Button Mashers

Button Mashers
Mario Party 5 Mario Party: The Top 100
Appears in	Mario Party 5 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	Duel minigame
Music	Midday Showdown

Button Mashers is a Duel minigame found in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party: The Top 100. It was also included as part of a Mario Party 5 demo found on a bonus disc bundled with preorder copies of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Gameplay

Official art of Wario holding a block in Button Mashers

Players must try to avoid getting crushed by the blocks falling from the sky. To do so, they must quickly and simultaneously press every button shown on each of the blocks they are carrying. If both players survive for a few seconds, another block will fall, requiring the players to press two buttons simultaneously. If both still survive, another block will fall, making a total of three, then four, five, and finally six. After that, the player who stops pressing the buttons gets crushed.

Ending

If a character gets crushed, the minigame announcer will alert the player to end the game.

If at any time a player fails to press their button(s) quickly enough during the game, then that character gets crushed, making the opponent win the game. However, if both players get crushed at the same time, then the minigame ends in a draw.

Controls

Mario Party 5

• Repeatedly and simultaneously press every button shown on each block.

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Mash /////: Endure

In-game text

Mario Party 5

• Rules – "Don't let the blocks crush you. Repeatedly press each button shown on each block to keep from being crushed."
• Advice – "Don't stop pushing the buttons, especially as the stack gets taller and taller and taller..."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Mash all the buttons shown on the falling blocks to avoid being squashed. How long can you hold out?"
• On-screen – "Mash all the buttons shown on the falling blocks!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	うえからブロック！ Ue kara burokku!	Blocks from Above!
Spanish	Machacabotones	Buttoncrush
French	Tombent les Blocs	Falling Blocks
Dutch	Hoge druk	High pressure, druk also means to push
German	Halte dein Gewicht!	Keep your weight!
Italian	Caduta massi	Rock fall