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 mini-game
Time limit	10 seconds per turn
Music	Island Activities

Pier Pressure is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9, and returns in Mario Party: The Top 100. The name is a pun on the phrase peer pressure, where 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. If any players pick a fishing rod with an Urchin, they are knocked into the water and are eliminated. The game is purely luck-based; 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.

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
Japanese	プクプクをつり上げろ! Pukupuku o tsuriagero!	Lift up the Cheep Cheeps!
Spanish	Cheep Cheep, ¡Hurra!	Cheep Cheep, Hooray! (pun on the phrase "Hip, hip, hooray!")
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!")
Dutch	Piervissen	Pier fishing
German	Blindfischen	Blind Fishing
Italian	Pesca fortunata	Lucky fishing
Chinese	釣起泡泡魚 Diào qǐ Pào Pào Yú	Reel In the Cheep Cheeps