Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch)

Shy Guys Finish Last and Sudden Death Answer (Perfect Game)

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This is a guide to the Shy Guys Finish Last minigame (Perfect Game) in Paper Mario: The Origami King for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn about the Shy Guys Finish Last game show categories, Ring Scramble, Race 'n' Place, Ninji Skills, and Bath Math, as well as Sudden Death Answers!

How to Play Shy Guys Finish Last

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Hosted by Emcee Shy Guy, the object of this Shy Guys Finish Last game show minigame is to score 100 points, by completing challenges, chosen randomly, from 4 categories.

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Each category has Difficulty Levels 1, 2, and 3, worth 10, 30, and 50 points, respectively.

The winning prize of the Shy Guys Finish Last game show is an invitation to the Spring of Rainbows hotspring, at Shangri-Spa. After earning 100 points, you may opt to play Sudden Death or skip it and go straight to the Spring of Rainbows. Winning Sudden Death rewards you with Collectible Treasure. Losing Sudden death is Game Over.

How to Play Ring Scramble

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The game show's Ring Scramble category tests your ring control and visual memory, by making you solve a ring-based image puzzle within a certain time-limit. The puzzles get harder to solve as the category's level increases.

Ring Scramble Difficulty Levels & Time Limits
Lv. / Pts. Max Ring Moves Puzzle Time Limit
Lv. 1
10 pts.
4 40 secs.
Lv. 2
30 pts.
7 60 secs.
Lv. 3
50 pts.
6 60 secs

How to Play Race 'n' Place

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The game show's Race 'n' Place category tests your eyesight and memory by requiring you to remember the places of every runner at the end of a race.

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After the race, you are taken to a ring puzzle with random characters in the rings and a line of rings with a number or a set of numbers from 1-4. You must spin and slide the rings to place the right characters (runners) on top of their corresponding places (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th). The numbers stay in place as the characters are moved.

Race 'n' Place Difficulty Levels & Time Limits
Lv. / Pts. # of Runners to Place in the Puzzle # of Characters on the Puzzle Puzzle Time Limit
Lv. 1
10 pts.
1 4
(Runners Only)
40 secs.
Lv. 2
30 pts.
1 6
(4 Runners + 2)
40 secs.
Lv. 3
50 pts.
4 9
(4 Runners + 5)
55 secs.

How to Play Ninji Skills

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The game show's Ninji Skills category tests your dynamic vision tracking. The game starts in a ring puzzle with random characters and Ninjis in the rings. The characters and Ninjis will be boxed and shuffled. Your job is to find the boxes containing the Ninjis after they are shuffled.

Ninji Skills Difficulty Levels & Time Limits
Lv. / Pts. # of Ninjis & Other Characters Puzzle Time Limit
Lv. 1
10 pts.
1 Ninji
+ 4 other characters
40 secs.
Lv. 2
30 pts.
2 Ninjis
+ 4 other characters
40 secs.
Lv. 3
50 pts.
4 Ninjis
+ 2 other characters
60 secs.

How to Play Bath Math

The game show's Bath Math category tests your memory and your math skills.

Memory

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The memory portion of Bath Math starts with Goombas going in and out of a hot spring (the hot spring starts with zero Goombas inside). Your job is to remember how many Goombas are in the hot spring at the end of the sequence. At the 3rd Difficulty Level, you will only be able to see and keep track of the Goombas going in and out, as steam completely covers your view of the hot spring.

Math Skills

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The math portion of Bath Math takes you to a ring puzzle with numbers, an addition symbol (+), and a subtraction symbol (-) in the rings. You have a certain number of seconds to spin and slide the rings to create an equation that equals to the number of Goombas in the hot spring, at the end of the memory portion.

Bath Math Difficulty Levels & Time Limits
Lv. / Pts. Steam Level # of Numbers on the Puzzle Puzzle Time Limit
Lv. 1
10 pts.
None 13 40 secs.
Lv. 2
30 pts.
None 11 40 secs.
Lv. 3
50 pts.
High 10 60 secs.

How to Play Sudden Death | Sudden Death Answers

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In Shy Guys Finish Last Sudden Death, you have to determine the missing sudden death lyric in a song that you have heard while progressing through the story.

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Emcee Shy Guy plays the song with lyrics, then presents you with 4 sudden death lyric choices, labeled A, B, C, and D. You have 60 seconds to choose the correct song lyric, by using arrows to guide Olivia to the lyric's corresponding letter in the center of a ring puzzle (similar to Boss Battles).

List of Sudden Death Answers and Lyrics

Sudden Death Answers (in Red)
Oh can you hear me... Are you there? Are you there?
I could really use some help now!
Do you care? Are you there?
Fire's burnin' in my chest now!
It's aflame... I call your name...
I wanna see you in the pulp now!
Let's... let's all rise up... and join together!
Answer: D - Aflame
Feelin' kinda sappy now... (Sappy sappy...)
It's like I'm super happy now... (Happy happy...)
I'm feelin' big and burly and it musta surely been you.
(Oh, Sappy keep on singin'
like the good old days, oh yeah...)
(Here I go now... Here I go now... Here I go now...) Wow!
Answer: B - Burly
Ohh, day by day, ohh, row by row.
One thing this old Sculler knows...
Life is good if ya go with the flow!
Answer: A - Sculler
More lyrics coming soon!

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The letters are buttons connected to a cannon, in which Mario has been placed. Choosing the wrong lyric results to sudden death, which shoots Mario out of the cannon and it's game over.

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Choosing the correct lyric in Sudden Death round will reward you a Collectible Treasure (your first sudden death win rewards you with Collectible Treasure No. 108: Sudden Death Cannon). You get a new prize each time you win Sudden Death.

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8 Anonymous8 months

This was the last trophy I needed to beat the game, and thanks to you, I finally have it! Thank you so much!!!

5 Anonymousabout 4 years

On level 3 I found it easier to watch the boxes that didn’t have the ninjis as there were 4 ninijis and only 2 other minions.

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