Sphere Factor
- Not to be confused withSphere Mongers.
| Sphere Factor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 7  Mario Party: The Top 100 | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 7 Mario Party: The Top 100 | ||
| Type | 2-vs.-2 minigame | ||
| Initial record | 1'00"00 | ||
| Music track | Cool as a Cucumber | ||
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Sphere Factor is a 2-vs.-2minigame inMario Party 7 andMario Party: The Top 100.
Introduction[edit]
The camera focuses on the goal line, then pans to the players.
Gameplay[edit]
The object of the minigame is for each pair to get its giant ball to the goal. The ball must be pushed around and through many obstacles, which include mini-mazes,Monty Moles,Whomps, and a bridge that is particularly hard to get over. If the ball falls off the bridge, it needs to be pushed up a steep hill. The team that gets its ball to the goal first wins. If five minutes pass inMario Party 7, the minigame ends in a tie.
InMario Party: The Top 100, the balls roll much faster than they did inMario Party 7.
Ending[edit]
InMario Party 7, the winning team's characters make victory poses in front of their ball and the Whomps, and the Monty Moles pop out of the ground. If a tie occurs, both teams do losing poses in front of their respective balls at the goal.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 7[edit]
– Move
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
: Move
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 7[edit]
- Rules –"Help your partner roll the giant ball to the goal. First team across is the winner!"
- Advice –"Try to cross the wooden bridge and avoid the dip. If you fall into it, you'll lose time."
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description –"Push the ball as a team and roll it through the obstacles to the goal!"
- On-screen –"Roll the ball to the goal!"
Naming[edit]
The minigame's name is a pun on the title of the NBC reality game showFear Factor, as was the name of theMario Party 6 minigamePier Factor.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | おして！たまころがし[?] Oshite! Tamakorogashi | Push it! Ball Rolling | |
| Dutch | Ballenparcours[?] | Ball Trail | |
| French | Roule ta Boule[?] | Roll Your Ball | Named after the song by Canadian musician and actorDaniel Lavoie Shared withFlatiator |
| German | Kugelkurier[?] | Ball Messenger | |
| Italian | I palladini[?] | Portmanteau ofpalla (ball) andpaladini (defenders) | |
| Spanish | El factor esfera[?] | The Sphere Factor |
