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{{minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
| image = [[File:Those Darn Keypads TraceRace.png|260px]]
|image={{Tabber|title1=''Mario Party 4''|content1=[[File:Those Darn Keypads TraceRace.png|260px]]|title2=''Mario Party: The Top 100''|content2=[[File:Top100TraceRace.png|260px]]|title3=''Mario Party Superstars''|content3=[[File:MPS Trace Race.jpg|260px]]}}
| appeared_in = ''[[Mario Party 4]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 4]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' <br> ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
| type = Battle mini-game
|type=Battle minigame (''Mario Party 4'')<br>Free-for-All minigame (''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'')
| song = Slowly Yet Surely
|track=Slowly Yet Surely (''Mario Party 4'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'') <br> Cool as a Cucumber (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
|sample=''Mario Party 4'':<br>[[File:MP4 Slowly Yet Surely.oga]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100'':<br>[[File:MPTT100 Cool as a Cucumber.oga]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars'':<br>[[File:MPS Slowly Yet Surely.oga]]
}}
}}
 
'''Trace Race''' is a Battle [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' and a Free-for-All minigame in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''.  
'''Trace Race''' is a Battle [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 4]]''.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The camera zooms in on the beginning of a giant clipboard, as each player jumps in one by one, holding a giant crayon.
The camera zooms in on the beginning of a giant clipboard as the four players jump in one by one, each holding a giant crayon.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Players each have a giant crayon and a long path that they must trace. The path winds with a series of turns, curves and loops. Players score points based on their accuracy. The most accurate player at the path's end wins.
Players each have a giant crayon and a long path that they must trace. The path winds with a series of turns, curves, and loops. Despite the name, this minigame is not racing-based; players score [[point]]s based on their accuracy. The most accurate player at the path's end wins, unless no one scores at least 30 points, in which case the game ends in a draw.
 
In ''Mario Party 4'', each crayon and path is colored according to the character, with a relevant symbol at the beginning of the path. In ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'', the standard player colors are used, with the symbol always being a mushroom.


==Ending==
==Ending==
As soon as all four players reached the end of the track, the screen shows their traces from beginning to end, calculating who was most accurate. The winning player will do their victory animation, while the other players do their losing animations.
After all four players reach the end of the track, the screen shows their traces from beginning to end, calculating who was most accurate. In ''Mario Party 4'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'', winning players do their victory animations while the other players do their losing animations; in the case of a draw, everyone does their losing animation.


==Controls==
==Controls==
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move
===''Mario Party 4''===
*{{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move
 
===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*{{button|3ds|Stick}}: Move
 
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|switch|stick}} &ndash; Move
 
==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 4''===
*'''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"Trace the colored line on the ground. Whoever stays closest to the original line wins!"''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"If no one scores more than 30 points, we'll call it a tie. Try to get 100, you guys!"''
 
===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*'''Description''' &ndash; ''"Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"''
*'''On-screen''' &ndash; ''"Trace the guideline carefully!"''
 
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*''"Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"''


==In-Game text==
==See also==
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Trace the colored line on the ground. Whoever stays closest to the original line wins!"''
*[[Crazy Cutters]]
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"If no one scores more than 30 points, we'll call it a tie. Try to get 100, you guys!"''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=なぞってクレヨン
|Jap=なぞってクレヨン
|JapR=Nazotte Kureyon
|JapR=Nazotte Kureyon
|JapM=Tracing in Crayon
|JapM=Tracing with Crayon
|Ger=Linienführung
|Ger=Linienführung
|GerM=Lines Guide
|GerM=Lines Guide
|Fra=Suivez la Ligne
|Fre=Suivez la Ligne
|FraM=Follow the Line
|FreM=Follow the Line
|Spa=Cera a la carerra
|Por=Siga à Risca
|SpaM=Wax to the race
|PorM="Follow to the Letter", with ''risca'' also meaning "line"
|SpaE=Cera a la carrera
|SpaEM=Racing Crayon
|SpaA=Traza en carrera (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
|SpaAM=Race Trace (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
|Ita=Gli assi della penna
|Ita=Gli assi della penna
|ItaM=Pen axes
|ItaM=Pen axes
|Dut=Overtrekken
|DutM=Trace
|Rus=Мелковое ралли
|RusR=Melkovoye ralli
|RusM=Small rally
|Kor=크레용 따라 그리기
|KorR=Keureyong Ttara Geurigi
|KorM=Crayon Tracing
}}
}}
{{BoxTop}}
 
{{MP4 Minigames}}
{{MP4 minigames}}
[[Category:Battle Minigames]]
{{MPTT100 minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party 4 Minigames]]
{{MPS minigames}}
[[Category:Battle minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 4 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Superstars minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: The Top 100 minigames]]
[[it:Gli assi della penna]]

Latest revision as of 00:04, January 8, 2024

Trace Race
Mario human player making a ruffled loop, but doing overall great in Trace Race from Mario Party 4
Trace Race from Mario Party: The Top 100
Trace Race in Mario Party Superstars
Appears in Mario Party 4
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Type Battle minigame (Mario Party 4)
Free-for-All minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars)
Music track Slowly Yet Surely (Mario Party 4 and Mario Party Superstars)
Cool as a Cucumber (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Music sample
Mario Party 4:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:

Trace Race is a Battle minigame in Mario Party 4 and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars.

Introduction[edit]

The camera zooms in on the beginning of a giant clipboard as the four players jump in one by one, each holding a giant crayon.

Gameplay[edit]

Players each have a giant crayon and a long path that they must trace. The path winds with a series of turns, curves, and loops. Despite the name, this minigame is not racing-based; players score points based on their accuracy. The most accurate player at the path's end wins, unless no one scores at least 30 points, in which case the game ends in a draw.

In Mario Party 4, each crayon and path is colored according to the character, with a relevant symbol at the beginning of the path. In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, the standard player colors are used, with the symbol always being a mushroom.

Ending[edit]

After all four players reach the end of the track, the screen shows their traces from beginning to end, calculating who was most accurate. In Mario Party 4 and Mario Party Superstars, winning players do their victory animations while the other players do their losing animations; in the case of a draw, everyone does their losing animation.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Circle Pad: Move

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • Game Rules"Trace the colored line on the ground. Whoever stays closest to the original line wins!"
  • Advice"If no one scores more than 30 points, we'll call it a tie. Try to get 100, you guys!"

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description"Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"
  • On-screen"Trace the guideline carefully!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Trace the guideline carefully with your crayon!"

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese なぞってクレヨン
Nazotte Kureyon
Tracing with Crayon

Dutch Overtrekken
Trace
French Suivez la Ligne
Follow the Line
German Linienführung
Lines Guide
Italian Gli assi della penna
Pen axes
Korean 크레용 따라 그리기
Keureyong Ttara Geurigi
Crayon Tracing

Portuguese Siga à Risca
"Follow to the Letter", with risca also meaning "line"
Russian Мелковое ралли
Melkovoye ralli
Small rally

Spanish (NOA) Traza en carrera (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Race Trace (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Spanish (NOE) Cera a la carrera
Racing Crayon