Shell Stack

Shell Stack
Appears in	Mario Party Advance
Type	Single-player minigame
Time limit	60 seconds (Shroom City) 30 seconds (Mini-Game Attack)
Music track	Slowly Yet Surely
Music sample

Shell Stack is a single-player minigame in Mario Party Advance.

Overview

The player jumps on an increasing tower of shells as they are out from pipes. Green Shells move the slowest, yellow are average speed, and orange pipes launch red type, which moves the fastest. The minigame ends if either the player fails to land on a shell or misses one, though in Shroom City and Mini-Game Attack (featuring a time limit of jumping on ten shells within 60 and 30 seconds, respectively), either action only stuns the player character for three seconds.

Controls

• – Jump

In-game text

• In-game description
  • English:
    Leap up and jump on the shells that come firing out of the pipes.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	のりのりコウラ[?] Nori nori kōra	Energetic Shells
French	Carapéchelle[?]	Portmanteau of carapace ("shell") and échelle ("ladder")
German	Panzerpulk[?]	Shell Stack
Italian	Sui gusci[?]	On the shells
Spanish	Piloncha[?]	Portmanteau of pila ("stack") and concha ("shell")

Notes

Early Shell Stack

• Bill Blasters originally launched the shells in pre-release builds, and the player character's sprites faced to the side instead of the front.