later copies changed this line by replacing "spastic" with "erratic". Later American copies even had the line changed completely to "Let me use my magic to make this all a little more interesting!"^[1]

Gallery[edit]

Panel
Intro
End of the train
Passenger cars
The start
Candy Shop
Candy Shop
A Shy Guy throwing a coin bag into the engine
Holly Koopa
Last 5 Turns!
Shy Guys bringing Toadette to the train from Payday Waystation
Pause menu logo
Results logo

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヘイホーのドリームエクスプレス^[?] Heihō no Dorīmu Ekusupuresu	Shy Guy’s Dream Express
French	Le Marrant Express de Maskass^[?]	Shy Guy's Funny Express
German	Shy Guys Wunderbahn^[?]	Shy Guy’s Miracle Train
Italian	Treno senza Freno di Tipo Timido^[?]	Shy Guy's Unretained Train
Korean	헤이호 익스프레스^[?] Heiho Ikseupeureseu	Shy Guy Express
Spanish	Expreso de Shy Guy^[?]	Shy Guy's Express

References[edit]

^ Mario Party 8. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved July 04, 2024.

[1] Mario Party 8. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved July 04, 2024.

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-[[Image:SGPE.png|thumb|The map of '''Shy Guy's Perplex Express''']]
+{{board infobox
-[[Image:mystery_train.jpg|left|thumb|[[Mario]] being questioned on the top of the train.]]
+|image=[[File:SGPE.png|250px]]
-'''Shy Guy's Perplex Express''' is one of the boards from ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. Set on a moving train, the board consists of the inside and the top of the train's cars (there is also a secret area called the [[Payday Waystation]]). The locomotive is driven by a [[Shy Guy]] engineer and the train cars themselves are inhabited by [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa]]s, and more Shy Guys (like cooks and the ones who run the [[Candy Shop]]s). The objective on this board is to get to the front of the train, where the Shy Guy engineer will give [[Star]]s away for 20 [[coin]]s. It's another one-way board, but in a loop, like a race track. So, as such, speed is just as important as getting coins.
+|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 8]]''
+|availability=Default
+|luck=Payday Waystation
+|description=So close, yet so far! Rush to the front car to get a Star. Simple? Not on this train!
+|sample=[[File:MP8 Perplex Express.oga]]
+}}
+{{quote|Who's at the wheel?! How long is this train?! Are you ahead...or behind?! Welcome aboard the Perplex Express! Where are we going? Insane! And at the speed of crazy! So many cars! So much luxury! But what looks like such a straight run to the front locomotive... is actually a disorienting trip! And if you somehow reach Shy Guy, he'll give you a Star for 20 coins!|MC Ballyhoo|Mario Party 8}}
-Players who land on a [[DK Space]] will cause the train to be switched with [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[Barrel Train]]. Like [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]], the [[player]] who makes it to DK first gets a free Star (in Duel Battles, DK doubles the player's coin total). The player who gets the Star is not always the player that landed on the space. Shy Guy's train comes back after DK's done. When players land on a [[Bowser Space]], [[Bowser]] will come on his train, the [[Bad-Breath Express]]. Again, it works like DK, but with players losing a Star. However, when a player comes ''without'' a star, Bowser will give the player 10 coins. It is because he always likes to "help" fools in need.
+[[File:MP8 Shy Guy's Perplex Express Logo.png|left|thumb|320px|The Shy Guy's Perplex Express logo]]
+'''Shy Guy's Perplex Express''' is one of the [[board (Mario Party series)|board]]s in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. Shy Guy's Perplex Express is set on a moving passenger train. The board consists of the inside and the top of the train's cars (there is also a secret area called Payday Waystation). The steam locomotive is driven by a [[Shy Guy]] engineer, and the train cars themselves are inhabited by [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and Shy Guys. The objective on this board is to get to the front of the train, where the Shy Guy engineer gives away a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] for 20 [[coin]]s. The board is a one-way board, without junctions. Green [[Candy (Mario Party 8)|Candy]] cannot be obtained on this board.
-If a player lands on the [[? Space]] in front of [[Holly Koopa]], she will offer to buy one of their Candies for several coins. The ? Space in front of the Shy Guy chef's heat vent will cause the player to be sucked up to the roof of the train (and vice versa for the ? Space in front of the vent on the roof). Another ? Space on the roof will make the Shy Guy conductor come and ask for the player's assistance. He'll inform the player that Holly Koopa's candy was stolen, and say that either [[Bandit]] or [[Mowz]] did it. The player must then choose a car where they think the perpetrator is. If they're right, Shy Guy will reward them with 20 coins (10 in Duel Mode). Other ? Spaces will cause [[Magikoopa]] (not [[Kamek]] because he sounds different) to appear and use his magic to move the front car to the back of the train, and move the other cars upward to the front. Another ? space on top of the train causes the characters on top to be hit back to the start by a bar, causing them to lose 5 coins each. The [[Lucky Space]] causes the train to stop and let the player off at a deserted train station that has a lot of coins and a free Star.
+Players who land on a [[DK Space]] cause the train to be switched with [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[Barrel Train (Mario Party 8)|Barrel Train]]. The player who makes it to Donkey Kong first gets a free Star. In [[Mario Party 8#Star Battle Arena|Star Battle Arena]], Donkey Kong doubles the player's coin total, depending on the number of coins the player has by the time they get to him. If the player has zero coins, however, he gives them 10 coins instead. Shy Guy's train comes back after Donkey Kong gives a Star away. When players land on a [[Bowser Space]], [[Bowser]] comes on his train, the [[Bad-Breath Express]]. If players meet Bowser, he takes a Star away from them. In Star Battle Arena, Bowser steals half of the player's coins. However, when a player comes without a Star or coins in Star Battle Arena, Bowser gives the player 10 coins. The [[Lucky Space]] causes the train to stop and let the player off at [[#Payday Waystation|Payday Waystation]], which has many coins and a free Star.
-In Duel mode, the winning conditions were to get 50 coins and give them to Holly Koopa (not the conductor up in front) to get her Star. Players who got to the conductor would get 10 coins from him, if they didn't already have 50 coins.
+In Star Battle Arena, the winning conditions are to buy a Star for 50 coins from [[Holly Koopa]]. Players who meet the conductor get 10 coins from him, if they do not have 50 coins. Only three passenger cars appear in Star Battle Arena.
+{{br}}
-==Trivia==
+==Green Spaces==
-*The word Perplex means to be baffling or puzzling. The board is named so because the train cars switch upon landing on a [[? Space]], and also because the train has no set direction, yet passes by the same location (can be seen when being dropped off and later picked up at [[Payday Waystation]]) despite appearing to be going in a straight line.
+*If a player lands on the [[Event Space|Green Space]] in front of Holly Koopa, she offers to buy one of their Candies for several coins. The number of coins offered is linked to the Candy's cost when bought at a [[Candy Shop]]. Players in low positions (3rd/4th in Battle Royale) receive higher offers than players in high positions (1st/2nd in Battle Royale).
-*This board may be based off of the [[Excess Express]] from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
+*The Green Space in front of the Shy Guy chef's heat vent causes the player to be sucked up to the roof of the train and vice versa for the Green Space in front of the vent on the roof.
+*The Green Space on the roof of the green car makes the Shy Guy conductor come and ask for the player's assistance. He informs the player that Holly Koopa's Candy was stolen and says that either [[Bandit]] or [[Little Mouser|Mowz]] did the act. The player must then choose a car where they think the perpetrator is. If they are correct, Shy Guy rewards them with 20 coins (10 only in the Star Battle Arena).
+*Green Spaces in the red car, on top of the yellow car (before the vent Green Space) as well as on top of the indigo car will cause [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] to appear and use his magic to move the front car to the back of the train, and move the other cars upward to the front.
+*The Green Space on top of the red car will cause the characters on top to be hit back to the start by a bar, causing them to lose 5 coins each.
+*The Green Space on top of the light blue train car causes a Shy Guy to throw a [[coin bag]] into the engine's firebox, which then causes coins to erupt from the smoke stack and land on players on the top, with each player receiving between 2 and 10 coins. Players in lower positions will receive a higher number of coins.
-==Names in Other Languages==
+==Payday Waystation==
-{{Foreignname|
+[[File:Payday Waystation.png|left|thumb|[[Yoshi]] advancing across Payday Waystation]]
+Payday Waystation is a short station encountered while riding Shy Guy's Perplex Express. It appears as a subsection of the board and can be reached only if the player lands on the board's [[Lucky Space]]. Upon doing so, the train will quickly stop at Payday Waystation, and the lucky player will exit the train.
+The station is five [[Blue Space]]s long, and each Blue Space has three [[coin]]s. At the end of the station is a [[Shy Guy]] conductor, who gives the player a free [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] for reaching him. Immediately afterward, a handcar operated by a few Shy Guys will arrive at the station. The player will [[jump]] on and be brought back to the train's caboose.
+{{br}}
+==Spaces==
+The following tables show how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.
+===Battle Royale / Tag Battle===
+{|class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Type of Space
+!Number of Spaces
+|-
+![[File:SpaceBlueMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
+|23
+|-
+![[File:SpaceRedMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
+|8
+|-
+![[File:SpaceGreen.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
+|9
+|-
+![[File:SpaceLucky.png|50px]]<br>[[Lucky Space]]s
+|1
+|-
+![[File:SpaceDonkeyMP8.png|50px]][[File:SpaceBowserMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space|DK]] or [[Bowser Space]]s
+|3
+|-
+!Total of Spaces
+|44
+|}
+===Duel Battle / Star Battle Arena===
+[[File:StarBattleArena ShyGuyPerplexExpress.png|thumb|Duel Battle and Star Battle Arena]]
+{|class="wikitable"
+|-
+!Type of Space
+!Number of Spaces
+|-
+![[File:SpaceBlueMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
+|7
+|-
+![[File:SpaceRedMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
+|3
+|-
+![[File:SpaceGreen.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
+|6
+|-
+![[File:SpaceVSMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Duel Space|Vs. Space]]s
+|3
+|-
+![[File:SpaceChallenge.png|50px]]<br>[[Challenge Space]]s
+|2
+|-
+![[File:SpaceDonkeyMP8.png|50px]][[File:SpaceBowserMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space|DK]] or [[Bowser Space]]s
+|1
+|-
+!Total of Spaces
+|21
+|}
+==Controversy==
+[[List of controversies#Mario Party 8|In the United Kingdom, various copies of ''Mario Party 8'' were recalled]] due to this board featuring a scene where [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] would alter the order of the cars, chanting "[[Magikoopa]] magic! Turn the train {{wp|Spastic (word)|spastic}}! Make this ticket tragic!", "spastic" being a highly offensive word in the UK for anyone with cerebral palsy. Later copies changed this line by replacing "spastic" with "erratic". Later American copies even had the line changed completely to "Let me use my magic to make this all a little more interesting!"<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Mario_Party_8#Regional_Differences ''Mario Party 8'']. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved July 04, 2024.</ref>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Shy Guy's Perplex Express Panel.gif|Panel
+Shy Guy's Perplex Express Intro MP8.png|Intro
+End of the Train MP8.png|End of the train
+Passenger cars in SGPE.png|Passenger cars
+MP8 Shy Guy's Perplex Express Start.png|The start
+East Shy Guy's Perplex Express Chew-Chew Concessions.png|[[Candy Shop]]
+West Shy Guy's Perplex Express Chew-Chew Concessions.png|Candy Shop
+SGPP coin event.png|A Shy Guy throwing a coin bag into the engine
+File:Hollykoopa.png|[[Holly Koopa]]
+Shy Guy's Perplex Express Last 5 Turns!.png|Last 5 Turns!
+File:PayDayWayStationToTrainMP8.jpg|[[Shy Guy]]s bringing [[Toadette]] to the train from Payday Waystation
+BanditCard MP8.png
+Mowz.png
+Shy Guy's Perplex Express Pause Menu.png|Pause menu logo
+Shy Guy's Perplex Express Results logo.png|Results logo
+</gallery>
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
 |Jap=ヘイホーのドリームエクスプレス
 |JapR=Heihō no Dorīmu Ekusupuresu
 |JapM=Shy Guy’s Dream Express
-|Fra=Le Marrant Express de Maskass
+|Fre=Le Marrant Express de Maskass
-|FraM=
+|FreM=Shy Guy's Funny Express
 |Ger=Shy Guys Wunderbahn
-|GerM=
+|GerM=Shy Guy’s Miracle Train
 |Spa=Expreso de Shy Guy
-|SpaM=
+|SpaM=Shy Guy's Express
-|Ita=Il treno senza freno di Tipo Timido
+|Ita=Treno senza Freno di Tipo Timido
-|ItaM=
+|ItaM=Shy Guy's Unretained Train
+|Kor=헤이호 익스프레스
+|KorR=Heiho Ikseupeureseu
+|KorM=Shy Guy Express
 }}
-<br clear=all>
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{Mario Party boards}}
 {{MP8}}
-[[Category:Gameboards]]
-[[Category:Places]]
 [[Category:Railways]]
 [[Category:Trains]]
+[[Category:Mario Party 8 boards]]
+[[it:Il Treno senza Freno di Tipo Timido]]
+[[de:Shy Guys Wunderbahn]]

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Tents	Party Tent • Minigame Tent • Extras Zone • Fun Bazaar • Star Carnival Stage
Boards	DK's Treetop Temple • Goomba's Booty Boardwalk • King Boo's Haunted Hideaway • Shy Guy's Perplex Express • Koopa's Tycoon Town • Bowser's Warped Orbit
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