Shy Guy Says
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| Appears in | Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars Super Mario Party Jamboree | ||
| Type | 4-Player minigame Showdown minigame (Super Mario Party Jamboree) | ||
| Music track | The Wide, Wide Ocean (Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree) That's All of It (Mario Party 2) | ||
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Shy Guy Says is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. It is also the third and final section of the Showdown minigame Mario's Three-peat in Super Mario Party Jamboree. Shy Guy Says is a parody of the game Simon Says.
Overview
In Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars, a Shy Guy appears on a boat, and the players are in barrels connected by rope to the boat; in Mario Party 2 and Super Mario Party Jamboree, a Shy Guy stands on a rainbow and a platform, respectively, with a bow and a quiver, with the players being attached to balloons. The Shy Guy in Super Mario Party Jamboree is yellow because the red Shy Guy is playable.
The Shy Guy raises either a white or a red flag, and players have to copy him. Each of the Shy Guy's flags shows the button used to raise that flag: 
in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 or 
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in Mario Party: The Top 100, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree for white; and 
in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 or 
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in Mario Party: The Top 100, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree for red. If a player raises either the incorrect flag or neither flag, the Shy Guy eliminates them from the minigame by cutting their rope with a sword in Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars, or by popping their balloon by using a bow in Mario Party 2 and Super Mario Party Jamboree. The Shy Guy has a tactic in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 of sometimes raising two flags at once before putting one of them away early, while in Mario Party: The Top 100, the Shy Guy sometimes takes out a flag and immediately puts it away. When raising two flags at once, the Shy Guy can also raise a flag after lowering it and lower the other one. Both of these techniques reappear in Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party Jamboree. The last remaining player wins the minigame.
A bypassing Lakitu appears in Mario Party 2, and if a player does not raise a flag before the Lakitu goes offscreen, the Shy Guy pops their balloon. The same timer is not in the Super Mario Party Jamboree version, preventing fake-outs from being relayed.
If at least two players remain long enough in the Mario Party Superstars version, a 30-second timer displays eventually. Once the timer reaches zero, all players still standing are declared winners, though in all games, a draw occurs when there are no players still standing whatsoever.
Shy Guy Says can be purchased from the Mini-Game House in Mario Party for 250 coins when it becomes available, or from Woody in Mario Party 2 for 50 coins.
Controls
Mario Party / Mario Party 2
- – Raise white flag
- – Raise red flag
Mario Party: The Top 100
- : Raise red flag
- : Raise white flag
Mario Party Superstars
- – Raise white flag
- – Raise red flag
Super Mario Party Jamboree
- (or
) – Raise red flag - (or
) – Raise white flag
In-game text
Mario Party
- Game Rules – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. is white, is red."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Be the last one standing to clear the game."
- 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."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Be the last one left to clear this Mini-Game."
- 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."
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Raise the same flag that Shy Guy raises! Last one left wins!"
- On-screen – "Raise the same flag that Shy Guy raises!"
Mario Party Superstars
- "Raise the same color of flag that Shy Guy raises. He's going to go faster and faster!"
Other appearances
The minigame makes an appearance in a 4koma Mario Party four-panel gag manga where Mario eliminates the hosts the same way hosts try to eliminate the players.
Gallery
The white flag in Mario Party and Mario Party 2
The red flag in Mario Party and Mario Party 2
The ending to Shy Guy Says in Mario Party
Shy Guy Says in Mario Party 2
The background in Mario Party 2
Model of the Shy Guy in Mario Party 2
The ending to Shy Guy Says in Mario Party 2
Shy Guy Says in Mario Party: The Top 100
Shy Guy Says in Mario Party Superstars
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | はたあげヘイホー[?] Hata-Age Heihō |
Flag-Raising Shy Guy | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 举旗的嘿呵[?] Jǔqíde Hèihè |
Raising Flags Shy Guy | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 舉旗的嘿呵[?] Jǔqíde Hèihè |
Raising Flags Shy Guy | |
| Dutch | Commando Shy Guy[?] | Shy Guy says | |
| French (NOA) | Maskache a dit[?] | Shy Guy said | |
| French (NOE) | Maskass a dit[?] | Shy Guy said | |
| German | Fahnen-Wirrwarr[?] | Flags Confusion | |
| Italian | Shy Guy Says[1] | - | Mario Party |
| Tipo Timido Dice[?] | Shy Guy Says | Mario Party 2 | |
| Tipo Timido dice[?] | Shy Guy says | Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars | |
| Korean | 헤이호와 깃발[?] Heyhowa gitbal |
Shy Guy and flags | |
| Portuguese | Shy Guy Mandou[2] | Shy Guy Ordered | Mario Party Superstars |
| Shy Guy mandou[3] | Shy Guy ordered | Super Mario Party Jamboree | |
| Russian | Повторяем за скромнягой[?] Povtoryaem za skromnyagoy |
Repeating after Shy Guy | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Shy Guy dice...[?] | Shy Guy says... | |
| Shy guy dice...[?] | Mario Party: The Top 100 | ||
| Spanish (NOE) | Shy Guy dice...[?] | Shy Guy says... |
Notes
- An alternate texture for the Shy Guy pirate is present in Mario Party's files but went unused.[4]
- In Mario Party, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree, the music speeds up as the minigame progresses, which also occurs in Hexagon Heat in Mario Party 2.
- In Mario Party 2, Luigi's flags and Yoshi's red flag are rendered improperly, making them not appear to be fully attached to the poles.
- Shy Guys in Mario & Luigi: Brothership have an attack based on this minigame, where they show a flag with either an M or an L on it, and the corresponding Mario Bro. has to jump to avoid having a bomb dropped on him. The Shy Guy can also not show a flag at all, requiring the player to do nothing.
See also
- Flag Waver
- Flagging Rights
- Hare Raising (WarioWare: Smooth Moves)
- Hey, UFO!
- Shy Guy Showdown
- Tortoise & Hare
References
- ^ 1999. Mario Party instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
- ^ N64 Brasil (May 20, 2022). 🔴 Mario Party Superstars - Multiplayer Online - Rubens e Alexandre (1:21:39). YouTube. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ Fernando Moritz (October 17, 2024). Super Mario Party Jamboree - Gameplay em Português. YouTube. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ Mario Party. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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