Tread Carefully (minigame)
| Tread Carefully Shell Shocked | |||
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| Shell Shocked from Mario Party 2 | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | 4-Player minigame | ||
| Time limit | 60 seconds | ||
| Music track | Going for the Coins | ||
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Tread Carefully is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 2 , Mario Party: The Top 100 , and Mario Party Superstars . In the first two games, it is known as Shell Shocked.
Overview[edit ]
The players attempt to knock out their opponents by shooting cannonballs from Koopa Tanks. Players can also use a lob shot, generally used if a player is behind a Warp Pipe. Two cannonballs that hit each other explode upon contact. A player who gets hit with a cannonball twice is eliminated. The last player remaining wins, but, in Mario Party 2, if all four players are eliminated from the minigame or the time limit lapses, the minigame ends in a draw.
In Mario Party 2 and Superstars, there are three randomly selected levels, which can be chosen by players in their respective free play modes.
The levels vary depending on how many Warp Pipes are placed as obstacles.
- Stage 1: One pipe in the center. This is the stage used in the Mini-Game Coaster's Hard difficulty.
- Stage 2: One pipe in the center of each wall. This is the stage used in the Mini-Game Coaster's Normal difficulty and is the only stage used for the minigame in The Top 100.
- Stage 3: One pipe in the center, with eight pipes surrounding it. This is the stage used in the final world of the Mini-Game Coaster, where the player is pitted against three Baby Bowsers that target the player instead of aiming at random opponents.
In Mario Party 2, the minigame can be bought for 200 coins from Woody.
Controls[edit ]
Mario Party 2[edit ]
- Control Stick – Move
- A Button – Straight shot
- B Button – Lob shot
- Z Button – Fix aim
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit ]
- Circle Pad: Move
- R Button: Strafe
- B Button: Shoot upward
- A Button: Shoot forward
Mario Party Superstars[edit ]
- Control Stick – Move
- A Button – Shoot
- B Button – Shoot upward
- Hold L Button / R Button / ZL Button[a] / ZR Button[a] to strafe
- Footnotes
In-game text[edit ]
Mario Party 2[edit ]
- Game Rules – "Captain a Koopa Tank in an all-out duel! If you get hit twice, you're shell-shocked!"
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster)
- World 4-5 – "Pilot your Koopa Tank and take on your rivals! Knock all opponents out to clear the game!"
- World 9 – "It's a Baby Bowser Tank battle! Defeat all three Baby Bowsers to clear this Mini-Game!"
- Advice – "Press the Z Button Button to fix your aim in one direction and move in another."
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit ]
- Description – "Shoot the rival tanks! Get hit twice, and you're out!"
- On-screen – "Shoot the rival tanks!"
Mario Party Superstars[edit ]
- "Shoot the rival tanks! Get hit twice, and you're out."
Gallery[edit ]
Mario Party 2 (stage 1)
Mario Party 2 (stage 2)
Mario's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2
Luigi's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2
Peach's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2
Yoshi's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2
Wario's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2
Donkey Kong's Koopa Tank in Mario Party 2
Baby Bowser Tank in Mario Party 2
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars (stage 1)
Mario Party Superstars (stage 2)
Mario Party Superstars (stage 3)
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Naming[edit ]
The minigame's original name, "Shell Shocked", comes from an archaic term for post-traumatic stress disorder, coined in 1915 to describe the heightened and prolonged psychosomatic distress experienced by soldiers fighting in World War I. "Tread Carefully", meanwhile, is a pun on the verb "tread" (meaning "to step") from the phrase "tread carefully" and the treads of a tank.
Names in other languages[edit ]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドッカンせんしゃ Dokkan sensha |
「ドッカン」is a pun on「土管」(dokan, pipe) and「ドカン」(dokan, Japanese onomatopoeic term equivalent to "kaboom"), and「せんしゃ」means "tank" | [1] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 轰炸战车 Hōngzhà Zhànchē |
Bombing Tank | [?] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 轟炸戰車 Hōngzhà Zhànchē |
Bombing Tank | [?] | |
| Dutch | Tankslag | Tank Battle | [?] | |
| French (Canadian) | Carapace de choc | Shocking shell | [?] | |
| French (European) | Carapace Castagne | Shell Rumble | [?] | |
| German | Panzer-Schlacht | Tank Battle / Shell Battle (the word Panzer means both "tank" and "shell") | [?] | |
| Italian | Mine Vaganti | Loose Cannons; lit. "wandering mines" | Mario Party 2 | [?] |
| Mine vaganti | Loose cannons | Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars | [?] | |
| Korean | 쾅쾅 전차 Kwangkwang Jeoncha |
Pow Pow Tank | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Cascanhão | Portmanteau of casca (shell) and canhão (cannon) | [?] | |
| Russian | Танкодром Tankodrom |
Tank Drome | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin American) | Tanques tácticos | Tactical tanks | [?] | |
| Spanish (European) | Choque de Conchas | Shell Collision | [?] |
Notes[edit ]
- In Mario Party 2, the Koopa Tank color depends on the character being played: red for Mario, blue for Luigi, pink for Peach, green for Yoshi, purple for Wario, and brown for Donkey Kong. In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, however, the colors are instead assigned by player number: red, blue, green, and yellow (for Players 1–4, respectively).