Squared Away

Squared Away
Appears in	Mario Party 5 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars
Type	1-vs.-3 minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	In Great Fear (Mario Party 5 and Mario Party Superstars) Hurry! Hurry! (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Music sample Mario Party 5: Mario Party: The Top 100: Mario Party Superstars:

Squared Away is a 1-vs.-3 minigame found in Mario Party 5, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. Its name is a play on an expression used to refer to one who is skilled and ready to accomplish their tasks.

Overview

Gameplay from Mario Party Superstars

The minigame opens with tiles falling onto the ground, depicting Thwomp in the Mario Party 5 version only, then the players, who are represented as cubes.

The solo player is a small cube that moves around the board, depicting a pattern of either Mario, a heart, a Cheep Cheep, a Yoshi Egg, a blue Fire Flower, a Goomba, or a Mushroom; however, later versions include only the Mario variation. The goal is for the solo player to avoid being crushed by any of the team players, who are represented as larger but slower cubes. If a team player crushes the solo player before time runs out, they win, otherwise the solo player does.

Wario losing in Mario Party 5

The minigame ends in Mario Party 5 with Thwomps chasing the losers while the winning side poses on a golden Thwomp. Mario Party Superstars simply shows the winners and losers perform their respective poses.

Controls

Mario Party 5

• – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move

Mario Party Superstars

• – Move

In-game text

Mario Party 5

• Rules:
  • English:
    Three players each climb into a giant cube and try to squish the fourth player, who's trying to escape in a smaller cube.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      ３にんは　おおきなハコにはいり　ひとりをおいかけ　ふみつぶします。　ひとりは　ちいさなハコにはいり　３にんから　にげましょう。
      (Romanization: Sannin wa ōkina hako ni hairi hitori o oikake fumitsubushimasu. Hitori wa chīsana hako ni hairi sannin kara nigemashou.)
      (Translation: Three players get into the big box, chase the solo player, and crush him. The solo player gets into the small box and runs away from the other three.)

• Advice 1:
  • English:
    The player in the smaller cube should make tight turns to escape the giant boxes.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      ひとりは　こまわりのきいた　うごきで　３にんを　まどわせましょう。
      (Romanization: Hitori wa komawari no kīta ugoki de sannin o madowa semashou.)
      (Translation: The solo player should confuse the other three with quick and agile movements.)

• Advice 2:
  • English:
    The three players in the giant cubes should cooperate and try to corner the fourth player.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      3にんは　きょうりょくして　ひとりを　おいつめましょう。
      (Romanization: Sannin wa kyōryoku shite hitori o oitsumemashō)
      (Translation: The three players should work together to catch the solo player.)

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Who will win? One small, nimble cube, or 3 huge, lumbering ones? Either way, it will be a crushing victory!"
• On-screen (Solo) – "Don't get crushed!"
• On-screen (Team) – "Crush the small box!"

Mario Party Superstars

• Solo side: "Don't get crushed."
• Team side: "Cooperate to chase down the solo player."

Gallery

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  Mario pattern from Mario Party 5

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  Heart pattern from Mario Party 5

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  Cheep Cheep pattern from Mario Party 5

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  Mushroom pattern from Mario Party 5

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  Yoshi Egg pattern from Mario Party 5

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  Blue Fire Flower pattern from Mario Party 5

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  Goomba pattern from Mario Party 5

• Gameplay from Mario Party 5

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  Ending from Mario Party 5

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  Mario Party: The Top 100

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  The ending to Squared Away in Mario Party Superstars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ころころペッタン[?] Korokoro pettan	Roll and Squish
Chinese (simplified)	滚过去压扁[?] Gǔn Guòqù yā Biǎn	Roll Over and Flatten
Chinese (traditional)	滾過去壓扁[?] Gǔn Guòqù yā Biǎn	Roll Over and Flatten
Dutch	Brijzelblokken[?]	Mash Blocks
French (NOA)	Ka-Bang qui roule...[?]	Thwomp that rolls...	Derived from the expression Pierre qui roule, n'amasse pas mousse ("a rolling stone gathers no moss")
French (NOE)	Thwomp qui roule...[?]	Same as American French
German	Kubus der Verdammnis[?]	Damnation Cube
Italian	Twomp rotolante[?]	Rolling Thwomp
Korean	데굴데굴 꽈당![?] Deguldegul Kkwadang!	Roll and Pow!
Portuguese	Enquadrado ao Cubo[?]	"Trapped Cubed"	enquadrar can mean either a slang for being trapped, caught, or being put into a square shape.
Russian	Стереть в пыль![?] Steret' v pil'!	Erase to dust!
Spanish (NOA)	¡Cúbrete de los cubos![?]	Cover Yourself from the Cubes!
Spanish (NOE)	Acoso al cubo[?]	Harassment Cubed; pun on the mathematic operation

Notes

• Thwomps spectate to the sides in the Mario Party 5 version, though not in later versions of the minigame.