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{{quote|Hey, [[Bowser]], why the long face? Stretch, pull, and tug to match the example. Talk about an epic face-off!|[[Play Nintendo]]<ref>Play Nintendo (April 16, 2022). [https://youtu.be/v4UOKHpRi-E?t=123 Mario Party Superstars 🎉🤣 LAUGH Till You POP | @Play Nintendo]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 21, 2022.</ref>}}
{{quote|Hey, [[Bowser]], why the long face? Stretch, pull, and tug to match the example. Talk about an epic face-off!|[[Play Nintendo]]<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=Play Nintendo|date=April 16, 2022|timestamp=02:03|url=youtu.be/v4UOKHpRi-E?t=123|title=''Mario Party Superstars'' 🎉🤣 LAUGH Till You POP {{!}} @Play Nintendo|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 21, 2022}}</ref>}}
'''Face-Lift''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''; a Battle minigame in ''[[Mario Party 2]]''; and a [[Bowser]] minigame in ''Mario Party Superstars''. Prior to ''Superstars'', it was formatted as '''Face Lift''', and in [[Play Nintendo]]'s video "[[Mario Party Superstars Laugh Till You Pop]]," it is formatted as '''Face-lift'''.<ref>[https://youtu.be/v4UOKHpRi-E Mario Party Superstars 🎉🤣 LAUGH Till You POP | @playnintendo] (Chapters). Retrieved April 26, 2023.</ref> The name is a play on "{{wp|Rhytidectomy|facelift}}." The minigame is based on the title screen of ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', where the player can alter [[Mario's face]]. Additionally, the iteration in ''Mario Party'' includes a background with a parody title ''Super Bowser 64''.
'''Face-Lift''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party]]'' and ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', as well as a Battle minigame in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' and a [[Bowser]] minigame in ''Mario Party Superstars''. Prior to ''Superstars'', its name was formatted as '''Face Lift'''. In the [[Play Nintendo]] video "[[Mario Party Superstars Laugh Till You Pop|''Mario Party Superstars'' Laugh Till You Pop]],"<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|url=youtu.be/v4UOKHpRi-E|title=''Mario Party Superstars'' 🎉🤣 LAUGH Till You POP {{!}} @playnintendo (Chapters)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 26, 2023}}</ref>, its name is formatted as '''Face-lift'''.


==Introduction==
==Overview==
In ''Mario Party'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars'', Bowser's face appears on the screen and is altered. It shrinks to fit in the center, revealing the four splits for each player. Each character's name (in ''Mario Party'') or icon (in ''The Top 100'' and ''Superstars'') appears on each split screen to indicate their quarter. In the latter two games, Bowser can be heard laughing before his face is altered.
[[File:Mario Party 2 Face Lift.png|thumb|left|The ''Mario Party 2'' version, featuring [[Mario's face]]]]
The minigame is named after "{{wp|Rhytidectomy|facelift}}", and is based specifically on the title screen of ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Furthermore, in the ''Mario Party'' version only, the background texture parodies the ''Super Mario 64'' title screen and reads ''Super Bowser 64''. In ''Mario Party'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars'', each player tries to distort [[Bowser]]'s facial features in split-screen gameplay. In ''Mario Party 2'', the face can be either [[Mario's face|that]] of [[Mario]] or of any of the other five player characters, being [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]], [[Yoshi]], [[Wario]], or [[Donkey Kong]], and their facial features change after a star flies above them. On [[Mini-Game Island]] in ''Mario Party'', the minigame requires at least 90 [[point]]s to clear.


In ''Mario Party 2'', a star flies around one of the characters' heads, then their face is altered. The same action above occurs.
''Mario Party'' features a variety from landing on a [[Bowser Space]], where players who do not score 90 points or more lose [[coin]]s, though if everyone does, only the player who landed on the Bowser Space loses Coins.  


==Gameplay==
In ''Mario Party Superstars'', Face-Lift appears only as a Bowser minigame, and the minimum requirement is lowered to 80 points; no one loses coins if everyone meets the criteria. However, in Free Play, it can be played as a standard 4-player minigame.
The objective of the minigame is to change the character's facial elements (nose, mouth, ears, etc.) to distorted positions as accurately as possible. The player who has the most accurate distorted positions wins.


On [[Mini-Game Island]], the player must score an accuracy of at least 90 [[point]]s to clear the minigame, regardless of the computer players' scores.
In all versions except ''Mario Party Superstars'',<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Nintendo Life|date=October 29, 2021|url=youtu.be/Xg-lOJzpEz0?t=256|timestamp=04:16|title=Luigi Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing (''Mario Party Superstars'')|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 11, 2021}}</ref> if a player does not perform any action, they earn a score of zero. The minigame ends in a draw if everyone scores zero.


In ''Mario Party'', this minigame also has a Bowser variation, triggered by landing on a [[Bowser Space]]. In this variation, players who do not score 90 points or more lose [[coin]]s. If everyone gets 90 points or more, the player who landed on the Bowser Space loses coins.
In ''Mario Party'', if multiple players win or, in the case of the Bowser variant, score more than 90, the Bowser faces associated with any losers shrink away as "LOSE" displays on their side. If every player scores either zero or fewer than 90 in the Bowser variant, every player loses. In ''Mario Party 2'', a rainbow-colored star moves around the face on any winning player's side. In the ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'' versions, the Bowser face linked to any winning player sparkles.


The minigame reappears in ''Mario Party 2'' as a Battle minigame. The faces that appear in ''Mario Party 2'' are those of the six playable characters ([[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]], [[Yoshi]], [[Wario]], and [[Donkey Kong]]). As this is a Battle minigame, this does not appear in the [[Mini-Game Coaster]]. Only Bowser's face is used in ''Mario Party'', ''The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars''.
Face-Lift can be bought from the [[Mini-Game House]] in ''Mario Party'' for 400 coins or from [[Woody]] in ''Mario Party 2'' for 900 coins.
 
In ''Mario Party Superstars'', this minigame is a 4-Player minigame. However, in Party mode, it is one of the possible minigames that can be played if the Bowser Minigame event is triggered when a player lands on a Bowser Space, and the players who do not score 80 points or more lose coins, but unlike in ''Mario Party'', if everyone scores 80 points or more, nobody loses coins. It never appears as an end-of-turn minigame.
 
In all games except ''Mario Party Superstars'',<ref>Nintendo Life (October 29, 2021). [https://youtu.be/Xg-lOJzpEz0?t=256 Luigi Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing (Mario Party Superstars)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 11, 2021.</ref> if a player does not alter their face in any way from the start of the minigame, that player gets a score of zero. Additionally, the minigame ends in a draw if everyone scores zero.
 
==Ending==
[[File:Face Lift End MP1.png|thumb|The ending to Face Lift in ''Mario Party'']]
In ''Mario Party'', the camera zooms in on the winning border with coins around it except in the Bowser variant. In case of a tie or in case of multiple players scoring more than 90 in the Bowser variant, the winning faces stay in the borders while the losing face(s) shrink(s) away with the word "LOSE" in its/their border(s). In the case that all players score zero or less than 90 in the Bowser variant, all the faces shrink away with "LOSE."
 
In ''Mario Party 2'', a rainbow-colored star floats around the player(s) that had the most points. If a draw occurs, nothing will happen on the screen, though the Draw music will play.
 
In ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'', the winner's/winners' face(s) sparkle(s).


==Controls==
==Controls==
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===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|switch|stick}} &ndash; Move
*{{button|switch|stick}} &ndash; Move
*Hold {{button|switch|a}} to Grab/Move Face
*Hold {{button|switch|a}} to grab/move face
*{{button|switch|b}} &ndash; Reset
*{{button|switch|b}} &ndash; Reset


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===''Mario Party''===
===''Mario Party''===
*'''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"Pull and tug Bowser's face to try to match the example. Press {{button|n64|A}} to grab the face, then hold {{button|n64|A}} and move {{button|n64|Stick}} to pull it."''
*'''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"Pull and tug Bowser's face to try to match the example. Press {{button|n64|A}} to grab the face, then hold {{button|n64|A}} and move {{button|n64|Stick}} to pull it."''
*'''Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)''' &ndash; ''"Make Bowser's face look just like the example. <span style="color:green">Get 90 or more points to clear the game.</span>"''
*'''Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)''' &ndash; ''"Make Bowser's face look just like the example. {{color|green|Get 90 or more points to clear the game.}}"''
*'''Game Rules (Bowser)''' &ndash; ''"<span style="color:red">If you don't get more than 90 points, Bowser will steal your Coins! Careful, careful!</span>"''
*'''Game Rules (Bowser)''' &ndash; ''"{{color|red|If you don't get more than 90 points, Bowser will steal your Coins! Careful, careful!}}"''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Watch the example closely. That's the shortcut to success."''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Watch the example closely. That's the shortcut to success."''


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===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*''"Pull and tug <span style="color:orange">Bowser</span>'s face to try to match the example."''
*''"Pull and tug {{color|orange|Bowser}}'s face to try to match the example."''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=160px>
<gallery widths=160px>
MP Super Bowser 64.png|Background in ''Mario Party''
Face Lift End MP1.png|A perfect score in ''Mario Party''
FaceLift - Luigi.png|''Mario Party 2'' (Luigi)
FaceLift - Luigi.png|''Mario Party 2'' (Luigi)
FaceLift - Peach.png|''Mario Party 2'' (Peach)
FaceLift - Peach.png|''Mario Party 2'' (Peach)
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FaceLift - DK.png|''Mario Party 2'' (Donkey Kong)
FaceLift - DK.png|''Mario Party 2'' (Donkey Kong)
Face Lift End MP2.gif|The ending to Face Lift in ''Mario Party 2''
Face Lift End MP2.gif|The ending to Face Lift in ''Mario Party 2''
Top100FaceLift.png|Face Lift in ''Mario Party: The Top 100''
MPS Face Lift.png|Face Lift in ''Mario Party Superstars''
File:MP Super Bowser 64.png|The ''Super Bowser 64'' logo, which parodies the [[:File:SM64 Logo Press Start Background.png| ''Super Mario 64'' logo from the title screen]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッパひゃくめんそう <small>(''Mario Party'', ''The Top 100'', and ''Superstars'')</small><br>''Kuppa Hyakumensō''<br>みんなヒッパレ!<small>(''Mario Party 2'')</small><br>''Minna Hippare!''
|Jpn=クッパひゃくめんそう
|JapM=Bowser's Funny Faces<br><br>Everyone, Pull!
|JpnN=''Mario Party'', ''The Top 100'', and ''Superstars''
|Chi=
|JpnR=Kuppa Hyakumensō
|ChiR=
|JpnM=Bowser's Funny Faces
|ChiM=
|Jpn2=みんなヒッパレ!
|Jpn2N=''Mario Party 2''
|Jpn2R=Minna Hippare!
|Jpn2M=Everyone, Pull!
|ChiS=酷霸王变脸秀
|ChiSR=Kùbàwáng Biànliǎn Xiù
|ChiSM=Bowser's Face Changing Show
|ChiT=庫巴變臉秀
|ChiTR=Kùbā Biànliǎn Xiù
|ChiTM=Bowser's Face Changing Show
|Dut=Facelift
|Dut=Facelift
|DutM=Face Lift
|DutM=Face Lift
|FreA=Visage de Bowser
|FreA=Visage de Bowser
|FreAM=Bowser's Face
|FreAM=Bowser's Face
|FreE=Lifting de Bowser <small>(''Mario Party'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars'')</small><br>Lifting <small>(''Mario Party 2'')</small>
|FreE=Lifting de Bowser
|FreEM=Bowser's Lifting<br>Lifting
|FreEN=''Mario Party'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars''
|Ger=Bowsers Grimassen <small>(''Mario Party'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars'')</small><br>Verrücktes Lifting <small>(''Mario Party 2'')</small>
|FreEM=Bowser's Lifting
|GerM=Bowser's grimaces<br>Crazy Lifting
|FreE2=Lifting
|Ita=Face Lift<ref>''[[Mario Party]]'' European manual, pag. 141</ref> <small>(''Mario Party'')</small>
|FreE2N=''Mario Party 2''
|Ita2=Ri-faccia <small>(''Mario Party 2'' and ''Mario Party: The Top 100'')</small>
|Ger=Bowsers Grimassen
|Ita3=Facce tirate <small>(''Mario Party Superstars'')</small>
|GerN=''Mario Party'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', and ''Mario Party Superstars''
|GerM=Bowser's grimaces
|Ger2=Verrücktes Lifting
|Ger2N=''Mario Party 2''
|Ger2M=Crazy Lifting
|Ita=Face Lift
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Mario Party]]'' instruction manual|page=141|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=1999}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Mario Party''
|Ita2=Ri-faccia
|Ita2N=''Mario Party 2'' and ''Mario Party: The Top 100''
|Ita3=Facce tirate
|Ita3N=''Mario Party Superstars''
|Ita2M=Word play on ''rifaccia'' (he/she remakes) and ''faccia'' ("face")
|Ita2M=Word play on ''rifaccia'' (he/she remakes) and ''faccia'' ("face")
|Ita3M=Stretched/Pulled faces
|Ita3M=Stretched/Pulled faces
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|KorM=Bowser of Many Faces
|KorM=Bowser of Many Faces
|Por=Puxa-Encolhe
|Por=Puxa-Encolhe
|PorC=<ref>{{cite|language=pt|author=superXBx|date=March 4, 2022|url=youtube.com/watch?v=BeDGr1EfRFk|title=''Mario Party Superstars'' /// Mini-Games /// Puxa-Encolhe|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
|PorM=Pull-Shrink
|PorM=Pull-Shrink
|Rus=Лицедейство
|Rus=Лицедейство

Latest revision as of 03:52, March 10, 2025

Face-Lift
The minigame Face Lift.
Appears in Mario Party
Mario Party 2
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player minigame (Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars)
Battle minigame (Mario Party 2)
Bowser minigame (Mario Party Superstars)
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Can It be Done? (Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars)
Keepin' on the Path (Mario Party 2)
Music sample
Mario Party:

Mario Party 2:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:
“Hey, Bowser, why the long face? Stretch, pull, and tug to match the example. Talk about an epic face-off!”
Play Nintendo[1]

Face-Lift is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party and Mario Party: The Top 100, as well as a Battle minigame in Mario Party 2 and a Bowser minigame in Mario Party Superstars. Prior to Superstars, its name was formatted as Face Lift. In the Play Nintendo video "Mario Party Superstars Laugh Till You Pop,"[2], its name is formatted as Face-lift.

Overview[edit]

Mario's head being pulled in Face Lift from Mario Party 2.
The Mario Party 2 version, featuring Mario's face

The minigame is named after "facelift", and is based specifically on the title screen of Super Mario 64. Furthermore, in the Mario Party version only, the background texture parodies the Super Mario 64 title screen and reads Super Bowser 64. In Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars, each player tries to distort Bowser's facial features in split-screen gameplay. In Mario Party 2, the face can be either that of Mario or of any of the other five player characters, being Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, or Donkey Kong, and their facial features change after a star flies above them. On Mini-Game Island in Mario Party, the minigame requires at least 90 points to clear.

Mario Party features a variety from landing on a Bowser Space, where players who do not score 90 points or more lose coins, though if everyone does, only the player who landed on the Bowser Space loses Coins.

In Mario Party Superstars, Face-Lift appears only as a Bowser minigame, and the minimum requirement is lowered to 80 points; no one loses coins if everyone meets the criteria. However, in Free Play, it can be played as a standard 4-player minigame.

In all versions except Mario Party Superstars,[3] if a player does not perform any action, they earn a score of zero. The minigame ends in a draw if everyone scores zero.

In Mario Party, if multiple players win or, in the case of the Bowser variant, score more than 90, the Bowser faces associated with any losers shrink away as "LOSE" displays on their side. If every player scores either zero or fewer than 90 in the Bowser variant, every player loses. In Mario Party 2, a rainbow-colored star moves around the face on any winning player's side. In the Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars versions, the Bowser face linked to any winning player sparkles.

Face-Lift can be bought from the Mini-Game House in Mario Party for 400 coins or from Woody in Mario Party 2 for 900 coins.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party / Mario Party 2[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move hand
  • A Button – Grab
  • B Button – Reset face

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Stylus: Touch to grab and move the facial features
  • B Button: Reset

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move
  • Hold A Button to grab/move face
  • B Button – Reset

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party[edit]

  • Game Rules"Pull and tug Bowser's face to try to match the example. Press A Button to grab the face, then hold A Button and move Control Stick to pull it."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)"Make Bowser's face look just like the example. Get 90 or more points to clear the game."
  • Game Rules (Bowser)"If you don't get more than 90 points, Bowser will steal your Coins! Careful, careful!"
  • Advice"Watch the example closely. That's the shortcut to success."

Mario Party 2[edit]

  • Game Rules"Fix that nose! Raise those cheeks! Tug and pull your face to match the example. The closest person wins!"
  • Advice"Watch the hand to see what you can grab. When it quits blinking, you can press the A Button Button to grab."

Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]

  • Description"Look at the guide closely and stretch the face to match!"
  • On-screen"Stretch the face to look like the guide!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Pull and tug Bowser's face to try to match the example."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クッパひゃくめんそう[?]
Kuppa Hyakumensō
Bowser's Funny Faces Mario Party, The Top 100, and Superstars
みんなヒッパレ![?]
Minna Hippare!
Everyone, Pull! Mario Party 2
Chinese (simplified) 酷霸王变脸秀[?]
Kùbàwáng Biànliǎn Xiù
Bowser's Face Changing Show
Chinese (traditional) 庫巴變臉秀[?]
Kùbā Biànliǎn Xiù
Bowser's Face Changing Show
Dutch Facelift[?] Face Lift
French (NOA) Visage de Bowser[?] Bowser's Face
French (NOE) Lifting de Bowser[?] Bowser's Lifting Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars
Lifting[?] - Mario Party 2
German Bowsers Grimassen[?] Bowser's grimaces Mario Party, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars
Verrücktes Lifting[?] Crazy Lifting Mario Party 2
Italian Face Lift[4] - Mario Party
Ri-faccia[?] Word play on rifaccia (he/she remakes) and faccia ("face") Mario Party 2 and Mario Party: The Top 100
Facce tirate[?] Stretched/Pulled faces Mario Party Superstars
Korean 천의 얼굴 쿠파[?]
Cheonui Eolgul Kupa
Bowser of Many Faces
Portuguese Puxa-Encolhe[5] Pull-Shrink
Russian Лицедейство[?]
Litsedeystvo
Mummery
Spanish Arreglo de cara[?] Face Adjustment

References[edit]

  1. ^ Play Nintendo (April 16, 2022). Mario Party Superstars 🎉🤣 LAUGH Till You POP | @Play Nintendo (02:03). YouTube (American English). Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Mario Party Superstars 🎉🤣 LAUGH Till You POP | @playnintendo (Chapters). YouTube (American English). Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Nintendo Life (October 29, 2021). Luigi Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing (Mario Party Superstars) (04:16). YouTube (English). Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  4. ^ 1999. Mario Party instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
  5. ^ superXBx (March 4, 2022). Mario Party Superstars /// Mini-Games /// Puxa-Encolhe. YouTube (Portuguese). Retrieved January 1, 2025.