Crate and Peril
| Crate and Peril | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 6  Mario Party: The Top 100 | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 6 Mario Party: The Top 100 | ||
| Type | 1-vs.-3 minigame | ||
| Time limit | 30 seconds | ||
| Music track | Jazzy | ||
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Crate and Peril is a 1-vs.-3 minigame in Mario Party 6 and Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name is a pun on the name of the retail store Crate & Barrel.
Overview[edit]
The solo player chases the group players into a room with a stage, shrinking and sucking them into a box.
The solo player's objective is to tilt the box around and eliminate the group players by tilting the Spiny Shells into them. There are four small tan dividers in the box that act as walls for the group players and Spiny Shells. These dividers can be in different angles and distances from each other per game, with four different formations. The group players must survive for 30 seconds with at least one of them remaining in order to win.
The solo player can easily defeat the team of players if they pressure any member of a team to a corner of the box and eliminate them with two Spiny Shells, separated by the dividers, that block any means of escape. Since team members themselves can block each other, the solo player is advised to try to target more adept teammates as they are more restricted in their movement. Meanwhile, the team relies on the open center area, even in layouts where the layouts are positioned closer to the center, while anticipating the movement of the box, to weave between the Spiny Shells and avoid being cornered and eliminated.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 6[edit]
Solo (1 player)[edit]
– Tip box
Group (3 players)[edit]
- – Move
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
Solo (1 player)[edit]
Tilt system: Tilt box
Group (3 players)[edit]
: Move
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 6[edit]
- English
- Rules – "One player holds a box containing the other three players and tips it to try and hit them with Spinys!"
- Advice – "The solo player should watch the movement of the other three to figure out how to tip the box."
- Spanish (Spain)
- Rules – "Un jugador sostiene una cajita que contiene a los demás y debe ladearla para que estos choquen con los Pinchones." ("A player holds a small box that contains the others and must tilt it so that they collide with the Spinys.")
- Advice – "El jugador que sostiene la caja debería fijarse bien en los movimientos de los otros jugadores antes de ladearla." ("The player holding the box should pay close attention to the movements of the other players before tilting it.")
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description – "Life's hard for a shrunken person in a magic box filled with Spiny Shells, especially when someone's shaking it."
- On-screen (Solo) – "Hit your rivals with Spiny Shells!"
- On-screen (Team) – "Dodge the Spiny Shells!"
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パニックボックス[?] Panikku Bokkusu |
Panic Box | |
| Dutch | Kantelkist[?] | Tilting Box | |
| French | Boîte Magique[?] | Magic Box | |
| German | Wackelkasten[?] | Wobble Box | |
| Italian | Scatola Chiusa[?] | Closed Box; pun on "a scatola chiusa", meaning "out on a limb" | |
| Spanish | Caja mágica[?] | Magic Box |
