Melon Folley

Melon Folley is a single-player minigame in Mario Party Advance.
==Layout==
The minigame takes place on the surface of a body of water, featuring wooden rafts, each having either a watermelon slice, a purple barrel, or a melon itself.
==Gameplay==
The object is for the player's character to jump between rafts to collect every watermelon slice and melon, either within the time limit or until they fall into the water, depending on the mode. Each watermelon slice and melon gives the player 100 points, although collecting the melon last earns the player 1,000 points, hence why the minigame instructions recommend to collect it last. When the player's character jumps onto another raft, the one they were on prior falls into the water. However, if the player's character stays on a wooden raft too long, both eventually sink into the water. The minigame is separated into rounds, each starting with barrels falling onto the arena, followed by the watermelon slices and the melon itself.
In Play Land, the player's character must try to avoid being eliminated for as long as possible as the levels increase in difficulty, with some levels adding barrels to some of the platforms. Collecting a fruit slowly in succession earns the player 10 points, but doing it in quick succession earns them 20 points. Similarly, collecting the melon last earns the player either 1,000 or 2,000 points, depending on how fast they moved to retrieve it. After each round, the remaining time is added to the overall score. If the player is either stuck on the wooden raft or falls into the water, the minigame ends. The minigame also ends after 30 rounds have passed, and only up to 77,760 points can be obtained.
==Controls==
*: Move
*: Dash
==Flavor text==
*In-game description (North America): Nab all the fruit, but don't fall in! Try to grab the melon last!
*In-game description (Europe): Nab all the fruit, but don't fall in! Try to grab the pear last!
==Trivia==
*European releases change melons to pear, which the in-game description even mentions instead of a melon. This change was likely due to the confusion of melon meaning either a unique fruit or as a shortened form of watermelon.
*The minigame's name is a pun on "melancholy."
==Gallery==
Melon Folley EU screenshot.png|Gameplay screenshot of the European version, featuring a pear at the end instead
Pear MPA sprite.png|Pear sprite
de:Melonenmanie
fr:Poire d'Eau
Category:Single-player minigames
Category:Minigames in Mario Party Advance