Pier Factor is a Donkey Kong minigame in Mario Party 6.

Layout[]

The minigame is suggested to take place in the harbor of Delfino Plaza, specifically around where Noki Bay is accessed in Super Mario Sunshine, as shown from the topmost area where the minigame start. Its setting in Delfino Plaza is not implausible, considering that another Donkey Kong minigame, Banana Shake, shows Delfino Plaza itself within the background. Most of the minigame takes place on crossway bridges, composed of white, wooden planks, above the waters. Pairs of two DK Barrels are visible in the background at the starting area, although the dolphin statue is not there unlike in Super Mario Sunshine.

The ending area is a wide area with the DK emblem painted onto the bridge, as well as two stars on each side. At the very bottom are two flowerbeds consisting of small, red-petaled flowers placed against a rope fence, which is made up of thin, gray ropes connected between white, wooden planks. The bottom-left and bottom-right corners each have a DK Barrel, both of which are partially off-screen.

Opening[]

Donkey Kong eats a banana at the end of the course, then he leaps across the pier to the start, where the characters are.

Gameplay[]

The object for each character is to get the most bananas. Each player starts by choosing one of the five barrels to jump into. The characters have to roll in their barrel down a bridge and collect bananas placed along the path. The barrels turn every time there is a small, horizontal bridge connecting two of the main vertical bridges. If two characters bump into each other while crossing onto another path, they move backward and continue down their previous paths.

In Party Mode, like with other Donkey Kong minigames, each banana that a character collects is converted into either one, two, or three coins, depending on what the roulette landed on at the DK Space.

Ending[]

The four characters each perform their respective victory animation while Donkey Kong poses behind them.

Controls[]

• : Move
• : Select a barrel

Flavor text[]

• Rules: Choose one of the five barrels. The barrels will collect bananas as they move down the pier.
• Advice: If barrels hit each other, they will change direction.

Trivia[]

• The minigame name is a pun on the title of the game show Fear Factor.

Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Wario • Princess Daisy • Waluigi • Toad • Boo • Koopa Kid • Toadette
	Non-playable	Alien • Amp • Banzai Bill • Blooper • Bob-omb • Brighton • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Donkey Kong • Flutter • Goomba • Kamek • Klepto • Koopa Kid • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Monty Mole • Mr. Blizzard • Penguin • Pink Boo • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Professor E. Gadd • Shy Guy • Spiny • Thwomp • Toady • Tweester • Twila • Ukiki • Warukio • Whomp • Whacka • Wiggler • Woody
Boards	Party Mode	Towering Treetop • E. Gadd's Garage • Faire Square • Snowflake Lake • Castaway Bay • Clockwork Castle
	Solo Mode	Thirsty Gulch • Astro Avenue • Infernal Tower
Mini-games	4-player	Smashdance • Odd Card Out • Freeze Frame • What Goes Up... • Granite Getaway • Circuit Maximus • Catch You Letter • Snow Whirled • Daft Rafts • Tricky Tires • Treasure Trawlers • Memory Lane • Mowtown • Cannonball Fun • Note to Self • Same Is Lame • Lift Leapers • Blooper Scooper • Trap Ease Artist • Pokey Punch-out • Money Belt • Sunday Drivers • Throw Me a Bone
	1 vs. 3	Cash Flow • Sink or Swim • Snow Brawl • Ball Dozers • Surge and Destroy • Pop Star • Stage Fright • Conveyor Bolt • Crate and Peril • Ray of Fright • Dust 'til Dawn • Verbal Assault • Shoot Yer Mouth Off • Talkie Walkie • Word Herd • Fruit Talktail
	2 vs. 2	Garden Grab • Pixel Perfect • Slot Trot • Gondola Glide • Light Breeze • Body Builder • Mole-it! • Cashapult • Jump the Gun • Rocky Road • Clean Team • Burnstile
	Battle	Hyper Sniper • Insectiride • Stamp By Me • Wrasslin' Rapids • Strawberry Shortfuse • Control Shtick
	Duel	Light Up My Night • Cog Jog • Black Hole Boogie • Full Tilt • Sumo of Doom-o • Pitifall • Mass Meteor • Lunar-tics • T Minus Five • Asteroad Rage • Boo'd Off the Stage • Boonanza! • Trick or Tree • Something's Amist
	DK	Tally Me Banana • Banana Shake • Pier Factor
	Bowser	Pit Boss • Dizzy Rotisserie • Dark 'n Crispy
	Rare	Seer Terror • Block Star • Lab Brats • Dunk Bros.
	Mic mode	Speak Up • Star Sprint (Meadow Road · Dark Path · Magma Flow)
Spaces	Spaces	Blue Space • Red Space • Happening Space • Duel Space • Bowser Space • DK Space • Minigame Space • Miracle Space • Character Space • Orb Space • Star Space • Shadow Star Space • 4-Player Space • 1-Vs-3 Space • 2-Vs-2 Space • Battle Space • Rare Mini-Game Space • Bowser Space • Duel Mini-Game Space • ? Space
Orbs	Green	Mushroom • Super 'Shroom • Cursed Mushroom • Sluggish 'Shroom • Metal Mushroom • Bullet Bill • Warp Pipe • Flutter
	Red	Podoboo • Zap • Tweester • Thwomp • Bob-omb • Koopa Troopa
	Yellow	Spiny • Goomba • Piranha Plant • Klepto • Toady • Kamek • Mr. Blizzard
	Blue	Snack • Boo-Away
Miscellaneous	Other	Miracle Book
	Lists	List of mini-games in Mario Party 6