Button Mashers

Template:Articleabout Template:Minigame-infobox Button Mashers is a Duel minigame found in Mario Party 5.

Gameplay

If a character gets crushed, the minigame announcer will alert the player to end the game.

Players try to avoid getting crushed by the blocks falling from the sky.

To do so, they must quickly and simultaneously press every button shown on each of the blocks they are carrying. If both players survive for a few seconds, another block will fall, requiring the players to press two buttons simultaneously. If both still survive, another block will fall, making a total of three, then four, and finally five. The most blocks that players can get up to is six. After that, the player who stops pressing the buttons gets crushed.

Ending

If at anytime a player fails to press his or her button(s) quickly enough during the game, then that character gets crushed, making the opponent win the game. However, if both players get crushed at the same time, then the minigame ends in a draw.

In-game text

• Rules – "Don't let the blocks crush you. Repeatedly press each button shown on each block to keep from being crushed."
• Controls – "Repeatedly and simultaneously press every button shown on each block."
• Advice – "Don't stop pushing the buttons, especially as the stack gets taller and taller and taller..."