Key-pa-Way

Key-pa-Way
Appears in	Mario Party
Type	4-Player mini-game
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	The Room Underground
Music sample

Key-pa-Way is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party. It is based on the real-life game Keep Away, on which the minigame's name is a pun (a key is used in the minigame, rather than a ball). This is one of the two minigames in Mario Party that require four-way cooperation, the other being Running of the Bulb.

Gameplay

All the players must team up to win this minigame; one player gets a key, and the rest of the players have to intercept the key like a team. If the player with the key makes it to the key lock, all the players win, earning ten Coins. If one of the five Spike Koopas gets the key or the timer runs out, the minigame ends and all players lose five Coins.

Controls

• – Move
• – Jump
• – Throw key

In-game text

• Game Rules – "Open the door without letting the Spike Koopas get the key. If they do, the game ends. Press to pass the key."
• Advice – "It gets easier to pass to your teammates as Spike Koopas approach."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	キー！ＫＥＹ！ キープ Kī! KEY! Kīpu	Kee! KEY! Keep
French	Clé-pas-touche!	"Key don't touch!", pun on Hé-pas-touche! (Hey don't touch!)
German	Draußen bleiben	Keep out