Ticktock Hop

Ticktock Hop
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party Superstars
Type	Duel minigame
Initial record	5 (Mario Party Superstars)
Music track	Panic / In a B-I-G Hurry (Superstars)
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party Superstars:

Ticktock Hop is a Duel minigame found in Mario Party 3 (where it is parsed as Tick Tock Hop) and Mario Party Superstars. The playing field resembles the painting from Super Mario 64 that takes the player to Tick Tock Clock.

Gameplay

The players stand on the hour hand and have to dodge the minute hand by simply jumping over it as it comes spinning around toward them. As the minigame progresses, the minute hand may be the only hand rotating, the hour hand may be the only one rotating, both hands may be rotating, and they may also reverse direction and change speeds. The last player standing wins. If both players are knocked off by the minute hand at the same time or if they jump over the hand 99 times, the minigame ends in a draw.

Although this is not said in the instructions, players can use to angle their characters or run in place. However, they stay in the same place, so there is no functional use for this.

In Mario Party Superstars, an "Endless" mode is available in Free Play; as the name implies, it continues until both players are eliminated, and it saves records. Additionally, due to the 16:9 aspect ratio, one can see that the clock is on the top of a wooden table with some tools and cogs surrounding it.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• – Jump

Mario Party Superstars

• – Jump

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Game Rules
  • Tumble: "The hands of the clock spin round and round. Time your jumps to avoid being hit by the minute hand."
  • Goomba: "Stand on the clock's hour hand and jump the minute hand as you spin around!"
• Advice
  • Tumble: "Be careful because the hands will speed up and slow down without warning."
  • Goomba: "The clock hands will suddenly speed up, slow down and even change directions! You'd better pay attention!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Jump and avoid the clock's spinning hands. Don't get hit!"

Gallery

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  Background

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  The ending to Tick Tock Hop

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ぐるりんクロック Gururin kurokku	Spinning Clock
Dutch	Strijd tegen de klok	Fight against the clock
French	Aiguilles Sauteuses	Jumpy Clock Hands
German	Riskante Zeiten	Risky Times
Italian	Salti nel tempo	Jumps in time
Korean	빙빙 시계 Bingbing Sigye	Spinning Clock
Portuguese	Hora da Rasteira	Time to Trip Up
Russian	Тик-так-прыг! Tik-tak-pryg!	Tick-tock-jump!
Spanish	Tic, Tac, Salto	Tick, Tock, Jump