Trap Ease Artist

Template:Minigame-infobox Trap Ease Artist is a luck-based 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 6, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. The minigame's name is a pun on "trapeze artist." There is also a page containing events inspired by the minigame in the Miracle Book, named "Golden Goomba." In Party Mode in Mario Party 6, this minigame is one of four minigames exclusive to daytime, the others being the Donkey Kong minigames.

Introduction

The introduction shows the first player dropping a red cage in a failed attempt to trap 4 Goombas (one of them a Gold Goomba) as they run away to evade capture.

Gameplay

The objective of the game is for each player to trap as many Goombas as they can with their cage. When many Goombas are under the cage's shadow, the player must press to drop the cage, trapping the Goombas. The Goombas walk in random directions and there is no way to determine when they will walk under a cage’s shadow or how many will. Regular Goombas give the player one point, but Gold Goombas give them three points. After all of the cages have been dropped, the Goombas are released from them for the point tallying and the player with the most points wins.

In the European/Australian version of Mario Party 6, Trap Ease Artist does not appear in Endurance Alley.

Ending

As soon as all players have dropped the cages, they open. The Goombas inside then leave the cages as the players' tallies increase. The winner(s) then do(es) their victory animation(s), while (unless everyone has the same number of points) the losers sulk.

Controls

Mario Party 6

• – Drop the cage

Mario Party: The Top 100

• – Drop cage

Mario Party Superstars

• – Drop Cage

In-game text

Mario Party 6

• Rules – "Drop a cage to capture as many Goombas as you can! Whoever earns the most points wins!"
• Advice 1 – "Normal Goombas are worth one point. Golden Goombas are worth three points.'"
• Advice 2 – "Don't wait too long for a better chance to drop the cage, or you may miss your best opportunity!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Drop your cage at the right moment to capture as many Goombas as you can!"
• On-screen – "Drop the cage to capture Goombas!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Drop your cage at the right moment to capture as many Goombas as you can!"

Gallery

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  Mario Party: The Top 100

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	クリボーほかくさくせん Kuribō Hokaku Sakusen	Operations Catching Goombas
Dutch	Goomba's kooien	Caging Goombas
French (NOA)	Pièges à Goomba	Goomba Traps
French (NOE)	Piège à Goomba	Goomba Trap
German	Gumba-Gatter	Goomba Fence
Italian	Goomba in Gabbia	Goombas in Cage
Korean	굼바 포획 작전 Gumba Pohoek Jakjeon	Goomba Capture Operation
Portuguese	Goombardilha	Portmanteau on Goomba and armadilha (trap)
Russian	Ловля гумб Lovlya gumb
Spanish (NOA)	Atrapa a los Goombas	Catch the Goombas
Spanish (NOE)	Coto de caza	Hunting Reserve