Storm Chasers

Template:Minigame-infobox Storm Chasers is a Battle minigame found in Mario Party 3 and a Free-for-All minigame found in Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name comes from "storm chasers," which are people who pursue and watch severe storms. The game also appears in Mario Party Superstars.

Gameplay

Official art of Waluigi in the minigame

The characters are located in a blue and indigo fenced area in the middle of a desert. There are various cacti and flowers that can be found on the outside of the fence. Players with potted Piranha Plants have to chase the rain cloud (which was updated to greatly resemble Lakitu's Cloud in later Mario Party games) to feed the Piranha Plants as the rain cloud moves randomly. In the middle of the minigame, some Monty Moles pop out of the holes; if a player bumps into one, that player will trip over (in Mario Party 3) or be knocked back (in The Top 100 and Superstars), stunning them. The cloud would occasionally zip around the arena only in The Top 100. The player who gathers the most rain for their potted Piranha Plant wins.

In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, there are colored sparkles that indicate which player received rain (red for player 1, blue for player 2, green for player 3, and yellow for player 4).

In Superstars, characters cheer when their Piranha Plant gets watered.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move

Mario Party Superstars

• – Move

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules – "Hold your pot under the rain cloud to water your Piranha Plant! The more you water it, the more it will grow!"
• Advice – "The rain cloud is blowing to and fro! Chase it down! Your Piranha Plant will flash brightly when it's getting water!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Chase the rain cloud and water your Piranha Plant to help it grow!"
• On-screen – "Chase the rain cloud to water your Piranha Plant!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Water your Piranha Plant to help it grow!"

Gallery

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  Mario Party 3

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  Mario Party: The Top 100

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  Mario Party Superstars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	あめふりパックン Amefuri pakkun	Rainfall Piranha
Chinese	雨水浇灌吞食花 yǔshuǐjiāoguàn tūnshíhuā	Rain Watering Piranha
Dutch	Een goede bui	A good shower
French	Pluie Poursuite	Rain Pursuit
German	Regentanz	Rain Dance
Italian	Danza della pioggia	Rain dance
Korean	비를 쫓는 뻐끔 Bireul Jjonneun Ppeokkeum	Rain Chaser Piranha
Portuguese	Pinga em Mim	"Drop on Me", reference to a Brazilian song called "Pinga Ni Mim"
Russian	В погоню за дождем V pogonyu za dozhdyom	Chasing the Rain
Spanish (NOA)	Riego con riesgo	Risky watering
Spanish (NOE)	Buscatormentas	Storm Search (stylized as Busca-Tormentas in Mario Party 3)