Tread Carefully (minigame)

Tread Carefully
Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars
Appears in	Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars
Type	4-Player minigame
Time limit	60 seconds
Music track	Going for the Coins
Music sample Mario Party 2: Mario Party: The Top 100: Mario Party Superstars:

Tread Carefully is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars; in the first two, it is known as Shell Shocked. Its original name comes from an archaic term for post-traumatic stress disorder, coined in 1915 to describe the heightened and prolonged psychosomatic distress experienced by soldiers fighting in World War I. Its name in Mario Party Superstars, meanwhile, is a pun on the verb "tread" (meaning "to step") from the common phrase "tread carefully" and the treads of a tank.

Gameplay

Shell Shocked as seen in the Mini-Game Coaster

The players attempt to knock out the rest of the players by shooting cannonballs with Koopa Tanks, tanks resembling Koopa Shells. In Mario Party 2, the Koopa Tank color depends on the character being played: red for Mario, blue for Luigi, pink for Peach, green for Yoshi, purple for Wario, and brown for Donkey Kong. In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, however, the colors are instead assigned by player number: red, blue, green, and yellow (for Players 1–4, respectively). Players can also use a lob shot, generally used if a player is behind a Warp Pipe. Two cannonballs that hit each other explode upon contact. A player that gets hit with a cannonball twice becomes eliminated. In Mario Party 2 and Superstars, there are three randomly selected levels, which can be chosen by players in their respective free play modes.

The levels vary depending on how many Warp Pipes are placed as obstacles.

• Stage 1: One pipe in the center.
• Stage 2: One pipe in the center of each wall. This is the stage used in The Top 100.
• Stage 3: One pipe in the center, with eight pipes surrounding it.

In the Mini-Game Coaster, the stage that is used is dependent on the skill level that is played: Stage 2 is used for Normal, and Stage 1 is used for Hard. This is also the final minigame, where the human player takes on a team of three Koopa Kids, with Stage 3 being used.

In Mario Party 2, if all four players are eliminated from the minigame or the time limit reaches zero, the minigame ends in a draw.

Controls

Mario Party 2

• – Move
• – Straight shot
• – Lob shot
• – Fix aim

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move
• : Strafe
• : Shoot upward
• : Shoot forward

Mario Party Superstars

• – Move
• – Shoot
• – Shoot Upward
• Hold / to Strafe

In-game text

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "Captain a Koopa Tank in an all-out duel! If you get hit twice, you're shell-shocked!"
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster)
  • World 4-5 – "Pilot your Koopa Tank and take on your rivals! Knock all opponents out to clear the game!"
  • World 9 – "It's a Baby Bowser Tank battle! Defeat all three Baby Bowsers to clear this Mini-Game!"
• Advice – "Press the Button to fix your aim in one direction and move in another."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Shoot the rival tanks! Get hit twice, and you're out!"
• On-screen – "Shoot the rival tanks!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Shoot the rival tanks! Get hit twice, and you're out."

Gallery

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  Mario's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2

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  Luigi's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2

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  Peach's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2

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  Yoshi's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2

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  Wario's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2

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  Donkey Kong's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2

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  Mario Party Superstars (stage 2)

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  Mario Party Superstars (stage 3)

See also

• Tanks a Lot
• Shell Shocked Deluxe
• Think Tank
• Cannonball Fun
• Scooter Pursuit

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドッカンせんしゃ[?] Dokkan sensha	「ドッカン」is a pun on「土管」(dokan, pipe) and「ドカン」(dokan, Japanese onomatopoeic term equivalent to "kaboom"), and「せんしゃ」means "tank"
Chinese (simplified)	轰炸战车[?] Hōngzhà Zhànchē	Bombing Tank
Chinese (traditional)	轟炸戰車[?] Hōngzhà Zhànchē	Bombing Tank
Dutch	Tankslag[?]	Tank Battle
French (NOA)	Carapace de choc[?]	Shocking shell
French (NOE)	Carapace Castagne[?]	Shell Rumble
German	Panzer-Schlacht[?]	Tank Battle / Shell Battle (the word Panzer means both "tank" and "shell")
Italian	Mine Vaganti (Mario Party 2)[?]	Loose Cannons; lit. "wandering mines"
	Mine vaganti (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars)[?]	Loose cannons
Korean	쾅쾅 전차[?] Kwangkwang Jeoncha	Pow Pow Tank
Portuguese	Cascanhão[?]	Portmanteau of casca (shell) and canhão (cannon)
Russian	Танкодром[?] Tankodrom	Tank Drome
Spanish (NOA)	Tanques tácticos[?]	Tactical tanks
Spanish (NOE)	Choque de Conchas[?]	Shell Collision