Quicksand Cache

Quicksand Cache
Appears in	Mario Party 2 Mario Party Superstars
Type	1-vs-3 Coin minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	This Way That
Music sample Mario Party 2: 0:30 Mario Party Superstars: 0:30

Quicksand Cache is a 1-vs-3 coin-collecting minigame found in Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Superstars.

Overview

Gameplay from Mario Party Superstars

The minigame opens with a coin falling into the quicksand, followed by Baby Bowser (Bowser Jr. in Mario Party Superstars) attempting to retrieve it before sinking into the center.

The solo player is dressed in a Bowser Suit and controls the quicksand, drawing coins and coin bags toward them. The team players run around on quicksand, trying to collect coins while avoiding the center. If a player falls into the center of the quicksand, they are eliminated but still keep any collected coins. In the Mini-Game Coaster of Mario Party 2, the human player is part of the team, and they try to collect ten coins to win in Normal difficulty, or 15 in Hard difficulty, even if they are eliminated afterward. In Mario Party Superstars, like other 1-vs-3 minigames, the team's coins are divided between them at the end.

It costs 150 coins to buy the minigame from Woody in Mario Party 2.

Controls

Mario Party 2

Solo (1 player)

• – Rotate sand clockwise
• – Rotate sand counterclockwise

Group (3 players)

• – Move

Mario Party Superstars

Solo Side (1 player)

• (Right) – Spin sand clockwise
• (Left) – Spin sand counterclockwise

Team Side (3 players)

• – Move

In-game text

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "The player in the Bowser Suit controls the quicksand. Try to pull down all of your Coin-collecting rivals."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Collect Coins without getting sucked into the quicksand. Get 10/15 Coins to clear this Mini-Game."
• Advice – "Watch the sand and keep moving so that you don't get sucked under!"
• Advice (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Move left and right to keep from getting sucked under the quicksand."

Mario Party Superstars

• Solo side: "Stop your rivals from collecting coins!"
• Team side: "If you get sucked into the quicksand, you lose."

Gallery

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  Introduction in Mario Party 2

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  Introduction in Mario Party Superstars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ありじごく デンジャラス[?] Arijigoku denjarasu	Dangerous Antlion Pit	Refers to cone-shaped pits created by antlions to trap prey, which the minigame resembles
Chinese (simplified)	危险的流沙[?] Wéixiǎn de liúshā	Dangerous Quicksand
Chinese (traditional)	危險的流沙[?] Wéixiǎn de liúshā	Dangerous Quicksand
Dutch	Zandkolk[?]	Sand Vortex
French	Sables émouvants[?]	Pun on sables mouvants ("quicksand") and sables émouvants ("sad sands")
German	Treibsand-Wirbel[?]	Quicksand Eddy
Italian	Le Sabbie Mobili[?]	The Quicksand	Mario Party 2
	Sabbie mobili[?]	Quicksand	Mario Party Superstars
Korean	위험! 개미지옥[?] Wiheom! Gaemijiok	Danger! Antlion Pit
Portuguese	Areia Moediça	Pun on areia movediça ("quicksand") and moeda ("coin")
Russian	Деньги в песок[?] Den'gi v pesok	Money in the sand
Spanish	Arenas Movedizas[?]	Quicksand

See also

• Bash 'n' Cash