Picking Panic

Picking Panic
Mario Party 3
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Type	2-vs-2 minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	On Your Toes
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party Superstars:

Picking Panic is a 2-vs-2 minigame found in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party Superstars.

Gameplay

Teams in their hanging ropes swing back and forth, and the minigame starts. One player on the team has to grab the cherries dropped by an Ukiki and throw them to the other player, who then puts the cherries in the basket to earn points. The size of the cherries affects how far they fly when thrown. The team that has more points at the end of the minigame wins. If both teams get the same score, the minigame ends in a draw.

Ending

The ending to Picking Panic

The winning team jumps on top of Woody's mouth and celebrates.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• Press – Grab cherries
• Release – Release cherries

Mario Party Superstars

• Press to Grab Cherries
• Release to Drop Cherries

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules – "Grab the cherries from Woody, then pass them to your partner to put in the basket."
• Advice – "The distance the cherries fly depends on their size. Try to match your timing to their size."

Mario Party Superstars

• "Pass the cherries at the right time, and put as many as you can in the basket."

Gallery

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  Mario Party Superstars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	さくらんぼキャッチ[?] Sakuranbo kyatchi	Catch the Cherries
Dutch	Plukpaniek[?]	Plucking Panic
French	Cerises pas Tristes[?]	Cherries that are not Sad
German	Fall-Obst-Ernte[?]	Windfall Harvest
Italian	Raccolta altalenante[?]	Swinging harvest
Korean	체리 캐치[?] Cheri Kaechi	Cherry Catch
Portuguese	Colheita Acrobática[?]	Acrobatic Harvest
Russian	Пикник без правил[?] Piknik bez pravil	?
Spanish	Pánico en el Árbol[?]	Panic in the Tree

Trivia

• In Mario Party 3, the sound that plays when a cherry is dropped into the basket is similar to the sound that plays when a fruit is eaten in Pac-Man.