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|image=[[File:MP2 Mecha-Marathon.png|260px]]
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|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party 2]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' <br> ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 2]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' <br> ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|type=4-Player minigame
|type=4-Player minigame
|time=10 seconds (''Mario Party 2'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'')<br>7 seconds (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
|time=10 seconds (''Mario Party 2'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'')<br>7 seconds (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
|record=20.00 metres (Japanese, British English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish)/yards (American English) (''Mario Party 2'')<br>10.00 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')<br>15.00 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (''Mario Party Superstars'')
|record=20.00 metres (Japanese, British English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish)/yards (American English) (''Mario Party 2'')<br>10.00 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')<br>15.00 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (''Mario Party Superstars'')
|song=The Blue Skies Yonder
|track=The Blue Skies Yonder
|music=''Mario Party 2'':[[File:MP2 The Blue Skies Yonder.oga]]
|sample=''Mario Party 2'':<br>[[File:MP2 The Blue Skies Yonder.oga]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100'':<br>[[File:MPTT100 The Blue Skies Yonder.oga]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars'':<br>[[File:MPS The Blue Skies Yonder.oga]]
''Mario Party: The Top 100'':[[File:MPTT100 The Blue Skies Yonder.oga]]
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'''Mecha-Marathon''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', where it is formatted as '''Mecha Marathon'''. The stage is set in a grassy environment with four divided lanes of smooth dirt.  
'''Mecha Marathon''' (formerly formatted as '''Mecha-Marathon''') is a 4-Player [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''. The stage is set in a grassy environment with four divided lanes of smooth dirt.  


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Players have to wind up their [[Mecha Fly Guy]]s as fast as they can within the time limit. Each player has a lane for themselves and a Mecha Fly Guy to wind up. Once the time is up, the players will release their Mecha Fly Guys, which will start hovering down the path. As the Fly Guys fly, there will be signs every ten yards to show where they are. The Fly Guys that were not wound up enough will fall to the ground after some distance. The player that has their Mecha Fly Guy land the farthest wins.
Players have to wind up their [[Mecha Fly Guy]]s as fast as they can within the time limit. Each player has a lane for themselves and a Mecha Fly Guy to wind up. Once the time is up, the players release their Mecha Fly Guys, which start hovering down the path. As the Mecha Fly Guys fly, there are signs every ten yards to show where they are. The Fly Guys will fall to the ground after some distance. The player that has their Mecha Fly Guy land the farthest wins.


In the [[Mini-Game Coaster]], the human player must make their Mecha Fly Guy fly the farthest to win.
In the [[Mini-Game Coaster]], the human player must make their Mecha Fly Guy fly the farthest to win.


In ''Mario Party Superstars'', the highest score possible is 70.00 yards/m.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUO0wpXkQtk</ref>
In ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', there is an upper scoring limit of 40.00 yards/metres.
 
In ''Mario Party Superstars'', the highest score possible is 70.00 yards/metres.<ref>Itz Ky! (October 30, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUO0wpXkQtk Mario Party Superstars - Mecha Marathon - 70.00 yd. <nowiki>[MAX]</nowiki>]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 2, 2021.</ref>


==Controls==
==Controls==
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===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*Mash {{button|ns|jc-right}} '''+''' {{button|ns|jc-bottom}} to Wind Up
*Mash {{button|switch|jc-right}} '''+''' {{button|switch|jc-bottom}} to Wind Up


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:MP2 Mecha-Marathon.png|''Mario Party 2''
File:Mecha Marathon MP2 End.png|The ending to Mecha-Marathon in ''Mario Party 2''
Top100Mecha-Marathon.png|''Mario Party: The Top 100''
Mecha Marathon - Mario Party Superstars.png|''Mario Party Superstars''
Mario Party Superstars - Mecha Marathon (second part).png|''Mario Party Superstars'' (after the wind-up)
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Cannonball! (minigame)|Cannonball!]]


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|JapR=Zenmai heihōrēsu
|JapR=Zenmai heihōrēsu
|JapM=Spring-Shy Guy Race
|JapM=Spring-Shy Guy Race
|Chi=发条嘿呵竞赛
|ChiS=发条嘿呵竞赛
|ChiR=fà tiáo hèi hè jìng sài
|ChiSR=fàtiáohèihè jìngsài
|ChiM=Spring-Shy Guy Race
|ChiSM=Spring-Shy Guy Race
|ChiT=發條嘿呵競賽
|ChiTR=fàtiáohèihè jìngsài
|ChiTM=Spring-Shy Guy Race
|Dut=Opwindende wedstrijd
|Dut=Opwindende wedstrijd
|DutM=Exciting race, ''opwinden'' also means "to wind (something) up"
|DutM=Exciting competition. Pun on “opwinden” (“to wind [something] up”)
|FreA=Méca-marathon
|FreA=Méca-marathon
|FreAM=Mecha marathon
|FreAM=Mecha marathon
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|FreEM=Mecha Marathon
|FreEM=Mecha Marathon
|Ger=Robo-Marathon
|Ger=Robo-Marathon
|GerM=-
|Ita=Maratona a Molla <small>(''Mario Party 2'')</small>
|Ita=Maratona a molla
|Ita2=Maratona a molla <small>(''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Superstars'')</small>
|ItaM=Spring Marathon
|ItaM=Spring Marathon
|Ita2M=Spring marathon
|Kor=태엽 헤이호 레이스
|Kor=태엽 헤이호 레이스
|KorR=Taeyeop Heiho Reiseu
|KorR=Taeyeop Heiho Reiseu
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|Por=Com a Corda Toda
|Por=Com a Corda Toda
|PorM=All Wound Up (Brazilian expression about being full of energy, enthusiastic)
|PorM=All Wound Up (Brazilian expression about being full of energy, enthusiastic)
|Rus=
|Rus=Заводной марафон
|RusR=
|RusR=Zavodnoy marafon
|RusM=
|RusM=Wind-up Marathon
|SpaA=Maratón mecánico
|SpaA=Maratón mecánico
|SpaAM=Mechanical marathon  
|SpaAM=Mechanical marathon  
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{{MPTT100 Minigames}}
{{MPTT100 minigames}}
{{MPS Minigames}}
{{MPS minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 2 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 2 minigames]]

Latest revision as of 12:40, February 15, 2024

Mecha Marathon
Mecha-Marathon
Mecha-Marathon from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mecha Marathon from Mario Party Superstars
Mecha Marathon from Mario Party Superstars
Appears in Mario Party 2
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player minigame
Time limit 10 seconds (Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Superstars)
7 seconds (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Initial record 20.00 metres (Japanese, British English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish)/yards (American English) (Mario Party 2)
10.00 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (Mario Party: The Top 100)
15.00 yards (American English)/metres (other languages) (Mario Party Superstars)
Music track The Blue Skies Yonder
Music sample
Mario Party 2:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:

Mecha Marathon (formerly formatted as Mecha-Marathon) is a 4-Player minigame found in Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. The stage is set in a grassy environment with four divided lanes of smooth dirt.

Gameplay[edit]

Players have to wind up their Mecha Fly Guys as fast as they can within the time limit. Each player has a lane for themselves and a Mecha Fly Guy to wind up. Once the time is up, the players release their Mecha Fly Guys, which start hovering down the path. As the Mecha Fly Guys fly, there are signs every ten yards to show where they are. The Fly Guys will fall to the ground after some distance. The player that has their Mecha Fly Guy land the farthest wins.

In the Mini-Game Coaster, the human player must make their Mecha Fly Guy fly the farthest to win.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, there is an upper scoring limit of 40.00 yards/metres.

In Mario Party Superstars, the highest score possible is 70.00 yards/metres.[1]

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 2[edit]

  • A Button + B Button (Repeatedly) – Wind up

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Mash A Button + B Button: Wind up

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Mash Single Joy-Con Right Button + Single Joy-Con Bottom Button to Wind Up

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 2[edit]

  • Game Rules – "See how far your Mecha Fly Guy will fly! Whoever flies farthest, wins!"
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Wind up your Mecha Fly Guy and let him fly! Take first place to clear this Mini-Game."
  • Advice – "Press the A Button and B Button Buttons simultaneously to wind your Mecha Fly Guy."

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description – "Wind up as fast as you can so your Mecha Fly Guy flies the farthest!"
  • On-screen – "Wind up as fast as you can so your mecha flies the farthest!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Wind up as fast as you can so your mechanical Fly Guy flies the farthest!"

Gallery[edit]

  • The ending to Mecha-Marathon in Mario Party 2

    The ending to Mecha-Marathon in Mario Party 2

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ぜんまいヘイホーレース
Zenmai heihōrēsu
 Spring-Shy Guy Race

Chinese (simplified) 发条嘿呵竞赛
fàtiáohèihè jìngsài
 Spring-Shy Guy Race

Chinese (traditional) 發條嘿呵競賽
fàtiáohèihè jìngsài
 Spring-Shy Guy Race

Dutch Opwindende wedstrijd
 Exciting competition. Pun on “opwinden” (“to wind [something] up”)
French (NOA) Méca-marathon
 Mecha marathon
French (NOE) Méka-Marathon
 Mecha Marathon
German Robo-Marathon
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Italian Maratona a Molla (Mario Party 2)
Maratona a molla (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars)
 Spring Marathon
Spring marathon
Korean 태엽 헤이호 레이스
Taeyeop Heiho Reiseu
 Spring Shy Guy Race

Portuguese Com a Corda Toda
 All Wound Up (Brazilian expression about being full of energy, enthusiastic)
Russian Заводной марафон
Zavodnoy marafon
 Wind-up Marathon

Spanish (NOA) Maratón mecánico
 Mechanical marathon
Spanish (NOE) Robot-Maratón
 Robot Marathon

References[edit]

  1. ^ Itz Ky! (October 30, 2021). Mario Party Superstars - Mecha Marathon - 70.00 yd. [MAX]. YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
[Edit]
Minigames from Mario Party 2
4-Player minigames Abandon Ship • Bombs Away • Bumper Balls • Deep Sea Salvage • Dizzy Dancing • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Hot Rope Jump • Lava Tile Isle • Mecha-Marathon • Platform Peril • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Tile Driver • Tipsy Tourney • Toad in the Box • Totem Pole Pound
1-vs-3 minigames Archer-ival • Bob-omb Barrage • Bowl Over • Crane Game • Filet Relay • Lights Out • Look Away • Move to the Music • Quicksand Cache • Rainbow Run • Shock, Drop or Roll
2-vs-2 minigames Balloon Burst • Bobsled Run • Cake Factory • Destruction Duet • Dungeon Dash • Handcar Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Magnet Carta • Sky Pilots • Speed Hockey • Toad Bandstand • Torpedo Targets
Battle minigames Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Crazy Cutters • Day at the Races • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hot Bob-omb • Rakin' 'em In
Item minigames Bowser Slots • Coffin Congestion • Give Me a Brake! • Hammer Slammer • Mallet-Go-Round • Roll Out the Barrels
Duel minigames Mushroom Brew • Psychic Safari • Quick Draw Corks • Rock, Paper, Mario • Saber Swipes • Time Bomb
Special minigame Driver's Ed
[Edit]
Minigames from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Bombs Away • Desert Dash • Face Lift • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Handcar Havoc • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Slot Car Derby • Speed Hockey
Mario Party 3 Bounce 'n' Trounce • Chip Shot Challenge • Eatsa Pizza • Ice Rink Risk • Mush Pit • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers • The Beat Goes On • Three Door Monty • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Blame It on the Crane • Booksquirm • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Hide and Go BOOM! • Kareening Koopas • Mario Speedwagons • Order Up • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • The Final Battle! • The Great Deflate • Three Throw • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Button Mashers • Cage-in Cookin' • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Manic Mallets • Night Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Shy Guy Showdown • Squared Away • Triple Jump • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Catch You Letter • Crate and Peril • Dizzy Rotisserie • Rocky Road • Slot Trot • Snow Whirled • Strawberry Shortfuse • Trap Ease Artist
Mario Party 7 Balloon Busters • Dart Attack • Deck Hands • Jump, Man • Monty's Revenge • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Pokey Pummel • Sphere Factor • Stick and Spin • The Final Countdown • Track & Yield • Vine Country
Mario Party 8 Aim of the Game • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank
Mario Party 9 Bumper Bubbles • Don't Look • Goomba Bowling • Logger Heads • Jigsaw Jumble • Magma Mayhem • Peak Precision • Pier Pressure • Speeding Bullets • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Badminton Bash • Flash Forward • Jewel Drop • Soar to Score
[Edit]
Minigames from Mario Party Superstars
Mario Party Bobsled Run • Bombs Away • Cast Aways • Crazy Cutters • Face-Lift • Hammer Drop • Handcar Havoc • Mushroom Mix-Up • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tipsy Tourney • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Archer-ival • Balloon Burst • Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Dungeon Dash • Hammer Slammera • Hot Rope Jump • Honeycomb Havoc • Look Away • Mecha Marathon • Quicksand Cache • Roll Call • Roll Out the Barrelsa • Sky Pilots • Slot-Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Speed Hockey • Tread Carefully
Mario Party 3 Bobbing Bow-loonsa • Boulder Ball • Bounce 'n' Trounce • Cheep Cheep Chase • Chip Shot Challenge • Coconut Conk • Eatsa Pizza • Etch 'n' Catch • Hide-and-Sneak • Ice-Rink Risk • Mario's Puzzle Party • Messy Memory • Motor Rooter • Mush Pit • Parasol Plummet • Picking Panic • Puddle Paddle • River Raiders • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Spotlight Swim • Storm Chasers • Swinging with Sharksa • Ticktock Hop • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me • Winner's Wheela
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Booksquirm • Dungeon Duos • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Money Belts • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Bill Blasters • Coney Island • Dinger Derby • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Night-Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Squared Away • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Burnstile • Cashapult • Catch You Letter • Dark 'n' Crispy • Mass Meteor • Pit Boss • Rocky Road • Snow Whirled • Trap Ease Artist • What Goes Up... • X-Ray Payday
Mario Party 7 Monty's Revenge • Pokey Pummel • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Stick and Spin • Spin Doctor • The Final Countdown
Mario Party 8 Paint Misbehavin' • Winner or Dinner
Mario Party 9 Goomba Spotting • Manor of Escape • Shell Soccer • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Flash Forward • Rapid River Race • Skewer Scurry
a Item minigame, unnamed
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