Hide-and-Sneak (minigame)

Hide-and-Sneak
Mario Party 3
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Type	1-vs-3 minigame
Time limit	5 seconds to hide 10 seconds to pick a button
Music track	Got It?
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party Superstars:

Hide-and-Sneak is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 3 (where it is formatted as Hide and Sneak) and Mario Party Superstars. Its name and gameplay are based on the game hide-and-seek.

Gameplay

Three players must attempt to hide behind one of the four hiding places (a rock, a tree stump, a bush, and a mushroom house) while the curtain is still open. The last time was tilted in a direction determines the player's hiding spot in Mario Party 3; in Superstars, it is instead dependent on which button was pressed. The solo player must guess one of the other three players' hiding places. If the solo player finds one of the players in that hiding spot, that player is eliminated. In addition, if a player does not tilt /press a button at all during the hiding phase, that player is automatically eliminated.

While players choose their hiding places, their characters are shown running between the hiding places. These animations of the characters running are unrelated to the actual hiding places the players are choosing; a player's character will be shown running around even if that player never chooses a different hiding place. Thus, the solo player can correctly identify a hider's spot only through luck or by understanding a human hider's psychology.

At the end of each round, the selected hiding spot is used up, and the remaining players in the trio then select a direction to hide from the remaining hiding spots. The players should be careful as the number of hiding spots decreases. If the solo player seeks all of the team players in their hiding spots within three rounds, the solo player wins. If any of the team players survived from being caught by the solo player after the third round, the team players win.

In Mario Party Superstars, if the team wins with one or two players remaining, the eliminated players come back on stage to perform their victory poses with the team.

Characters' actions before being caught in Mario Party 3

• Mario lies on his side.
• Luigi kneels.
• Peach poses as if she is getting her picture taken.
• Yoshi lies on his stomach.
• Wario presses up against the cutout he is hiding behind.
• Donkey Kong adjusts his tie.
• Daisy looks to the side.
• Waluigi squats.

In Mario Party Superstars, the characters are seen crouching before being caught.

Controls

Mario Party 3

Solo (1 player)

• – Move
• – Push switch

Group (3 players)

• – Choose hiding place

Mario Party Superstars

Solo Side (1 player)

• (Right and Left) – Move
• – Push Switch

Team Side (3 players)

• , , , or : Choose Hiding Place

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules – "Three players: While the curtain is open, use to hide. If the single player guesses your hiding place, you lose."
• Advice – "A hiding place will disappear after the seeker has chosen it. Be careful as the hiding places decrease."

Mario Party Superstars

• Solo side: "Find your rivals!"
• Team side: "Hide!"

Gallery

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  Background

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  Tree stump

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  Rock

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  Mushroom house

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  Bush

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  Grass

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  Mushrooms

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  Fence

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  Mailbox

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  Pushing lets a player hide behind the mushroom house.

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  Pushing lets a player hide behind the rock.

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  Pushing lets a player hide behind the tree stump.

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  Pushing lets a player hide behind the bush.

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  The icon on the mushroom house box

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  The icon on the rock box

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  The icon on the bush box

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  The icon on the tree stump box

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  Red switch

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  Mario lying on his side

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  Luigi kneeling

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  Peach posing as if for a photo

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  Daisy looking to the side

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  Yoshi lying on his stomach

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  Wario pressing up against the cutout he is hiding behind

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  Donkey Kong adjusting his tie

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  Waluigi squatting

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  The ending to Hide and Sneak if the team wins

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  The ending to Hide and Sneak if the solo player wins

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  Mario Party Superstars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	どこ?どこ?かくれんぼ[?] Doko? Doko? Kakurenbo	Where are you? Where are you? Hide-and-seek
Chinese	在哪？在哪？捉迷藏[?] zài'nǎr? zài'nǎr? zhuōmícáng	Where?Where?Hide-And-Seek
Dutch	Verstoppertje[?]	Hide and seek
French (NOA)	Cachette parfaite[?]	Perfect hiding place
French (NOE)	Cache-Cache[?]	Hide and seek
German	Requisiten-Raten[?]	Stage Prop Guessing
Italian	Nascondino sul palco[?]	Hide and seek on stage
Korean	꼭꼭 숨어라[?] Kkok-kkok Sumeora	Hide Well
Portuguese	Esconde Onde[?]	"Hide Where", a pun on esconde-esconde (hide and seek)
Russian	Театральные прятки[?] Teatral'niye pryatki	Derived from "театр" (theater) and "прятки" (hide and seek)
Spanish (NOA)	Las escondidas[?]	Hide-and-seek
Spanish (NOE)	El Escondite[?]	Hide-and-seek