Rat-a-tat Flat

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Rat-a-tat Flat
Rat-a-tat Flat from Mario Party: Island Tour
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Ominous Footsteps
Music sample

Rat-a-tat Flat (Scaredy Flat in the British English version) is a General minigame from Mario Party: Island Tour. The American name is a pun on the onomatopoeic term "rat-a-tat-tat", a noise when drumsticks are being played on a snare drum, while the British name comes from "Scaredy Rat".

Introduction[edit]

A Scaredy Rat comes into the room, and Blue Toad Ground Pounds it. More Scaredy Rats enter the room. The minigame begins.

Gameplay[edit]

Scaredy Rats come out from the mouse holes, and the player must ground pound as many as they can. As the minigame progresses, Gold Scaredy Rats come out, and are worth three points. The player that squishes the most Scaredy Rats wins.

Controls[edit]

  • Circle Pad – Move
  • A Button - Jump
  • A Button then A Button - Ground-pound

In-game text[edit]

  • RulesAmerican English "Jump and ground-pound to squish as many Scaredy Rats as possible."
  • RulesBritish English "Squish the Scaredy Rats by ground pounding them."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チュウチュウにヒップドロップ![?]
Chūchū ni hippudoroppu!
Ground Pound the Scaredy Rats!
Dutch Ratjetoe[?] Chaos. Also a pun on the word rat.
French (NOA) Rongeurs farceurs[?] Prankster Rodents
French (NOE) Haro sur Raplapla[?] Haro on Raplapla
German Garaus den Gratterichen[?] The Scaredy Rats' Downfall
Italian De-rattonizzazione[?] Deratinization
Korean 츄츄 엉덩이 찍기![?]
Chyu-Chyu Eongdeong'i Jjikgi!
Ground Pound the Scaredy Rats!
Portuguese Baterratos[?] Rat-Bashers
Russian Крутые крысоловы[?]
Krutiye krisolovi
Cool ratcatchers
Spanish Plaga de Aterratas[?] Scaredy Rat Plague

See Also[edit]