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|image=[[File:SphereFactor.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party 7''<br>[[File:Top100SphereFactor.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 7]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
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|type=2-vs.-2 minigame
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=おして!たまころがし
|Jpn=おして!たまころがし
|JapR=Oshite! Tamakorogashi
|JpnR=Oshite! Tamakorogashi
|JapM=Push it! Ball Rolling
|JpnM=Push it! Ball Rolling
|Fre=Roule ta Boule
|Fre=Roule ta Boule
|FreM=Roll Your Ball (Also the name of a French song)<br>[[Flatiator]] shares the same French name.
|FreM=Roll Your Ball, after the song by Canadian musician and actor {{wp|Daniel Lavoie}}, shared with [[Flatiator]]
|Ger=Kugelkurier
|Ger=Kugelkurier
|GerM=Ball Messenger
|GerM=Ball Messenger

Latest revision as of 21:28, January 9, 2025

Not to be confused with Sphere Mongers.
Sphere Factor
Wario trapped by a Whomp in Sphere Factor from Mario Party 7
Mario Party 7
Sphere Factor from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party: The Top 100
Appears in Mario Party 7
Mario Party: The Top 100
Type 2-vs.-2 minigame
Initial record 1'00"00
Music track Cool as a Cucumber
Music sample
Mario Party 7:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Sphere Factor is a 2-vs.-2 minigame in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name is a pun on the title of the NBC reality game show Fear Factor, as was the name of the Mario Party 6 minigame Pier Factor.

Introduction[edit]

The camera focuses on the goal line, then pans to the players.

Gameplay[edit]

The object of the minigame is for each pair to get its giant ball to the goal. The ball must be pushed around and through many obstacles, which include mini-mazes, Monty Moles, Whomps, and a bridge that is particularly hard to get over. If the ball falls off the bridge, it needs to be pushed up a steep hill. The team that gets its ball to the goal first wins. If five minutes pass in Mario Party 7, the minigame ends in a tie.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, the balls roll much faster than they did in Mario Party 7.

Ending[edit]

A minigame ending from Mario Party 7
The ending to Sphere Factor in Mario Party 7

In Mario Party 7, the winning team's characters make victory poses in front of their ball and the Whomps, and the Monty Moles pop out of the ground. If a tie occurs, both teams do losing poses in front of their respective balls at the goal.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 7[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Circle Pad: Move

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 7[edit]

  • Rules"Help your partner roll the giant ball to the goal. First team across is the winner!"
  • Advice"Try to cross the wooden bridge and avoid the dip. If you fall into it, you'll lose time."

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description"Push the ball as a team and roll it through the obstacles to the goal!"
  • On-screen"Roll the ball to the goal!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese おして!たまころがし[?]
Oshite! Tamakorogashi
Push it! Ball Rolling
Dutch Ballenparcours[?] Ball Trail
French Roule ta Boule[?] Roll Your Ball, after the song by Canadian musician and actor Daniel Lavoie, shared with Flatiator
German Kugelkurier[?] Ball Messenger
Italian I palladini[?] Portmanteau of palla (ball) and paladini (defenders)
Spanish El factor esfera[?] The Sphere Factor