Shy Guy Says

Template:Minigame-infobox Shy Guy Says is a 4-player minigame in Mario Party and Mario Party 2. The version from the original Mario Party is also included in Mario Party: The Top 100. It's name is a pun on the real life game, Simon Says.

Both Mario Party Advance and Mario Party 8 have similar minigames: Hey, UFO! and Flagging Rights, respectively.

Gameplay

Players have to raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy (which is actually a Pirate Guy in all but the Mario Party 2 versions). If one of the players raises the wrong color flag or doesn't raise any flag, the Shy Guy kicks the player out of the minigame. Sometimes, the Shy Guy will try to trick one of the players by raising two color flags at once. The last player standing wins.

In Mario Party 2, a bypassing Lakitu serves as timestamp for the game - if the player does not trigger his or her flag-raising button before Lakitu has gone offscreen, the Shy Guy will pop his or her balloon. The Shy Guy can also raise a flag after lowering it and lower the other one when he tries to trick the players.

Controls

Mario Party / Mario Party 2

• (hold) – Raise white flag
• (hold) – Raise red flag

Mario Party: The Top 100

• (hold) – Raise white flag
• (hold) – Raise red flag

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. is white, is red."
• 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."
• 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."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	はたあげヘイホー[?] Hata-Age Heihō	Raising Flags Shy Guy
German	Fahnen-Wirrwarr[?]	Flags Confusion
Italian	Tipo Timido Dice[?]	Literal translation
Spanish	Shy Guy dice...[?]	Shy Guy says...

Trivia

• Shroids from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time use an attack similar to this minigame.
• Shy Guy Says is similar to the real game Simon Says.