Blame It on the Crane

Blame It on the Crane is a 1-vs-3 minigame from Mario Party 4. The name of this minigame is derived from the song "Blame It on the Rain". This song was previously featured in "Kootie Pie Rocks", an episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 in which Milli Vanilli guest-starred.

Introduction
In close up on a wheel with Shy Guys in balls, a crane lowers, but fails to grab one. The scene zooms out as the crane raises and the wheel starts spinning, and the game begins.

Gameplay
In the minigame, each member of the team is placed in a color-coordinated ball (which resembles Capsules and Orbs from later Mario Party games) along with about seven Shy Guys in similar balls. The balls and characters are on a large circular platform that spins counterclockwise. The solo player, positioned to the right of the platform, controls a large crane which must be used to capture the team as they pass. Grabbing a Shy Guy by mistake has no penalty other than naturally lost time. The team wins if any of its members survive for 60 seconds.

Ending
The wheel stops spinning. If the solo player wins, they will jump out of the crane and run to the center of the wheel and do a winning pose. If the three players win, their balls disappear (if there are any on the wheel) and they do their winning poses.

Solo (1 player)

 * – Hold to move crane, release to lower it

Group (3 players)

 * – Move

In-Game Text

 * Rules – "One player uses a crane to try to capture the other three players. The other three must try to avoid the claw."
 * Advice – "Grabbing a Shy Guy slows you down! Players should hide among the Shy Guys to make it more difficult."