Shy Guy Says

Shy Guy Says
Mario Party / The Top 100 / Superstars Mario Party 2 / Jamboree
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars Super Mario Party Jamboree
Type	4-Player minigame Showdown minigame (Super Mario Party Jamboree)
Music track	The Wide, Wide Ocean (Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars) That's All of It (Mario Party 2)
Music sample Mario Party: Mario Party 2: Mario Party: The Top 100: Mario Party Superstars:

Shy Guy Says is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, Mario Party Superstars, and part of the Showdown minigame Mario's Three-peat in Super Mario Party Jamboree. In Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars, a Shy Guy appears on a boat, and the players are in barrels connected by rope to the boat; in Mario Party 2 and Super Mario Party Jamboree, a Shy Guy stands on a rainbow (a platform in the latter) with a bow and a quiver, with the players being attached to balloons. The Mario Party: The Top 100 and the Mario Party Superstars versions of the minigame are based on the Mario Party version, though the Shy Guy wears only a hat instead of a full pirate outfit. The minigame's name is a reference to the game Simon Says.

Gameplay

Players have to raise the same-colored flag as the Shy Guy. Each of the Shy Guy's flags shows the button used to raise that flag: in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 or in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars for white, and in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 or in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars for red. Players can choose between raising a red or white flag. If one of the players raises the wrong-colored flag or does not raise any flag, the Shy Guy eliminates the player from the minigame by using a sword to cut their rope in Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars or by popping their balloon by using a bow in Mario Party 2. In Mario Party and Mario Party 2, the Shy Guy sometimes raises two flags at once, then puts one of them away early, while in Mario Party: The Top 100, the Shy Guy sometimes takes out a flag and immediately puts it away. When raising two flags at once, the Shy Guy can also raise a flag after lowering it and lower the other one. Both of these techniques reappear in Mario Party Superstars. The last player attached to the boat or their balloon wins the minigame.

In Mario Party 2, a bypassing Lakitu appears, serving as a timestamp for the minigame. If the player does not raise a flag before the Lakitu has gone offscreen, the Shy Guy pops their balloon.

In Mario Party, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree, the music speeds up as the minigame progresses, which also occurs in Hexagon Heat in Mario Party 2.

At least in the Mario Party Superstars version of the minigame, if at least two players manage to survive long enough, a 30-second timer eventually appears. Once the timer reaches zero, all players still standing are declared winners, though in all games, a draw occurs when there are no players still standing whatsoever.

Controls

Mario Party / Mario Party 2

• – Raise white flag
• – Raise red flag

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Raise red flag
• : Raise white flag

Mario Party Superstars

• (or )¹ – Raise White Flag
• (or )¹ – Raise Red Flag

¹ - The Controls section for this minigame does not show this method.

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. is white, is red."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Be the last one standing to clear the game."
• Advice – "The Shy Guy will try to trick you by raising two flags at once, so be careful."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "The Shy Guy will raise a flag, so just raise the same color flag. It's simple, right? The game continues until only one remains."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Be the last one left to clear this Mini-Game."
• Advice – "The sly Shy Guy will try to fake you out. Don't let him fool you. If you let him down, he'll shoot you down."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Raise the same flag that Shy Guy raises! Last one left wins!"
• On-screen – "Raise the same flag that Shy Guy raises!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Raise the same color of flag that Shy Guy raises. He's going to go faster and faster!"

Other appearances

Shy Guy Says in a Mario Party 4koma manga

The minigame makes an appearance in a 4koma Mario Party four-panel gag manga where Mario eliminates the hosts the same way hosts try to eliminate the players.

Gallery

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  The ending to Shy Guy Says in Mario Party

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  Background in Mario Party 2

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  Model of the Shy Guy in Mario Party 2

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  The ending to Shy Guy Says in Mario Party 2

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  Shy Guy Says in Mario Party: The Top 100

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  Shy Guy Says in Mario Party Superstars

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  Shy Guy Says in Super Mario Party Jamboree

See also

• Flag Waver
• Flagging Rights
• Hare Raising (WarioWare: Smooth Moves)
• Hey, UFO!
• Shy Guy Showdown
• Tortoise & Hare

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	はたあげヘイホー[?] Hata-Age Heihō	Flag-Raising Shy Guy
Chinese (simplified)	举旗的嘿呵[?] jǔqíde hèihè	Raising Flags Shy Guy
Chinese (traditional)	舉旗的嘿呵[?] jǔqíde hèihè	Raising Flags Shy Guy
Dutch	Commando Shy Guy[?]	Shy Guy says
French (NOA)	Maskache a dit[?]	Shy Guy says
French (NOE)	Maskass a dit[?]	Shy Guy says
German	Fahnen-Wirrwarr[?]	Flags Confusion
Italian	Shy Guy Says	-	Mario Party
	Tipo Timido Dice[?]	Shy Guy Says	Mario Party 2
	Tipo Timido dice[?]	Shy Guy says	Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars
Korean	헤이호와 깃발[?] Heyhowa gitbal	Shy Guy and flags
Portuguese	Shy Guy Mandou[?]	Shy Guy Says
Russian	Повторяем за скромнягой[?] Povtoryaem za skromnyagoy	Repeating after Shy Guy
Spanish (NOA)	Shy Guy dice...[?]	Shy Guy says...
	Shy guy dice...[?]		Mario Party: The Top 100
Spanish (NOE)	Shy Guy dice...[?]	Shy Guy says...

Trivia

• An alternate texture for the Shy Guy pirate is present in Mario Party's files but went unused.
• In Mario Party 2, Luigi's flags have a rendering issue that causes them to look as if they are not fully attached to the poles, an issue also present in Yoshi's red flag. Luigi's left wrist is also seen constantly twisting.