Editing Blame It on the Crane

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:BlameitOnTheCrane.png|260px]]<br>''Mario Party 4''
|type=1-vs-3 minigame
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 4]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
|time=60 seconds
|track=Loud and Sweet
|sample=''Mario Party 4'':[[File:MP4 Loud and Sweet.oga]]
''Mario Party: The Top 100'':[[File:MPTT100 Loud and Sweet.oga]]
}}
'''Blame It on the Crane''' is a 1-vs-3 [[minigame]] from ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' and ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''. The name of this minigame is derived from the title of [[Milli Vanilli]]'s song "{{wp|Blame It on the Rain}}."

==Introduction==
In a close-up view on a wheel with [[Shy Guy]]s in balls, a crane lowers but fails to grab one. The scene zooms out as the crane rises and the wheel starts spinning, and the game begins.

==Gameplay==
In the minigame, each member of the team is placed in a color-coordinated capsule (they resemble ''{{wp|gashapon}}'' capsules, which capsules and [[Orb]]s from later ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' games are based on) along with six Shy Guys in similar balls. The balls and characters are on a large circular platform that spins counterclockwise. The solo player, positioned to the right of the platform, controls a large crane that must be used to capture the team players as they pass. Grabbing a Shy Guy by mistake has no penalty other than lost time. The solo player wins if they capture all the team players. The team wins if any of its members survive for 60 seconds.

In ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', instead of Shy Guys, there are [[Koopa Troopa]]s inside the plastic balls.

==Ending==
The wheel stops spinning. Afterwards, in ''Mario Party 4'', if the solo player wins, they will jump out of the crane, run to the center of the wheel, and do a winning pose. If the team players win, the remaining players' balls will disappear, and they will do their winning poses while the solo player just sits in the crane silently.

==Controls==
===''Mario Party 4''===
====Solo (1 player)====
*{{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Press to move forward 
*{{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Release to lower (The crane also lowers automatically.)

====Group (3 players)====
*{{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
====Solo (1 player)====
*Hold {{button|3ds|A}}: Move crane
*Release {{button|3ds|A}}: Lower crane

====Group (3 players)====
*{{button|3ds|stick}}: Move

==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 4''===
* '''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"One player uses a crane to try to capture the other three players. The other three must try to avoid the claw."''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Grabbing a Shy Guy slows you down! Team players should hide among the Shy Guys to make it more difficult."''

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*'''Description''' &ndash; ''"Find out what it's like to be a toy in a crane game! Don't let the crane operator catch you!"''
*'''On-screen (Solo)''' &ndash; ''"Catch all the capsules with your rivals inside!"''
*'''On-screen (Team)''' &ndash; ''"Don't let the crane catch you!"''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Top100BlameItontheCrane.png|''Mario Party: The Top 100''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カプセルファクトリー
|JapR=Kapuseru fakutorī
|JapM=Capsule Factory
|Fra=Boules Surprises
|FraM=Surprise Balls
|Ger=Der Kran hat Schuld
|GerM=The Crane is Guilty
|Spa=La grúa
|SpaM=The Crane
|Ita=La gru
|ItaM=The crane
|Dut=Gretige grijparm
|DutM=Keen grabber
}}

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{{MPTT100 minigames}}
[[Category:1-vs-3 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 4 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: The Top 100 minigames]]