| Spotlight Swim | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 3  Mario Party Superstars | |||
| 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.
Gameplay
Three players have to shine their respective red, blue, and green spotlights on the individual player at once. The solo player is capable of submerging in the pool, helping prevent detection. However, the player has to resurface every once in a while to breathe, at which point they cannot move. Additionally, upon the player submerging, bubbles can be seen above the player, indicating for a short time their position. If the solo player manages to avoid the team players' spotlights, the solo player wins. If the team players catch the solo player with all the spotlights together, the team wins.
The computer players all scatter their lights when the individual player dives, no matter their difficulty setting.
In Mario Party Superstars, sirens are heard when a spotlight touches the solo player, and the player team vocalizes. Easy computers never dive.
Trio Challenge
In Mario Party Superstars, this minigame is available in Stage 1 and Stage 4 of the Trio Challenge in Mt. Minigames.
In Stage 1, (a) human player(s) play(s) as a team against an Easy CPU solo opponent, and the rank requirements are:
- A: Win with 20 or more seconds left
- B: Win with 13–19 seconds left
- C: Win with 6–12 seconds left
- D: Win with 1–5 seconds left
In Stage 4, a single human player plays against Easy CPU opponents, and the rank requirements are:
- A: The player should keep their head above water for 20 seconds
- B: The player should keep their head above water for 15–19 seconds
- C: The player should keep their head above water for 10-14 seconds
- B: The player should keep their head above water for 5–9 seconds
Ending
If the solo player wins, they celebrate before a Lakitu arrives with a ladder (in Mario Party 3) or fishing rod (in Mario Party Superstars) and picks them up, carrying them off, while the team members perform their losing poses. If the team wins, a cage drops on the solo player before the team celebrates. In Superstars, the solo player shows a sad expression once the team players celebrate.
The ending to Spotlight Swim if the solo player wins in Mario Party 3
The ending to Spotlight Swim if the team wins in Mario Party 3
Controls
Mario Party 3
Solo (1 player)
– Move
– Dive
Group (3 players)
- – Move searchlight
Mario Party Superstars
Solo Side (1 player)
– Move- Hold
– Dive
Team Side (3 players)
- – Move Searchlight
In-game text
Mario Party 3
- 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
- Solo side: "Stay out of the spotlight!"
- Team side: "All of you must shine all three searchlights on the solo player together."
Gallery
Pipe
See also
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |