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{{Minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:Spin Doctor MP7.png|260px]]
|image=[[File:Spin Doctor MP7.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party 7''<br>[[File:Spin Doctor - Mario Party Superstars.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars''
|type=Duel minigame
|type=Duel minigame
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party 7]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 7]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|song=Cool as a Cucumber
|track=Cool as a Cucumber
|music=[[File:MP7 Cool as a Cucumber.oga]]
|sample=''Mario Party 7'':<br>[[File:MP7 Cool as a Cucumber.oga]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars'':<br>[[File:MPS Cool as a Cucumber.oga]]
}}
}}
'''Spin Doctor''' is a Duel [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''. Its name may be a pun on "{{wp|Spin (public relations)|spin doctor}}," which is someone working in media who tries to sway public opinion one way or the other.
'''Spin Doctor''' is a Duel [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''. Its name is a pun on the {{wp|Spin (propaganda)|eponymous term}}, which is someone working in media who tries to sway public opinion one way or the other.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The players need to run through a grid of bridges with a spinning platform at every intersection. Blue platforms spin all the way around, and red ones make a partial rotation. The first player to get to the end wins.
The players need to run through a grid of bridges with a spinning platform at every intersection. Blue platforms spin all the way around, and red ones make a partial rotation. The first player to get to the end wins. If both players arrive at the goal at the same frame, the player on the left always wins. If neither player gets to the goal within a certain time limit, the minigame ends in a tie.


==Controls==
==Controls==
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===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|ns|stick}} &ndash; Move
*{{button|switch|stick}} &ndash; Move


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 7''===
===''Mario Party 7''===
*'''Rules''' – ''"Run to the goal by navigating a series of spinning checkpoints."''
*'''Rules''' – "''Run to the goal by navigating a series of spinning checkpoints.''"
*'''Advice''' – ''"Slow and steady! Watch which way the checkpoints spin before entering one."''
*'''Advice''' – "''Slow and steady! Watch which way the checkpoints spin before entering one.''"


===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*''"Navigate through a series of spinning gates, and make your way to the goal!"''
*"''Navigate through a series of spinning gates, and make your way to the goal!''"


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Spin Doctor MP7.png|''Mario Party 7''
Spin Doctor End in 7.png|The ending to Spin Doctor in ''Mario Party 7''
File:Spin Doctor - Mario Party Superstars.png|''Mario Party Superstars''
</gallery>
</gallery>


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{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=クルクル！かいてんロード
|Jap=クルクル！かいてんロード
|JapR=Kurukuru! kaiten rōdo
|JapR=Kurukuru! Kaiten Rōdo
|JapM=Spinning! Rotation Road
|JapM=Spinning! Spin Road
|ChiS=转啊转！旋转道路
|ChiSR=Zhuǎn a zhuǎn! Xuánzhuǎn dàolù
|ChiSM=Turn and Turn! Spin Road
|ChiT=轉啊轉！旋轉道路
|ChiTR=Zhuǎn a zhuǎn! Xuánzhuǎn dàolù
|ChiTM=Turn and Turn! Spin Road
|Dut=Ronddolen
|DutM=Wander about
|Fre=Course Tourniquets
|FreM=Turnstile Course
|Ger=Abgedreht
|Ger=Abgedreht
|GerM="Turned in", same colloqiual meaning as in English
|GerM="Turned in", same colloquial meaning as in English
|Fra=Course Tourniquets
|FraM=Turnstile Course
|Por=Dando um Giro
|PorM="Performing a Spin" (Pun on the expression ''dar um giro'', which means to take a walk)
|Spa=Caminos giratorios
|SpaM=Spinning Paths
|Ita=Gimkana rotante
|Ita=Gimkana rotante
|ItaM=Rotating gymkhana
|ItaM=Rotating gymkhana
|Rus=Голова кругом
|RusR=Golova krugom
|RusM=
|Dut=Ronddolen
|DutM=Round Wander
|Kor=스핀 로드
|Kor=스핀 로드
|KorR=Seupin Rodeu
|KorR=Seupin Rodeu
|KorM=Spin Road
|KorM=Spin Road
|Por=Dando um Giro
|PorM="Performing a Spin" (Pun on the expression ''dar um giro'', which means to take a walk)
|Rus=Голова кругом
|RusR=Golova krugom
|RusM=My head is spinning
|Spa=Caminos giratorios
|SpaM=Spinning Paths
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This is the only minigame from ''Mario Party 7'' in ''Mario Party Superstars'' not to have appeared in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''.
*This is the only minigame from ''Mario Party 7'' in ''Mario Party Superstars'' not to have appeared in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''.
 
{{MP7 minigames}}
{{MP7 Minigames}}
{{MPS minigames}}
{{MPS Minigames}}
[[Category:Duel minigames]]
[[Category:Duel minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Superstars minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Superstars minigames]]

Revision as of 17:31, November 9, 2024

Spin Doctor
Wario in Spin Doctor from Mario Party 7
Mario Party 7
Spin Doctor from Mario Party Superstars.
Mario Party Superstars
Appears in Mario Party 7
Mario Party Superstars
Type Duel minigame
Music track Cool as a Cucumber
Music sample
Mario Party 7:

Mario Party Superstars:

Spin Doctor is a Duel minigame in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party Superstars. Its name is a pun on the eponymous term, which is someone working in media who tries to sway public opinion one way or the other.

Gameplay

The players need to run through a grid of bridges with a spinning platform at every intersection. Blue platforms spin all the way around, and red ones make a partial rotation. The first player to get to the end wins. If both players arrive at the goal at the same frame, the player on the left always wins. If neither player gets to the goal within a certain time limit, the minigame ends in a tie.

Controls

Mario Party 7

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party Superstars

  • Control Stick – Move

In-game text

Mario Party 7

  • Rules – "Run to the goal by navigating a series of spinning checkpoints."
  • Advice – "Slow and steady! Watch which way the checkpoints spin before entering one."

Mario Party Superstars

  • "Navigate through a series of spinning gates, and make your way to the goal!"

Gallery

  • The ending to Spin Doctor in Mario Party 7

    The ending to Spin Doctor in Mario Party 7

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クルクル！かいてんロード[?]
Kurukuru! Kaiten Rōdo 		Spinning! Spin Road
Chinese (simplified) 转啊转！旋转道路[?]
Zhuǎn a zhuǎn! Xuánzhuǎn dàolù 		Turn and Turn! Spin Road
Chinese (traditional) 轉啊轉！旋轉道路[?]
Zhuǎn a zhuǎn! Xuánzhuǎn dàolù 		Turn and Turn! Spin Road
Dutch Ronddolen[?] Wander about
French Course Tourniquets[?] Turnstile Course
German Abgedreht[?] "Turned in", same colloquial meaning as in English
Italian Gimkana rotante[?] Rotating gymkhana
Korean 스핀 로드[?]
Seupin Rodeu 		Spin Road
Portuguese Dando um Giro[?] "Performing a Spin" (Pun on the expression dar um giro, which means to take a walk)
Russian Голова кругом[?]
Golova krugom 		My head is spinning
Spanish Caminos giratorios[?] Spinning Paths

Trivia

  • This is the only minigame from Mario Party 7 in Mario Party Superstars not to have appeared in Mario Party: The Top 100.
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Minigames from Mario Party 7
4-Player minigames Main Big Dripper • Bubble Brawl • Catchy Tunes • Cointagious • Fun Run • Ghost in the Hall • Kart Wheeled • Picture This • Pokey Pummel • Snow Ride • Take Me Ohm • Target Tag • Track & Yield
Mic Balloon Busters • Clock Watchers • Dart Attack • Mathemortician • Oil Crisis
1-vs.-3 minigames Main Balloonatic • Coin-op Bop • Easy Pickings • Flashfright • La Bomba • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Spinner Cell • Spray Anything • Think Tank
Mic Be My Chum! • Boxing Day • Number Crunchers • StratosFEAR! • Wheel of Woe
2-vs.-2 minigames Battery Ram • Bumper Crop • Buzzstormer • Cardinal Rule • Herbicidal Maniac • Hop-O-Matic 4000 • Pyramid Scheme • Sphere Factor • Spider Stomp • Tile and Error • Wingin' It • World Piece
Battle minigames Air Farce • Deck Hands • Helipopper • Monty's Revenge • The Final Countdown
Duel minigames Apes of Wrath • Bridge Work • Camp Ukiki • Fish & Cheeps • Gimme a Sign • Hip Hop Drop • Light Speed • Mad Props • Royal Rumpus • Spin Doctor • Warp Pipe Dreams • Weight for It
DK minigames Single-player A Bridge Too Short • Jump, Man • Vine Country
Multiplayer Bananas Faster • Peel Out • Stump Change
Bowser minigames Single-player Slot-O-Whirl! • Treasure Dome! • Tunnel of Lava!
Multiplayer Funderwall! • Funstacle Course! • Magmagical Journey!
8-Player minigames Bob-ombic Plague • Bumper to Bumper • Duct & Cover • Gimme a Brake • Grin and Bar It • Hammer Spammer • Real Smoothie • Rope a Dope • Shock Absorbers • Spin Off • Synch-row-nicity • Unhappy Trails
Rare minigames 2-vs.-2 Ice Moves
Other Stick and Spin
Boss minigame Bowser's Lovely Lift!
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Minigames from Mario Party Superstars
Mario Party Bobsled Run • Bombs Away • Cast Aways • Crazy Cutters • Face-Lift • Hammer Drop • Handcar Havoc • Mushroom Mix-Up • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tipsy Tourney • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Archer-ival • Balloon Burst • Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Dungeon Dash • Hammer Slammera • Hot Rope Jump • Honeycomb Havoc • Look Away • Mecha Marathon • Quicksand Cache • Roll Call • Roll Out the Barrelsa • Sky Pilots • Slot-Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Speed Hockey • Tread Carefully
Mario Party 3 Bobbing Bow-loonsa • Boulder Ball • Bounce 'n' Trounce • Cheep Cheep Chase • Chip-Shot Challenge • Coconut Conk • Eatsa Pizza • Etch 'n' Catch • Hide-and-Sneak • Ice-Rink Risk • Mario's Puzzle Party • Messy Memory • Motor Rooter • Mush Pit • Parasol Plummet • Picking Panic • Puddle Paddle • River Raiders • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Spotlight Swim • Storm Chasers • Swinging with Sharksa • Ticktock Hop • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me • Winner's Wheela
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Booksquirm • Dungeon Duos • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Money Belts • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Bill Blasters • Coney Island • Dinger Derby • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Night-Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Squared Away • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Burnstile • Cashapult • Catch You Letter • Dark 'n' Crispy • Mass Meteor • Pit Boss • Rocky Road • Snow Whirled • Trap Ease Artist • What Goes Up... • X-Ray Payday
Mario Party 7 Monty's Revenge • Pokey Pummel • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Stick and Spin • Spin Doctor • The Final Countdown
Mario Party 8 Paint Misbehavin' • Winner or Dinner
Mario Party 9 Goomba Spotting • Manor of Escape • Shell Soccer • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Flash Forward • Rapid River Race • Skewer Scurry
a Item minigame, unnamed
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