Dust Buddies (Mario Party DS)

Dust Buddies
4-Player minigame version
Type	4-Player minigame Duel minigame

Dust Buddies is a 4-Player and Duel minigame appearing in Mario Party DS. Its name is a pun on "dust bunnies."

Introduction

The game starts with the two or four competitors walking down a hallway when a vacuum cleaner comes. The competitors then start running away from the incoming vacuum.

Gameplay

Duel minigame version

Players must run away from the vacuum cleaner in the hallway to avoid getting sucked up while dodging obstacles, such as fluffs, balls, film strips, ribbons, and buttons, along the way. The layout of these obstacles is random each game, and they have varying effects:

• Film strips, ribbons, and an envelope (which is always present at the end) will pull players standing on them into the vacuum.
• Dust bunnies slow players and prevent them from jumping.
• Buttons and balls trip and stun players that run into them. Balls will also rebound at a random angle upon hitting the vacuum cleaner.

The last player standing, or the players who cross the finish line, is the winner. If all the players get sucked up by the vacuum cleaner, the minigame is considered a tie.

Ending

At the end of the minigame, all characters are on top of a dresser. The winner(s) then do(es) their victory dance(s) while the loser(s) do(es) their losing pose(s).

Controls

• – Move
• – Jump

In-game text

• Rules – "Avoid getting sucked up by the vacuum until you reach the finish, or just be the last one standing."
• Tips – "Sidestep the buttons and balls. Be careful when you step on ribbons or film strips, because the vacuum will quickly suck those up."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	そうじきエスケープ Sōjiki Esukēpu	Vacuum Cleaner Escape
German	Flusen auf der Flucht	Lints On The Run
Italian	Via con la Polvere	Away with the Dust
Korean	청소기 피해 전력 질주 Cheongsogi Pihae Jeollyeok Jilju	Sprint to Dodge the Vacuum Cleaner
Spanish	¡Orden en la casa!	Tidiness in the House! Pun on ¡orden en la sala! meaning "calling the room to order"