| Scaldin' Cauldron | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 5 | ||
| Type | Bowser mini-game | ||
| Time limit | 5 seconds | ||
| Music track | Bad Bowser Castle | ||
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Scaldin' Cauldron is a Bowser minigame found in Mario Party 5.
Introduction
This minigame, like all other Bowser minigames in Mario Party 5, takes place in some sort of purple mountain or keep shaped like Bowser's head. The camera zooms to the eye, in which the four players are seen running from Bowser. The players run through a passage and end in a locked room with urns and vases, in which they find three different spiked cauldrons. The cauldrons are red, green, and gray respectively and are colored after the buttons they represent.
Gameplay
Players must hide in one of the cauldrons to avoid being burned by Bowser. The cauldrons are labeled 
, 
, and 
from left to right. Players are given five seconds to select a cauldron. If any player fails to enter a cauldron within that time, they automatically jump into a cauldron. After Bowser steps in, he breathes fire on two random cauldrons and leaves one safe, although if all four players pick the same cauldron and it is the first one Bowser burns, the minigame immediately ends. Sometimes, Bowser may fake out by breathing no flame or a little flame, sometimes followed by a strong flame. Players that avoid being burned win.
Ending
Winners leave their cauldrons and celebrate in relief.
Controls
- – Select cauldron
In-game text
- Rules – "Select one of the three cauldrons to hide in. If Bowser breathes on the cauldron you're in, you lose."
- Advice – "It's not always best to hide in a cauldron with others. Spread out!"
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | かんがえてもムダなのだ[?] Kangaete mo muda nano da |
It's pointless even if you use your head | |
| French | Chaud devant![?] | Expression meaning "Watch out Ahead" but literally means "Hot in front!" | |
| German | Kein Versteck![?] | No Hiding Place! | |
| Italian | Alito pesante[?] | Heavy breath (Shared with Bowser's Bad Breath from Mario Party 10) |
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| Spanish | ¡A las calderas![?] | To the Cauldrons! |