Heat Stroke

Heat Stroke is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 5. The name comes from the medical condition, in which someone's body temperature is dangerously high.

Introduction
The camera pans in on the area of the minigame, which is on a star; the sun. The trio drops in on the tower and the minigame begins.

Gameplay
The solo player (who is suspended with balloons tied around their body in order to be held up from and avoid getting into the sun.) is given a hammer which is to be used to knock the platforms away, one at a time. When the solo player knocks a platform away, the trio must jump to avoid going offscreen with it and out of the minigame. The solo player can also fake the swing, tricking the team members into jumping too soon. Over time, Podoboos fall, knocking out any team member who touches them. The solo player wins if they knock out all the three team players; but the three team players all win if any survive for 30 seconds and/or get to the final platform.

Single Player winner
The player who knocked the team off waves at the screen.

Team of Three winners
The solo player's balloons pop (every single one of the balloons) making them fall and get burned by the sun while the team of three (or if any of the three team players are left remaining) perform their winning poses.

Solo (1 player)

 * – Swing Hammer
 * – Fake Swing

Group (3 players)

 * – Move
 * – Jump
 *  →  – Ground Pound

In-game text

 * Rules – "One player tries to knock off the other three off the blocks, while the other three must jump and avoid being knocked off."
 * Advice 1 – "The player with the hammer can try to fake out the other players by pressing ."
 * Advice 2 – "The three players must also watch out for the falling Podoboos."