Piranha's Pursuit
| Piranha's Pursuit | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | 1-vs-3 minigame | ||
| Music track | Dodging Danger (Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars) What Should We Do?! (Mario Party: The Top 100) | ||
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Piranha's Pursuit is a 1-vs-3 minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars.
Overview[edit]
The minigame opens with a small Piranha Plant coming out of the ground after being showered with rain. In later iterations, the replacement, Petey Piranha, flies in from offscreen before gameplay starts.
The gameplay involves team players ground-pounding a cloud to launch raindrops on the Piranha Plant (Petey Piranha in later versions) to make it larger, faster, and jump farther, as the solo player skateboards off, dodging obstacles, namely rocks and falling logs; if they jump onto a vine, they can swing on it. If the solo player is hit, the team players win, but if the solo player reaches the end, where the Piranha Plant or Petey Piranha hits their face into a gate, they win.
In later iterations, a meter showing the solo player's progress appears on the bottom of the screen.
If the solo player wins, the camera moves closer to them as they do their victory pose, though if they lose in Mario Party, the announcer says "Miss!" as the Piranha Plant thrashes the solo player, throws them at the ground, and growls at them. On Mini-Game Island, the announcer says, "Finish!" instead. In later editions of Piranha's Pursuit, if the solo player loses, Petey Piranha knocks them off-screen.
In Mario Party, if the solo player wins, they receive fifteen coins, five from each player; if they lose, the team players each receive five coins from the solo player. In Mario Party Superstars, this is changed to the usual outcome of the winning side earning 10 coins.
In Mario Party Superstars, this minigame is available in Stages 2 and 5 of the Trio Challenge in Mt. Minigames. In Stage 2, human players play as a team against a Normal computer-controlled solo opponent, and they can earn Rank A by winning within 38 seconds, Rank B for 43 seconds, Rank C for 48 seconds, or Rank D for after 48 seconds. In Stage 5, a single human player plays against Normal computer-controlled opponents, and they can earn Rank A by finishing with no mistakes; Rank B if they make one mistake; Rank C if they do two mistakes; or Rank D if they make three or more mistakes.
The minigame can be bought from the Mini-Game House in Mario Party for 100 Coins.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party[edit]
Solo (1 player)
– Jump
– Run
Group (3 players)
– Move- – Jump
- +
– Hip Drop
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
Solo (1 player)
- Mash
: Skate 
: Jump
Group (3 players)
- : Jump
- in the air: Ground Pound
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
Solo Side (1 player)
- Mash
to skate 
– Jump
Team Side (3 players)
- – Jump
- → – Ground Pound
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party[edit]
- Game Rules – "Press repeatedly to escape the Piranha Plant. Players on the cloud Hip Drop to feed the Piranha Plant with rain."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Press repeatedly to escape the Piranha Plant's pursuit. Clear the game by reaching the goal."
- Advice – "As it rains on the Piranha Plant, it gets bigger and can jump farther."
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description – "The chase is on as 3 players give Petey Piranha the water he needs to stalk the fourth!"
- On-screen (Solo) – "Run from Petey Piranha!"
- On-screen (Team) – "Ground Pound to make it rain on Petey Piranha so he grows!"
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- Solo side: "Mash the button to escape!"
- Team side: "Ground-pound to feed Petey Piranha with rain."
Gallery[edit]
Ending if the team wins in Mario Party
Ending if the solo player wins in Mario Party
Mario Party: The Top 100
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ジュラシックパックン[?] Jurashikku Pakkun |
Jurassic Piranha, a pun on Jurassic Park | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 侏罗纪吞食花[?] zhūluójì tūnshíhuā |
Jurassic Piranha | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 侏羅紀吞食花[?] zhūluójì tūnshíhuā |
Jurassic Piranha | |
| Dutch | Plantenjacht[?] | Plant Hunt | |
| French | Piranha poursuite[1] | Piranha pursuit | |
| German | Piranha-Verfolgung[?] | Piranha Pursuit | |
| Italian | Piranha's Pursuit[2] | - | Mario Party |
| Fuga disperata[?] | Desperate escape | Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars | |
| Korean | 쥐라기 뻐끔[?] Jwiragi Bbeoggeum |
Jurassic Piranha | |
| Portuguese | Petey-Pega[?] | Pun on "Petey Piranha" and pique-pega ("tag") | |
| Russian | Побег от пираньи[?] Pobeg ot piran'i |
Escape from piranha. Побег additionally translates to "sprout" or "shoot" | |
| Spanish | Piraña en persecución[?] | Piranha chase |
References[edit]
- ^ Tiplouf15 (December 20, 2011). Mario Party 1 français Episode 2 Jeux Solo et poursuite. YouTube (French). Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ 1999. Mario Party European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
| Minigames from Mario Party | |
|---|---|
| 4-Player minigames | Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers |
| 1-vs-3 minigames | Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War |
| 2-vs-2 minigames | Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc |
| 1-Player minigames | Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant |
