Handy Hoppers

Handy Hoppers
Appears in	Mario Party 5
Type	2-vs.-2 mini-game
Time limit	30 seconds
Initial record	30
Music track	Move Happily
Music sample

Handy Hoppers is a 2-vs.-2 minigame found in Mario Party 5. Its name is a pun on the phrase "handy helpers."

Gameplay

The goal of the minigame is to jump over the bar as many times as possible. One player rotates a lever, making the hands holding the bar rotate. The other player must jump this bar as it passes below them. The point is to rotate it fast but not extremely fast so the player jumping it can jump in time. The team with more points at the end of the minigame wins. If both teams have the same number of points, the minigame ends in a draw.

This minigame takes place on a giant gloved hand, with a blue sky and a rainbow in the background. Holding the bar are two hands wearing white gloves. There are more of these hands over the screen. The player who is jumping is standing on a hand-shaped carpet with a star in the middle. Everything for the players to the left is red, while the others receive their traditional blue.

Controls

Player jumping

• – Jump

Player holding lever

• → (Alternating) – Turn bar

In-game text

• Rules – "Jump over the bar as many times as you can. One player rotates the lever to turn the bar, and the other player jumps."
• Advice 1 – "Tap for a smaller jump."
• Advice 2 – "Press and rapidly to increase the speed of the bar, but be careful not to force your partner to make a mistake."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハンドでピョン Hando de pyon	Hand Jump; possibly a parody of Panel de Pon (パネルでポン), a Nintendo game released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1995
French	Le Câble à Sauter	The Jump Cable (Pun of Corde à Sauter meaning "skipping rope")
German	Seilspringen im Team	Jump Rope Team
Italian	Corda meccanica	Mechanical rope
Spanish	La mecacomba	The Mecha-Jumping Rope