Tidal Fools

Tidal Fools
4-Player minigame version
Appears in	Mario Party DS
Type	4-Player coin minigame Duel coin minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	Play Nicely, Everyone
Music sample

Tidal Fools is a 4-Player and Duel coin-collecting minigame in Mario Party DS. The name is a pun on "tidal pools."

Introduction

The minigame takes place on a beach with some seashells on the sand. The four players are standing near the watery waves. Suddenly, the waves come in towards the players as they avoid them by running back. The waves withdraw back into the oceans as the players go back to their positions. Shortly after that, the minigame begins.

Gameplay

Duel minigame version

To gather coins, the players must first wait for the waves from the ocean to come by. When the waves come by, the players have to avoid them. Any player who is caught in the arriving waves is stunned for a few seconds as the player is dragged into the ocean. When the waves finally go back into the ocean, some coins are left for the players to collect. Occasionally, a Red Coin (worth five regular coins) is on the sand after the waves. The process repeats a few times until the time limit runs out.

Ending

Any player who got at least one coin does their victory animation. If a player did not get any coins, they will do their losing animation instead.

Controls

• – Move

In-game text

• Rules – "Grab as many coins as you can, but don't get hit by the waves. Red coins are worth five times as much as the normal ones."
• Tips – "You'll be stunned for a while if you're hit by a wave. Time your runs carefully to avoid the waves."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	なぎさでコインキャッチ Nagisa de Koin Kyatchi	Coin Catch on the Shore
French	Les Sous du Ressac	The Backwash Coins
German	Strandgut-Schnapper	Jetsam Graber
Italian	Una Marea di Gettoni	A Tide of Money
Korean	해안에서 코인 캐치 Haean eseo Koin Kaechi	Coin Catch on the Shore
Spanish	Locos de la marea	Crazy over the Tide