Shy Guy Says

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Shy Guy Says
Shy Guy Says MP.png
Shy Guy Says from Mario Party 2
Shy Guy Says mini-game from Mario Party: The Top 100
Shy Guy Says in Mario Party Superstars.
Appears in Mario Party
Mario Party 2
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player minigame
Music track The Wide, Wide Ocean (Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars)
That's All of It (Mario Party 2)
Music sample
Mario Party:

Mario Party 2:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:

Shy Guy Says is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. In Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars, a Shy Guy appears on a boat, and the players are in barrels connected by rope to the boat; in Mario Party 2, a Shy Guy stands on a rainbow with a bow and a quiver, with the players being attached to balloons. The Mario Party: The Top 100 and the Mario Party Superstars versions of the minigame are based on the Mario Party version, though the Shy Guy wears only a hat instead of a full pirate outfit. The minigame's name is a reference to the game Simon Says.

Gameplay[edit]

Players have to raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Each of the Shy Guy's flags shows the button used to raise that flag: A Button in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 or R Button in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars for white, and B Button in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 or L Button in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars for red. Players can choose between raising a red or white flag. If one of the players raises the wrong color flag or does not raise any flag, the Shy Guy eliminates the player from the minigame by using a sword to cut their rope in Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars or by popping their balloon by using a bow in Mario Party 2. In Mario Party and Mario Party 2, the Shy Guy sometimes raises two flags at once, then puts one of them away early, while in Mario Party: The Top 100, the Shy Guy sometimes takes out a flag and immediately puts it away. When raising two flags at once, the Shy Guy can also raise a flag after lowering it and lower the other one. Both of these techniques reappear in Mario Party Superstars. The last player attached to the boat or their balloon wins the minigame.

In Mario Party 2, a bypassing Lakitu appears, serving as a timestamp for the minigame. If the player does not raise a flag before the Lakitu has gone offscreen, the Shy Guy pops their balloon.

In Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars, the music speeds up as the minigame progresses, which also occurs in Hexagon Heat in Mario Party 2.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party / Mario Party 2[edit]

  • A Button – Raise white flag
  • B Button – Raise red flag

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • L Button: Raise red flag
  • R Button: Raise white flag

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • R Button – Raise White Flag
  • L Button – Raise Red Flag

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party[edit]

  • Game Rules"Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. A Button is white, B Button is red."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)"Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Be the last one standing to clear the game."
  • Advice"The Shy Guy will try to trick you by raising two flags at once, so be careful."

Mario Party 2[edit]

  • Game Rules"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."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster)"Raise the same color flag as the Shy Guy. Be the last one left to clear this Mini-Game."
  • Advice"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."

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description"Raise the same flag that Shy Guy raises! Last one left wins!"
  • On-screen"Raise the same flag that Shy Guy raises!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Raise the same color of flag that Shy Guy raises. He's going to go faster and faster!"

Other appearances[edit]

Mario gets revenge on hosts of the minigames in Mario Party in Shy Guy Says and Mushroom Mix-Up
Shy Guy Says in a Mario Party 4koma manga

The minigame makes an appearance in a 4koma Mario Party four-panel gag manga where Mario eliminates the hosts the same way hosts try to eliminate the players.

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese はたあげヘイホー
Hata-Age Heihō
Flag-Raising Shy Guy

Chinese (simplified) 举旗的嘿呵
jǔqíde hèihè
Raising Flags Shy Guy

Chinese (traditional) 舉旗的嘿呵
jǔqíde hèihè
Raising Flags Shy Guy

Dutch Commando Shy Guy
Shy Guy says
French (NOA) Maskache a dit
Shy Guy says
French (NOE) Maskass a dit
Shy Guy says
German Fahnen-Wirrwarr
Flags Confusion
Italian Shy Guy Says[1] (Mario Party)
Tipo Timido Dice (Mario Party 2)
Tipo Timido dice (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars)
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Shy Guy Says
Shy Guy says
Korean 헤이호와 깃발
Heyhowa gitbal
Shy Guy and flags

Portuguese Shy Guy Mandou
Shy Guy Says
Russian Повторяем за скромнягой
Povtoryaem za skromnyagoy
Repeating after Shy Guy

Spanish Shy Guy dice...
Shy Guy says...

Trivia[edit]

  • An alternate texture for the Shy Guy pirate is present in Mario Party's files but went unused.[2]
  • In Mario Party 2, Luigi's flags have a rendering issue that causes them to look as if they are not fully attached to the poles, an issue also present in Yoshi's red flag. Luigi's left wrist is also seen constantly twisting.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario Party European manual, pag. 141
  2. ^ Mario Party. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved August 20, 2018.