Sphere Factor

Not to be confused with Sphere Mongers.

Sphere Factor
Mario Party 7 Mario Party: The Top 100
Appears in	Mario Party 7 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	2-vs.-2 minigame
Initial record	1'00"00
Music track	Cool as a Cucumber
Music sample Mario Party 7: Mario Party: The Top 100:

Sphere Factor is a 2-vs.-2 minigame in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party: The Top 100.

Overview

The object of the minigame is for each pair to get its giant ball to the goal. The ball must be pushed around and through many obstacles, which include mini-mazes, Monty Moles, Whomps, and a bridge that is particularly hard to get over. If the ball falls off the bridge, it needs to be pushed up a steep hill. The team that gets its ball to the goal first wins. If five minutes pass in Mario Party 7, the minigame ends in a tie.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, the balls roll much faster than they did in Mario Party 7.

The ending to Sphere Factor in Mario Party 7

Controls

Mario Party 7

• – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move

In-game text

Mario Party 7

• Rules – "Help your partner roll the giant ball to the goal. First team across is the winner!"
• Advice – "Try to cross the wooden bridge and avoid the dip. If you fall into it, you'll lose time."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Push the ball as a team and roll it through the obstacles to the goal!"
• On-screen – "Roll the ball to the goal!"

Naming

"Sphere Factor" is a play on "sphere" and the NBC reality game show Fear Factor. Pier Factor from Mario Party 6 references the same show.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	おして！たまころがし Oshite! Tamakorogashi	Push it! Ball Rolling		[?]
Dutch	Ballenparcours	Ball Parcours		[?]
French	Roule ta Boule	Lit. "Roll Your Ball", named after the song by Canadian musician and actor Daniel Lavoie; shared with Flatiator		[?]
German	Kugelkurier	Ball Messenger		[?]
Italian	I palladini	Portmanteau of palla (ball) and paladini (defenders)		[?]
Spanish	El factor esfera	The Sphere Factor		[?]