Melon Folley

Melon Folley
Appears in	Mario Party Advance
Type	Single-player mini-game
Time limit	10 seconds per round
Music track	Don't Hurry
Music sample

Melon Folley is a single-player minigame found in Mario Party Advance. Its name is likely a pun on "melancholy."

Introduction

Before each round, barrels fall onto the arena, followed by the melons.

Gameplay

The goal of the minigame is for the player to try to collect all the watermelon slices and whole melons on the rafts before time runs out or they fall into the water. Each slice and melon gives the player 100 points, but collecting the melon last earns the player 1,000 points. When the player jumps onto another raft, the one they stood upon falls into the water. If the player stays on a wooden raft too long, both eventually sink into the water.

In Play Land, the player must see how long they can survive as the levels increase in difficulty, with barrels being added to some of the platforms in some levels. Collecting a fruit slowly earns 10 points, and collecting one fast earns 20; collecting the melon last earns the player either 1,000 or 2,000 points, depending on how fast they were moving. After each round, the player's remaining time is also added to their overall score. If the player is stuck on the wooden raft or falls into the water, the minigame ends. The minigame also ends after 30 rounds have passed; as such, the maximum score that the player can earn is 77,760 points.

Controls

• – Move
• – Dash

In-game text

Nab all the fruit, but don't fall in! Try to grab the melon last!

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	とれとれフルーツ[?] Toretore Furūtsu	Taking Fruits
French	Poire d'Eau[?]	Literally Water Pear; from "melon d'eau" (watermelon)
German	Melonenmanie[?]	Melon Mania
Italian	Anguriaccia[?]	Bad watermelon
Spanish	Fruta mojada[?]	Wet fruit

Trivia

• The European release of Mario Party Advance changes the melon to a pear, removing the ambiguity between "melon" as the unique fruit and "melon" as potentially short for "watermelon." The description is changed to acknowledge this.