Upward Mobility

Upward Mobility
Appears in	Mario Party 9
Type	Free-for-All minigame
Music track	Jump-Jump-Jumping
Music sample

Upward Mobility is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9.

Overview

The players must jump on the Jump Blocks (from New Super Mario Bros. Wii) and Empty Blocks to reach the goal, a cloud with a rainbow. For most of the game, the checkered Jump Blocks appear in pairs, but toward the end, there are some that appear singularly. The player who reaches the goal first wins.

To achieve the bonus objective in Time Attack, the player must not jump on the same block twice.

In-game text

• Rules – "Use the Jump Blocks to bounce up to the goal high above the clouds!"
• Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press to move and to jump."

Naming

The name is derived from a term that refers to social mobility.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ジャンジャンジャンプ Janjanjanpu	Jump Jump Jump
Chinese (Traditional)	跳跳跳 Tiào tiào tiào	Jump Jump Jump
French (Canada)	Toujours plus haut!	Higher and higher!
French (Europe)	Bonds et merveilles	Literally "Jumps and wonders". Pun on the expression Promettre monts et merveilles, meaning "To promise the moon and the stars".
German	Der Weg nach oben	The way up
Italian	Al settimo cielo!	At cloud nine!; literally "at seventh heaven!"
Korean	점프!점프!점프! Jeompeu! Jeompeu! Jeompeu!	Jump! Jump! Jump!
Spanish (Latin America)	Salto a salto	Hop by hop
Spanish (Europe)

See also

• Awful Tower
• Leaf Leap
• What Goes Up...