Jump-Rope Challenge

“The Jump-Rope Challenge in our Metro Kingdom is zippy-skippy!”

—New Donker, Super Mario Odyssey

The Jump-Rope Challenge is a minigame that appears in Super Mario Odyssey. The minigame takes place in the Metro Kingdom near the Main Street Entrance. There, two New Donkers are spinning a jump rope, and they invite Mario to try jumping over it. The goal is to jump over the rope as many times as possible. This minigame starts off slow, but after every five jumps, the New Donkers rotate the rope faster until 50 jumps, where the speed stops increasing. Starting from the Version 1.2.0 update, the speed becomes variable starting at 110 jumps. If Mario touches the rope or goes outside the area with the rope, the action counts as a "MISS" and ends the minigame. When Mario backs up far enough, the New Donkers resume spinning the rope and Mario can restart. There are two Power Moons that can be obtained from this minigame: the "Jump-Rope Hero" Power Moon for jumping at least 30 times, and the "Jump-Rope Genius" Power Moon for jumping at least 100 times. After every 100 jumps, cheering from a crowd can be heard.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	なわとびチャレンジ[?] Nawatobi Charenji	Jump-Rope Challenge
Chinese (simplified)	跳绳挑战[?] Tiàoshéng tiǎozhàn	Jump-Rope Challenge
Chinese (traditional)	跳繩挑戰[?] Tiàoshéng tiǎozhàn	Jump-Rope Challenge
French	Corde à sauter[?]	Jump-Rope
Italian	Salto della corda[?]	Rope jumping
Korean	줄넘기 챌린지[?] Julleomgi Chaellinji	Jump-Rope Challenge
Spanish (NOA)	Desafío de la cuerda[?]	Rope challenge
Spanish (NOE)	Desafío de la comba[?]	Jump-Rope challenge

Trivia

• If a player performs the Talkatoo glitch in a certain way, the Jump-Rope Challenge can be cheated to reach 99,999 jumps.
  • The same can be done with another glitch that frees the letters from being locked in their intended boundaries. The player must have a letter walk up to the jump rope, jump out to trigger the switch that activates the jump rope, and then stand on top of that letter.