Crate and Peril
Template:Minigame-infobox Crate and Peril is a 1-vs.-3 minigame in Mario Party 6. It reappears in Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name is a pun on the retail store Crate & Barrel.
Introduction
The solo player chases the group players into a room with a stage, sucking them into a box. The camera points inside the box as the minigame then starts.
Gameplay
The solo player's objective is to shake the box around and eliminate the group players by tilting the Spiny Shells into them. The group players must survive for 30 seconds with at least one of them remaining in order to win.
Ending
If the team wins, any players who are still standing perform their victory animations from within the box. If the solo player wins, they will stand on the stage and perform their victory animation. In The Top 100, the animations are instead performed on the results screen.
Controls
Mario Party 6
Solo (1 player)
– Tip box
Group (3 players)
- – Move
Mario Party: The Top 100
Solo (1 player)
Tilt system: Tilt box
Group (3 players)
: Move
In-game text
Mario Party 6
- Rules – "One player holds a box containing the other three players and tips it to try and hit them with Spinys!"
- Advice – "The solo player should watch the movement of the other three to figure out how to tip the box."
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Life's hard for a shrunken person in a magic box filled with Spiny Shells, especially when someone's shaking it."
- On-screen (Solo) – "Hit your rivals with Spiny Shells!"
- On-screen (Team) – "Dodge the Spiny Shells!"
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パニックボックス[?] Panikku Bokkusu |
Panic Box | |
| Dutch | Kantelkist[?] | Tipping Box | |
| German | Wackelkasten[?] | Wobbling Crate | |
| Italian | Scatola Chiusa[?] | Closed Box | |
| Spanish | Caja mágica[?] | Magic box |
