Tread Carefully (minigame)

Tread Carefully is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars; in the former two, it is known as Shell Shocked. The term "shell shock" is used to describe a disturbance caused by a prolonged exposure to active warfare. The Mario Party Superstars name is a pun on the term "tread" (meaning "to step; to walk over") from the common phrase "tread carefully" and the treads of a tank.

Gameplay
The players attempt to knock out the rest of the players by shooting cannonballs with Koopa Tanks, tanks resembling Koopa Shells. In Mario Party 2, the Koopa Tank colors depend on the character being played: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong ride a red, blue, pink, green, purple, and brown tank, respectively. In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, however, the colors are instead assigned by player number: red, blue, green, and yellow (for Players 1–4, respectively). Players can also use a lob shot, generally used if a player is behind a Warp Pipe. A player that gets hit with a cannonball twice becomes eliminated. In Mario Party 2 and Superstars, there are three randomly selected levels, which can be chosen by players in their respective free play modes.

The levels vary depending on how many Warp Pipes are placed as obstacles.


 * Stage 1: One pipe in the center.
 * Stage 2: One pipe in the center of each wall. This is the stage used in The Top 100.
 * Stage 3: One pipe in the center, with eight pipes surrounding it.

In the Mini-Game Coaster, the stage that is used is dependent on the skill level that is played: Stage 2 is used for Normal, and Stage 1 is used for Hard. This is also the final minigame, where the human player plays against a team of three Koopa Kids, with Stage 3 being used.

In Mario Party 2, if all four players are knocked out of the game or the time limit reaches zero, the minigame ends in a draw.

Mario Party 2

 * – Move
 * – Straight shot
 * – Lob shot
 * – Fix aim

Mario Party: The Top 100

 * Move
 * Strafe
 * Shoot upward
 * Shoot forward

Mario Party Superstars

 * – Move
 * – Shoot
 * – Shoot Upward
 * Hold /  to Strafe

Mario Party 2

 * Game Rules – "Captain a Koopa Tank in an all-out duel! If you get hit twice, you're shell-shocked!"
 * Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster)
 * World 4-5 – "Pilot your Koopa Tank and take on your rivals! Knock all opponents out to clear the game!"
 * World 9 – "It's a Baby Bowser Tank battle! Defeat all three Baby Bowsers to clear this Mini-Game!"
 * Advice – "Press the Button to fix your aim in one direction and move in another."

Mario Party: The Top 100

 * Description – "Shoot the rival tanks! Get hit twice, and you're out!"
 * On-screen – "Shoot the rival tanks!"

Mario Party Superstars

 * "Shoot the rival tanks! Get hit twice, and you're out."