Cast Aways

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Cast Aways
Cast Aways
Appears in Mario Party
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player coin minigame
Time limit 60 seconds
Music track The Wide, Wide Ocean
Music sample
Mario Party:

Mario Party Superstars:

Cast Aways is a 4-Player coin-collecting minigame that is found in Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars. Its name is a pun on "castaways," which is a term used to describe people stuck on a deserted island by themselves.

The Mario Party version of this minigame, along with Paddle Battle, Pedal Power, Tug o' War, and to some extent Deep Sea Divers, was infamous for giving players injuries on their hands, forcing Nintendo to give protective gloves to players who suffered these injuries. In Mario Party Superstars, due to the game utilizing control sticks again, a disclaimer is placed on the rules screen, warning players not to use their palms to turn the stick to avoid hand injury and stick damage.

Introduction

The minigame takes place where four players are standing on an island, staring at the ocean, seeing three rows of items floating by. The minigame then starts.

Gameplay

The players' objective is to use their glove to gather coins within 60 seconds. There are three rows of items floating by, with single coins, Coin Bags that are worth five coins, and treasure chests worth 10 coins. The players have to obtain the floating items by casting their gloves a short, medium, or long distance. When the player makes a cast, they have to reel the glove back whether they captured an item successfully or not. However, if the player fails to reel the item back to them before the time runs out, they will not be awarded the captured item. The minigame ends when the time limit is up, but there is no winner or loser. All players who participate get to keep the number of coins they collected in the minigame.

In Mini-Game Island, the player has to get at least 30 coins to clear the game.

The minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 250 coins.

Controls

Mario Party

  • Flick Control Stick – Cast line
  • Rotate Control Stick – Reel line

Mario Party Superstars

  • Control Stick – Adjust Cast Distance
  • Release Control Stick to Cast Line Out
  • Rotate Control Stick: Reel Line In

To avoid irritation to your skin and/or damage to the control stick, do not rotate it with the palm of your hand.

In-game text

Mario Party

  • Game Rules"Many Coins are drifting by in the wide, wide ocean. Push Control Stick to cast your line, and rotate Control Stick to reel it in."
  • Advice"To do a long cast, push Control Stick hard. To do a short cast, push Control Stick lightly."

Mario Party Superstars

  • "Collect coins by fishing them out of the water. Adjust the distance of your cast with the Stick. Land a big one!"

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese おたからフィッシング[?]
Otakara Fisshingu
Treasure Fishing
Chinese 钓宝物[?]
diàobǎowù
Fishing Treasures
Dutch Handje contantje[?] Cash in hand
German Gestrandet[?] Stranded
Italian Pesca coi guanti[?] Glove fishing
Korean 보물 낚시[?]
Bomul Naksi
Treasure Fishing
Portuguese Pesca Moeda[?] Fish Coins
Russian Остров монеток[?]
Ostrov monetok
Coins Island
Spanish Pesca con guante[?] Glove Fishing