Quicksand Cache
| Quicksand Cache | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 2 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | 1-vs-3 Coin minigame | ||
| Time limit | 30 seconds | ||
| Music track | This Way That | ||
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Quicksand Cache is a 1-vs-3 coin-collecting minigame found in Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Superstars.
Overview[edit]
The minigame opens with a coin falling into the quicksand, followed by Baby Bowser (Bowser Jr. in Mario Party Superstars) attempting to retrieve it before sinking into the center.
The solo player is dressed in a Bowser Suit and controls the quicksand, drawing coins and coin bags toward them. The team players run around on quicksand, trying to collect coins while avoiding the center. If a player falls into the center of the quicksand, they are eliminated but still keep any collected coins. In the Mini-Game Coaster of Mario Party 2, the human player is part of the team, and they try to collect ten coins to win in Normal difficulty, or 15 in Hard difficulty, even if they are eliminated afterward. In Mario Party Superstars, like other 1-vs-3 minigames, the team's coins are divided between them at the end.
It costs 150 coins to buy the minigame from Woody in Mario Party 2.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 2[edit]
Solo (1 player)
– Rotate sand clockwise
– Rotate sand counterclockwise
Group (3 players)
– Move
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
Solo Side (1 player)
(Right) – Spin sand clockwise- (Left) – Spin sand counterclockwise
Team Side (3 players)
- – Move
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 2[edit]
- Game Rules – "The player in the Bowser Suit controls the quicksand. Try to pull down all of your Coin-collecting rivals."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Collect Coins without getting sucked into the quicksand. Get 10/15 Coins to clear this Mini-Game."
- Advice – "Watch the sand and keep moving so that you don't get sucked under!"
- Advice (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Move left and right to keep from getting sucked under the quicksand."
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- Solo side: "Stop your rivals from collecting coins!"
- Team side: "If you get sucked into the quicksand, you lose."
Gallery[edit]
Introduction in Mario Party 2
Introduction in Mario Party Superstars
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ありじごく デンジャラス Arijigoku denjarasu | Dangerous Antlion Pit | Refers to cone-shaped pits created by antlions to trap prey, which the minigame resembles | [?] |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 危险的流沙 Wéixiǎn de liúshā | Dangerous Quicksand | [?] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 危險的流沙 Wéixiǎn de liúshā | Dangerous Quicksand | [?] | |
| Dutch | Zandkolk | Sand Vortex | [?] | |
| French | Sables émouvants | Pun on sables mouvants ("quicksand") and sables émouvants ("sad sands") | [?] | |
| German | Treibsand-Wirbel | Quicksand Eddy | [?] | |
| Italian | Le Sabbie Mobili | The Quicksand | Mario Party 2 | [?] |
| Sabbie mobili | Quicksand | Mario Party Superstars | [?] | |
| Korean | 위험! 개미지옥 Wiheom! Gaemijiok | Danger! Antlion Pit | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Areia Moediça | Pun on areia movediça ("quicksand") and moeda ("coin") | [1] | |
| Russian | Деньги в песок Den'gi v pesok | Money in the sand | [?] | |
| Spanish | Arenas Movedizas | Quicksand | [?] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ superXBx (March 30, 2022). Mario Party Superstars /// Mini-Games /// Areia Moediça. YouTube (Portuguese). Retrieved January 1, 2025.
