Trace Race

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Trace Race
Mario human player making a ruffled loop, but doing overall great in Trace Race from Mario Party 4
Appears in Mario Party 4
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Type Battle minigame (Mario Party 4)
4-Player minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars)
Music track Slowly Yet Surely (Mario Party 4 and Mario Party Superstars)
Cool as a Cucumber (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Music sample
Mario Party 4:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:

Trace Race is a Battle minigame in Mario Party 4 and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars.

Overview[edit]

In the beginning of the minigame, four players drop onto their respective paths on a giant clipboard. Players each have a giant crayon and a long guideline that they must trace. The path winds with a series of turns, curves, and loops. Despite the name, this minigame is not racing-based; players score points based on their accuracy. After all four players reach the end of the track, the screen shows their traces from beginning to end, calculating the percentage of adherence to the path. The most accurate player at the path's end wins, unless no one scores at least 30 points, in which case the game ends in a draw.

In Mario Party 4, each crayon and path is colored according to the character, with a relevant symbol at the beginning of the path. In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, P1 is red, P2 is blue, P3 is green and P4 is yellow, with the symbol being a mushroom.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Circle Pad: Move

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • Game Rules"Trace the colored line on the ground. Whoever stays closest to the original line wins!"
  • Advice"If no one scores more than 30 points, we'll call it a tie. Try to get 100, you guys!"

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description"Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"
  • On-screen"Trace the guideline carefully!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese なぞってクレヨン
Nazotte Kureyon
Tracing with Crayon [?]
Chinese (Simplified) 蜡笔描线
Làbǐ Miáoxiàn
Crayon Tracing [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 蠟筆描線
Làbǐ Miáoxiàn
Crayon Tracing [?]
Dutch Overtrekken Trace [?]
French Suivez la Ligne Follow the Line [?]
German Linienführung Lines Guide [?]
Italian Gli assi della penna The pen aces [?]
Korean 크레용 따라 그리기
Keureyong Ttara Geurigi
Crayon Tracing [?]
Portuguese Siga à Risca "Follow to the Letter", with risca also meaning "line" [?]
Russian Мелковое ралли
Melkovoye ralli
Small rally [?]
Spanish (Latin American) Traza en carrera Race Trace Mario Party: The Top 100 [?]
Spanish (European) Cera a la carrera Racing Crayon [?]

See also[edit]