The Beat Goes On
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| Appears in | Mario Party 3 Mario Party: The Top 100 | |
| Type | 4-Player minigame | |
| Music track | Bang Out a Drum | |
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The Beat Goes On is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 3 and Mario Party: The Top 100.
Overview[edit]
The minigame starts with Spear Guy playing a few drum beats. The player tries to copy the four drum beats from the Spear Guy (two in Mario Party: The Top 100), in addition to adding one of their own for the next player to copy, and so forth. If a player does not play to the rhythm, they are disqualified, with several Dancing Spear Guys throwing torches at them. The player with all their opponents eliminated wins. In Mario Party 3, if sixteen drum beats are played and at least two players remain, it is a draw.
The ending in Mario Party 3 only shows the winner's lily pad moving to the start as well as them performing their winning animation.
The minigame title could be referencing Sonny Bono and Cher's song of the same title.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 3[edit]
– Play drum
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
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: Bang drum
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 3[edit]
- Game Rules – "Remember the order in which the drums are played, then add the drum of your choice at the end."
- Advice – "If your drum timing is off, you'll lose. So keep the beat!"
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description – "Remember the beats the last drummer played and play the same ones, plus one of your choice!"
- On-screen – "Bang along with the guide, then add your own button!"
Gallery[edit]
Artwork from Mario Party 3, showing Donkey Kong play the drums
Ending in Mario Party 3
Draw
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | たたいてドラム[?] Tataite doramu |
Hit the Drum | |
| Dutch | Doordrummen[?] | Keep on drumming | |
| French | Chauffe Marcel![?] | Derived from a quote from a sketch by French comedians Dupont and Pondu from the early 1960s, where a man tries to seduce a woman while his friend plays the accordion; every time the music stops, this man tells his friend Marcel to "heat up" (chauffe), like an excited audience in a jazz club would. This catchphrase was later made even more famous by Belgian singer Jacques Brel to his accordionist Marcel Azzola telling him to play faster in a famous recording of his French song "Vesoul". | |
| German | Busch-Bongo[?] | Bongo in the Bushes | |
| Italian | Ritmi tribali[?] | Tribal rhythms | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Dale al bongó[?] | Hit the bongo | Mario Party: The Top 100 |
| Spanish (NOE) | Dale al Tam-Tam[?] | Hit the Djembe | Mario Party 3 |
| Dale al tam-tam[?] | Hit the djembe | Mario Party: The Top 100 |
See also[edit]
| show Minigames from Mario Party 3 |
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| show Minigames from Mario Party: The Top 100 |
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