Hide-and-Sneak (minigame)

Not to be confused with Hide-and-Sneak.

Template:Minigame-infobox Hide and Sneak (stylized as Hide-and-Sneak in Mario Party Superstars) is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party Superstars. Its name and gameplay are based on the game hide-and-seek.

Gameplay

Three players must attempt to hide behind one of the four hiding places (a rock, a tree stump, a bush, and a mushroom house) while the curtain is still open. The last time was tilted in a direction determines the player's hiding spot in Mario Party 3; in Superstars, it is instead dependent on which button was pressed. The solo player must guess one of the other three players' hiding places. If the solo player finds one of the players in that hiding spot, that player is eliminated. In addition, if a player does not tilt /press a button at all during the hiding phase, that player is automatically eliminated.

At the end of each round, the selected hiding spot is used up, and the remaining players in the trio then select a direction to hide from the remaining hiding spots. The players should be careful as the number of hiding spots decreases. If the solo player seeks all of the team players in their hiding spots within three rounds, the solo player wins. If any of the team players survived from being caught by the solo player after the third round, the team players win.

In Mario Party Superstars, if the team wins and at least one player has been eliminated, the eliminated players come back on stage to perform their victory poses with the team.

Characters' actions before being caught

Mario Party 3

• Mario lies down on the side.
• Luigi kneels down.
• Peach poses as if for a photo.
• Yoshi lies down prone.
• Wario presses up against the cutout.
• Donkey Kong fixes his tie.
• Daisy looks at the side.
• Waluigi does squats.

Mario Party Superstars

• Every character crouches down.

Controls

Mario Party 3

Solo (1 player)

• – Move
• – Push switch

Group (3 players)

• – Choose hiding place

Mario Party Superstars

Solo Side (1 player)

• (Right and Left) – Move
• jc-right – Push Switch

Team Side (3 players)

• jc-left, jc-top, jc-bottom, or jc-right: Choose Hiding Place

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules – "Three players: While the curtain is open, use to hide. If the single player guesses your hiding place, you lose."
• Advice – "A hiding place will disappear after the seeker has chosen it. Be careful as the hiding places decrease."

Mario Party Superstars

• Solo side: "Find your rivals!"
• Team side: "Hide!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Dutch	Verstoppertje[?]	Hide and seek
French (NOA)	Cachette parfaite[?]	Perfect hiding place
French (NOE)	Cache-Cache[?]	Hide and seek
German	Requisiten-Raten[?]	Stage Prop Guessing
Italian	Nascondino sul palco[?]	Hide and seek on stage
Portuguese	Esconde Onde[?]	"Hide Where", a pun on esconde-esconde (hide and seek)
Russian	Театральные прятки[?] Teatral'niye pryatki	Derived from "театр" (theater) and "прятки" (hide and seek)
Spanish (NOA)	Las escondidas[?]	The hidden ones
Spanish (NOE)	El Escondite[?]	The Hide-and-seek