Mass Meteor

Mass Meteor
Mario Party 6 Mario Party Superstars
Appears in	Mario Party 6 Mario Party Superstars
Type	Duel minigame
Music track	Dueling for Prizes
Music sample Mario Party 6: Mario Party Superstars:

Mass Meteor is a Duel minigame in Mario Party 6 and Mario Party Superstars. Its name is a pun on "mass media." Despite its name, the floating rock obstacles that it features are actually asteroids rather than meteors.

Introduction

The players simply fly to the center of the screen, coming from the far left.

Gameplay

Both players are floating in space. They appear to be trying to fly through an asteroid belt. Using the Control Stick, the players can move around the incoming asteroids. Some of the asteroids are shaped in a particular way, such as Goombas and Koopa Shells. If a player hits an asteroid, they are temporarily stunned, and the asteroid is thrown out of the path. The player who gets through the checkered ring first wins. If both players reach the goal at the same time, a tie occurs. In some cases in which both players reach the goal simultaneously, the player on top of the screen might win.

Ending

The ending to Mass Meteor in Mario Party Superstars

The winning character stands on top of a planet or moon (which is brown in Mario Party 6 and grey in Mario Party Superstars) and does a winning pose, while the losing player flies in the background, crashes into an asteroid, and bounces away. If the minigame ends in a tie, the players bounce off each other while flying in space. In Mario Party Superstars, both players win (though it is still considered a tie), and they do their winning poses on the moon.

Controls

Mario Party 6

• – Move

Mario Party Superstars

• – Move

In-game text

Mario Party 6

• Rules – "Dodge the hurtling asteroids and float to the goal! Whoever reaches the goal first wins!"
• Advice – "There's no gravity in space, so watch where you float!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Dodge the floating asteroids, and be the first to reach the finish line!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ギリギリうちゅうゆうえい[?] Girigiri uchū yuuei	Barely Floating in Space
Dutch	Ruimtepuin[?]	Space Debris
French (NOA)	Astéro-boum[?]	Astero-boom
French (NOE)	Astéro-Crawl[?]	Asteroid Crawl
German	Slalom-Schweben[?]	Floating Slalom
Italian	Passeggiata Spaziale[?]	Space Walk
Korean	아슬아슬 우주 유영[?] Aseuraseul Uju Yuyeong	Close Call Space Floating
Portuguese	Nado Sideral[?]	Outer Swimming
Russian	Астероидная гонка[?] Asteroidnaya gonka	Asteroid Race
Spanish	Paseo por el espacio[?]	Space Walk

Trivia

• This minigame's Advice section in Mario Party 6 says no gravity is in space, but that statement is a misconception.