Speak Up

Speak Up with Brighton and Twila

“Welcome to Speak Up, the brain-bending, fast-talking Mic quiz game!”

—Brighton and Twila, Mario Party 6

Speak Up is a quiz show minigame in Mario Party 6 in Mic Mode. To play, players must have a Nintendo GameCube Microphone connected or have the settings switched to using the R button on the GameCube controller. At least two players are required to participate, and because of that, it is not possible to challenge computer players. Surprisingly, there are no hostile attitudes seen between the two constantly bickering hosts, Twila and Brighton.

Overview

The Question Screen

Two to four players participate in a quiz show competing for the most points. Players earn points by answering questions correctly and quickly. When players do not answer quickly enough, the number of points will go down. If a player gets a question wrong, then the other players will have a chance to steal the question in the Speed Round, and if that player gets it wrong, then no one scores and either Brighton, Twila, or Bowser will show the right answer. If a player has a Star Panel, then only the current player gets to answer the question twice. If the player gets two wrong answers, then that player won't get the points and the right answer is revealed. The questions available are divided into five categories: Picture Quiz, Counting Quiz, Memory Quiz, Comparison Quiz, and Variety Quiz. The difficulty of the question is shown in the number of stars in the top, with one star being the easiest and five stars being the most difficult. Players may only choose the more difficult questions as long as the easier questions are done first. As the difficulty increases, however, so does the number of points earned. Players can also request one hint per question to make the question easier to answer, but players cannot request hints if a wrong answer has been attempted without asking for a hint. Bonus panels are hidden throughout the game, and they give players a benefit like doubling the number of points, getting a second chance, and more.

Tallying up the score.

After three rounds of questions, Brighton and Twila tally up scores for the participating players, starting with the player with the least amount of points and ending with the player with the most. At this time, it is possible for Bowser to interfere with the show and take over as hosts while Brighton and Twila get knocked away. Note that this does not always happen, and it happens at random. Not only does Bowser change the aesthetics of the show, but the bonus panels give players negative effects instead of beneficial ones. Additionally, if players get the question wrong, Bowser punishes them by zapping them.

At the end of the game, the player with the most points overall wins a trophy on the screen. If Bowser is present, he also announces the loser of the game and zaps the last place player.

Types of quizzes

Picture Quiz

The Picture Quiz require players to figure out which character is on the effected screen (sometimes the character will hide behind a cardboard scene or is on a vehicle that is seen from one of the minigames) or as a spinning stationary figure at a speed determined by the difficulty and slows down as time goes by.

The quiz plays rock music in the background.

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  A spinning stationary figure

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  A pixelated picture

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  A distorted picture

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  A fuzzed out picture

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  A blurred picture

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  Zoomed out pictures

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  An example of a character hiding behind a cardboard scene

Counting Quiz

The Counting Quiz require players to count the number of specified species, moving pass by (with barriers that spread out more depended by the difficulty) or stationary where the screen is dim and only a spotlight shows what are on the screen.

The quiz plays techno music in the background.

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  Counting moving Thwomps

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  Counting stationary Koopa Troopas

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  Either counting them all, or just one species

Memory Quiz

The Memory Quiz require players to use their memory and remember which character hid behind what or what/who was there as their character is walking by.

The quiz plays ragtime music in the background, and the first six notes of the music are based off the Ground BGM from Super Mario Bros., while the second string of notes is based off the Invincibility BGM.

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  Player's character walking by an area (Level 1)

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  Player's character walking by an area (Level 2)

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  Player's character walking by an area (Level 3)

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  Player's character walking by an area (Level 4)

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  Player's character walking by an area (Level 5)

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  The characters hiding behind objects

Comparison Quiz

The Comparison Quiz require players to choose which side has more or less of the object/species. It is very similar to the Counting Quiz in the aspect that both involve counting.

The quiz plays mazurka music in the background.

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  Comparison with moving Stars and Shadow Stars

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  Comparison with certain species on rotating platforms

Variety Quiz

The Variety Quiz require players to identify the character shown on the screen, such as seeing the character's shadow, the character broken up into cubes, or their face visible within a single, moving line. It is very similar to the Picture Quiz in terms of answering the question.

The quiz plays lounge music in the background.

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  The character's shadow

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  The character broken up into cubes

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  The character's face within a single, moving line

Character faces

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  Mario

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  Luigi

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  Peach

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  Yoshi

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  Wario

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  Daisy

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  Waluigi

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  Toad

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  Boo

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  Koopa Kid

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  Toadette

Bowser Quiz

The Bowser Quiz require players to choose which fruit Bowser wants to eat, selecting from four to eight fruits depended by the difficulty. This quiz is entirely luck-based, but players can still request a hint to rule out some fruits. Unlike the others, this category cannot be chosen by default, as it instead is chosen by getting a Shadow Star Panel during only in Bowser Time.

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  Bowser's luck-based quiz

Bonus Panels

Occasionally, an item appears on a selected panel. These items apply certain bonuses to those panels. Many of these bonus panels are found on the harder questions.

Normal Quiz

Image	Name	In-game text
	Mushroom Panel	"You got a Mushroom Panel! You'll get double the usual points if you get the right answer!"
	Super Mushroom Panel	"You found a Super Mushroom Panel! You'll get triple the usual points if you get the right answer!"
	Flower Panel	"You got a Flower Panel! Your next question is gonna be easier!"
	Star Panel	"You found a Star Panel! If you get the wrong answer, you'll still get a second try to get it right!"

Bowser Time

When Bowser takes over the quiz to host, the previous item panels cannot be found and are instead replaced by the following panels.

Image	Name	In-game text
	Bob-omb Panel	"Gwahaha! It's a Bob-omb! Will the question be too easy for you? Just to be nice, I'm going to make it even harder!"
	Cursed Mushroom Panel	"It's a Cursed Mushroom Panel! Should I feel bad for enjoying your bad luck? Nope...I'm BOWSER! Gwaha! Answer quickly or your bonus points will fall like a Metal Mario off an airship! Gwahaha!"
	Pipe Panel	"Hrmm, it's a Pipe Panel! But...uh...it's a very fearsome Pipe Panel! Gwarrrr! Answer this question right and you can pilfer points from your opponents!"
	Shadow Star Panel	"GWAHAHA! It's the...Shadow Star Panel! All right, pay attention if you don't want to get stomped! I'm about to ask you a very special question!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	マイクでクイズ Maiku de Kuizu	Quiz with Mic		[?]
French	Quiz Micro	Mic Quiz		[?]
German	Sag's laut!	Say it loud!		[?]
Italian	Fonoquiz	Phonoquiz (phono- being a Greek prefix meaning "sound")		[?]
Spanish (Europe)	Preguntas y respuestas	Questions and Answers		[?]