Editing Trace Cadets

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:Trade Cadets MPDS.png]]<br>4-Player minigame version
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party DS]]''
|type=4-Player minigame<br>Duel minigame
|track=Contemplation
|sample=[[File:MPDS Contemplation.oga]]
}}
'''Trace Cadets''' is a 4-Player and Duel [[minigame]] that appears in ''[[Mario Party DS]]''. Its name is a pun on "space cadets," which is a term used for people with a flighty, inattentive personality.

==Gameplay==
A large grid of Tetromino-like pieces appears on four individual grids, and players must draw lines around the perimeter of the shapes. Whoever fills out their square first wins. If no one fills out their square within five minutes, the minigame ends in a tie.

==Ending==
If the minigame ends after at least one player fills out their square, the spotlight shines on the winner's/winners' square(s), and the winner(s) show(s) their winning mugshot(s) as the losing player(s) show(s) their losing mugshot(s). If it ends in a tie, all players show their losing mugshots while the top picture dims.

==Controls==
*{{button|ds|Stylus}} &ndash; Draw a shape

==In-game text==
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Build upon your corner by tracing the outlines of any bordering shapes. Here's a complication: you must sketch each shape without lifting your stylus."''
*'''Tips''' &ndash; ''"You can't trace just any shape on your field. The only pieces you can trace are those that are outlined in your character's color."''

==Trivia==
This minigame was called "really jank and dumb" once

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Spa=Trazo a trazo
|SpaM=Trace by Trace
|Ger=Klötzchen-Künstler
|GerM=Block Artists
|Jap=ピースをかいて
|JapR=Pīsu o kaite
|JapM=Piece Drawing
|Kor=퍼즐 조각 그리기
|KorR=Peojeul jogak geurigi
|KorM=Puzzle Piece Draw
|Fre=Trait pour Trait
|FreM=Line for Line (Expression meaning "Exactly the same")
|Ita=Disegna la Figura
|ItaM=Draw the Figure
}}

{{MPDS minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Duel minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party DS minigames]]
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