Scaldin' Cauldron

Scaldin' Cauldron
Appears in	Mario Party 5
Type	Bowser mini-game
Time limit	5 seconds
Music track	Bad Bowser Castle
Music sample

Scaldin' Cauldron is a Bowser minigame found in Mario Party 5.

Introduction

This minigame, like all other Bowser minigames in Mario Party 5, takes place in some sort of purple mountain or keep shaped like Bowser's head. The camera zooms to the eye, in which the four players are seen running from Bowser. The players run through a passage and end in a locked room with urns and vases, in which they find three different spiked cauldrons. The cauldrons are red, green, and gray, respectively, and are colored after the buttons they represent.

Gameplay

Bowser burning a cauldron with Luigi inside

Players must hide in one of the cauldrons to avoid being burned by Bowser. The cauldrons are labeled , , and from left to right. Players are given five seconds to select a cauldron. If any player fails to enter a cauldron within that time, they automatically jump into a cauldron. After Bowser steps in, he breathes fire on two random cauldrons and leaves one safe, although if all four players pick the same cauldron and it is the first one Bowser burns, the minigame immediately ends. Sometimes, Bowser may fake out by breathing no flame or a little flame, sometimes followed by a strong flame. Players that avoid being burned win.

Ending

Winners leave their cauldrons and celebrate in relief.

Controls

• – Select cauldron

In-game text

• Rules – "Select one of the three cauldrons to hide in. If Bowser breathes on the cauldron you're in, you lose."
• Advice – "It's not always best to hide in a cauldron with others. Spread out!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	かんがえてもムダなのだ[?] Kangaete mo muda nano da	It's pointless even if you think about it
German	Kein Versteck![?]	No Hiding Place!
Italian	Alito pesante[?]	Heavy breath (Shared with Bowser's Bad Breath from Mario Party 10)
Spanish	¡A las calderas![?]	To the Cauldrons!