Awful Tower

Awful Tower
Appears in	Mario Party 3
Type	4-Player mini-game
Time limit	60 seconds
Music track	Looking Ahead
Music sample

Awful Tower is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 3. Its name is a pun on "Eiffel Tower," a tower in Paris, France.

IntroductionEdit

The minigame takes place around a rather tall block-like tower with stylized window covers. The background consists of a rainbow above the various trees at the bottom. Many of the colored blocks that move up and down repeatedly seemingly form a path to reach the top of the tower. The camera shows the whole tower, from top to bottom, and targets the player standing on the ground next to their individual tower as it stops. The minigame then begins.

GameplayEdit

The players must climb the tower by jumping onto the colored blocks that move up and down repeatedly. Players have to time their jumps right in order to reach the next colored block. The player has the option to collect coins located in certain places. Additionally, at certain points during the tower climb, a Hammer Bro riding on a cloud drops by and attempts to throw its hammers at the individual players in order to slow them down. If a player gets hit by one of the hammers, the player is stunned and falls down the tower slightly. The first player who reaches the last colored block jumps onto the Fwoosh that awaits at the top of the tower, thus winning the minigame. Players who collected extra coins that are scattered around the minigame keep them. If none of the players have reached the top within the time limit, the minigame ends in a draw.

EndingEdit

The ending to Awful Tower

The winner strikes a victory pose at the top.

ControlsEdit

– Move
– Jump

In-game textEdit

Game Rules – "Jump from block to block to climb the tower. The fastest climber, wins."
Advice – "The Hammer Bros. will throw hammers at you to block your way. Use good timing to pass by them."

GalleryEdit

Background
Pink block
Blue block
Green block
Up-arrow block

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	のぼれ!ブロックタワー Nobore! Burokku tawā	Climb it! Block tower
French	Tour Terrible	Terrible Tower
German	Terror-Turm	Tower of Terror
Spanish	Torre Peligrosa	Dangerous Tower

Minigames from Mario Party 3
4-Player minigames	Aces High • Awful Tower • Bounce 'n' Trounce • Cheep Cheep Chase • Chip Shot Challenge • Curtain Call • Frigid Bridges • Ice Rink Risk • Mario's Puzzle Party • Messy Memory • M.P.I.Q. • Parasol Plummet • Picture Imperfect • Pipe Cleaners • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • The Beat Goes On • Toadstool Titan • Treadmill Grill • Water Whirled
1-vs-3 minigames	Boulder Ball • Coconut Conk • Crazy Cogs • Hand, Line and Sinker • Hide and Sneak • Ridiculous Relay • River Raiders • Spotlight Swim • Thwomp Pull • Tidal Toss
2-vs-2 minigames	Baby Bowser Broadside • Cosmic Coaster • Eatsa Pizza • Etch 'n' Catch • Hyper Hydrants • Log Jam • Picking Panic • Puddle Paddle • Pump, Pump and Away • Slot Synch
Battle minigames	All Fired Up • Eye Sore • Locked Out • Merry-Go-Chomp • Slap Down • Stacked Deck • Storm Chasers • Three Door Monty
Duel minigames	Baby Bowser Bonkers • Bowser Toss • Crowd Cover • End of the Line • Fowl Play • Motor Rooter • Popgun Pick-Off • Silly Screws • Tick Tock Hop • Vine With Me
Item minigames	Bobbing Bow-loons • Dorrie Dip • Hey, Batter, Batter! • Swinging with Sharks • Swing 'n' Swipe • Winner's Wheel
Rare minigames	Dizzy Dinghies • Mario's Puzzle Party Pro • Stardust Battle
Game Guy's minigames	Game Guy's Lucky 7 • Game Guy's Magic Boxes • Game Guy's Roulette • Game Guy's Sweet Surprise