Storm Chasers
| Storm Chasers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 3 | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 3 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | Battle minigame (Mario Party 3) Free-for-All minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars) | ||
| Time limit | 30 seconds | ||
| Music track | On Your Toes | ||
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Storm Chasers is a Battle minigame found in Mario Party 3 and a Free-for-All minigame found in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars. Its name comes from the eponymous term, which are people who pursue and watch severe storms.
Gameplay
The characters are located in a blue-and-indigo-fenced arena in the middle of a desert. There are various cacti and flowers that can be found on the outside of the fence. Players with potted Piranha Plants have to chase the rain cloud (which was updated to greatly resemble Lakitu's Cloud in later Mario Party games) to feed the Piranha Plants as the rain cloud moves randomly. In the middle of the minigame, some Monty Moles pop out of the holes; if a player bumps into one, that player will trip over (in Mario Party 3) or be knocked back (in The Top 100 and Superstars), stunning them. The cloud occasionally zips around the arena only in The Top 100. The player who gathers the most rain for their potted Piranha Plant wins.
In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, there are colored sparkles that indicate which player received rain (red for Player 1, blue for Player 2, green for Player 3, and yellow for Player 4).
In Superstars, characters cheer when their Piranha Plants get watered.
Controls
Mario Party 3
– Move
Mario Party: The Top 100
: Move
Mario Party Superstars
– Move
In-game text
Mario Party 3
- Game Rules – "Hold your pot under the rain cloud to water your Piranha Plant! The more you water it, the more it will grow!"
- Advice – "The rain cloud is blowing to and fro! Chase it down! Your Piranha Plant will flash brightly when it's getting water!"
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Chase the rain cloud and water your Piranha Plant to help it grow!"
- On-screen – "Chase the rain cloud to water your Piranha Plant!"
Mario Party Superstars
- "Water your Piranha Plant to help it grow!"
Gallery
Background in Mario Party 3
The ending to Storm Chasers in Mario Party 3
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | あめふりパックン[?] Amefuri pakkun |
Rainfall Piranha | |
| Chinese | 雨水浇灌吞食花[?] yǔshuǐjiāoguàn tūnshíhuā |
Rain Watering Piranha | |
| Dutch | Een goede bui[?] | A good shower | |
| French | Pluie Poursuite[?] | Rain Pursuit | |
| German | Regentanz[?] | Rain Dance | |
| Italian | Danza della pioggia[?] | Rain dance | |
| Korean | 비를 쫓는 뻐끔[?] Bireul Jjonneun Ppeokkeum |
Rain Chaser Piranha | |
| Portuguese | Pinga em Mim[?] | "Drop on Me", reference to a Brazilian song called "Pinga Ni Mim" | |
| Russian | В погоню за дождем[?] V pogonyu za dozhdyom |
Chasing the Rain | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Riego con riesgo[?] | Risky watering | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Buscatormentas[?] | Storm Search (stylized as Busca-Tormentas in Mario Party 3) |
