Stacked Deck

Stacked Deck
Appears in	Mario Party 3
Type	Battle minigame
Time limit	10 seconds per turn
Music track	What to Do!?!
Music sample

Stacked Deck is a luck-based Battle minigame in Mario Party 3.

Overview

Opening

The cards flip over, giving the players a look at the six Toads, two Boos, and four Baby Bowsers on the cards. The characters on the cards then change to question marks before being shuffled around and placed facedown on the playing field.

During gameplay, the players are arranged in a line and take turns one at a time. Players have to ground-pound the cards that they pick, and whatever is on a card results in a different thing happening. A Toad card lets the player remain in the minigame until it is the player's next turn. A Boo card scares all the players, causing them to run away and the turn order to change. A Baby Bowser card eliminates the player from the minigame. If a player does not ground-pound a card within 10 seconds, Baby Bowser spawns automatically for the same purpose. The last player standing wins.

Controls

• – Move
• + – Ground Pound

In-game text

• Game Rules – "Use a Ground Pound to flip the card and find a Toad. If you flip over a Baby Bowser, you lose!"
• Advice – "If you flip over a Boo, the order of turns will change, so watch out!"

Gallery

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  Background
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  Question mark
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  Card facedown
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  Toad card
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  Boo card
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  Baby Bowser card
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  Question mark on a card
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  A Baby Bowser attacks Mario during the minigame.
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  Mario wins in the minigame.

Naming

The minigame's name is play on the term "stacked deck". In poker, a stacked deck is a deck of cards purposefully arranged in such a way that one player gets a desired hand. This phrase is also used figuratively to denote any situation where a person derives an advantage through dishonest means.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ドキドキプレートめくり Dokidoki purēto mekuri	Frantic Plate Flipping		[?]
French	Partie de Cartes	Card Game		[?]
German	Kartenqual	Card Agony		[?]
Spanish	Elige Carta	Card Choosing		[?]

See also

• Deck Hands
• Card Smarts