Leaf Leap
| Leaf Leap | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears in | Mario Party 5 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars Super Mario Party Jamboree | ||
| Type | 4-Player minigame Showdown minigame (Super Mario Party Jamboree) | ||
| Time limit | 30 seconds | ||
| Initial record | 90 metres (Japanese/European)/yards (American English) (Mario Party 5) 50 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (Mario Party: The Top 100) 60 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (Mario Party Superstars) | ||
| Music track | Move Happily (Mario Party 5, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree) Fun in the Sun (Mario Party: The Top 100) | ||
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Leaf Leap is a 4-Player minigame found in Mario Party 5, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. It is also the first part of the Showdown minigame Mario's Three-peat in Super Mario Party Jamboree.
Overview[edit]
The minigame opens with a scene of a bean dropping into the dirt, which grows into a beanstalk with one leaf. In Super Mario Party Jamboree, the characters walk up to their own dirt patch that suddenly sprouts a beanstalk.
In gameplay, players must jump from leaf to leaf to climb the highest on the beanstalk. If players fail to land on a leaf after jumping and changing sides, they fall down to the nearest leaf below. An orange leaf indicates where the record is set. After the timer expires, the screen starts from the ground and scrolls up to count the height. The player who climbed the highest wins. Then, the players do their corresponding winning or losing poses, depending on their ranking.
Only in Mario Party 5, a silhouette of Mario's head makes a cameo as a crater on the moon, visible if the player reaches 165 yards/metres. However, in the PAL version of Mario Party 5, the 50hz slowdown makes this height impossible to reach.[1]
In both Mario Party 5 and The Top 100, this minigame appears as the fourth minigame in Mini-Game Decathlon. Here, the player's objective is to climb as high as possible within the time limit to earn as many points as possible, up to 1,000. The default record for this minigame in Mini-Game Decathlon is 120 yards/metres in Mario Party 5 and 50 yards/metres in The Top 100.
In Mario Party Superstars, it is impossible for one side to have more than three leaves in a row.
After the score is tallied in Super Mario Party Jamboree, the players climb up to the next event of the Showdown minigame, Bumper Balls.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 5[edit]
– Jump direction (left/right)
– Jump
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
Left / Right: Aim jump
: Jump
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
(Left and Right) – Aim jump
– Jump
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 5[edit]
- Rules – "Jump from leaf to leaf to climb the never-ending beanstalk. Whoever climbs the highest within the time limit wins."
- Advice – "If you jump in the wrong direction, you might free-fall until you land on a leaf below. Be careful!"
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description – "Jump from leaf to leaf and climb higher than anyone else!"
- On-screen – "Climb the beanstalk by jumping onto the leaves!"
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- "Jump from leaf to leaf, and climb higher than everyone else."
Gallery[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | まめのきジャンプ[?] Mamenoki Janpu |
Beanstalk Jump | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 跳跳魔豆树[?] Tiào Tiào Mó Dòushù |
Magic Beanstalk Jumping | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 跳跳魔豆樹[?] Tiào Tiào Mó Dòushù |
Magic Beanstalk Jumping | |
| Dutch | Klimop[?] | Ivy; also a pun on klim op (climb up) | |
| French (NOA) | Toujours plus haut![?] | Always higher! | |
| French (NOE) | Toujours plus haut![?] | Always higher! | Mario Party 5 |
| Toujours plus haut ![?] | Mario Party: The Top 100, Superstars and Super Jamboree | ||
| German | Dem Himmel so nah...[?] | So close to the heaven... | |
| Italian | Di foglia in foglia[?] | From leaf to leaf | |
| Korean | 콩나무 점프[?] Kongnamu Jeompeu |
Beanstalk Jump | |
| Portuguese | De Folha em Folha[2] | From Leaf to Leaf | |
| Russian | Прыжки по листьям[?] Pryzhki po list'yam |
Jumping on leaves | |
| Spanish | La planta[?] | The Plant, planta can also mean "floor" or "level" |
Notes[edit]
- In the Mario Party Superstars version of this minigame, characters stare at the next leaf if left idle.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ hahaPhD (March 9, 2023). [MAX] Mario Party 5 (PAL) Leaf Leap - 150. YouTube (British English). Retrieved December 6, 2025. (Archived December 7, 2025, 04:09:36 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Alexsandro Magalhães Lives (October 17, 2024). O NOVO SUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE COM @guilhermeoss. YouTube (Portuguese). Retrieved October 20, 2024.
