Sphere Factor
- Not to be confused with Sphere Mongers.
| Sphere Factor | |||
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| 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 | ||
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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[edit]
The camera focuses on the goal line, then pans to the players.
Gameplay[edit]
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.
Ending[edit]
In Mario Party 7, the winning team's characters make victory poses in front of their ball and the Whomps, and the Monty Moles pop out of the ground. If a tie occurs, both teams do losing poses in front of their respective balls at the goal.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 7[edit]
– Move
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
: Move
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 7[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Description – "Push the ball as a team and roll it through the obstacles to the goal!"
- On-screen – "Roll the ball to the goal!"
Names in other languages[edit]
| 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 |
