Mario Mechs
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| Appears in | Mario Party 5 | ||
| Type | 1-vs.-3 minigame | ||
| Time limit | 60 seconds | ||
| Music track | Serious Competition | ||
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Mario Mechs is a 1-vs.-3 minigame from Mario Party 5.
Introduction
The solo player, riding on a machine, falls into a dark arena onto a small circle. The landing triggers the arena to light up tile by tile. Then, the team players are shown, and the minigame begins.
Gameplay
The solo player controls a large mechanical robot that resembles a blue elephant, and the team controls scooters that resemble green dragons (complete with eyes, wings, legs, and spiked tails). Each player has a health bar that can be depleted by being shot. The solo player's goal is to eliminate the team, while the team tries to defeat the solo player. The team players have arrows that point in the direction of the solo player, allowing them to keep an eye on them. The team players can also dash in their scooters to avoid the solo player's shots. The solo player also has a shock beam that hits any players in its radius. If neither side defeats the other within 60 seconds, the minigame ends in a draw.
Parched Ruins
Dark City
Star Hole
Ending
Winners do their winning poses as losers do their losing poses, while the arena shuts down, leaving it as it began. If the minigame ends in a draw, all players do their losing poses.
Controls
Solo (1 player)
– Move
– Fire beam
– Fire shock beam
/ 
– Strafe
Group (3 players)
- – Move
- – Fire beam
- Hold – Dash
In-game text
- Rules – "Fight in a battle-arena setting using vehicles to fire back and forth. Whoever is first to destroy the opposition wins."
- Advice 1 – "The single player can use and to strafe."
- Advice 2 – "The single player can also hold and release or to fire a more powerful blast."
Names in other languages
Mario Mechs
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マシーンバトル[?] Mashīn Batoru |
Machine Battle | |
| French | Bataille Laser[?] | Laser Battle | |
| German | Laserfeuer[?] | Laser Fire | |
| Italian | Raggi di luce[?] | Rays of light | |
| Spanish | Batalla naval[?] | Naval Warfare |
Parched Ruins
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カラカラいせき[?] Karakara Iseki |
Dry Dry Ruins; shared with Dry Dry Ruins from Mario Kart Wii | |
| French | Ruines Arides[?] | Arid Ruins | |
| German | Geisterburg[?] | Ghost Castle | |
| Italian | Rovinelandia[?] | Ruins Land | |
| Spanish | Ruinas áridas[?] | Arid Ruins |
Dark City
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | まっくらシティ[?] Makkura Shiti |
Pitch-Dark City | |
| French | Cité Sinistre[?] | Sinister City | |
| German | Dunkelstadt[?] | Dark City | |
| Italian | Tenebrolandia[?] | Terror Land | |
| Spanish | Urbania[?] | From urbano ("urban") and the location suffix -ia |
Star Hole
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スターホール[?] Sutā Hōru |
Star Hole | |
| French | Hall d'Etoiles[?] | Hall of Stars | |
| German | Sternenhalle[?] | Hall of Stars | |
| Italian | Spaziolandia[?] | Space Land | |
| Spanish | Cráter estelar[?] | Stellar crater |
