Twist Ending

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Twist Ending
Twist Ending
Appears in Mario Party 9
Type Free-for-All minigame
Music track What's This?
Music sample

Twist Ending is a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party 9. The name of this minigame comes from the eponymous term.

Introduction[edit]

The captain is seen walking inside a room toward a treasure chest. Then, the screen splits to show the players, and the minigame begins.

Gameplay[edit]

Players must twist Wii Remote to the right direction to spin a dial that has eight marks and line up its red line with the mark on the chest. The greater the angle at which the player twists the Wii Remote, the faster the dial turns. If the dial's mark passes the chest's, the player must spin the dial around once more until the marks align. When the player unlocks the bronze treasure chest, with a normal-spinning dial that has eight marks, the player must open the smaller silver chest inside it, with a faster-spinning dial that has 12 marks. Inside the silver chest is an even smaller golden chest, with an even faster dial that has 16 marks. The player who unlocks all three chests first wins.

Ending[edit]

The player who opens the golden chest first gets a big diamond, the second-place player gets a medium-sized diamond, the third-place player gets a small diamond, and the fourth-place player gets a tiny diamond (if they are able to open the chest within seconds of the third-place player opening theirs). These diamonds are colored according to the player colors (Player 1 gets blue, Player 2 gets red, Player 3 gets green, and Player 4 gets yellow).

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules"Unlock the treasure chests by twisting their dials until the marks line up. Be the first to unlock all three chests to win!"
  • Controls"Hold the Wii Remote vertically. Tilt it in the direction of the arrow to turn the dial. The angle of the tilt changes how fast the dial turns."

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ダイヤルたからばこ[?]
Daiyaru takarabako
Dial Treasure Chest
Chinese てんばんたからばこ[?]
Zhuànpán bǎoxiāng
Dial Treasure Chest
French (NOA) Combinaison gagnante[?] Winning combination
French (NOE) Combinaison à tâtons[?] Combination by feeling
German Schlösserknacken[?] Lockpicking
Italian Scassinature[?] Lock picking
Spanish (NOA) Giro preciso[?] Precise twist
Spanish (NOE) Ladrones con tacto[?] Tactful Thieves (pun on contacto, contact)