Creepy Cavern
- This article is about a board from Mario Party 3. For the similarly-named level from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, see Creepy Caverns.
| Creepy Cavern | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 3 | ||
| Difficulty | ☆☆☆ | ||
| Availability | Default | ||
| Description | Shining gems & slimy bugs. | ||
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- “You’re all here! Welcome to the legendary Creepy Cavern! In this fantastic rocky cavern, you’ll battle to become the Superstar.”
- —Millennium Star, Mario Party 3
Creepy Cavern is a cavern-based board in Mario Party 3. It is inhabited by Whomps (playing their own game of Mario Party), Thwomps, Lava Bubbles, and a Dorrie. Action Time happens when one of the players is stopped by a Thwomp and accepts its offer to ride on the mine cart for five coins. Players then have to time their jump to get on, or they miss the ride to the other side of the board. The mine carts also appear when players land on a Happening Space that is located on the tracks. In this case, Thwomp rides the cart to the other side, chasing all players in the way to that side as well. Another feature of this board is the Whomp King, who is always on a rock above the lava flow in the middle of the board. He blocks either the right path that leads upward, or the left path that eventually take players to Boo. Players can land on a Happening Space in front of him to make him turn over, but that is also achieved if a player gives him a certain item that he wants, such as a Mushroom, Poison Mushroom, Skeleton Key, etc..
In Story Mode, the human player goes up against 3 opponents and battles here to get the Courage Star Stamp.
Spaces[edit]
The following table shows how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.
| Type of Space | Number of Spaces |
|---|---|
 Blue Spaces |
51 |
 Red Spaces |
6 |
 Item Spaces |
10 |
 Happening Spaces |
14 |
 Bowser Spaces |
4 |
 Battle Spaces |
5 |
 Bank Spaces |
2 |
 Chance Time Spaces |
2 |
 Game Guy Spaces |
2 |
| Total of Spaces | 96 |
Gallery[edit]
Board selection icon
The introduction
The starting area's background
The beginning of a game in Creepy Cavern
Waluigi at the Koopa Bank
Wario about to jump on the mine cart
Wario riding the mine cart
Donkey Kong riding the mine cart
Waluigi being chased by the mine cart
The Whomp King turning over
The board results icon
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ドキドキどうくつ[?] Dokidoki dōkutsu |
Heart-pounding Cavern | |
| French | Caverne Kikrain[?] | Play on words with Caverne qui craint, meaning "Cavern that sucks" | |
| German | Grusel-Grotte[?] | Gruesome Grotto | |
| Spanish | Creepy Cavern[?] | - |
Trivia[edit]
- The background music of this board is a partial rendition of the underground level theme from Super Mario Bros.
- In the right center of the board, a group of Whomps are "playing" in a board that resembles Rules Land from Mario Party 2.
