Look the other way
- “Business is so slow... Hey Mario, wanna play "Look the other way" with me?”
- —Grate Guy, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
"Look the other way" is a game invented by and played with Grate Guy in Grate Guy's Casino in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The game is free when Mario plays it. To play it, Mario must guess which way Grate Guy will look, thus looking the other way. Essentially, the game has 50/50 odds. If Mario wins, he is usually rewarded with undesirable prizes such as a Rotten Mush or a Wilt Shroom and a Moldy Mush (although he occasionally receives rare items such as Rock Candies, Red Essences, Royal Syrups, or Croaka Colas). However, if Mario wins 100 times, he is rewarded with the Star Egg. In the Nintendo Switch remake, the player also earns a gold medal on the "Look-the-Other-Way Wins" record on their Play Report if they win 100 times.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | あっちむいてホイ[?] Atchimuitehoi |
A Japanese derivative of Janken. | |
| Chinese | 男生女生配[?] Nánshēng Nǚshēng Pèi |
Boys and Girls match | |
| Dutch | Kijk waar ik niet kijk[?] | Look where I don't look | |
| French | Regarde pas là-bas[?] | Don't look this way | |
| German | Schau dorthin, wo ich nicht hinzeige[?] | Look where I don't point | |
| Italian | Guarda dall'altra parte[?] | Look the other way | |
| Korean | 참참참[?] Cham-Cham-Cham |
Name of a popular Korean game where one player must not look the same way that the other pointed to | |
| Spanish | Mira al otro lado[?] | Look to the other side |
