Editing Manic Mallets

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:Mario Party 5 Maniac Mallets.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party 5''<br>[[File:Top100ManicMallets.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 5]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
|type=2-vs.-2 minigame
|time=10 seconds
|track=Bustling Noisily
|sample=''Mario Party 5'':<br>[[File:MP5 Bustling Noisily.oga]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100'':<br>[[File:MPTT100 Bustling Noisily.oga]]
}}
'''Manic Mallets''' is a 2-vs.-2 [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' and ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''.

==Introduction==
Both teams hit their switches once. A giant green [[hammer]] then rises out of the sand behind them.

==Gameplay==
In this minigame, players must avoid being crushed by a giant green hammer by hitting a small switch as fast as possible with a smaller hammer. The giant hammer rises from the ground at the beginning of the minigame, where it shows all players pushing the switches. The giant hammer starts rotating toward the losing team. Whichever team pushes the switches more times in ten seconds is the winning team. If both teams hit the switches the same number of times, the minigame ends in a draw. Both teams win if this happens in ''Mario Party: The Top 100''.<ref>KokiriGaming (May 21, 2019). [https://youtu.be/All6GDqhAYY?t=4710 Mario Party: The Top 100 - All Minigames (4 Players)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 16, 2020.</ref>

The background of the minigame shows several other giant hammers of different colors in a field, with a blue sky and sun. There are also several clouds floating in the sky. The players and the giant hammer are on sand, however, and the giant hammer appears to be made of stone.

==Ending==
Two [[Lakitu]]s appear on the screen and display the number of hits each team made. The giant mallet then falls over and crushes the losing team, with the losing team also floating off flattened in ''The Top 100''. If the minigame ends in a draw, the mallet turns sideways and crushes both teams.

==Controls==
===''Mario Party 5''===
*{{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Swing hammer

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*Mash {{button|3ds|A}}: Hit switch

==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 5''===
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Hit the switch with a hammer. The team that hits it the most times wins."''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"The giant hammer in the background will point to the team that has the lower number of hits."''

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*'''Description''' &ndash; ''"Keep hammering at your switch! The team with the most hits wins!"''
*'''On-screen''' &ndash; ''"Hammer at the switches!"''

==See also==
*[[Domination]]
*[[Get the Lead Out]]
*[[Pokey Pummel]]
*[[Wingin' It]]
*[[Will Flower]]
*[[Slime Time (minigame)|Slime Time]]
*[[Pump 'n' Jump]]
*[[Black Hole Boogie]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=たたいてハンマー
|JapR=Tataite hanmā
|JapM=Strike the hammer
|Fra=Le Coup de Maillet
|FraM=The Mallet Strike
|Ger=Hämmern im Team
|GerM=Team Hammers
|Spa=El mazazo
|SpaM=The Hammer Blow
|Ita=Martello di Damocle
|ItaM=[[wikipedia:Damocles|Damocles]]'s Hammer; pun on the saying "sword of Damocles", which stems from the classical tale.
|Dut=Knopknuppelen
|DutM=Button Bludgeon
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Mario Party 5'', there is an exploit in which the player can press {{button|gcn|Start}} to increase their number, up to around 999.

==References==
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{{MP5 minigames}}
{{MPTT100 minigames}}
[[Category:2-vs-2 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 5 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: The Top 100 minigames]]
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