Hexagon Heat

Hexagon Heat is a 4-Player minigame found in Mario Party 2 and Mario Party: The Top 100. The premise and ruleset of this minigame are similar to those of Mushroom Mix-Up from the first Mario Party, with lava in place of water.

Introduction
The players stand on the white hexagon platform in the center of a pit of lava. The other six hexagon platforms then show up and join around it, and the minigame begins.

Gameplay
When Toad raises a colored flag, all the players must go to the hexagon platforms with the same color; all the other hexagon platforms slowly sink into the lava. Players can also jump on their opponents to slow them down, or ground-pound them to squish them flat and stop them altogether, at the risk of being eliminated themselves. As the minigame progresses, the hexagon platforms fall and rise faster. The last player standing wins. Unlike in Mushroom Mix-Up, the hexagon platforms lack the Mushroom Platforms' polka-dot patterns from that minigame.

The hexagon platforms' order is always as follows, from top left to bottom right: yellow, red, cyan, white (where the players start), green, blue, pink.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, the order of the colors of the hexagon platforms has been changed, and in addition, there are shapes imprinted on them. This is the hexagon platforms' order in this game, from top left to bottom right: blue vertical rectangle, green triangle, pink square, white circle (where the players start), cyan diamond, yellow upside-down triangle, red horizontal rectangle. Additionally, players no longer recoil from ground-pounding other players.

The music speeds up as the minigame progresses, a trait that does not carry over to the Mario Party: The Top 100 version.

Mario Party 2

 * – Move
 * – Jump
 * → – Hip Drop

Mario Party: The Top 100

 * Move
 * Jump
 * in the air: Ground Pound

Mario Party 2

 * Game Rules – "Run to the hexagon that matches the color of the flag I raise. Last one standing wins!"
 * Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Run to the same color hexagon as the Toad's flag. Be the last person standing to clear this Mini-Game."
 * Advice – "The more time it takes to determine a winner, the faster the hexagons move. Stay on your toes!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

 * Description – "Move to the same colored panel as shown on Toad's sign! Last one left wins!"
 * On-screen – "Step on the same color panel as shown on the sign!"

Names in other languages
Hexagon-Chaos