Smash Compactor
Template:Minigame-infobox Smash Compactor is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9. The minigame's name is a pun on "trash compactor."
Introduction
The intro sequence features the four competitors on a platform. They then fall into four holes in the ground as the compactor slams down. The players then emerge from the holes as the game begins.
Gameplay
This minigame is likely inspired by the game musical chairs. The object of the game is to reach a glowing manhole lid in the ground before the opponents do. Competitors can also attack opponents by jumping, punching, and kicking to make way for themselves. For every round, there will be one fewer glowing hole than there are players. Once the allotted time to reach a safe zone is up, the lids open and the characters fall to safety, and whichever player who has not found a safe zone will be squished by the compactor and eliminated. The last player remaining wins.
In-game text
- Rules – "Jump in an open hole as fast as you can. Anyone left after the doors close will get smashed!"
- Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press
to move, 
to punch, 
to jump, and while jumping to kick."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | にげこめ!マンホール[?] Nigekome! Manhōru |
Hide! Manhole | |
| Chinese | 天塌下來找洞鑽[?] Tiān tā xiàlái zhǎo dòng zuān |
The Ceiling is Collapsing, Find a Hole to Enter | |
| German | Gullypresse[?] | Manhole Squeezer | |
| Italian | Nella botola[?] | In the hole | |
| Spanish | ¡Sálvese quien pueda![?] | Every Man for Himself! |
Trivia
- Sometimes a Dry Bones will be on top of the compactor.
- The way competitors are flattened and float up when they lose is very similar to when they are squashed by the single player's ball in the Mario Party 5 minigame Flatiator.
- This minigame shares its Spanish name with the Mario Party 6 minigame Wrasslin' Rapids.
