Deep Sea Divers
| Deep Sea Divers | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party | ||
| Type | 2-vs-2 Coin mini-game | ||
| Time limit | 90 seconds | ||
| Music track | The Wide, Wide Ocean | ||
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Deep Sea Divers is a 2-vs-2 Coin-collecting minigame found in Mario Party.
This minigame, Cast Aways, and, to a greater extent, Pedal Power, Tug o' War, and Paddle Battle were infamous for causing many hand injuries among players, leading Nintendo to provide gloves in a legal settlement. For the Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online re-release of Mario Party, a warning appears upon the game being started, advising players not to use their palms to rotate the stick.
Gameplay[edit]
This minigame is similar to Treasure Divers, except it is a 2-vs-2 minigame instead of a 4-Player minigame. There are many Treasure Chests in the ocean waiting to be picked up as the two teams prepare to grab as many of them as possible. One player on the team has to dive down in the deep ocean, grab a Treasure Chest, and return to the surface, while the other player has to use the boat to move around the area and help reel the other player with the chest back to the surface. If the player in the boat fails to reel the other player, the other player will drop the chest. The biggest chest contains 10 Coins and is located at the very bottom of the ocean; it requires both members of a team to cooperate to bring it to the surface. A similar minigame, Deep Sea Salvage, appears in Mario Party 2.
The minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 300 Coins when it is available for purchase.
Controls[edit]
Player reeling[edit]
– Rotate to reel in- – Move boat left to right
Player in the water[edit]
- – Move
– Swim
In-game text[edit]
- Game Rules – "Team up to help raise the treasure chests at the bottom of the ocean. Press to swim and rotate to reel in."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Cooperate with your partner to raise the chests beneath the sea. Get 15 or more Coins to clear the game."
- Advice – "It's impossible to bring up larger treasure chests by yourself. Two people must cooperate to bring it[sic] up."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | マリオブルー[?] Mario Burū |
Mario Blue | |
| French | Plongée profonde[?] | Deep diving | |
| German | Tiefseetaucher[?] | Deep Sea Diver | |
| Italian | Deep Sea Divers[1] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ Mario Party European manual, pag. 141
| Minigames from Mario Party | |
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| 4-Player minigames | Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers |
| 1-vs-3 minigames | Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War |
| 2-vs-2 minigames | Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc |
| 1-Player minigames | Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant |
