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| image = [[File:Mario Party 5 Squared Away.png|260px]]''Mario Party 5''<br>[[File:Top100SquaredAway.png|260px]]''Mario Party: The Top 100''
| image = [[File:Mario Party 5 Squared Away.png|260px]]''Mario Party 5''<br>[[File:Top100SquaredAway.png|260px]]''Mario Party: The Top 100''
| appeared_in = ''[[Mario Party 5]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party 5]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
| type = 1-vs-3 mini-game
|type=1-vs-3 mini-game
| time = 30 seconds
|time=30 seconds
| song = In Great Fear (''Mario Party 5'')<br>Hurry! Hurry! (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
|song=In Great Fear (''Mario Party 5'')<br>Hurry! Hurry! (''Mario Party: The Top 100'')
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'''Squared Away''' is a 1-vs-3 [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''. Its name is a play on the expression "squared away", used to refer to one who is skilled and ready to accomplish their tasks. It returns in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''. ''Mario Party 5{{'}}''s version contains several different aesthetics: Mario, Heart, Star, but ''Mario Party: The Top 100{{'}}''s version has only Mario. Unlike in ''Mario Party 5'', the lone character in ''Mario Party: The 100'' vocalizes when getting crushed.
'''Squared Away''' is a 1-vs-3 [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' and returns in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''. Its name is a play on the expression "squared away", used to refer to one who is skilled and ready to accomplish their tasks.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The solo player must avoid being crushed by the team players. The team players can cover 4 tiles, which is more than the solo player (which is only 1 per roll), with each roll, but to counter this disadvantage, the solo player moves much more quickly than the team players.
The solo player must avoid being crushed by the team players. The team players can cover 4 tiles, which is more than the solo player (which is only 1 per roll), with each roll, but to counter this disadvantage, the solo player moves much more quickly than the team players.
''Mario Party 5{{'}}''s version contains several different aesthetics: Mario, Heart or Star, but ''Mario Party: The Top 100{{'}}''s version only features the Mario aesthetic. Unlike in ''Mario Party 5'', the lone character in ''Mario Party: The 100'' vocalizes when getting crushed.


==Ending==
==Ending==

Revision as of 13:42, August 23, 2019

Template:Minigame-infobox Squared Away is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 5 and returns in Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name is a play on the expression "squared away", used to refer to one who is skilled and ready to accomplish their tasks.

Introduction

The tiles for the grid drop down on the board while the solo player stands on a block in the upper left corner. All the blocks drop down; three big ones and one small one. The solo player jumps into the small one and the minigame begins.

Gameplay

The solo player must avoid being crushed by the team players. The team players can cover 4 tiles, which is more than the solo player (which is only 1 per roll), with each roll, but to counter this disadvantage, the solo player moves much more quickly than the team players.

Mario Party 5's version contains several different aesthetics: Mario, Heart or Star, but Mario Party: The Top 100's version only features the Mario aesthetic. Unlike in Mario Party 5, the lone character in Mario Party: The 100 vocalizes when getting crushed.

Ending

Ending of Squared Away from Mario Party 5.

In Mario Party 5, depending on whoever wins, the loser(s) will be chased by Thwomps in the background and trip while the winner(s) perform their victory pose on top of a golden Thwomp.

Controls

Mario Party 5

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

  • Circle Pad: Move

In-game text

Mario Party 5

  • Rules"Three players each climb into a giant cube and try to squish the fourth player, who's trying to escape in a smaller cube."
  • Advice 1"The player in the smaller cube should make tight turns to escape the giant boxes."
  • Advice 2"The three players in the giant cubes should cooperate and try to corner the fourth player."

Mario Party: The Top 100

  • Description"Who will win? One small, nimble cube, or 3 huge, lumbering ones? Either way, it will be a crushing victory!"
  • On-screen (Solo)"Don't get crushed!"
  • On-screen (Team)"Crush the small box!"

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ころころペッタン
Korokoro pettan
Roll and Squish

Dutch Brijzelblokken
 
German Kubus der Verdammnis
Damnation Cube
Italian Twomp rotolante
Rolling Thwomp
Spanish Acoso al cubo
Cube bullying

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