Dust Buddies is a 4-player and a Duel Minigame in Mario Party DS.
Introduction[]
The characters start off walking down a hallway, and almost immediately after, a vacuum cleaner moves by itself around the corner and toward the characters at fast speed. The characters are alarmed and start to run away from the vacuum.
Gameplay[]
The objective for each character is to avoid being sucked into the vacuum cleaner, avoiding discarded household objects along the way, and make it to the dresser at the end. The discarded objects serve as obstacles. Either one of three sets of obstacles is selected by the minigame at random before starting: film strips and ribbons, which drag whoever is standing on them into the vacuum clears; dust bunnies, which slow the characters and prevent them from jumping; or buttons and marble-like balls, which trip and briefly stun whoever runs into them. An envelope is always found at the end, regardless of the layout, and it functions like the film strips and ribbons. Whenever a ball hits the vacuum cleaner, it bounces off in a random direction,.
Whoever is the last character remaining or whoever reaches the end wins the minigame. If they make it to the end, the vacuum cleaner bumps into the dresser and stops moving. If every character either gets vacuumed up or reaches the end, the minigame ends in a tie.
Ending[]
The characters are on top of a dresser, each performing either their victory or loss animation, depending on whoever won or lost.
Controls[]
: Move- : Jump
