Editing Crane Game (minigame)

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|type=1-vs-3 mini-game
|time=30 seconds
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'''Crane Game''' is a 1-vs-3 [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 2]]''.

==Gameplay==
The minigame involves three players lying around as stuffed dolls while another player, being hoisted by a crane, tries to pick them up and drop them in a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]. Characters can try to wiggle free if grabbed by repeatedly tapping {{button|n64|A}}. The player attached to the crane can hold on to the character they have grabbed by repeatedly tapping {{button|n64|A}}; this is not necessary for grabbed objects, as they cannot be dropped once picked up.

In the original ''Mario Party'', the player on the crane has to pick one of the other characters only. The player can also choose to pick up a [[treasure chest|Treasure Chest]] worth ten [[Coin]]s, a [[coin bag]] worth five Coins, or a single Coin. If the player on the crane successfully drops a character into the pipe, they take one-third of that player's Coins. If the solo player drops the character or item to the ground before reaching the pipe or lowers the crane without grabbing anything, the minigame ends and the solo player gets nothing. This version is set inside a building similar to a claw machine.

In ''Mario Party 2'', the rules of the minigame underwent a change, as the player on the crane must capture all three opponents, and the winning side earns 10 coins. To make this task easier, time bonuses (stopwatches with "+15," "+20," or "+30" imprinted) were introduced. When the player drops one of them into the pipe, more time is added to the minigame timer according to what the watch shows. This version is set inside a machine in the style of a lunar landscape, and the crane resembles a [[UFO]].

In [[Mini-Game Island]] in ''Mario Party'', the player must successfully capture one of the opponents; the player misses if they successfully collect any of the other items that are not an opponent character. In the [[Mini-Game Coaster]] in ''Mario Party 2'', the human player always plays against the team of three.
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==Controls==
===Solo (1 player)===
* {{button|n64|Stick}} &ndash; Move
* {{button|n64|A}} &ndash; Drop crane 
* {{button|n64|A}} (Repeatedly) &ndash; Hold on

===Group (3 players)===
* {{button|n64|A}} (Repeatedly) &ndash; Wiggle free

==In-game text==
===''Mario Party''===
* '''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"You are the Crane Game crane. Try to grab the prizes by pressing {{button|n64|A}} repeatedly. If caught, wiggle free with {{button|n64|A}}."''
* '''Game Rules ([[Mini-Game Island]])''' &ndash; ''"Be the Crane Game's crane, and try to grab a prize. <font color="green">Grab one person and drop them in the pipe to clear the game.</font>"''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"When you grab somebody, you steal one-third of all their Coins."''

===''Mario Party 2''===
* '''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"It's the new and improved Crane Game! Drop all your stuffed rivals into the pipe to win. Leave none behind!"''
* '''Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster)''' &ndash; ''"You are the Crane Game crane! Grab all three opponents and drop them in the pipe to <span style="color:cyan">clear</span> this Mini-Game."''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Grab the clocks to add the number of seconds shown to the timer. Grab a clock by pressing the {{button|n64|A}} Button once."''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=くれくれ!クレーン<br>''Kurekure! Kurēn''<br>もっとくれくれクレーン<br>''Motto Kurekure Kurēn''
|JapM=Gimme Gimme! Crane (''Mario Party'')<br>More Gimme Gimme Crane (''Mario Party 2'')
|Fre=Jeu de la grue
|FreM=Crane Game
|Ger=Kirmeskran
|GerM=Fair Crane
|Ita=Crane Game<ref>''[[Mario Party]]'' European manual, pag. 141</ref> <small>(''Mario Party'')</small>
|Ita2=Gru Spaziale <small>(''Mario Party 2'')</small>
|Ita2M=Space Crane
|Spa=Juego del Gancho
|SpaM=Hook Game
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Mario Party'', the controls for the solo player on the Game Rules screen say that {{button|n64|a}} is used to "(Repeatedly) Grab," but in ''Mario Party 2'', they instead say that it is used to "(Repeatedly) Hold On."

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