Tug o' War

Template:Minigame-infobox Tug o' War is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party. It is based on the real-life game, Tug of War.

Gameplay

The player in the Bowser Suit has to pull the rope alone while the three players have to pull the rope together. The team who rotates the slowest will fall into a Piranha Plant's mouth. If the three players lose, the player in the Bowser Suit wins five coins from each player; if the three players win, they each get five coins from the player in the Bowser Suit.

This minigame has a Bowser variation, sometimes triggered from a Bowser Space. Here, whoever loses the minigame loses coins. If a draw occurs then everyone loses coins.

In Mini-Game Island, the player is the solo player in the Bowser Suit and must make the three players fall into the Piranha Plant's mouth.

Controls

• – Rotate to Pull Rope

In-game text

• Game Rules – "It's a 3-vs-1 Tug o' War against the player in the Bowser Suit. Rotate to pull the rope."
• Game Rules (Bowser) – "Rotate as fast as you can, because if you lose, Bowser will steal some of your Coins."
• Advice – "Just rotate your ! When you fall from the cliff, you get eaten by a giant Piranha Plant.

Trivia

• This minigame is considered one of the most frustrating and difficult in not only the original game but perhaps even the entire Mario Party series: The CPU has an absurd advantage over the player, even on the lowest difficulty, and regardless of which side the player is on. Also, the fact that the Control Stick needs to be rotated to pull the rope has caused many players to either hurt themselves or break their controllers trying to spin the stick fast enough to catch up with, let alone beat, the computer-controlled players.