Hot Rope Jump
| Hot Rope Jump | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party  Mario Party 2  Mario Party Superstars | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | 4-Player minigame | ||
| Initial record | 5 (Mario Party Superstars) | ||
| Music track | Let's Limbo (Mario Party, normally) Full of Danger (Mario Party, Mini-Game Island) No Fright, No Fear (Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Superstars) | ||
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Hot Rope Jump is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, and Mario Party Superstars.
Introduction[edit]
In Mario Party, Lava Bubbles start to appear one by one until the two large ones appear at the sides, causing all the smaller Lava Bubbles to jump into their rope formation.
In Mario Party 2 and Superstars, the small Lava Bubbles circle around another small one until the two larger ones appear, after which the smaller Lava Bubbles jump into their rope formation. In these games, the Lava Bubbles start off blue before turning orange after the first five jumps.
Gameplay[edit]
Characters jump over a rope made of Lava Bubbles. The height of the jump depends on how long the player holds down 
or 
. Once 10 jumps are reached in Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Superstars, the Lava Bubbles turn from blue into red. The Lava Bubbles move faster and faster as the minigame goes by. In Mario Party, the minigame ends in a "Miss!" if one player touches the Lava Bubble rope, making them lose coins in Party Mode. However, if the four players reach 20 jumps, they all win the minigame. In Mario Party 2 and Superstars, the last player standing wins. In Mario Party 2, the counter stops counting after 99 jumps, and if all the players are burned, the minigame ends in a draw; in Superstars, this is the case only if all four players are burned simultaneously.
On Mini-Game Island in Mario Party, the player must jump over the rope 40 times to clear the minigame, a rule that is not normally implemented in other modes. Similarly, in Mario Party 2, while playing the Mini-Game Coaster mode, the player has to jump a total of 50 times to pass the minigame.
In Mario Party 2, the game freezes after 1,000 jumps.[1]
In Mario Party Superstars, the Lava Bubbles are designed like in previous Mario Party installments, and the minigame ends if two or more players reach 99 jumps. Additionally, an "Endless" mode is available in Free Play; as the name implies, it continues until everyone is burned or until after 9,999 jumps, and it saves records.
In Mario Party, the minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 300 coins when it is available for purchase. In Mario Party 2, it can be purchased from Woody for 50 coins.
Ending[edit]
In Mario Party, if all the players successfully jump 20 times before being burned, the small Lava Bubbles disappear, and all the players do winning poses. However, if one player touches the flame, the other players perform losing poses after the Lava Bubbles disappear, while the one player already burned says their losing quote. If multiple players touch the flame, the loser is chosen randomly. On Mini-Game Island, after the Lava Bubbles disappear, the screen fades to black without the players performing poses.
In Mario Party 2 and Superstars, if one player successfully jumps the rope while the other players are burned, that player does a winning pose.
Everyone winning in Mario Party
Peach losing in Mario Party
Wario winning in Mario Party 2
A draw in Mario Party 2
Controls[edit]
Mario Party / Mario Party 2[edit]
- – Jump
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- – Jump
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party[edit]
- Game Rules – "The flaming rope spins and spins. Jump the rope without touching the flame."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Jump the hot, flaming jump rope! Jump 40 times to clear the game."
- Advice – "The rope will gradually speed up."
Mario Party 2[edit]
- Game Rules – "The flaming Podoboo rope spins and spins. Jump the rope without touching a Podoboo."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "The Podoboo rope spins and spins! Jump it 50 times to clear this Mini-Game."
- Advice – "The rope can suddenly speed up or slow down. Watch the flame to avoid the heat."
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- "The flaming rope spins and spins... Jump the rope without touching the flames."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | なわなわピョンピョン[?] Nawa-nawa Pyon-pyon |
Rope Hop | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 跳绳跳跳跳[?] tiàoshéng tiàotiàotiào |
Rope Hop | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 跳繩跳跳跳[?] tiàoshéng tiàotiàotiào |
Rope Hop | |
| Dutch | Vuurtjespringen[?] | Fire [rope] jump | |
| French | Corde brûlante[?] | Burning rope | Mario Party |
| Corde allumeuse[?] | Lit rope | Mario Party 2 and Superstars | |
| German | Feuerspringen[?] | Fire Jumping | Mario Party |
| Feuerseil[?] | Fire Rope | Mario Party 2 and Superstars | |
| Italian | Hot Rope Jump[2] | - | Mario Party |
| La Fune Rovente[?] | The Red-Hot Rope | Mario Party 2 | |
| La fune rovente[?] | The red-hot rope | Mario Party Superstars | |
| Korean | 불타는 줄넘기[?] Bultaneun Julleomgi |
Burning Jump Rope | |
| Portuguese | Pulabareda[?] | Portmanteau of pular ("to jump") and labareda ("flaming fire") | |
| Russian | Горячая скакалка[?] Goryachaya skakalka |
Hot Jump Rope | |
| Spanish | Cuerda Caliente[?] | Hot Rope |
Trivia[edit]
- In Mario Party, because the song "Full of Danger" is used in the Mini-Game Island version of this minigame instead of the usual "Let's Limbo," this is one of the two minigames in the Mario Party series to have a version that has a different music track in the same game, the other one being What Goes Up... in Mario Party 6, where the music track depends on the time of day.
- This is one of two minigames in the original Mario Party to feature losing text, the other being Hot Bob-omb.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Silo_Simon (November 23, 2021). Hot Rope Jump softlock/ "high score" Mario Party 2 N64 (TWR?) (01:45). YouTube (English). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ^ 1999. Mario Party instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
| Minigames from Mario Party | |
|---|---|
| 4-Player minigames | Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers |
| 1-vs-3 minigames | Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War |
| 2-vs-2 minigames | Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc |
| 1-Player minigames | Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant |
