Rope a Slope

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Not to be confused with Rope a Dope.
Rope a Slope
Rope a Slope
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Time limit N/A
Music track It's an adventure! (NTSC)/It's An Adventure! (PAL)
Music sample

Rope a Slope (known as Abseiling Antics in the British English version) is a General minigame found in Mario Party: Island Tour.

Overview[edit]

The players race down the wall to the bottom of the ground avoiding obstacles along the way. If the player hits an obstacle, they will be held up for a moment before they can continue on. The player that reaches the bottom first wins.

Controls[edit]

  • A Button - Jump

In-game text[edit]

  • RulesAmerican English: "Jump over the trees to rappel down the cliff as quickly as possible."
  • RulesBritish English: "Abseil down the cliff while avoiding bushes by jumping over them."

Naming[edit]

The American English name "Rope a Slope" is a pun on the boxing technique "rope-a-dope", which is also the name of an 8-player minigame in Mario Party 7.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese がけくだりレース
Gake kudari rēsu
Cliff Descent Race [1]
Dutch Abseilavontuur Abseil Adventure [1]
French (Canada) Périlleux rappel Perilous abseiling [1]
French (Europe) Les fadas de la falaise Cliff Crackpots [1]
German Abseilrennen Abseiling Race [1]
Italian Cordata a ostacoli Obstacle climbers [1]
Korean 절벽 하강 레이스
Jeolbyeok Hagang Reiseu
Cliff Descent Race [1]
Portuguese (Europe) Descida da Montanha Mountain Descent [1]
Russian Скоростной спуск
Skorostnoy spusk
Speedy descent [1]
Spanish (Latin America) Descenso intenso Intense Descent [1]
Spanish (Europe) ¡Colgados! Hanging Out! [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k In-game name from Mario Party: Island Tour (stored internally as mg_inst_mg3423_0001 in message file mg_inst.msbt in archive languages/[language].zdat).