Skyjinks
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| Appears in | Mario Party 9 | ||
| Type | Free-for-All minigame | ||
| Music track | Jump-Jump-Jumping | ||
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Skyjinks is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9.
Overview[edit]
At the beginning, the players are seen jumping on platforms and landing on wooden boards.
The players must travel through an auto-scrolling obstacle course in the sky without falling off the course. A player who falls loses one of three hearts, is placed inside a bubble, and is brought back onto the course at a random point. A player is eliminated if they fall with no hearts remaining. As the players proceed along the course, the platforms toward the back fall offscreen.
The first area contains many rotating circular platforms, with the second area containing a set of plus- and T-shaped blocks, some of which rotate as well. The third and final section has bouncy clouds and rotating platforms that lead to the goal platform. The first player to reach it wins, although notably the game's instructions do not specify this.
Two endings are possible: The last player remaining may fall off and lose their last life but still win, or, if the player manages to reach the end, the players in first, second, and third do victory poses while the player in fourth just stands idly.
In Perspective Mode, the camera is in "tracking" mode behind the player, and the screen does not automatically scroll. Additionally, players are immediately eliminated if they fall off the course.
The first area
The second area
Perspective Mode version
In-game text[edit]
- Rules (Normal) – "Make your way across floating platforms toward the goal. If you fall, you'll lose a heart. If you have any hearts remaining, you'll return to the platforms."
- Rules (Perspective Mode) – "Make your way across floating platforms toward the goal. If you fall, you lose."
- Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press
to move and 
to jump."
Naming[edit]
"Skyjinks" is a portmanteau of the words "sky" and "hijinks".
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | Susume! Sukai Rōdo | Advance! Sky Road | [1] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 空中大道競走 Kōngzhōng Dàdào Jìngzǒu | Sky Road Walk-Race | [1] | |
| French (Canada) | Circuit vertigineux | Vertiginous circuit | [1] | |
| French (Europe) | Rebonds coton | Can be translated as either "Cotton bounces" or "Tricky bounces" | [1] | |
| German | Himmelswettlauf | Sky Race | [1] | |
| Italian | Saltanuvole | Cloud Jumper | [1] | |
| Korean | 요리조리 하늘 건너기 Yorijori Haneul Gannagi | Weaving Across The Sky | [1] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Aventura en las alturas | Adventure in the heights | [1] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Carrera de altura | Height race | [1] |
