Editing Random Ride

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:RandomRideBegin.png|260px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 5]]''
|type=Battle minigame
|time=5 seconds to select a machine per turn
|track=Battle Match (choosing a ride)<br>How Far? (racing)
|sample=Choosing a ride:<br>[[File:MP5 Battle Match.oga]]<br>Racing:<br>[[File:MP5 How Far.oga]]
}}
'''Random Ride''' is a Battle [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''.

==Gameplay==
[[File:RandomRideRace.png|thumb|left|Gameplay of Random Ride]]
The minigame is mostly luck-based. The audience consists of [[Goomba]]s and [[Koopa Troopa]]s sitting on pink and yellow bleachers. According to the Koopa Troopa (host), each player has to pick a name from a list of competitors for a race (randomized). Generally, the more positive a machine's name, the better the chance that a player will win the race. When this minigame is played in a Battle Royale [[board (Mario Party series)|board]] game, the player in last place picks their machine first, with the player in first place picking last; in Free Play mode or Team Match, the players pick their machines in a random order. Players who choose early gain an advantage, and vice versa. 

The possible names for the machines include the following:
* Perfect Conditions
* At Its Best
* Daily Routine
* So-So, I Suppose
* Almost-Guaranteed Victory
* Totally Terrible
* Feeling Good
* Difficulties Ahead
* General Long Shot
* Nothing's Right
* Miracles Do Happen
* Fate's Decision

After everyone has chosen their machine, a race plays by itself. The competitors soar across the ocean; they pass through blue-, pink-, yellow-, and orange-striped hot air balloons with [[Whomp]]s, [[Shy Guy]]s, Goombas, and Koopa Troopas cheering for them. Players get eliminated throughout the race through various misfortunes, such as engine blowouts and collisions with [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]]s. Occasionally, however, players can appear to be eliminated but can recover from mishaps, though this is entirely by luck. Eventually, one player is left; that player is declared the winner.
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==Controls==
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move cursor
* {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Confirm

==In-game text==
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Select the machine you think will reach the finish line. Use the names as best as you can to predict the winner."''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Any machine with a positive name has a better chance at winning the race than a machine with a negative name."''

==See also==
*[[Day at the Races]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=うんまかせダービー
|JapR=Unmakase dābī
|JapM=Fate-Trusting Derby
|Fre=Gymkhana Aérien
|FreM=Aerial Gymkhana
|Ger=Fortuna-Rennen
|GerM=Luck Race
|Spa=En manos del azar
|SpaM=In Fate's Hands
|Ita=La gara della fortuna
|ItaM=The luck competition
}}

{{MP5 minigames}}
[[Category:Battle minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 5 minigames]]