Oil Crisis

Not to be confused with Oil Panic.

Oil Crisis
Appears in	Mario Party 7
Type	4-Player Mic minigame
Music track	The Race Begins (start) Faster! Faster! (gameplay)
Music sample Start: Gameplay:

Oil Crisis is a 4-Player Mic minigame in Mario Party 7.

Overview

The players must navigate their cars around the oil spills (which slow them down) and collect pink fuel cans to get to the finish line. Players must command their cars to move left or right. During each player's turn, they also have the opportunity to use their Mushroom and receive a speed boost (like in the Mario Kart series) by shouting "Mushroom" into the Mic; however, this can be done only once. If there is no Mic, the commands are selected from a blue box. The finish line is 200 yards/metres away from the starting point. If the player runs out of fuel, they stop and their distance is measured from where they are to the starting point. The player who gets the farthest is the winner. If more than one player crosses the finish line, then those players win. There are no ties.

Controls

• – Say: "Right," "Left," "Mushroom"

In-game text

• Rules – "Drive your kart by shouting commands into the Mic. Don't run out of fuel before you cross the finish line."
• Advice – "The "Mushroom" command will give you a burst of speed, but you can only use it once. Plan ahead!"

Gallery

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  Fuel can

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  Mushroom

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  The ending to Oil Crisis

Naming

"Oil Crisis" may reference either the 1973 oil crisis, or the 1979 oil crisis.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	マイクでサーキット Maiku de sākitto	Circuit by Mic		[?]
French	Panne Sèche	Out of Fuel		[?]
German	Fit mit Sprit	Fit with Gasoline		[?]
Italian	Formula fungo	Pun of Formula Uno ("Formula One") and fungo ("mushroom")		[?]
Spanish	Sin combustible	Without Fuel		[?]