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'''Mazed & Confused''' is a 4-player mini-game found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''.
|image=[[File:Mario Party 5 Mazed and Confused.png|260px]]
|type=4-Player minigame
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 5]]''
|time=45 seconds
|track=Serious Competition
|sample=[[File:MP5 Serious Competition.oga]]
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'''Mazed & Confused''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''. The name is a pun on the term "dazed and confused," which comes from {{wp|Dazed and Confused (song)|a song}} made famous by Led Zeppelin in 1967 and which was later used as the title of {{wp|Dazed and Confused (film)|a film}} in 1993.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Players start out at the corners of a rectangular maze; the goal is to make it to the center. However, there are pegs throughout the maze creating a grid. Electrical barriers appear and change frequently, meaning players will have to find away around them. If a player touches the electric barrier, he or she will be stunned for a moment. The first player to reach the center of the maze wins.
[[File:Koopa Kid Artwork - Mario Party 5.png|left|thumb|200px|Official artwork of [[Koopa Kid]] being shocked by the electric barriers from the minigame]]
Players start at the corners of a rectangular maze. The goal is to make it to the center. However, there are pegs creating a grid throughout the maze. Electrical barriers appear and change every two seconds, meaning players have to find a way around them. If a player touches an electrical barrier, they are stunned for a moment. The first player to reach the center of the maze wins. The color trail is character-dependent (e.g., [[Mario]]'s is red, [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s is pink, and [[Waluigi]]'s is black). If no one reaches the center of the maze within the time limit, the minigame ends in a draw.


==Controls==
==Controls==
*'''Control Stick''' - Move
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} – Move


==Trivia==
==In-game text==
*This mini-game's title is a pun on Dazed and Confused, a song by Led Zeppelin.
* '''Rules''' – ''"Work your way to the star in the middle of the maze. Whoever gets there first wins."''
{{Mario Party 5}}
* '''Advice''' – ''"The walls of the maze change often, so keep an eye on the pathway!"''
[[Category:4-player mini-games]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ビリビリめいろ
|JpnR=Biribiri Meiro
|JpnM=Shocking Maze
|Spa=Corto-circuito
|SpaM=Short-circuit
|Ger=Elektro-Labyrinth
|GerM=Electric Labyrinth
|Fre=ElectroLab'
|FreM=''Lab'' could be short for either ''labyrinth'' or ''laboratory''
|Ita=Labirinto elettrico
|ItaM=Electric maze
}}
 
{{MP5 minigames}}
[[Category:Mazes]]
[[Category:Mazes]]
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 5 minigames]]
[[it:Labirinto elettrico]]

Latest revision as of 17:18, February 10, 2025

Mazed & Confused
Mazed & Confused from Mario Party 5
Appears in Mario Party 5
Type 4-Player minigame
Time limit 45 seconds
Music track Serious Competition
Music sample

Mazed & Confused is a 4-Player minigame found in Mario Party 5. The name is a pun on the term "dazed and confused," which comes from a song made famous by Led Zeppelin in 1967 and which was later used as the title of a film in 1993.

Gameplay[edit]

Artwork of Koopa Kid from Mario Party 5.
Official artwork of Koopa Kid being shocked by the electric barriers from the minigame

Players start at the corners of a rectangular maze. The goal is to make it to the center. However, there are pegs creating a grid throughout the maze. Electrical barriers appear and change every two seconds, meaning players have to find a way around them. If a player touches an electrical barrier, they are stunned for a moment. The first player to reach the center of the maze wins. The color trail is character-dependent (e.g., Mario's is red, Peach's is pink, and Waluigi's is black). If no one reaches the center of the maze within the time limit, the minigame ends in a draw.

Controls[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules"Work your way to the star in the middle of the maze. Whoever gets there first wins."
  • Advice"The walls of the maze change often, so keep an eye on the pathway!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ビリビリめいろ[?]
Biribiri Meiro
Shocking Maze
French ElectroLab'[?] Lab could be short for either labyrinth or laboratory
German Elektro-Labyrinth[?] Electric Labyrinth
Italian Labirinto elettrico[?] Electric maze
Spanish Corto-circuito[?] Short-circuit