Crane Game (minigame)

Crane Game
Mario Party Mario Party 2
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party 2
Type	1-vs-3 mini-game
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	Coins of the World (Mario Party) This Way That (Mario Party 2)
Music sample Mario Party: Mario Party 2:

Crane Game is a 1-vs-3 minigame in Mario Party and Mario Party 2.

Gameplay

The minigame involves three players lying around as stuffed dolls while another player, being hoisted by a crane, tries to pick them up and drop them in a pipe. Characters can try to wiggle free if grabbed by repeatedly tapping . The player attached to the crane can hold on to the character they have grabbed by repeatedly tapping ; this is not necessary for grabbed objects, as they cannot be dropped once picked up.

In the original Mario Party, the player on the crane has to pick one of the other characters only. The player can also choose to pick up a Treasure Chest worth ten Coins, a coin bag worth five Coins, or a single Coin. If the player on the crane successfully drops a character into the pipe, they take one-third of that player's Coins. If the solo player drops the character or item to the ground before reaching the pipe or lowers the crane without grabbing anything, the minigame ends and the solo player gets nothing. This version is set inside a building similar to a claw machine.

In Mario Party 2, the rules of the minigame underwent a change, as the player on the crane must capture all three opponents, and the winning side earns 10 coins. To make this task easier, time bonuses (stopwatches with "+15," "+20," or "+30" imprinted) were introduced. When the player drops one of them into the pipe, more time is added to the minigame timer according to what the watch shows. This version is set inside a machine in the style of a lunar landscape, and the crane resembles a UFO.

On Mini-Game Island in Mario Party, the player must successfully capture one of the opponents; the player misses if they successfully collect any of the other items that are not an opponent character. In the Mini-Game Coaster in Mario Party 2, the human player always plays against the team of three.

In Mario Party, the minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 350 Coins.

Controls

Solo (1 player)

• – Move
• – Drop crane
• (Repeatedly) – Hold on

Group (3 players)

• (Repeatedly) – Wiggle free

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "You are the Crane Game crane. Try to grab the prizes by pressing repeatedly. If caught, wiggle free with ."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Be the Crane Game's crane, and try to grab a prize. Grab one person and drop them in the pipe to clear the game."
• Advice – "When you grab somebody, you steal one-third of all their Coins."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "It's the new and improved Crane Game! Drop all your stuffed rivals into the pipe to win. Leave none behind!"
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "You are the Crane Game crane! Grab all three opponents and drop them in the pipe to clear this Mini-Game."
• Advice – "Grab the clocks to add the number of seconds shown to the timer. Grab a clock by pressing the Button once."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	くれくれ!クレーン[?] Kurekure! Kurēn	Gimme Gimme! Crane
	もっとくれくれクレーン[?] Motto Kurekure Kurēn	More Gimme Gimme Crane
French	Jeu de la grue[?]	Crane Game
German	Kirmeskran[?]	Fair Crane
Italian	Crane Game	-	Mario Party
	Gru Spaziale[?]	Space Crane	Mario Party 2
Spanish	Juego del Gancho[?]	Hook Game

Trivia

• In Mario Party, the controls for the solo player on the Game Rules screen say that is used to "(Repeatedly) Grab," but in Mario Party 2, they instead say that it is used to "(Repeatedly) Hold On."