Spotlight Swim
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| Appears in | Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | 1-vs-3 minigame | ||
| Time limit | 30 seconds | ||
| Music track | What to Do?!? / What Should We Do?! (Superstars) | ||
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Spotlight Swim is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party Superstars.
Overview[edit]
The solo player swims around, avoiding the red, blue, and green spotlights shone by each team player. The CPU team players move their spotlights away when the player dives, regardless of difficulty setting. The solo player can go underwater to dodge the spotlight, though they resurface at times. In Mario Party Superstars, a siren sound plays whenever a spotlight is shone on the solo player. If the team players each shine a spotlight on the solo player, they win, but if the solo player avoids this until time runs out, they win.
Spotlight Swim is features as Stages 1 and 4 of the Trio Challenge in Mt. Minigames. Stage 1 involves human players against a Solo CPU player at Easy difficulty. For Stage 1, the player can earn Rank A by winning with 20 or more seconds left; Rank B if it is 13–19; Rank C if it is 6–12; or Rank D if it is 1–5 seconds. In Stage 4, a human controls the solo player and competes against three CPUs at Easy difficulty. For Stage 4, the ranking is dependent on how long the player keeps their head above water: Rank A if it is 20 seconds; Rank B for 15–19 seconds; Rank C for 10–14; or Rank D for 5–9 seconds.
In the ending, if the solo player wins, they do a winning pose before a Lakitu carries them off with a ladder (replaced by a fishing rod in Mario Party Superstars), as the team members do their losing animations. If the solo player loses, a cage drops on them, and the team players do their winning animations, as the solo player appears sad in the moment.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 3[edit]
Solo (1 player)
– Move
– Dive
Group (3 players)
- – Move searchlight
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
Solo Side (1 player)
– Move- Hold
– Dive
Team Side (3 players)
- – Move searchlight
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 3[edit]
- Game Rules – "Catch the swimmer by shining all the searchlights on him or her at the same time."
- Advice – "The swimmer temporarily stops after he or she dives. Try to shine your searchlight on the swimmer at that point."
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- Solo side: "Stay out of the spotlight!"
- Team side: "All of you must shine all three searchlights on the solo player together."
Gallery[edit]
Ending if the solo player wins in Mario Party 3
Ending if the team wins in Mario Party 3
Pipe
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | てらしてサーチライト[?] Terashite sāchiraito |
Light and Search | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 用探照灯照一照[?] Yòngtànzhàodēng zhàoyízhaò |
Use Flashlight To Search | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 用探照燈照一照[?] Yòngtànzhàodēng zhàoyízhaò |
Use Flashlight To Search | |
| Dutch | Baden in het licht[?] | Bathing in the light | |
| French | Nage à Alcatraz[?] | Swimming at Alcatraz | Mario Party 3 |
| Loin des projecteurs[?] | Far from the spotlights | Mario Party Superstars | |
| German | Lampenfieber[?] | literally "Lamp Fever" (normally used to mean "stagefright") | |
| Italian | Nuotata notturna[?] | Nightly swim | |
| Korean | 서치라이트를 비춰라![?] Seochiraiteureul Bichwora! |
Shoot the Searchlight! | |
| Portuguese | Ilumi-Nado[?] | Pun on iluminado ("illuminated") and nado ("swim") | |
| Russian | Заплыв под софитами[?] Zapliv pod sofitami |
Swim under the spotlights | |
| Spanish | Evita el Foco[?] | Avoid the Spotlight |
