Spotlight Swim

Spotlight Swim
Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Type	1-vs-3 minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	What to Do!?!
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party Superstars:

Spotlight Swim is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party Superstars.

Overview

Three players have to shine their respective red, blue, and green spotlights on the individual player at once. The solo player is capable of submerging in the pool, helping prevent detection. However, the player has to resurface every once in a while to breathe, at which point they cannot move. Additionally, upon the player submerging, bubbles can be seen above the player, indicating for a short time their position. If the solo player manages to avoid the team players' spotlights, the solo player wins. If the team players catch the solo player with all the spotlights together, the team wins.

The computer players all scatter their lights when the individual player dives, no matter their difficulty setting.

In Mario Party Superstars, sirens are heard when a spotlight touches the solo player, and the player team vocalizes. Easy computers never dive.

If the solo player wins, they celebrate before a Lakitu arrives with a ladder (in Mario Party 3) or fishing rod (in Mario Party Superstars) and picks them up, carrying them off, while the team members perform their losing poses. If the team wins, a cage drops on the solo player before the team celebrates. In Superstars, the solo player shows a sad expression once the team players celebrate.

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  The ending to Spotlight Swim if the solo player wins in Mario Party 3
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  The ending to Spotlight Swim if the team wins in Mario Party 3

Trio Challenge

In Mario Party Superstars, this minigame is available in Stage 1 and Stage 4 of the Trio Challenge in Mt. Minigames.

In Stage 1, human players play as a team against an Easy CPU solo opponent, and the rank requirements are:

• A: Win with 20 or more seconds left
• B: Win with 13–19 seconds left
• C: Win with 6–12 seconds left
• D: Win with 1–5 seconds left

In Stage 4, a single human player plays against Easy CPU opponents, and the rank requirements are:

• A: The player should keep their head above water for 20 seconds
• B: The player should keep their head above water for 15–19 seconds
• C: The player should keep their head above water for 10–14 seconds
• D: The player should keep their head above water for 5–9 seconds

Controls

Mario Party 3

Solo (1 player)

• – Move
• – Dive

Group (3 players)

• – Move searchlight

Mario Party Superstars

Solo Side (1 player)

• – Move
• Hold – Dive

Team Side (3 players)

• – Move searchlight

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules – "Catch the swimmer by shining all the searchlights on him or her at the same time."
• Advice – "The swimmer temporarily stops after he or she dives. Try to shine your searchlight on the swimmer at that point."

Mario Party Superstars

• Solo side: "Stay out of the spotlight!"
• Team side: "All of you must shine all three searchlights on the solo player together."

Gallery

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  Pipe

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	てらしてサーチライト Terashite sāchiraito	Light and Search		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	用探照灯照一照 Yòngtànzhàodēng zhàoyízhaò	Use Flashlight To Search		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	用探照燈照一照 Yòngtànzhàodēng zhàoyízhaò	Use Flashlight To Search		[?]
Dutch	Baden in het licht	Bathing in the light		[?]
French	Nage à Alcatraz	Swimming at Alcatraz	Mario Party 3	[?]
	Loin des projecteurs	Far from the spotlights	Mario Party Superstars	[?]
German	Lampenfieber	literally "Lamp Fever" (normally used to mean "stagefright")		[?]
Italian	Nuotata notturna	Nightly swim		[?]
Korean	서치라이트를 비춰라! Seochiraiteu-reul Bichwora!	Shoot the Searchlight!		[?]
Portuguese	Ilumi-Nado	Pun on iluminado (illuminated) and nado (swim)		[?]
Russian	Заплыв под софитами Zaplyv pod sofitami	Swim under the spotlights		[?]
Spanish	Evita el Foco	Avoid the Spotlight		[?]

See also

• Cage Catch
• Flashfright