Picture Match is aminigame featured inSuper Mario Odyssey. It appears in theCloud Kingdom and theMushroom Kingdom, and it involves replicating an image of a character as accurately as possible usingcapturable objects calledPicture Match Parts. AToad wearing a beret hosts both games, and the game is both started and concluded by talking to the Toads. In the Cloud Kingdom, the minigame is accessed through aWarp Pipe in the center of Nimbus Arena, and the image is of aGoomba. The parts involved are its eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. The Warp Pipe appears only after the player first completes "Hat-to-Hat Combat" and returns to the Cloud Kingdom. In the Mushroom Kingdom, the minigame is accessed by taking aMini Rocket nearGoomba Woods into the sky, and the image is ofMario. The parts involved are his eyes, eyebrows, nose, mustache, and mouth.

When the minigame starts, the game switches to an overhead view of the image, which is placed on the surface of a platform with ramps leading up from the ground. Once the player confirms, the facial features of the image vanish, replaced by a set of Picture Match Parts on the platform. As a Picture Match Part, Mario can move around and rotate the part when the player presses and. Each button goes in a different direction. Picture Match Parts cannotjump. They are placed by exiting the parts. If a part is not mostly on the image, it resets back to the original position. If it is, the part can no longer be captured, and it disappears a few seconds after. Both Goomba and Mario parts appear in both games, so it is also important to choose the correct parts. Picture Match Parts are unable to leave the platform.

When the player is done placing parts, the player can talk to the Toad again to start scoring. The camera returns to the overhead position, and all of the placed Picture Match Parts reappear one after the other.Points are earned by placing the Picture Match Parts in similar positions and orientations to the original image. A score of at least 60 points passes, and the Toad gives Mario aPower Moon. In the Cloud Kingdom, it is the "Picture Match: Basically a Goomba" Power Moon. In the Mushroom Kingdom, it is the "Picture Match: Basically Mario" Power Moon.

Picture Match Part (Goomba)

Picture Match Part (Mario)

There is a more difficult version of both Picture Match minigames. These versions are available only after the player completes the initial version of each minigame. In addition, to play the Cloud Kingdom version, the player must activate the kingdom'sMoon Rock. In this version, all colors and outlines of the picture except for the outermost outline fade out soon after the minigame starts, leaving the picture as a blank white silhouette. The colors and outlines return during the transition to judging. The passing score is increased to a minimum of 80 points. If this is completed, Mario receives another Power Moon. In the Cloud Kingdom, it is the "Picture Match: A Stellar Goomba!" Power Moon. In the Mushroom Kingdom, it is the "Picture Match: A Stellar Mario!" Power Moon. There is no way to play the first version of the minigame again without creating a new save file.

The background music that plays in the Picture Match areas is a rendition of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" fromSuper Mario Bros. 3.

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Picture Match Part (Goomba)[edit]

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Notes[edit]

• Picture Match is based on the traditional Japanese gamefukuwarai, which tasks players with placing cutouts of facial features on a blank face while blindfolded, similar to how Picture Match Parts disappear after being placed down. The Picture Match Parts are also named "fuku warai" in Japanese.
  • Prior toSuper Mario Odyssey's release,Nintendo had released a printable Mario-themed fukuwarai set on theNintendo Kids Space section of the company's Japanese website. This set used the same promotional art of Mario as the Mushroom Kingdom Picture Match image, albeit featuring only his head as opposed to his entire body.

See also[edit]

• Making Faces

• Super Mario Odyssey minigames

• Articles with unsourced foreign names