Blame It on the Crane

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Blame It on the Crane
Wario in Blame It on the Crane from Mario Party 4
Mario Party 4
Blame It on the Crane from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party: The Top 100
Blame It on the Crane from Super Mario Party Jamboree
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Appears in Mario Party 4
Mario Party: The Top 100
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Type 1-vs-3 minigame
Time limit 60 seconds (Mario Party 4 and Mario Party: The Top 100)
45 seconds (Super Mario Party Jamboree)
Music track Loud and Sweet
Music sample
Mario Party 4:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Blame It on the Crane is a 1-vs-3 minigame in Mario Party 4, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Super Mario Party Jamboree. The name of this minigame is derived from the title of the Milli Vanilli song "Blame It on the Rain."

Introduction

In a close-up view on a wheel with Shy Guys in balls, a crane lowers but fails to grab one. The scene zooms out as the crane rises and the wheel starts spinning, and the game begins.

Gameplay

In the minigame, each member of the team is placed in a color-coordinated capsule (the capsules resemble gashapon capsules, which capsules and Orbs from later Mario Party games are based on) along with six Shy Guys in similar balls. The balls and characters are on a large circular platform that spins counterclockwise. The solo player, positioned to the right of the platform, controls a large crane that must be used to capture the team players as they pass. Grabbing a Shy Guy by mistake has no penalty other than lost time. The solo player wins if they capture all the team players. The team wins if any of its members survive for the entire time limit.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, instead of Shy Guys, there are Koopa Troopas inside the plastic balls.

In Super Mario Party Jamboree, the Shy Guys are yellow instead due to a red Shy Guy being playable.

Ending

The wheel stops spinning. Afterwards, in Mario Party 4, if the solo player wins, they will jump out of the crane to the center of the wheel and do a winning pose. If the team players win, the remaining players' balls will disappear, and they will do their winning poses while the solo player just sits in the crane silently. In Super Mario Party Jamboree, the screen fades to white and then back to the players, who are standing on the backside of the wheel, where the member(s) of the winning side do(es) their winning animation(s), while the member(s) of the losing side do(es) their losing animation(s) behind them.

Controls

Mario Party 4

Solo (1 player)

  • A Button – Press to move forward
  • A Button – Release to lower (The crane also lowers automatically.)

Group (3 players)

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

Solo (1 player)

  • Hold A Button: Move crane
  • Release A Button: Lower crane

Group (3 players)

  • Circle Pad: Move

Super Mario Party Jamboree

Solo Side (1 player)

  • Control Stick – Move arm left/right
  • Single Joy-Con Right Button – Grab

Team Side (3 players)

  • Control Stick – Roll

In-game text

Mario Party 4

  • Game Rules – "One player uses a crane to try to capture the other three players. The other three must try to avoid the claw."
  • Advice – "Grabbing a Shy Guy slows you down! Team players should hide among the Shy Guys to make it more difficult."

Mario Party: The Top 100

  • Description – "Find out what it's like to be a toy in a crane game! Don't let the crane operator catch you!"
  • On-screen (Solo) – "Catch all the capsules with your rivals inside!"
  • On-screen (Team) – "Don't let the crane catch you!"

Super Mario Party Jamboree

  • "The solo player tries to catch the team side with the claw while the team side tries to avoid it. If everyone on the team side is caught, the solo player wins."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カプセルファクトリー[?]
Kapuseru fakutorī 		Capsule Factory
Dutch Gretige grijparm[?] Keen grabber
French Boules Surprises[?] Surprise Balls
German Der Kran hat Schuld[?] The Crane is Guilty
Italian La gru[?] The crane
Portuguese Fuja do guindaste[?] Escape from the Crane
Spanish La grúa[?] The Crane
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Minigames from Mario Party 4
4-Player minigames Avalanche! • Bob-omb Breakers • Booksquirm • Domination • Long Claw of the Law • Manta Rings • Mario Medley • Mario Speedwagons • Mr. Blizzard's Brigade • Paratrooper Plunge • Photo Finish • Slime Time • Stamp Out! • Take a Breather • Three Throw • Toad's Quick Draw
1-vs-3 minigames Blame It on the Crane • Candlelight Flight • Fish n' Drips • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Hide and Go BOOM! • Hop or Pop • Makin' Waves • Money Belts • Tree Stomp
2-vs-2 minigames Cheep Cheep Sweep • Cliffhangers • Dungeon Duos • Order Up • Pair-a-sailing • Revers-a-Bomb • Right Oar Left? • Team Treasure Trek • The Great Deflate
Battle minigames Bowser's Bigger Blast • Butterfly Blitz • Chain Chomp Fever • Paths of Peril • Rumble Fishing • Trace Race
Bowser minigames Balloon of Doom • Darts of Doom • Fruits of Doom
Story minigames Archaeologuess • Bowser Bop • Goomba's Chip Flip • Kareening Koopas • Mystic Match 'Em
Misc. minigames Barrel Baron • Beach Volley Folly • Bob-omb X-ing • Bowser Wrestling • Challenge Booksquirm • Doors of Doom • Goomba Stomp • Jigsaw Jitters • Mushroom Medic • Panels of Doom • Panel Panic • The Final Battle!
Mini minigames Space Rocket Game • Merry-Go-Game • How High, Fly Guy? • Treasure Tree • Coin Slots • 3-Card Goomba • Rhythm and Boo • Horn of Plenty • Fish Fetch • Melon Mash • Brake Bullet Bill • Koopa Kid Shuffle
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Minigames from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Bombs Away • Desert Dash • Face Lift • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Handcar Havoc • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Slot Car Derby • Speed Hockey
Mario Party 3 Bounce 'n' Trounce • Chip Shot Challenge • Eatsa Pizza • Ice Rink Risk • Mush Pit • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers • The Beat Goes On • Three Door Monty • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Blame It on the Crane • Booksquirm • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Hide and Go BOOM! • Kareening Koopas • Mario Speedwagons • Order Up • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • The Final Battle! • The Great Deflate • Three Throw • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Button Mashers • Cage-in Cookin' • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Manic Mallets • Night Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Shy Guy Showdown • Squared Away • Triple Jump • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Catch You Letter • Crate and Peril • Dizzy Rotisserie • Rocky Road • Slot Trot • Snow Whirled • Strawberry Shortfuse • Trap Ease Artist
Mario Party 7 Balloon Busters • Dart Attack • Deck Hands • Jump, Man • Monty's Revenge • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Pokey Pummel • Sphere Factor • Stick and Spin • The Final Countdown • Track & Yield • Vine Country
Mario Party 8 Aim of the Game • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank
Mario Party 9 Bumper Bubbles • Don't Look • Goomba Bowling • Logger Heads • Jigsaw Jumble • Magma Mayhem • Peak Precision • Pier Pressure • Speeding Bullets • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Badminton Bash • Flash Forward • Jewel Drop • Soar to Score
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Minigames from Super Mario Party Jamboree
4-Player minigames Big-Top Quiz • Camera-Ready • Cold Front • Domination • Gate Key-pers • Granite Getaway • Hammer It Home • Hot Cross Blocks • Hot-Hot Hop • Light-Wave Battle • Lumber Tumble • Night Lights • Pickax Dash • Platform Peril • Rinks to Riches • Sandwiched • Scare-ousel • Shuttle Scuttle • Sled to the Edge • Snag the Flags • Stamp Out! • Three Throw • Thwomp the Difference • Tilt-a-Golf • Tiny Triathlon • Treasure Divers • Trample-line • Treetop Treasure • Twist and Sort
1-vs.-3 minigames Arch Rivals • Blame It on the Crane • Broozer Bash • Cage Catch • Cookie Cutters • Income Stream • Lost and Pound • On-Again, Off-Again • Snow Brawl • Squeaky Shakedown • Sunset Standoff • Unfriendly Flying Object
2-vs.-2 minigames Coin Corral • Defuse or Lose • Dorrie Pedal-Paddle • Jump the Gun • Match Makers • Pickin' Produce • Prime Cut • Robo Arm Wrestle • Rocky Rope Race • Shadow Play • Tricky Turntable • Two-Axis Taxi
Duel minigames All the Marbles • Fast Fishing • Fuzzy Heights • Slappy-Go-Round • Stone-Eye Bowling
Item minigames A Stone's Throw • Flip 'n Find • Prize Drop • Prize Line • Roll with It
Showdown minigames Mario's Three-peat (Leaf Leap • Bumper Balls • Shy Guy Says) • Luigi Rescue Operation • Peach's Day Off • Daisy's Field Day • Wario's Buzzer Beater • Waluigi's Pinball Arcade • Yoshi's Mountain Race • Rosalina's Radical Race • DK's Konga Line • Jr.'s Jauntlet
Kaboom-Squad minigames Ball Volley • Ballistic Bingo • Bath Bob-ombs • Chomp Wash • Juiceworks • Look This Way • Match! That! Item! • Puzzle Pandemonium • Ski-daddle • Trading Cards
Boss minigames Boss Sumo Bro Blitzers • Bowser Crashers • Dragoneel Slayers • Mega Rocky Wrench Wreckers • Mega Stingby Stompers
Koopathlon minigames Brick Breaker • Coin Conveyor • Down the Hatch • Gold 'n Brown • Lane Change • Noggin Knock • Sky-High Cannons • Spike's Gambit • Which Door Has More?
Survivathon minigames Burning Bridges • Castle Hassle • Fire Away • Sleight of Shell • The Floor Is Falling
Rhythm minigames Burger Builders • Copycat Curry • En Barb! • Footlong Frenzy • On the Beet • Parfait the Course • Short Stack Chef • Soup Troupe • Spread 'n Butter • Whisk Cream
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