Quickest Cricket
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| Quickest Cricket | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party: Island Tour | ||
| Type | General minigame | ||
| Time limit | 60 seconds | ||
| Music track | Ominous footsteps... (NTSC)/Footsteps! (PAL) | ||
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Quickest Cricket (Grasshopalong in the British English version) is a General minigame from Mario Party: Island Tour.
Overview[edit]
The players must race each other to the finish line mounting mechanical crickets/grasshoppers, whilst avoiding rocks, Piranha Plants, and Wigglers. The first player to get to the goal wins.
This game is also available in Time Attack as the sixth minigame. The bonus objective is achieved by not hitting any obstacles.
Controls[edit]
- Pull back and release
– Move
In-game text[edit]
- Rules – American English: "Race to the finish atop a mechanical cricket."
- Rules – British English: "Navigate your mechanical grasshopper through the course to reach the finish line."
Naming[edit]
The British name "Grasshopalong" is a portmanteau of "grasshopper" and "hop along".
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ぴょんぴょんバッタレース Pyonpyon Batta Rēsu | Hopping Locust Race | [?] | |
| Dutch | Sprinkhaanbaan | Grasshopper Track | [?] | |
| French (Canada) | Cavalcade en criquet | Locust ride | [?] | |
| French (Europe) | Criquets en cavale | Locusts on the loose | [?] | |
| German | Grashüpfen | Grasshopping | [?] | |
| Italian | Grilli saltanti | Jumping crickets | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Corrida de Gafanhotos | Grasshopper Race | [?] | |
| Russian | Скачки на саранче Skachki na saranche | Jumps/horseracing on a locust | [1] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Carrera de grillos | Cricket race | [?] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Saltacross | Pun on saltamontes ("grasshopper") and cross ("cross country") | [?] |
References[edit]
- ^ Extracted from mg_inst.msbt, nested in languages/EU_Russian.zdat
