Crank to Rank

Crank to Rank is a 4-player minigame in Mario Party 8, later reappearing in Mario Party: The Top 100.

Gameplay

Near Princess Peach's castle, the four players are seen standing in front of their flagpoles and must put their hands on the wheel on the flagpole. Then, the four players must crank the flagpole The first player to get their flag to the top of the flagpole will win the mini-game.

Controls

Mario Party 8

• /move in a circle - Crank

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Spin - Crank

Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Wario • Princess Daisy • Waluigi • Toad • Boo • Toadette • Birdo • Dry Bones • Blooper • Hammer Bro.
	Non-Playable	Bowser • MC Ballyhoo and Bigtop • Holly Koopa • Captain Goomba • Donkey Kong • King Boo • Captain Shy Guy • Bandit • Mowz
Boards	Boards	DK's Treetop Temple • Goomba's Booty Boardwalk • King Boo's Haunted Hideaway • Shy Guy's Perplex Express • Koopa's Tycoon Town • Bowser's Warped Orbit
Mini-games	4-Player	Alpine Assault • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank • Flip the Chimp • In the Nick of Time • Kartastrophe • Lava or Leave 'Em • Mario Matrix • Mosh-Pit Playroom • Punch-a-Bunch • Rudder Madness • Scooter Pursuit • Shake It Up • Sick and Twisted • Speedy Graffiti • Swing Kings • Treacherous Tightrope • Water Ski Spree
	1 vs. 3	Bob-ombs Away • Chump Rope • Grabbin' Gold • Gun the Runner • Picture Perfect • Power Trip • Snow Way Out • Swervin' Skies • Thrash 'n' Crash
	2 vs. 2	Boo-ting Gallery • Bumper Balloons • Crops 'n' Robbers • Grabby Gridiron • King of the Thrill • Lean, Mean Ravine • Paint Misbehavin' • Rowed to Victory • Sugar Rush • Winner or Dinner
	Challenge	Fruit Picker • Pour to Score • Stampede
	Duel	Aim of the Game • Attention Grabber • Balancing Act • Blazing Lassos • Breakneck Building • Bumper Balloons • Cardiators • Cosmic Slalom • Eye Brawl • Flip the Chimp • Frozen Assets • Ion the Prize • Lava Lobbers • Lob to Rob • Loco Motives • Paint Misbehavin' • Pumper Cars • Rotation Station • Saucer Swarm • Settle it in Court • Shake It Up • Specter Inspector • Sugar Rush • Surf's Way Up • Swing Kings • Wing and a Scare • You're the Bob-omb
	Battle	Aim of the Game • Cut from the Team • Glacial Meltdown • Saucer Swarm • Snipe for the Picking
	Extras Zone	Canyon Cruisers • Chomping Frenzy • Flagging Rights • Moped Mayhem • Puzzle Pillars • Star Carnival Bowling • Table Menace • Trial by Tile
	Boss Battle	Superstar Showdown
Candy	Candy	Slowgo Candy • Twice Candy • Thrice Candy • Springo Candy • Cashzap Candy • Vampire Candy • Bloway Candy • Weeglee Candy • Bitsize Candy • Bowlo Candy • Duelo Candy • Thwomp Candy • Bowser Candy • Bullet Candy
Miscellaneous	Spaces	Blue Space • Red Space • Happening Space • DK Space • Bowser Space • Lucky Space • Challenge Space • Duel Space

Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Rosalina
	Non-playable	Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Donkey Kong • Fishin' Lakitu • Gold Goomba • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Inflatable Thwomp • King Bob-omb • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Mecha Fly Guy • Monty Mole • Penguin • Petey Piranha • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Shy Guy • Spear Guy • Thwomp • Toad (species) • Toad (character) • Toadette • Ukiki • Urchin • Whittle • Whomp
Minigame Island	Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4
Minigame Match	Features	? Block • Minigame Balloon • Star Balloon • Event • Shy Guy Shop • Stamp
Items	Items	Dash Mushroom • Golden Dash Mushroom • Poison Mushroom • Double Dice • Warp Box • Dueling Glove • Lucky Card • Pipe • Mecha Fly Guy • Swap Card • Boo Bell • Genie Lamp • Chomp Call • Bowser Suit
Minigames	1	Bombs Away (F-f-A) • Desert Dash (2v2) • Face Lift (F-f-A) • Piranha's Pursuit (1v3) • Shy Guy Says (F-f-A) • Tug o' War (1v3)
	2	Bowser's Big Blast (F-f-A) • Bumper Balls (F-f-A) • Cake Factory (2v2) • Dizzy Dancing (F-f-A) • Handcar Havoc (2v2) • Hexagon Heat (F-f-A) • Honeycomb Havoc (F-f-A) • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon (F-f-A) • Roll Call (F-f-A) • Shell Shocked (F-f-A) • Slot Car Derby (F-f-A) • Speed Hockey (2v2)
	3	Bounce 'n' Trounce (F-f-A) • Chip Shot Challenge (F-f-A) • Eatsa Pizza (2v2) • Ice Rink Risk (F-f-A) • Mush Pit (F-f-A) • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers (F-f-A) • The Beat Goes On (F-f-A) • Three Door Monty (F-f-A) • Tidal Toss (1v3) • Vine With Me (Duel)
	4	Beach Volley Folley (2v2) • Blame It on the Crane (1v3) • Booksquirm (F-f-A) • GOOOOOOOAL!! (1v3) • Hide and Go BOOM! (1v3) • Kareening Koopas (Duel) • Mario Speedwagons (F-f-A) • Order Up (2v2) • Paths of Peril (F-f-A) • Revers-a-Bomb (2v2) • The Final Battle! (Solo) • The Great Deflate (2v2) • Three Throw (F-f-A) • Trace Race (F-f-A)
	5	Button Mashers (Duel) • Cage-in Cookin' (F-f-A) • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey (2v2) • Later Skater (F-f-A) • Leaf Leap (F-f-A) • Manic Mallets (2v2) • Night Light Fright (F-f-A) • Pushy Penguins (F-f-A) • Shy Guy Showdown (Duel) • Squared Away (1v3) • Triple Jump (F-f-A) • Tube It or Lose It (1v3)
	6	Block Star (Extra) • Catch You Letter (F-f-A) • Crate and Peril (1v3) • Dizzy Rotisserie (F-f-A) • Rocky Road (2v2) • Slot Trot (2v2) • Snow Whirled (F-f-A) • Strawberry Shortfuse (F-f-A) • Trap Ease Artist (F-f-A)
	7	Balloon Busters (F-f-A) • Dart Attack (F-f-A) • Deck Hands (F-f-A) • Jump, Man (DK) • Monty's Revenge (F-f-A) • Pogo-a-Go-Go (1v3) • Pokey Pummel (F-f-A) • Sphere Factor (2v2) • Stick and Spin (Extra) • The Final Countdown (F-f-A) • Track & Yield • Vine Country (DK)
	8	Aim of the Game (F-f-A) • At the Chomp Wash (F-f-A) • Crank to Rank (F-f-A)
	9	Bumper Bubbles (F-f-A) • Don't Look (F-f-A) • Goomba Bowling (F-f-A) • Logger Heads (F-f-A) • Jigsaw Jumble (F-f-A) • Magma Mayhem (F-f-A) • Peak Precision (F-f-A) • Pier Pressure (F-f-A) • Speeding Bullets (F-f-A) • Tackle Takedown (1v3)
	10	Badminton Bash (2v2) • Flash Forward (F-f-A) • Jewel Drop (Duel) • Soar to Score (F-f-A)