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Hedge Honcho is a 4-Player and Duel minigame in Mario Party DS. The name is a pun on the phrase "head honcho", which refers to the person in charge of something, and "hedge", a row of bushes where the minigame takes place. This minigame also appears as the seventh of ten minigames in the Score Scuffle mode.

Here, the miniature characters walk through a series of hedges and throw leaves out to escape the grassland.

Setting[]

The premise of this minigame appears to be in a deep, grassy area of vegetation with six rows of bushes that the characters have to navigate through. Beyond them though, is a river stream with water lilies that await the winner.

Gameplay[]

In this minigame, players race to clear the leaves that are blocking their path by using the stylus to move them. They, however, cannot clear leaves behind the front one.

There are two obstacles that the player must watch out for: Ladybugs and bees, both of which appear in the hedges at times. For the ladybug, the player must rub it to make it fly away. For the bee, the player must wait for it to fly away to continue. If they touch the bee, it will fly toward their character and sting them, stunning their character for a moment.

The player who reaches the pond wins the minigame. However, if five minutes pass without a winner, or if both players reach the goal simultaneously in the Duel version, it ends in a tie. In the Score Scuffle mode, the minigame ends when all four players reach the pond.

In the Duel variant, if both players break the current record whilst reaching the finish at the same time, the new record will be counted, but it will still end in a tie.

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