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{{Minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
| image = [[File:Utter Nonsense.jpg|260px]]
| image = [[File:Utter Nonsense.jpg|260px]]
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|type=General minigame
|type=General minigame
|time=2 seconds
|time=2 seconds
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'''Utter Nonsense''' ('''Soundalike Star''' in the British English release) is a General [[Minigame|minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. This minigame is the only one that requires 2 to 4 human players to play. The American English name is a pun on the term "utter nonsense."
'''Utter Nonsense''' ('''Soundalike Star''' in the British English release) is a General [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. This minigame is the only one that requires two to four human players to play. The American English name comes from a phrase referring to something false or silly.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Like in [[The Choicest Voice]], the players use the microphone to imitate the selected character's voice. The voice clip will be played and a 3 second countdown will commence before the players imitate. After the countdown finishes, the players can imitate the character. Finally, the game will rate the voice recording from a score of 0 to 100. Whichever player gets the higher score than the others wins and the winner's imitation plays. Something similar happens in [[Bowser's Peculiar Peak]], where if the player ends their turn on a Bowser Space and the wheel stops at "Imitate Bowser's voice," the player needs to imitate one of Bowser's voice clips.
Like in [[The Choicest Voice]], the players use the microphone to imitate the selected character's voice. The voice clip will be played and a 3 second countdown will commence before the players imitate. After the countdown finishes, the players can imitate the character. Finally, the game will rate the voice recording from a score of 0 to 100. Whichever player gets the higher score than the others wins and the winner's imitation plays. Something similar happens if the player ends their turn on a [[Bowser Space]] and the wheel stops at "Imitate Bowser's voice," the player needs to imitate one of Bowser's voice clips.


==Controls==
==Controls==
*{{button|ds|mic}} – Imitate a character
*{{button|ds|mic}} – Imitate a character.


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
*'''Rules''' – ''Listen to the character's voice, and then perform your best impression.''
*'''Rules''' – '''American English''' ''Listen to the character's voice, and then perform your best impression.''
*'''Rules''' – '''British English''' ''Listen to the character's voice and do your best impression!''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=マネマネボイス
|Jap=マネマネボイス
|JapR=Manemaneboisu
|JapR=Mane-mane Boisu
|JapM=Voice Imitation
|JapM=Reduplication of「真似」(''mane'', imitation) + English word "voice"
|Fra=Voix de tête
|Fre=Voix de tête
|FraM=Head voice
|FreM=Head voice
|Ger=Imposante Imitation
|Ger=Imposante Imitation
|GerM=Impressive Imitation
|GerM=Impressive Imitation
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|DutM=Voice Battle
|DutM=Voice Battle
|Por=Casting de Voz
|Por=Casting de Voz
|PorM=Voice Casting}}
|PorM=Voice Casting
}}


{{MPIT Minigames}}
{{MPIT minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour Minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour minigames]]
[[it:Imitatori impavidi]]
[[it:Imitatori impavidi]]

Latest revision as of 10:47, January 8, 2024

Utter Nonsense
Utter Nonsense.jpg
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Time limit 2 seconds

Utter Nonsense (Soundalike Star in the British English release) is a General minigame in Mario Party: Island Tour. This minigame is the only one that requires two to four human players to play. The American English name comes from a phrase referring to something false or silly.

Introduction[edit]

A roulette spins from the ten playable characters that shows whom the player is going to imitate. After a few seconds, it stops on a specific character's image and the minigame begins.

Gameplay[edit]

Like in The Choicest Voice, the players use the microphone to imitate the selected character's voice. The voice clip will be played and a 3 second countdown will commence before the players imitate. After the countdown finishes, the players can imitate the character. Finally, the game will rate the voice recording from a score of 0 to 100. Whichever player gets the higher score than the others wins and the winner's imitation plays. Something similar happens if the player ends their turn on a Bowser Space and the wheel stops at "Imitate Bowser's voice," the player needs to imitate one of Bowser's voice clips.

Controls[edit]

  • Microphone – Imitate a character.

In-game text[edit]

  • RulesAmerican English Listen to the character's voice, and then perform your best impression.
  • RulesBritish English Listen to the character's voice and do your best impression!

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese マネマネボイス
Mane-mane Boisu
Reduplication of「真似」(mane, imitation) + English word "voice"

Dutch Stemmenstrijd
Voice Battle
French Voix de tête
Head voice
German Imposante Imitation
Impressive Imitation
Italian Imitatori impavidi
Fearless imitators
Portuguese Casting de Voz
Voice Casting
Spanish Imitavoces
Voice Imitation