Spin Doctor

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Spin Doctor
Wario in Spin Doctor from Mario Party 7
Mario Party 7
Spin Doctor from Mario Party Superstars.
Mario Party Superstars
Appears in Mario Party 7
Mario Party Superstars
Type Duel minigame
Music track Cool as a Cucumber
Music sample
Mario Party 7:

Mario Party Superstars:

Spin Doctor is a Duel minigame in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party Superstars. Its name is a pun on "spin doctor," which is someone working in media who tries to sway public opinion one way or the other.

Gameplay[edit]

The players need to run through a grid of bridges with a spinning platform at every intersection. Blue platforms spin all the way around, and red ones make a partial rotation. The first player to get to the end wins. If both players arrive at the goal at the same frame, the player on the left always wins. If neither player gets to the goal within a certain time limit, the minigame ends in a tie.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 7[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 7[edit]

  • Rules – "Run to the goal by navigating a series of spinning checkpoints."
  • Advice – "Slow and steady! Watch which way the checkpoints spin before entering one."

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Navigate through a series of spinning gates, and make your way to the goal!"

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クルクル!かいてんロード[?]
Kurukuru! Kaiten Rōdo
Spinning! Spin Road
Chinese (simplified) 转啊转!旋转道路[?]
Zhuǎn a zhuǎn! Xuánzhuǎn dàolù
Turn and Turn! Spin Road
Chinese (traditional) 轉啊轉!旋轉道路[?]
Zhuǎn a zhuǎn! Xuánzhuǎn dàolù
Turn and Turn! Spin Road
Dutch Ronddolen[?] Wander about
French Course Tourniquets[?] Turnstile Course
German Abgedreht[?] "Turned in", same colloquial meaning as in English
Italian Gimkana rotante[?] Rotating gymkhana
Korean 스핀 로드[?]
Seupin Rodeu
Spin Road
Portuguese Dando um Giro[?] "Performing a Spin" (Pun on the expression dar um giro, which means to take a walk)
Russian Голова кругом[?]
Golova krugom
My head is spinning
Spanish Caminos giratorios[?] Spinning Paths

Trivia[edit]

  • This is the only minigame from Mario Party 7 in Mario Party Superstars not to have appeared in Mario Party: The Top 100.