Hot Rope Jump

Hot Rope Jump
Mario Party. Mario Party 2.
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party 2
Type	4-player minigame
Music	Let's Limbo (Mario Party, normally) Full of Danger (Mario Party, Mini-Game Island) No Fright, No Fear (Mario Party 2)

Hot Rope Jump is a four-player minigame in Mario Party and Mario Party 2.

Introduction

In Mario Party, the Podoboos start to appear one by one until the two large ones appear at the sides, which causes all the smaller Podoboos to jump into their rope formation.

In Mario Party 2, the small Podoboos circle around another small one until the two larger ones appear, to which the smaller Podoboos jump into their rope formation.

Gameplay

Characters jump over a jump rope made of flaming hot Podoboos while on a rock platform in the middle of a lava sea. The Podoboos speed up faster and faster as the minigame goes by, and to win, the player must simply survive until no other player remains. In the Mario Party version of this, the game will end in a "Miss!" if even one person touches the Podoboo rope, and said person will lose coins. However, if the four players reach twenty jumps, they all win the game.

In Mario Party 2, while playing the Mini-Game Coaster game mode, the player has to jump a total of 50 times to pass the minigame, a rule that's not normally implemented.

Ending

Mario Party

• If all the players successfully jump 20 (40 in Mini-Game Island) times before being burnt, the Mini Podoboos disappear, and all the players do a winning pose. However, if one player touches the flame, the Mini Podoboos disappear, and the other players slump in disappointment while the one player already burnt says their losing quote.

Mario Party 2

• If the one player successfully jumps the rope while the other players are burnt, they do a winning pose. If all the players are burnt, the game ends in a "Draw".

Controls

• – Jump

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "The flaming rope spins and spins. Jump the rope without touching the flame."
• Advice – "The rope will gradually speed up."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "The flaming Podoboo rope spins and spins. Jump the rope without touching a Podoboo."
• Advice – "The rope can suddenly speed up or slow down. Watch the flame to avoid the heat."

Names in other languages

Mario Party

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	なわなわピョンピョン Nawanawa Pyonpyon	Rope Hop
French	Corde brûlante	Burning rope
German	Feuerspringen	Fire Jumping

Mario Party 2

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	なわなわピョンピョン Nawanawa Pyonpyon	Rope Hop
Spanish	Cuerda Caliente	Hot Rope
French	Corde allumeuse	Lit rope
German	Feuerseil	Fire Rope
Italian	La Fune Rovente	The Red-Hot Rope

Trivia

• In Mario Party, because the "Full of Danger" music is used in the Mini-Game Island version of this mini-game instead of the usual "Let's Limbo", this is one of only mini-games in the Mario Party franchise to have a version that has a different music track, the other one being What Goes Up... in Mario Party 6 where the music track depends on the time of the day.