Slot-Car Derby

Template:More images Template:Minigame-infobox Slot Car Derby is a 4-player minigame in both Mario Party and Mario Party 2. It is also included in Mario Party: The Top 100.

Gameplay

First variation in Mario Party 2

Second variation in Mario Party 2

At the starting line, if a player holds the Control Stick when it says "go", the player will be penalized for five seconds. If the driver goes too fast, they will start to spin. The first player to reach the goal wins.

In Mario Party, there are two tracks with one being shorter and having less complex turns than the other, which has a similar shape to Luigi Raceway. In Mario Party 2, there are three tracks: the first one is bean-shaped, the second one C-shaped, and the third one is cloverleaf-styled. The first track from Mario Party 2 is the one used in The Top 100.

In Mario Party, the minigame will end in a draw if no players have reached the goal within 2 minutes. In all games, if a player is overlapped by another player, that player will be rammed into, eliminating them.

Controls

Mario Party

• Push – Speed Up
  Let Go – Slow Down

Mario Party 2

• Tilt: Speed Up
  Release: Slow Down

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Slide : Speed up
• Release : Slow down

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules (Course 1) – "Push lightly, and drive your Slot Car to the finish line. If you go too fast, you'll spin out in the corners."
• Game Rules (Course 2) – "Push lightly, and drive your Slot Car to the finish line. If you go too fast you'll spin out."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Push lightly and race your car around the track. Clear the game by winning the race."
• Advice – "Smoking tires is a sure sign of going too fast. If you don't slow down, you'll definitely spin out."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "The first one to complete 4 laps in the Slot Car Derby wins! Don't spin out by speeding around curves!"
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "It's a 4-lap Slot Car Derby! Be the first to cross the finish line to clear the game."
• Advice – "Tilt your as far as you can on straightaways for max speed!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Take a slot car out for 4 laps! Going too fast around the curves will make you spin out."
• On-screen – "Do 4 laps as fast as you can!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スロットルレーシング[?] Surottoru Rēshingu	Throttle Racing ("surottoru" is also a pun on "slot")
Dutch	Racebaan[?]	Racetrack
German	Rennbahn[?]	Racetrack
Italian	Derby Auto[?]	Car Derby
Spanish	Derbi de Coches[?]	Car Derby

Trivia

• In Mini-Game Coaster, the version that is played depends on the difficulty: On Easy, the bean-shaped version is used. On Normal, the C-shaped version is used. On Hard, the cloverleaf-style version is used.
• In the original Mario Party version, if two minutes pass and no player has made 3 laps, the game ends in a draw.