Upward Mobility

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

Upward Mobility is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9. Its name derived from the term "upward mobility." This minigame is similar to Awful Tower from Mario Party 3, Leaf Leap from Mario Party 5, and What Goes Up... from Mario Party 6.

Introduction

The camera shows the goal cloud. Then, it pans down to the ground, where the captain is, and it splits into four screens.

Gameplay

The players must jump on the Jump Blocks (which use their New Super Mario Bros. Wii design) and Empty Blocks to reach the goal, a cloud with a rainbow. For most of the game, the checkered 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."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ジャンジャンジャンプ Janjanjanpu	Jump Jump Jump
Spanish	Salto a salto	Hop by hop
French (NOA)	Toujours plus haut	Higher and higher
French (NOE)	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 Seventh Heaven
Chinese	跳跳跳 Tiào tiào tiào	Jump Jump Jump