Glacial Meltdown
| Glacial Meltdown | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 8 | ||
| Type | Battle minigame | ||
| Music track | All Messed Up | ||
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Glacial Meltdown is a Battle minigame in Mario Party 8.
Overview[edit]
The minigame takes place on a floating patch of ice. The opening first shows the four player characters on it before a Lakitu suddenly shows up to drop a Buzzy Beetle, surprising them. One of the characters knocks the Buzzy Beetle back into the ocean.
The objective for each player is to knock their opponents into the surrounding ocean, eliminating them. They can either jump on, punch, and kick their opponents to stun them temporarily. Eliminated players swim to another floating patch of ice. Every player faces the Lakitu as an obstacle because it drops Buzzy Beetles on the ice, and Buzzy Beetles knock back players when touched. Players can take advantage of the Buzzy Shells by kicking them at opponents to knock them off. The last player remaining wins, even if all four players fall off, in which case the final player wins. If five minutes pass before three players fall off, the remaining players win and split a majority of the coins in the pot.
In the ending, the winning player celebrates in front of three penguins on the patch of ice, while the other three do their losing animations on another patch of ice farther away. If the last player falls into the water, they celebrate on a farther patch of ice, next to the other three players who lost, and their voice is less audible. If five minutes pass without three players falling off, the remaining players celebrate.
Controls[edit]
- Wii Remote: Hold sideways
- Buttons
– Move
– Jump
– Punch- → – Kick
In-game text[edit]
- Rules – "Be the last one standing on the ice platform! Kick and punch foes. You can also use Buzzy Beetles to attack."
- Hint – "Hop on a Buzzy Beetle to stun it. Then hop onto the critter to send it at a foe."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | つるつるアイランド[?] Tsurutsuru Airando |
Slippery Island | |
| French | Dérapage de Glace[?] | Pun on dérapage ("skidding") and Age de Glace ("Ice Age") | |
| German | Herrscher der Scholle[?] | King of the Floe | |
| Italian | Ardente Disgelo[?] | Burning and Thawing | |
| Korean | 미끌미끌 배틀[?] Mikkeulmikkeul Baeteul |
Slippery Battle | |
| Spanish | Deshielo[?] | Defrosting |
