What Goes Up...

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Not to be confused with What Goes In....
What Goes Up...
What Goes Up... from Mario Party 6
What Goes Up... at night from Mario Party 6
What Goes Up in Mario Party Superstars
Appears in Mario Party 6
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Initial record 50 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (Mario Party Superstars)
Music track Jazzy (Mario Party 6 – Day and Mario Party Superstars)
Frantic (Mario Party 6 – Night)
Music sample
Mario Party 6 (Day):

Mario Party 6 (Night):

Mario Party Superstars:

What Goes Up... is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 6 and Mario Party Superstars. The name of the minigame is a reference to the phrase "What goes up must come down," which is emphasized in both versions of the minigame. This is the only minigame in Mario Party 6 that plays different music between day and night. Only the daytime version appears in Mario Party Superstars.

Introduction[edit]

In the daytime version (and in Mario Party Superstars), a cloud platform takes the leading player to the starting point, where they leap off the cloud as the screen splits in four.

In the nighttime version, three balloons lower each of the players to the starting point. When the minigame starts, the balloons pop.

Gameplay[edit]

Between day and night, the minigame's objective is different. In the daytime version, the players must climb higher into the sky with the help of clouds and Koopa Paratroopas within 30 seconds. Hitting a Paratroopa instead of jumping onto it sends a player downward. Whoever reaches the highest point wins. Any players who tie for first win also, unless all players tie.

In the nighttime version, the players must fall a distance of 200 yards/metres to reach the platform at the bottom first by avoiding Paratroopas and clouds.

In Mario Party 6, the daytime variant of the minigame appears as the second minigame in Decathlon Park. Here, the player's objective is to climb as high as possible to earn as many points as possible, up to 1,000. The default record for this minigame in Decathlon Park is 100 yards/metres.

In Mario Party Superstars, the minigame retains the record system from Decathlon Park.

Ending[edit]

In the daytime version (and in Mario Party Superstars), as soon as the minigame has ended, players are suspended in their current positions by balloons. The losers'/loser's balloons then pop, and they fall as the winner(s) perform(s) their victory animation(s). If no one makes it up high, they instead sulk.

In the nighttime version, as soon as a player wins, the others are suspended in the air by balloons. The victor then performs their winning animation as the losers' balloons pop, sending them plummeting toward the ground. If they were close to the ground, they land and do their losing poses.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 6[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Jump

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick (Left and Right) – Move
  • A Button – Jump

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 6[edit]

  • Rules (Day)"Jump on Koopa Paratroopas to reach breathtaking heights! Whoever reaches the highest altitude wins!"
  • Rules (Night)"Fall as fast as you can by avoiding Koopa Paratroopas and clouds! Reach the ground first to win!"
  • Advice (Day)"Watch the moving Koopa Paratroopas and time your jumps carefully!"
  • Advice (Night)"Koopa Paratroopas and clouds will only slow you down! Avoid them any way you can!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Jump on Koopa Paratroopas to reach breathtaking heights! Whoever reaches the highest altitude wins!"

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese パタパタジャンプ
Patapata Janpu
Paratroopa Jump

Chinese (simplified) 跳跃飞行龟
tiàoyùe fēixíngguī
Paratroopa Jump

Chinese (traditional) 跳躍飛行龜
tiàoyùe fēixíngguī
Paratroopa Jump

Dutch Hop hogerop
Hop to higher ground
French Dans les Nuages
In the Clouds (Means being in their dreams)
German Himmelsstürmer
Heaven Rusher
Italian Paratroopa di Salvezza
Salvation Paratroopas
Korean 펄럭펄럭 점프
Peolleokpeolleok Jeompeu
Paratroopa Jump

Portuguese Tudo que Sobe...
What Goes Up...
Russian Вверх-вниз в облаках
Vverkh-vniz v oblakakh
Up-and-down in the clouds

Spanish Todo lo que sube...
What Goes Up...

Trivia[edit]

  • While the nighttime version is still called "What Goes Up...," the demo version of Mario Party 6 that could be played in stores separately referred to it as "Must Come Down!"[1]
  • Because the music track for this minigame changes depending on the time of day in Mario Party 6, this is one of the two minigames in the Mario Party series to have a version that has a different music track in the same game, the other one being the Mario Party version of Hot Rope Jump, where the "Full of Danger" music plays instead of the usual "Let's Limbo" in the Mini-Game Island version.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MightyWolfTV (November 5, 2020). MWTV Plays | Mario Party 6 (Kiosk Demo) | No Commentary. YouTube. Retrieved January 15, 2021.