Pier Pressure
| Pier Pressure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 9  Mario Party: The Top 100 | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 9 Mario Party: The Top 100 | ||
| Type | Free-for-All minigame | ||
| Time limit | 10 seconds per turn | ||
| Music track | Island Activities | ||
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Pier Pressure is a luck-based Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9 and Mario Party: The Top 100. The name is a pun on the phrase "peer pressure," which is when one conforms to how their friends think or behave.
Introduction
An underwater shot shows Cheep Cheeps and Urchins swimming around. The camera then goes above water and shows the pier and the players.
Gameplay
Before the game starts, a "spinning" arrow chooses who goes first. The selected player takes a turn, and the players to their right follow in order.
Players try to pick fishing lines that they think have Cheep Cheeps on them. A player who picks a fishing rod with a Cheep Cheep is safe and moves to the back of the line. A player who picks a fishing rod with an Urchin falls into the water and is eliminated. There is no way of telling whether a rod has a Cheep Cheep or an Urchin hooked to it, even if the line moves in a different way from another. The last remaining player wins.
In The Top 100, computer players' turns can be skipped with 
.
Controls
Mario Party 9
- "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press
to move and 
to pick a fishing rod while in front of it."
Mario Party: The Top 100
: Move
: Reel in a pole
In-game text
Mario Party 9
- Rules – "Pick the fishing rod with a Cheep Cheep on the hook. If you choose one with an Urchin on it, you're out!"
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Catch some Cheep Cheeps! But don't catch an Urchin by mistake, or you're out!"
- On-screen – "Reel in the fishing pole that looks like it has a Cheep Cheep!"
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | プクプクをつり上げろ！[?] Pukupuku o Tsuriagero! |
Reel up the Cheep Cheeps! | |
| Chinese | 釣起泡泡魚[?] Diàoqǐ Pàopàoyú |
Reel In the Cheep Cheeps | |
| Dutch | Piervissen[?] | Pier fishing | |
| French (NOA) | En bout de ligne[?] | At the end of line | |
| French (NOE) | Cheep Cheep, hourra![?] | Cheep Cheep, hooray! (pun on the phrase "Hip, hip, hooray!") | |
| German | Blindfischen[?] | Blind Fishing | |
| Italian | Pesca fortunata[?] | Lucky fishing | |
| Spanish | Cheep Cheep, ¡hurra![?] | Cheep Cheep, Hooray! (pun on "Hip, hip, hooray!") |
