Ticktock Hop

Ticktock Hop
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Type	Duel minigame
Initial record	5 (Mario Party Superstars)
Music track	Panic / In a B-I-G Hurry (Superstars)
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party Superstars:

Ticktock Hop is a Duel minigame in Mario Party 3 (where it is parsed as Tick Tock Hop) and Mario Party Superstars.

Overview

Gameplay from Mario Party Superstars

Both players stand on the hour hand of a clock resembling the painting associated with Tick Tock Clock in Super Mario 64. They jump over the minute hand as it rotates around until one of them is hit by it, making the other player win. Unlike in most Duel minigames in the Mario Party series, the conditions are not equal for both players; the player closer to the center is at a disadvantage, as the minute hand is under them for a longer time than the player on the outside.

The longer the game goes on, the more the movement pattern varies, such as only the hour hand moving, both hands rotating, the hands moving at different speeds, or reversing direction. If both players are eliminated or have jumped over the minute hand 99 times, the game ends in a draw.

An "Endless" version of Ticktop Hop appears in Mario Party Superstars, continuing until both players are eliminated.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• – Run in place
• – Jump

Mario Party Superstars

• – Jump

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules
  • Tumble: "The hands of the clock spin round and round. Time your jumps to avoid being hit by the minute hand."
  • Goomba: "Stand on the clock's hour hand and jump the minute hand as you spin around!"
• Advice
  • Tumble: "Be careful because the hands will speed up and slow down without warning."
  • Goomba: "The clock hands will suddenly speed up, slow down and even change directions! You'd better pay attention!"

Mario Party Superstars

• In-game description
  • English:
    Jump and avoid the clock's spinning hands. Don't get hit!

Gallery

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  Background

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  The ending to Tick Tock Hop

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ぐるりんクロック[?] Gururin kurokku	Spinning Clock
Chinese (simplified)	时钟转啊转[?] Shízhōng Zhuǎn a Zhuǎn	Spinning Clock
Chinese (traditional)	時鐘轉啊轉[?] Shízhōng Zhuǎn a Zhuǎn	Spinning Clock
Dutch	Strijd tegen de klok[?]	Fight against the clock
French	Aiguilles Sauteuses[?]	Jumpy Clock Hands
German	Riskante Zeiten[?]	Risky Times
Italian	Salti nel tempo[?]	Jumps in time
Korean	빙빙 시계[?] Bingbing Sigye	Spinning Clock
Portuguese	Hora da Rasteira[?]	Time to Trip Up
Russian	Тик-так-прыг![?] Tik-tak-pryg!	Tick-tock-jump!
Spanish	Tic, Tac, Salto[?]	Tick, Tock, Jump