Shy Guy Says

Shy Guy Says
Appears in	Mario Party, Mario Party 2
Type	4-player minigame
	Advice MP: The Shy Guy will raise a flag, so just raise the same color flag. It's simple, right? The game continues until only one remains. MP2: The sly Shy Guy will try to fake you out. Don't let him fool you. If you let him down, he'll shoot you down.
Controls	(hold) - Raise white flag. (hold) - Raise red flag.

Shy Guy Says is a 4-player minigame in Mario Party and Mario Party 2. Mario Party 8 has a minigame similar to this called Flagging Rights.

Gameplay

Shy Guy Says, as seen in Mario Party 2.

Players have to raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. If one of the players raise the wrong color flag or didn't raise up any flag, the Shy Guy kicks the player out of the minigame. Sometimes, the Shy Guy will try to trick one of the players by raising two color flags at once, last player standing wins.

In Mario Party 2, a bypassing Lakitu serves as timestamp for the game - if the player did not trigger his or her flag-raising button until Lakitu has gone offscreen, Shy Guy will pop his or her balloon.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	はたあげヘイホー Hata-Age Heihō	Raising Flags Shy Guy
French	Maskass a dit	Shy guy says

Minigames from Mario Party
4-player minigames	Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers
1-vs-3 minigames	Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War
2-vs-2 minigames	Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc
Single-player minigames	Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant

Minigames from Mario Party 2
4-player minigames	Abandon Ship • Bombs Away • Bumper Balls • Deep Sea Salvage • Dizzy Dancing • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Hot Rope Jump • Lava Tile Isle • Mecha-Marathon • Platform Peril • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Tile Driver • Tipsy Tourney • TOAD in the Box • Totem Pole Pound
1-vs-3 minigames	Archer-ival • BOB-OMB Barrage • Bowl Over • Crane Game • Filet Relay • Lights Out • Look Away • Move to the Music • Quicksand Cache • Rainbow Run • Shock, Drop or Roll
2-vs-2 minigames	Balloon Burst • Bobsled Run • Cake Factory • Destruction Duet • Dungeon Dash • Handcar Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Magnet Carta • Sky Pilots • Speed Hockey • TOAD Bandstand • Torpedo Targets
Item minigames	Bowser Slots • Coffin Congestion • Give Me a Brake • Hammer Slammer • Mallet-Go-Round • Roll Out the Barrels
Duel minigames	Mushroom Brew • Psychic Safari • Quick Draw Corks • Rock, Paper, Mario • Sabre Swipers • Time Bomb
Battle minigames	BOWSER's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Crazy Cutter • Day at the Races • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hot BOB-OMB! • Rakin' 'em In!
Rare minigame	Driver's Ed