Skyjinks

Skyjinks is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9. The name is a portmanteau of "sky" and "hijinx."

Introduction
The players are seen jumping on platforms. Landing on wooden boards, the characters stop and the minigame begins.

Gameplay
The players must travel through an auto-scrolling obstacle course in the sky without falling off the course. Players who fall lose a heart, are placed inside a bubble, and are brought back onto the course at a random point; players are eliminated if they fall with no hearts remaining. As they proceed along the course, the platforms toward the back fall offscreen.

The first area contains many rotating circular platforms, with the second containing a set of plus- and T-shaped blocks, some of which rotate as well. The third and final section stretch has bouncy clouds and rotating platforms that lead to the goal platform; the first player to reach it wins.

In Perspective Mode, the camera is in "tracking" mode behind the player, and the screen does not automatically scroll. Additionally, players are immediately eliminated if they fall off the course.

In-game text

 * Rules (Normal) – "Make your way across floating platforms toward the goal. If you fall, you'll lose a heart. If you have any hearts remaining, you'll return to the platforms."
 * Rules (Perspective Mode) – "Make your way across floating platforms toward the goal. If you fall, you lose."
 * Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press to move and  to jump."