Crane Game (minigame)

Crane Game
Mario Party Mario Party 2
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party 2
Type	1-vs-3 Coin mini-game (Mario Party) 1-vs-3 mini-game (Mario Party 2)
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	Coins of the World (Mario Party) This Way That (Mario Party 2)
Music sample Mario Party: Mario Party 2:

Crane Game is a 1-vs-3 minigame in Mario Party and Mario Party 2.

Overview

Three of the players lie around as stuffed dolls. The solo player is always held by a crane, and they try to pick up their opponents and drop them into a pipe. If a player's character is grabbed, they can try to wiggle free by repeatedly tapping , but the solo player can try to keep holding on to the opponent by pressing the same button repeatedly. The solo player cannot drop objects they have picked up, making it redundant to press the button repeatedly.

In Mario Party, the solo player has to pick up only one of the other three players. The solo player can also pick up a Treasure Chest worth ten Coins, a bag worth five Coins, or a single Coin. If the solo player successfully drags the opponent over to the pipe and drops them inside, the solo player receives a third of that player's Coins. If the solo player either drops an item or character outside the pipe or does not grab anything when the crane lowers, the minigame ends with them losing. On Mini-Game Island, the solo player must catch one of the opponents to win, but the solo player misses if they retrieve any of the items.

The rules are different in Mario Party 2. The solo player must capture all three opponents. The solo player can now pick up time bonuses, which are stopwatches with "+15," "+20," or "+30" imprinted, and drop them into the pipe to increase the timer by the same number of seconds. When the minigame ends, the winning side gets ten Coins. In the Mini-Game Coaster, the human player always plays against the team of three.

The setting of the minigame differs between iterations. In Mario Party, the minigame occurs inside a building resembling a claw machine. In Mario Party 2, the ground looks like a moon, the background resembles a lunar landscape, and the crane resembles a UFO.

In Mario Party, Crane Game costs 350 Coins to buy at the Mini-Game House, while in Mario Party 2, it costs 50 Coins to buy from Woody.

Controls

Solo (1 player)

• – Move
• – Drop crane
• (Repeatedly) – Hold on

Group (3 players)

• (Repeatedly) – Wiggle free

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "You are the Crane Game crane. Try to grab the prizes by pressing repeatedly. If caught, wiggle free with ."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Be the Crane Game's crane, and try to grab a prize. Grab one person and drop them in the pipe to clear the game."
• Advice – "When you grab somebody, you steal one-third of all their Coins."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "It's the new and improved Crane Game! Drop all your stuffed rivals into the pipe to win. Leave none behind!"
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "You are the Crane Game crane! Grab all three opponents and drop them in the pipe to clear this Mini-Game."
• Advice – "Grab the clocks to add the number of seconds shown to the timer. Grab a clock by pressing the Button once."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	くれくれ!クレーン[?] Kurekure! Kurēn	Gimme Gimme! Crane	Mario Party
	もっとくれくれクレーン[?] Motto Kurekure Kurēn	More Gimme Gimme Crane	Mario Party 2
French	Jeu de la grue[?]	Crane Game
German	Kirmeskran[?]	Fair Crane
Italian	Crane Game	-	Mario Party
	Gru Spaziale[?]	Space Crane	Mario Party 2
Spanish	Juego del Gancho[?]	Hook Game

Notes

• In Mario Party, the controls for the solo player on the Game Rules screen say that is used to "(Repeatedly) Grab," but in Mario Party 2, they instead say that it is used to "(Repeatedly) Hold On."

See also

• Blame It on the Crane