Mario Matrix

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Mario Matrix
Mario Matrix in Mario Party 8
Appears inMario Party 8
Type4-Player minigame
Time limit20 seconds
Music trackFeelin' Cyber
Music sample

Mario Matrix is a 4-Playerminigame inMario Party 8.

Overview[edit]

Mario Matrix intro from Mario Party 8
The introduction to Mario Matrix

The four players are in some kind of lab and walk into four capsule-like containers, all connected to a computer. The players all get transported into the computer, where a large hexagon made of 35 smaller hexagons appears.

The players must click on as many illuminated hexagons as they can by pointing at the TV screen and pressingA Button orB Button on theirWii Remotes. The hexagons are illuminated for only a few seconds. The player(s) who click(s) on the most hexagons win(s). If nobody clicks on any hexagons, the minigame ends in a tie.

The end of Mario Matrix in Mario Party 8
Daisy,Waluigi, andWario left in the computer

Winning players are transported back out through the capsule, performing a victory dance, while the losing players remain hovering on the computer screen. It is possible for no one to remain if everyone gets the same score. The other players do nothing (only in Free Play). If the minigame ends in a tie, the camera scrolls right to the computer screen and shows all four players hovering.

Controls[edit]

  • Wii Remote: Use the Pointer to move the cursor.
  • Buttons
    • A Button/B Button – Activate panel

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules"Use your cursor to touch as many lit-up panels as you can in 20 seconds."
  • Hint"Lit-up panels appear in a steady stream. Touch 'em as quickly as you can!"

Gallery[edit]

  • Hexagon

    Hexagon

Naming[edit]

The minigame's name is a reference to the 1999 science-fiction movieThe Matrix, which, like this minigame, has the theme of a cybernetic world inside the computer; the green background of the minigame even resembles the green rain of codes from the movie.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseピカっとパネルタッチ[?]
Pikatto panerutatchi
Dazzling Panel Touch
FrenchMatrice Pas Triste[?]Not Sad Matrix
GermanMario-Matrix[?]Mario Matrix
ItalianMario Matrix[?]-
Korean반짝반짝 패널 터치[?]
Banjjak-banjjak Paeneol Teochi
Glowing Panel Touch
SpanishMatrio Matrix[?]From the English name, with an added portmanteau of "Mario" and "matrix"
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