For the WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! microgame of the same name, see Crane Game (microgame).

Crane Game is a 1-vs.-3 minigame which appears in Mario Party and Mario Party 2. The objectives for this minigame is similar in both Mario Party games, but the output of the minigames differs however. Crane Game is similar to the claw games that appear in toy stores and shopping centers.

Gameplay[]

Mario Party[]

In Mario Party, one character will be hanging from a crane in a room full of doll versions of the other character. There will also be various treasures lying around the room. The character operating the crane has the option of picking up either one of the dolls or one of the treasures that are scattered around the room. If the crane operator picks up one of the treasures, they will be rewarded coins depending on the one they picked up. The single coin is worth one coin, the coin bag is worth five coins, and the treasure chest is worth ten coins. The character operating the crane must align themselves over one of these items, then drop themselves using the A button. Once they picked up the item, they must rapidly press the A button to hold onto it and drop it into the Warp Pipe. However, if the crane operator decides to pick up one of the character dolls, the dolls must struggle from the crane operators grasp. If a doll is dropped into the pipe, they will lose one third of their coins that will go to the operator. The crane operator will have only one try when trying to pick a doll or treasure up.

Mario Party 2[]

In Mario Party 2, the objective for Crane Game slightly changes and it now takes place in an outer space-type room. The crane operators are now required to pick up all the doll characters that appear throughout the room in the given time limit. There are also three clocks that the crane operators can pick up that either adds fifteen, twenty, or thirty seconds to the timer. The crane operator must drop the clocks and the dolls into the Warp Pipe that is located in the end of the room. The doll characters must work together as a team in this minigame. If the crane operator grabs them, they can wiggle out of their grasp by rapidly pressing the A button. If the crane operator manages to get all the character dolls into the Warp Pipe, then he/she will win the mini-game. However, if he/she fail to do so and time runs out, then the team of dolls will win the mini-game.

Controls[]

Solo character[]

• - Move
• - Lower/Grab
• (Repeatedly) - Hold

Team[]

• (Repeatedly) - Shake free

Navigation[]

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Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Wario • Donkey Kong
	Non-Playable	Bowser • Baby Bowser • Mushroom Shop Clerk • Puff • Toad • Koopa Troopa
Boards		First Map • DK's Jungle Adventure • Peach's Birthday Cake • Yoshi's Tropical Island • Wario's Battle Canyon • Luigi's Engine Room • Mario's Rainbow Castle • Bowser's Magma Mountain • Eternal Star
Mini-Games	4-Player	Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers
	1 vs. 3	Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War
	2 vs. 2	Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc
	Single	Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant
Items	Items	Plus Block • Minus Block • Speed Block • Slow Block • Warp Block • Dice Block • Coin Box
Spaces	Spaces	Blue Space • Red Space • Happening Space • Chance Space • Bowser Space • Mushroom Space • Star Space
Locations	Locations	Mini-Game House • Mini-Game Island • Mini-Game Stadium • Mushroom Bank • Mushroom Village • Option House • Toad's Shop

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Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Wario • Yoshi • Donkey Kong
	Other	Bowser • Toad • Goomba • Boo • Koopa Troopa • Thwomp • Kamek • Whomp • Mr. I • Mushroom Genie • Steamer • Snifit Patrol • Shy Guy • Sushi • Baby Bowser • Woody • Professor Fungi • Battle T. • Totem Bros.
Boards		Pirate Land • Western Land • Mystery Land • Space Land • Horror Land • Bowser Land
Items	Usable Items	Mushroom • Golden Mushroom • Skeleton Key • Warp Block • Plunder Chest • Magic Lamp • Dueling Glove • Boo Bell • Bowser Suit • Bowser Bomb
Mini-games	4-player Mini-games	Abandon Ship • Bombs Away • Bumper Balls • Deep Sea Salvage • Dizzy Dancing • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Hot Rope Jump • Lava Tile Isle • Mecha-Marathon • Platform Peril • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Tile Driver • Tipsy Tourney • TOAD in the Box • Totem Pole Pound
	2 vs. 2 Mini-games	Balloon Burst • Bobsled Run • Cake Factory • Destruction Duet • Dungeon Dash • Handcar Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Magnet Carta • Sky Pilots • Speed Hockey • TOAD Bandstand • Torpedo Targets
	1 vs. 3 Mini-games	Archer-ival • Bob-omb Barrage • Bowl Over • Crane Game • Filet Relay • Lights Out • Look Away • Move to the Music • Quicksand Cache • Rainbow Run • Shock, Drop or Roll
	Item Mini-games	Bowser Slots • Coffin Congestion • Give Me a Brake • Hammer Slammer • Mallet-Go-Round • Roll Out the Barrels
	Battle Mini-games	BOWSER's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Crazy Cutter • Day at the Races • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hot BOB-OMB • Rakin' 'em In
	Duel Mini-games	Mushroom Brew • Psychic Safari • Quick Draw Corks • Rock, Paper, Mario • Saber Swipes • Time Bomb
	Rare Mini-games	Driver's Ed
Spaces	Spaces	Blue Space • Red Space • Happening Space • Item Space • Battle Space • Bowser Space • Chance Space • Star Space • Bank Space
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	List of minigames