Rowed to Victory

Rowed to Victory
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Type	2-vs.-2 minigame
Music track	Happy-Go-Lucky
Music sample

Rowed to Victory is a 2-vs.-2 minigame found in Mario Party 8. Its name is a pun on the term "road to victory." The object of the game is to row a rowboat to the middle of a lake (where the goal point is found) with a partner.

Introduction

The camera looks directly down at a small circular lake and zooms in to show a tiny island with a flag on it at its center. The camera then zooms backwards, and the screen splits in two to show both teams in their rowboats, after which the game starts.

Gameplay

There are two players in each rowboat. The players must row to the small island situated in the middle of the lake. The main situation is to cooperate with the partner to win, as rowing at different speeds makes the rowboat hard to control; the idea is therefore for the player to try to row the rowboat in sync with their partner. Various obstacles such as tree branches will slow the teams down. The first team to reach the island wins.

Ending

The winners cheer while standing on the wooden platform, while the losers hastily try to row away from Cheep Cheeps and Mega Cheep-Cheeps that are chasing them. If a tie is declared, the players do their losing animations.

Controls

• Wii Remote: Row your oar
• Buttons: None

In-game text

• Rules – "You and your teammate must row your boat to the island. You each control one oar, so coordinate your rows!"
• Hint – "If your boat gets stuck, decide who will row your way off of it. If you both row, you might stay stuck!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	プクプクレイク Pukupuku reiku	Cheep Cheep Lake
French	Canots Pas Gais	Not Jolly Boats, pun on pas gais, "not jolly", and pagaye, "paddle".
German	Zwei Kapitäne	Two Captains
Italian	Remi in Barca	Oars in Boat
Spanish	Rómulo y Remo	Romulus and Remus, remo also meaning "oar".

Trivia

• If a tie occurs, the Lose music plays. This is unique as this is the only minigame to play the losing music in the case of a tie. The Lose music also plays in Duel Battle mode if 30 turns pass without a winner.