Twist Ending
| Twist Ending | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 9 | ||
| Type | Free-for-All minigame | ||
| Music track | What's This? | ||
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Twist Ending is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9.
Overview[edit]
In the introduction, the first player is seen walking inside a room toward a treasure chest. Then, the screen splits to show the players, and the minigame begins.
Players must twist 
to the right direction to spin a dial that has eight marks and line up its red line with the mark on the chest. The greater the angle at which the player twists the Wii Remote, the faster the dial turns. If the dial's mark passes the chest's, the player must spin the dial around once more until the marks align. When the player unlocks the bronze treasure chest, with a normal-spinning dial that has eight marks, the player must open the smaller silver chest inside it, with a faster-spinning dial that has 12 marks. Inside the silver chest is an even smaller golden chest, with an even faster dial that has 16 marks. The player who unlocks all three chests first wins.
The player who opens the golden chest first gets a big diamond, the second-place player gets a medium-sized diamond, the third-place player gets a small diamond, and the fourth-place player gets a tiny diamond (if they are able to open the chest within seconds of the third-place player opening theirs). These diamonds are colored according to the player colors (Player 1 gets blue, Player 2 gets red, Player 3 gets green, and Player 4 gets yellow).
In-game text[edit]
- Rules – "Unlock the treasure chests by twisting their dials until the marks line up. Be the first to unlock all three chests to win!"
- Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote vertically. Tilt it in the direction of the arrow to turn the dial. The angle of the tilt changes how fast the dial turns."
Naming[edit]
"Twist Ending" refers to a literary technique where the audience's expectations are subverted at the end of a narrative. It is also a play on "twist", the main action performed in the minigame.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ダイヤル宝箱 Daiyaru takarabako |
Dial Treasure Chest | [?] | |
| Chinese | 轉盤寶箱 Zhuànpán bǎoxiāng |
Dial Treasure Chest | [?] | |
| French (Canadian) | Combinaison gagnante | Winning combination | [?] | |
| French (European) | Combinaison à tâtons | Combination by feeling | [?] | |
| German | Schlösserknacken | Lockpicking | [?] | |
| Italian | Scassinature | Lock picking | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin American) | Giro preciso | Precise twist | [?] | |
| Spanish (European) | Ladrones con tacto | Thieves with tact; play on contacto ("contact") | [?] |
