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[[Image:ScratchandMatch.png|thumb|200px|[[Yoshi]] is about to win five extra lives (a "5-up" for three [[Baby Mario]]s) in Scratch and Match]]
[[File:ScratchandMatch.png|thumb|200px|[[Yoshi]] is about to win five extra lives (a "5-up" for three [[Baby Mario]]s) in Scratch and Match]]
'''Scratch and Match''' is a [[Bonus Challenge]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. It involves scratching cards to get [[Extra life|extra lives]]. In the game the player scratches three cards; scratching a Baby Mario panel gives the player extra lives, while scratching a Toady does nothing.
'''Scratch and Match''', also shortened to '''Scratch''', is a [[Bonus Challenge]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. It involves scratching cards to get [[extra life|extra lives]]. In the game, the player scratches three cards; scratching a Baby Mario panel gives the player extra lives, while scratching a [[Toady]] does nothing.


The scoring in the Bonus Challenge is as follows:
The scoring in the Bonus Challenge is as follows:
 
*3 Toadies – Nothing (11.4% probability)
*3 [[Toady|Toadies]] – Nothing (11.4% probability)
*1 [[Baby Mario]] – 1-Up (51.4% probability)
*1 [[Baby Mario]] – 1-Up (51.4% probability)
*2 Baby Marios – 2-Up (34.3% probability)
*2 Baby Marios – 2-Up (34.3% probability)
*3 Baby Marios – 5-Up (2.9% probability)
*3 Baby Marios – 5-Up (2.9% probability)
The arrangement of the cards is randomized. A player wins approximately 1.35 extra lives on average. There are four Toady cards and three Baby Mario cards in the game, leading to a total of seven cards.


The arrangement of the cards is randomized. There are four Toady cards and three Baby Mario cards in the game, leading to a total of seven cards.
This [[minigame]] returns in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', where players scratch the cards on the Touch Screen using the stylus {{button|DS|Stylus}}. In both games, it is the minigame of [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World]] [[World 2 (Yoshi's Island DS)|2]].
 
==Gallery==
In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', this [[minigame]] is just known as '''Scratch''' but otherwise has the same concept. Players scratch the cards on the touch screen using the {{button|DS|Stylus}}.
<gallery>
Scratch and Match (SNES).png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2-ScratchandMatchIcon.png|Map icon from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMA3-ScratchAndMatch-Icon.png|Map icon from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
Scratch and Match (DS).png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
</gallery>
===''Yoshi's Island DS'' icons===
<gallery>
Icon YIDS - Scratch.png|English
Icon YIDS - Scratch (french).png|French
Icon YIDS - Scratch (german).png|German
Icon YIDS - Scratch (italian).png|Italian
Icon YIDS - Scratch (spanish).png|Spanish
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=スクラッチ
|Jap=スクラッチ
|JapR=Sukuracchi
|JapR=Sukuracchi
|JapM=Scratch
|JapM=Scratch
|Ita=Gratta e vivi
|Ita=Gratta e vivi
|ItaM=Scratch and live}}
|ItaM=Scratch and live; pun on "Gratta e vinci" (Scratchcard; lit. "Scratch and win")
<br clear=all>
}}
 
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{{YI}}
{{YIDS}}
[[Category:Bonus Challenges]]
[[Category:Bonus Challenges]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Minigames]]
[[it:Gratta e vivi]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Minigames]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS Minigames]]