Speak Up

Speak Up is a a quiz show mini-game in Mario Party 6. To play, the player must have a Nintendo GameCube Microphone connected or can use buttons to answer questions (with the R button opening up the selection menu). Surprising, there no hostile attitude seen between the two constantly bickering hosts, Twila and Brighton. Panels with one Star inscribed on it are the easiest and the first question in that category while panels with five Stars on it are the hardest and the last question of the category. The more a category has been used, the harder its questions get. One Star panels are originally worth ten points, two Star panels are originally worth twenty points and so on. If a question is answered incorrectly, another player will have a chance to answer that question and enter the Speed Round. The players have to be quick to answer the question, or else another player will grab a hold of the question. If another player does not choose to answer the question for a while, the value of the question gradually goes down. Incorrectly answered questions will appear as red X marked panels while correctly answered questions will appear as green checked panels. Depending on how many players, the game will last for ten, fifteen, or twenty questions. The five categories consists of the following: Picture, Comparison, Memory, Variety, Counting.



Picture Quiz
The Picture Quiz requires the player to figure out which playable Mario character is behind the darkened, blurred, or moving screen. A tricky portion of the quiz challenges the player to name a character while he or she is moving.

Comparison Quiz
The Comparison Quiz requires the player to count objects or species on each side of the screen and seeing which has more or less of the said object/species. Some things include Stars, Shadow Stars, Ukikis, Penguins, Goombas, Koopa Troopas and Thwomps.

Memory Quiz
The Memory Quiz requires the player to use his or her and remember which character hid behind what or other various things. A cut scene will play with a Mario character walking through an area. After the cut scene, the host will ask what happened to who or where did someone go. This type of quiz has a lot of variety so it is best to pay attention to everything that happened.

Variety Quiz
The Variety Quiz requires the player to be ready for any quiz from another category. The Variety Quiz isn't really another type of quiz, it's just a combination of every other quiz in Speak Up.

Counting Quiz
The Counting Quiz requires the player to count the number of specified species or objects. In more difficult levels, the screen will be dim and only a spotlight will show what objects are on the screen. This quiz is very similar to the Comparison Quiz in the aspect that both involve counting.

Bowser Quiz
Unlike the others, this category cannot be chosen by default. It is instead chosen by hitting a Ztar Panel, and obviously can only be chosen in Bowser Time. The Bowser Quiz features questions that normally rely on luck, such as choosing what fruit he likes the least, although you have no way of knowing.

At the end of the quiz, whoever has the most points after all of the questions is the winner. The winner will also receive a trophy.

Bonus Panels
Occasionally, an item will appear on a selected panel. These items apply certain bonuses to those panels. Many of these bonus panels are found on the harder questions.

Mushroom
The Mushroom Panel doubles the points the player earns for answering a given question.

Golden Mushroom
Likewise, the Golden Mushroom Panel triples the points the player earns.

Fire Flower
The Flower Panel makes the question one level easier while retaining the gained points.

Star
The Star Panel allows the player a second chance to answer a question if he/she incorrectly answers it. This doesn't include players answering in the Speed Round.

Brighton/Twila
The Brighton/Twila Panel slows down the timer for the question.

Bowser Time
When Bowser takes over the quiz to host, the previous item panels cannot be found and are instead replaced by the following panels.

Bob-omb
As opposed to the Flower Panel, the Bob-omb Panel makes the question one level harder while retaining the gained points.

Poison Mushroom
As opposed to the Brighton/Twila Panel, the Poison Mushroom panel speeds up the timer for the question.

Warp Pipe
The Warp Pipe Panel allows you to steal the gained points from another player. In other words, in addition to gaining the correct amount of points, you cause another player to lose the same number of points.

Ztar
The Ztar Panel changes the question to a question from the Bowser Quiz.