Shy Guy's Perplex Express is a linear board in the game, Mario Party 8. This board is hosted by Shy Guy. When the player reaches the steam engine of the train, Shy Guy gives them a star for 20 coins.
Star Battle Arena[]
In Star Battle Arena, this board is the fourth stage. In the Star Battle Arena version, the player or the opponent wins by acquiring one Star. And the star is 50 coins. This is similar to the second stage (Goomba's Booty Boardwalk).
The host in the Star Battle Arena version is Holly Koopa (a female Koopa Troopa). The star is 50 coins. If the player or the opponent collects 50 coins and makes it to Holly first --with that number of coins-- then they get it (the star) from her. And they win.
If the player --or the opponent-- makes it to Holly with less than 50 coins and can't pay for the star, they see Shy Guy (who is the engineer). And he gives them 10 coins.
Like the Star Battle Arena version of Goomba's Booty Boardwalk, the said version of Shy Guy's Perplex Express is similar to the Solo Cruise version of Pagoda Peak (from Mario Party 7). But again, it is 100 coins for the star (in the Solo Cruise version of Pagoda Peak in Mario Party 7).
Only three of the train carriages exist on this stage. That is, the kitchen and two passenger cars.
Description[]
On this wild board, the players must work their way to the front of a luxury train and reach the conductor to get a star for 20 coins. After passing the conductor, they will walk onto the top of the train and make their way to the back in an infinite loop. Several ? Spaces will cause Kamek to switch the order of the cars.
If one should land on the Lucky Space, that player is dropped off at Payday Waystation. The lucky area has a path of Blue Spaces (with 5 coins). Finally, a Shy Guy appears and gives the player a free star at the end of it.
On DK Spaces, the DK event has Donkey Kong and he replaces the normal steam engine with the DK Barrel Train. Then he gives the first player to reach him a free star. (On Star Battle Arena, he doubles the player's coin total --and it's dependent with the number of coins the player has. For example, if the player has 50 coins, he gives the player 50 coins. Then the player has a total of 100 coins. But if the player has zero coins, Donkey Kong gives them 10 coins.) On Bowser Spaces, the Bowser event has Bowser and he replaces the normal steam engine with the Bad Breath Express steam engine. Then he steals one of the player's stars (the first player who reaches him). If the player has zero stars, he gives the player 10 coins. (On Star Battle Arena, he steals half of the player's coins. But if the player has zero coins, he gives them 10 coins.)
In Star Battle Arena, the player (or the opponent) wins by acquiring one star and the star is 50 coins. Since the star is 50 coins, the player must collect 50 and bring them to celebrity Koopa, Holly Koopa. In the normal mode, if you land on a ? space she asks you if you want to trade a candy for some coins, usually the amount you would pay for the candy at the time. The candy is dependent with the price (if bought at a candy store). She gives the player 5-25 coins (up to 25 for the Bitsize Candy).
Trivia[]
- In the UK, a line Kamek says on Shy Guy's Perplex Express ("Turn the train spastic!") got the game slightly delayed to have the line changed because "spastic" is an offensive word in British English.
