Musical Snares

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Musical Snares (known as Balance Beat in the British English version) is a General minigame from Mario Party: Island Tour. The American English name is a pun on the party game "musical chairs", while the British name is a pun on the gymnastics sport "balance beam."

Introduction

A note drops in the middle of the snare drum, and the game begins.

Gameplay

Musical notes are popping in on the drum, and players, who are on rubber balls, scramble to collect them in order to earn points. Silver notes are worth one point, while golden notes are worth two. Every time the player gets a note, their ball will get bigger. The player with the highest score by the end of the minigame wins.

Controls

• – Move

In-game text

• Rules – American English "Collect as many musical notes as you can. Special gold notes are worth extra points."
• Rules – British English "Collect the musical notes that appear on the stage."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	玉乗りおんぷあつめ[?] Tamanori onpu atsume	Collect Notes on the Ball
Dutch	Rollende Rockers[?]	Rolling Rockers
French (NOA)	Roulement de tambour[?]	Drum Roll
French (NOE)	Tambour battant[?]	Clapper drum (also means "doing something deeply/briskly")
German	Rock 'n' Roll[?]	Pun with the music style rock 'n' roll and to roll
Italian	Equilibrismo notevole[?]	Notable balancing
Korean	데굴데굴 음표 모으기[?] deguldegul eumpyo mo-eugi	Rolling Around Collecting Notes
Portuguese	Arena Musical[?]	Musical Arena
Russian	Меломаны на мячах Melomani na myachakh	Music lovers on balls. The original name is an alliteration.
Spanish	Circo musical[?]	Musical Circus