Sphere Factor

Not to be confused with Sphere Mongers.

Sphere Factor
Appears in	Mario Party 7 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	2-vs.-2 minigame
Initial record	1'00"00
Music	Cool as a Cucumber
Music 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. Its name is a pun on the title of the NBC reality game show Fear Factor, as was the name of the Mario Party 6 minigame Pier Factor.

Introduction

The camera focuses on the goal line, then pans to the players.

Gameplay

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.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, the balls roll much faster than they did 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!"

Gallery

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  Mario Party: The Top 100

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	おして！たまころがし Oshite! Tamakorogashi	Push it! Ball Rolling
Dutch	Ballenparcours	Ball Trail
French	Roule ta Boule	Roll Your Ball (Also the name of a French song) Flatiator shares the same French name.
German	Kugelkurier	Ball Messenger
Italian	I palladini	Portmanteau of palla (ball) and paladini (defenders)
Spanish	El factor esfera	The Sphere Factor