Helter Shellter

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
Helter Shellter
Helter Shellter from Mario Party: Island Tour
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Music track Pleasantly moving along... (NTSC)/Pleasantly Moving Along! (PAL)
Music sample

Helter Shellter is a general minigame in Mario Party: Island Tour.

Overview[edit]

In the intro, a blue and purple Toad are seen picking up shells. The blue Toad's shell contains some pearls, while the purple Toad's contains seaweed.

This minigame has four rounds, each lasting ten seconds. The players select shells and try to collect the most pearls. The shells shake sometimes and contain four types of items: 1-3 pearls and seaweed. Picking up the shell with pearls in it gives 1, 2 or 3 points depending on how many pearls were inside. Picking up the shell with a seaweed in it gives no points. After four rounds, the player with the most points wins.

Controls[edit]

  • Circle Pad – Move
  • A Button – Select Shell

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules – American English: "Guess which shell contains the most pearls."
  • Rules – British English: "Try to choose a shell that contains plenty of treasure."

Naming[edit]

"Helter Shellter" is a pun on the phrase "Helter Skelter", meaning "in disarray".

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseビーチでお宝たからあつめ
Bīchi de Otakara Atsume		Collect Treasure at the Beach[1]
DutchSchatrijke SchelpenRich Shells[1]
French (Canada)Coquillages à la perleSeashells with a pearl; possibly a pun on à la pelle ("in spades")[1]
French (Europe)Coquilles de choixTop choice shells[1]
GermanPerlensuchePearl Search[1]
ItalianCercatori di perlePearl seekers[1]
Korean바다에서 보물찾기
Bada-eseo Bomulchatgi		Treasure Hunt in the Sea[1]
Portuguese (Europe)Pérolas na PraiaPearls in the Beach[1]
RussianДары моря
Dary morya		Gifts of the sea[1]
Spanish (Latin America)BuscaperlasPearl Searcher[1]
Spanish (Europe)De perlasOf Pearls, from estar de perlas ("to be very good/fine")[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k In-game name from Mario Party: Island Tour (stored internally as mg_inst_mg3425_0001 in message file mg_inst.msbt in archive languages/[language].zdat).
[Edit]
Minigames from Mario Party: Island Tour
General minigames Amp My Style • Blown Hover • Bob-omb Aplomb • Bumper Thumper • Buzz a Fuzzy • Cannonball! • Cheep Diamonds • Cheepers Keepers • Claiming the Cube • Color Correction • Color Me Fast • Deck Hunt • Diamond a Dozen • Drive for Show • Fisticlouds • Flip Out • Fuel Me Once • Garden of Eatin' • Get Reel • Git Along, Goomba • Go with the Floe • Goomba to Maneuver • Great Bars of Fire • Grid is Good • Gyro for the Gold • Hare Today • Helter Shellter • Hide 'n' Splat • Hop Till You Drop • Horror Harriers • Kabob and Weave • Mad Ladders • Magmathon • Match Faker • Meteor Melee • Mild Gunman • Musical Snares • No-Traction Action • Pachinko Wizard • Paddle Skedaddle • Peep a Peepa • Point 'n' Shoot • Pokey Corral • Pool Buoy • Puzzle Pronto • Quickest Cricket • Rat-a-tat Flat • Rope a Slope • Shrub Hubbub • Sky'd and Seek • Slip Not • Slip 'n' Slip • Slow G • Slow Glide • Spin and Bear It • Spin the Bubble • Squish You Were Here • Starring Artist • Stretch Run • Sub Trouble • Tanks a Lot • Tap Dash • Tile Savvy • Top This • Tragic Carpet Ride • Trounce 'n' Bounce • Truckin' and Cluckin' • Utter Nonsense • Xylophone Home
Boss minigames Bowser's Sky Scuffle • Chain Chomp's Lava Lunge • Dry Bowser's Brain Bonk • Goomba Tower Takedown • King Bob-omb's Court of Chaos • Mr. Blizzard's Snow Slalom
Puzzle minigames Emergency Hexit • Emergency Hexit - Multiplayer • Star Turn • Three House • Three House - Multiplayer
Extra minigames The Choicest Voice • Ka-Goomba! • Sinking Feeling • Sinking Feeling - Multiplayer
Retrieved from "https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Helter_Shellter&oldid=5489466"