Blame It on the Crane

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Blame It on the Crane
BlameitOnTheCrane.pngMario Party 4
Top100BlameItontheCrane.pngMario Party: The Top 100
Appears in Mario Party 4
Mario Party: The Top 100
Type 1-vs-3 mini-game
Time limit 60 seconds
Music Loud and Sweet

Blame It on the Crane is a 1-vs-3 minigame from Mario Party 4. It returns in Mario Party: The Top 100.

Introduction[edit]

In close up on a wheel with Shy Guys in balls, a crane lowers, but fails to grab one. The scene zooms out as the crane raises and the wheel starts spinning, and the game begins.

Gameplay[edit]

In the minigame, each member of the team is placed in a color-coordinated ball (which resembles Capsules and Orbs from later Mario Party games) along with about seven Shy Guys in similar balls. The balls and characters are on a large circular platform that spins counterclockwise. The solo player, positioned to the right of the platform, controls a large crane which must be used to capture the team as they pass. Grabbing a Shy Guy by mistake has no penalty other than naturally lost time. The team wins if any of its members survive for sixty seconds.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, instead of Shy Guys, there are Koopa Troopas inside the plastic balls.

Ending[edit]

The wheel stops spinning.

In Mario Party 4, if the solo player wins, they will jump out of the crane and run to the center of the wheel and do a winning pose. If the three players win, the remaining players' balls disappear and they do their winning poses while the solo player just sits in the crane silently.

In The Top 100, the relevant poses are instead done on the results screen.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

Solo (1 player)

  • A Button – Press to move forward
  • A Button – Release to Lower (The crane also lowers automatically.)

Group (3 players)

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

Solo (1 player)

  • Hold A Button: Move crane
  • Release A Button: Lower crane

Group (3 players)

  • Circle Pad: Move

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • Rules – "One player uses a crane to try to capture the other three players. The other three must try to avoid the claw."
  • Advice – "Grabbing a Shy Guy slows you down! Team players should hide among the Shy Guys to make it more difficult."

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description – "Find out what it's like to be a toy in a crane game! Don't let the crane operator catch you!"
  • On-screen (Solo) – "Catch all the capsules with your rivals inside!"
  • On-screen (Team) – "Don't let the crane catch you!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese カプセルファクトリー
Kapuseru fakutorī		 Capsule Factory
Spanish La grúa The crane
French Boules Surprises Surprise Balls
Dutch Gretige grijparm Keen grabber
German Der Kran hat Schuld The Crane is Guilty
Italian La gru The crane

Trivia[edit]

Minigames from Mario Party 4
4-player minigames Avalanche! • Bob-omb Breakers • Booksquirm • Domination • Long Claw of the Law • Manta Rings • Mario Medley • Mario Speedwagons • Mr. Blizzard's Brigade • Paratrooper Plunge • Photo Finish • Slime Time • Stamp Out! • Take a Breather • Three Throw • Toad's Quick Draw
1-vs-3 minigames Blame It on the Crane • Candlelight Flight • Fish n' Drips • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Hide and Go BOOM! • Hop or Pop • Makin' Waves • Money Belts • Tree Stomp
2-vs-2 minigames Cheep Cheep Sweep • Cliffhangers • Dungeon Duos • Order Up • Pair-a-Sailing • Revers-a-Bomb • Right Oar Left? • Team Treasure Trek • The Great Deflate
Battle minigames Bowser's Bigger Blast • Butterfly Blitz • Chain Chomp Fever • Paths of Peril • Rumble Fishing • Trace Race
Bowser minigames Balloon of Doom • Darts of Doom • Fruits of Doom
Story minigames Archaeologuess • Bowser Bop • Goomba's Chip Flip • Kareening Koopas • Mystic Match 'Em
Misc. minigames Barrel Baron • Beach Volley Folly • Bob-omb X-ing • Bowser Wrestling • Challenge Booksquirm • Doors of Doom • Goomba Stomp • Jigsaw Jitters • Mushroom Medic • Panels of Doom • Panel Panic • The Final Battle!
Minigames from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Bombs Away • Desert Dash • Face Lift • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Handcar Havoc • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Slot Car Derby • Speed Hockey
Mario Party 3 Bounce 'n' Trounce • Chip Shot Challenge • Eatsa Pizza • Ice Rink Risk • Mush Pit • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers • The Beat Goes On • Three Door Monty • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Blame It on the Crane • Booksquirm • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Hide and Go BOOM! • Kareening Koopas • Mario Speedwagons • Order Up • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • The Final Battle! • The Great Deflate • Three Throw • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Button Mashers • Cage-in Cookin' • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Manic Mallets • Night Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Shy Guy Showdown • Squared Away • Triple Jump • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Catch You Letter • Crate and Peril • Dizzy Rotisserie • Rocky Road • Slot Trot • Snow Whirled • Strawberry Shortfuse • Trap Ease Artist
Mario Party 7 Balloon Busters • Dart Attack • Deck Hands • Jump, Man • Monty's Revenge • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Pokey Pummel • Sphere Factor • Stick and Spin • The Final Countdown • Track & Yield • Vine Country
Mario Party 8 Aim of the Game • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank
Mario Party 9 Bumper Bubbles • Don't Look • Goomba Bowling • Logger Heads • Jigsaw Jumble • Magma Mayhem • Peak Precision • Pier Pressure • Speeding Bullets • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Badminton Bash • Flash Forward • Jewel Drop • Soar to Score
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