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'''Track Star''' is a 1-vs.-3 [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party DS]]''.


'''Track Star''' is a 1-vs.-3 [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party DS]]''. Its name is a pun on a term that refers to a famous person associated with {{wp|track and field}}.
==Overview==
The minigame opens with the team players walking down a track before being startled at the solo player arriving on a [[Steamer|toy train]].<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/OybkVwJRMPs?feature=shared&t=1|timestamp=0:01|title=''Mario Party DS'' - Track Star (Master Dificult<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>)|publisher=YouTube|author=Taís Maria|accessdate=March 12, 2025|date=January 9, 2022}}</ref>


==Introduction==
The team players each choose a path upon reaching one of the three forks while running from the solo player. If the solo player chooses the same path of at least one team player, they have five seconds to try and ram them away. Any group players who chose a path that the solo player did not spectate from a mine cart.
The group players are walking down a track, only to be surprised as the soloist comes up on their trail with a [[Steamer]]. They run down the track as their opponent follows in hot pursuit.


==Gameplay==
The solo player wins if they ram every opponent, then they get off of the train to do their victory pose. The team players win if at least one of them makes it to the end, with the solo player and their train crashing into a barrier at the end.
One player chases the other three by using a toy Steamer on a track with three forks. The three runners each choose a path, as well as the player on the toy Steamer. The objective of the group players is to avoid being rammed off the track, while the solo player must eliminate the group players by picking the same path as them and then speeding up to hit them. Upon picking the same path as any group players, the solo character has five seconds to try to ram them; the group player(s) in question must tap two buttons simultaneously repeatedly to avoid getting knocked away. (The group players who picked the path that the soloist did not pick board a minecart to watch the chase.) The solo player wins if they ram all three opponents off the track, while the group players win if any of them survive through all three rounds.


==Ending==
The minigame title is a play on a phrase that refers to any well-known {{wp|track and field}} athletes.
If the soloist wins, they disembark from the train and celebrate. If the team players win, the soloist gets stunned as their train collides with a barricade that the group players jump over, narrowly escaping being crushed. The group players then celebrate their victory.


==Controls==
==Controls==
===Solo (1 player)===
'''Solo (1 player)'''
*{{button|Padleftright}} &ndash; Select a track
*{{button|Padleftright}} &ndash; Select a track
*{{button|ds|A}} &ndash; Press rapidly to speed up
*{{button|ds|A}} &ndash; Press rapidly to speed up


===Group (3 players)===
'''Group (3 players)'''
*{{button|Padleftright}} &ndash; Select a track
*{{button|Padleftright}} &ndash; Select a track
*{{button|ds|A}} {{button|ds|B}} {{button|ds|X}} {{button|ds|Y}} &ndash; Press rapidly to dash (Two will be selected randomly each round.)
*{{button|ds|A}} {{button|ds|B}} {{button|ds|X}} {{button|ds|Y}} &ndash; Press rapidly to dash (Two will be selected randomly each round.)


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
===Solo (1 player)===
'''Solo (1 player)'''
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Nudge your three opponents with your train by picking a path, then pressing {{button|ds|A}} repeatedly to outrun them."''
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Nudge your three opponents with your train by picking a path, then pressing {{button|ds|A}} repeatedly to outrun them."''
*'''Tips''' &ndash; ''"If you select a track that opponents are on, tap {{button|ds|A}} when behind them to run into them."''
*'''Tips''' &ndash; ''"If you select a track that opponents are on, tap {{button|ds|A}} when behind them to run into them."''


===Group (3 players)===
'''Group (3 players)'''
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Avoid getting nudged by your rival's train! Pick a path in the hopes that the train goes down the other one. You can outrun the train by pressing buttons."''
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Avoid getting nudged by your rival's train! Pick a path in the hopes that the train goes down the other one. You can outrun the train by pressing buttons."''
*'''Tips''' &ndash; ''"Don't run down the same track as your teammates if you can help it. Only one of you needs to survive for your team to win."''
*'''Tips''' &ndash; ''"Don't run down the same track as your teammates if you can help it. Only one of you needs to survive for your team to win."''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=にげろ！シュッポー
|Jpn=にげろ！シュッポー
|JapR=Nigero! Shuppō
|JpnR=Nigero! Shuppō
|JapM=Run Away! Steamer (see [[Steamer#Names in other languages]])
|JpnM=Run Away! Steamer (see [[Steamer#Names in other languages]])
|Ita=Mal di Treno
|Ita=Mal di Treno
|ItaM=Train Sickness
|ItaM=Train Sickness
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|KorM=Run away from the Mustache Train!
|KorM=Run away from the Mustache Train!
}}
}}
==References==
<references/>


{{MPDS minigames}}
{{MPDS minigames}}

Latest revision as of 18:32, March 12, 2025

Track Star
Track Star
Appears in Mario Party DS
Type 1-vs.-3 minigame
Time limit 3 seconds per round
Music track Another Crazy Match
Music sample
0:30

Track Star is a 1-vs.-3 minigame in Mario Party DS.

Overview[edit]

The minigame opens with the team players walking down a track before being startled at the solo player arriving on a toy train.[1]

The team players each choose a path upon reaching one of the three forks while running from the solo player. If the solo player chooses the same path of at least one team player, they have five seconds to try and ram them away. Any group players who chose a path that the solo player did not spectate from a mine cart.

The solo player wins if they ram every opponent, then they get off of the train to do their victory pose. The team players win if at least one of them makes it to the end, with the solo player and their train crashing into a barrier at the end.

The minigame title is a play on a phrase that refers to any well-known track and field athletes.

Controls[edit]

Solo (1 player)

  • +Control Pad left or right – Select a track
  • A Button – Press rapidly to speed up

Group (3 players)

  • +Control Pad left or right – Select a track
  • A Button B Button X Button Y Button – Press rapidly to dash (Two will be selected randomly each round.)

In-game text[edit]

Solo (1 player)

  • Rules – "Nudge your three opponents with your train by picking a path, then pressing A Button repeatedly to outrun them."
  • Tips – "If you select a track that opponents are on, tap A Button when behind them to run into them."

Group (3 players)

  • Rules – "Avoid getting nudged by your rival's train! Pick a path in the hopes that the train goes down the other one. You can outrun the train by pressing buttons."
  • Tips – "Don't run down the same track as your teammates if you can help it. Only one of you needs to survive for your team to win."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese にげろ！シュッポー[?]
Nigero! Shuppō 		Run Away! Steamer (see Steamer#Names in other languages)
French Wagon Frisson[?] Thrill Wagon
German Zweigeteilte Zugjagd[?] Divided Train Hunt
Italian Mal di Treno[?] Train Sickness
Korean 수염기차를 피해라![?]
Suyeom gicha reul Pihaera! 		Run away from the Mustache Train!
Spanish ¡Que te pilla el tren![?] The train is going to catch you!

References[edit]

  1. ^ Taís Maria (January 9, 2022). Mario Party DS - Track Star (Master Dificult[sic]) (0:01). YouTube. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
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Minigames from Mario Party DS
4-Player minigames All Geared Up • Big Blowout • Boo Tag • Boogie Beam • Call of the Goomba • Camera Shy • Cheep Cheep Chance • Cherry-Go-Round • Crater Crawl • Cyber Scamper • Domino Effect • Dress for Success • Dust Buddies • Get the Lead Out • Goomba Wrangler • Hedge Honcho • Hot Shots • Parachutin' Gallery • Pedal Pushers • Raft Riot • Rail Riders • Roller Coasters • Shortcut Circuit • Soap Surfers • Soccer Survival • Study Fall • Sweet Sleuth • Tidal Fools • Trace Cadets • Trash Landing • Twist and Route • Whomp-a-thon
1-vs.-3 minigames Fast Food Frenzy • Flash and Dash • Gusty Blizzard • Nothing to Luge • Peek-a-Boo • Penny Pinchers • Plush Crush • Power Washer • Rotisserie Rampage • Rubber Ducky Rodeo • Shuffleboard Showdown • Track Star
2-vs.-2 minigames Airbrushers • Book It! • Crazy Crosshairs • Cube Crushers • Cucumberjacks • Double Vision • Hanger Management • Memory Mash • Mole Thrill • Shorty Scorers • Soil Toil • Sprinkler Scalers • Toppling Terror
Battle minigames Cheep Chump • Chips and Dips • Globe Gunners • Short Fuse • Star Catchers
Duel minigames All Geared Up • Big Blowout • Boogie Beam • Call of the Goomba • Camera Shy • Cheep Cheep Chance • Cherry-Go-Round • Crater Crawl • Cucumberjacks • Cyber Scamper • Domino Effect • Dust Buddies • Get the Lead Out • Goomba Wrangler • Hanger Management • Hedge Honcho • Hot Shots • Pedal Pushers • Raft Riot • Rail Riders • Roller Coasters • Shortcut Circuit • Soap Surfers • Soccer Survival • Study Fall • Sweet Sleuth • Tidal Fools • Toppling Terror • Trace Cadets • Trash Landing • Twist and Route • Whomp-a-thon
Boss minigames Book Bash • Bowser's Block Party • Feed and Seed • Hammer Chime • Hexoskeleton
Puzzle minigames Block Star • Bob-omb Breakers • Mario's Puzzle Party • Piece Out • Stick and Spin • Triangle Twisters
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