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[[Image:MPA_Dreadmill.PNG|thumb|The mini-game, '''Dreadmill'''.]]
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'''Dreadmill''' is a single-player [[mini-game]] found in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''.
|image=[[File:MPA Dreadmill Screenshot.png]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party Advance]]''
|type=Single-player mini-game
|track=Heart-Pumping
|sample=[[File:MPA Mini-Game Theme 3.oga]]
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'''Dreadmill''' is a single-player [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. Its name is a portmanteau of the words "dread" and "treadmill."
 
==Introduction==
The character falls onto the treadmill from above. When they land, they immediately are conveyed into a set of [[Spike Trap|spikes]], and they run forward as they are hit.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Peach]], or [[Yoshi]] must get to the goal line at the end within the time limit. There are obstacles such as converter belts and colored moving spike shells. If a player touches a spiked shell, the player is stunned for a moment. As time passes, the direction of the converter belt that the player is running on changes and/or increase or decrease speed. If the player does not reach the goal in time, he or she loses.
The player must get to the goal at the end within the time limit. There are obstacles such as conveyer belts and spikes. If the player touches a spike, they are stunned for a moment. As time passes, the direction of the belt that the player is running on changes and/or increases or decreases in speed. Additionally, moving spikes also show up; red ones move vertically, and yellow horizontally.
 
In the [[Shroom City (Mario Party Advance)|Shroom City]] and Mini-Game Attack modes, the player must make it to the end before the time runs out, given 60 and 40 seconds, respectively. In Play Land, the player must make it to the end as fast as possible.
 
==Controls==
* {{button|gba|Pad}} – Run
 
==In-game text==
''Race for the goal, but watch out for those spikes along the way!''
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ベルコンレース
|JapR=Berukonrēsu
|JapM=Conveyor Belt Race
|Fre=Course Vive
|FreM=Live Race
|Ita=Sulle spine
|ItaM=Literally "On the spikes" (it's a pun on the saying ''tenere qualcuno sulle spine'', keep somebody hanging)
|Ger=Laufband
|GerM=Treadmill
|Spa=Cinta móvil
|SpaM=Mobile ribbon
}}


==Trivia==
{{MPA minigames}}
*Dreadmill is a pun of [[Wikipedia:Treadmill|treadmill]].
[[Category:Mario Party Advance minigames]]
*This minigame shares its name with a popular obstacle from the show [[Wikipedia:Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)|Wipeout]].
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Latest revision as of 03:22, January 8, 2024

Dreadmill
The mini-game, Dreadmill from Mario Party Advance
Appears in Mario Party Advance
Type Single-player mini-game
Music track Heart-Pumping
Music sample

Dreadmill is a single-player minigame found in Mario Party Advance. Its name is a portmanteau of the words "dread" and "treadmill."

Introduction[edit]

The character falls onto the treadmill from above. When they land, they immediately are conveyed into a set of spikes, and they run forward as they are hit.

Gameplay[edit]

The player must get to the goal at the end within the time limit. There are obstacles such as conveyer belts and spikes. If the player touches a spike, they are stunned for a moment. As time passes, the direction of the belt that the player is running on changes and/or increases or decreases in speed. Additionally, moving spikes also show up; red ones move vertically, and yellow horizontally.

In the Shroom City and Mini-Game Attack modes, the player must make it to the end before the time runs out, given 60 and 40 seconds, respectively. In Play Land, the player must make it to the end as fast as possible.

Controls[edit]

  • +Control Pad – Run

In-game text[edit]

Race for the goal, but watch out for those spikes along the way!

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ベルコンレース
Berukonrēsu
Conveyor Belt Race

French Course Vive
Live Race
German Laufband
Treadmill
Italian Sulle spine
Literally "On the spikes" (it's a pun on the saying tenere qualcuno sulle spine, keep somebody hanging)
Spanish Cinta móvil
Mobile ribbon