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{{minigame infobox
{{minigame-infobox
|image=[[File:MP3 Bobbing Bowloons.png|260px]]
|image=[[File:MP3 Bobbing Bowloons.png|260px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 3]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party 3]]''
|type=Item minigame
|type=Item mini-game
|time=10 seconds
|time=10 seconds
|track=Item Mini-Game
|sample=''Mario Party 3'':<br>[[File:Mario Party 3 Music - Item Mini-Game.oga]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars'':<br>[[File:MPS Item Minigame.oga]]
}}
}}
'''Bobbing Bow-loons''' is an Item [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''.
'''Bobbing Bow-loons''' is an Item [[minigame]] that appears in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. "Bow-loons" is a pun on "balloons."


==Overview==
==Introduction==
[[File:MPS Bobbing Bow-loons.jpg|thumb|left|Gameplay from ''Mario Party Superstars'']]
The minigame takes place in the skies, where the stone towers appear in the background, along with moving clouds at the bottom and bright rainbows. The sky is entirely made up of bricks painted blue from dark to bright. The player is prepared as they are hovering with the balloon attached to them. As the player prepares to use the bow, gusts of wind are heard, and then the minigame starts.
The minigame opens with the player loading an arrow on to their bow.<ref>{{cite|date=September 26, 2016|author=NintendoMovies|url=youtu.be/BfQV8C2zMIs?feature=shared&t=1|timestamp=0:01|title=''Mario Party 3'' - Bobbing Bow-loons|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite|timestamp=0:01|url=youtu.be/uHBcvZT5fRI?feature=shared&t=1|author=Mario Party Origins|title=Bobbing Bow Loons- ''Mario Party Superstars'' Gameplay|date=July 3, 2021|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 7, 2025}}</ref>


The player floats from a balloon in the sky, to the right of the balloons (later moved to the left in ''Mario Party Superstars''). They have ten seconds to shoot an arrow at one of the balloons, each moving up and down at different speeds. If the arrow pops a balloon, the player wins the contained item. If the player misses, the arrow bounces off of the stone tower on the opposite side and pops the player's balloon, and [[Koopa Kid|Baby Bowser]] (replaced by [[Bowser Jr.]] in ''Mario Party Superstars'') taunts the player from a window in one of the three stone towers. If time runs out, the arrow launches automatically, except every balloon disappears, though they can shoot additional arrows, to no effect.
==Gameplay==
The player's objective is to shoot one of the balloons that contains an item within the time limit of ten seconds. The row of balloons moves vertically at different speeds. The value of the item varies, with a rare item behind the row of balloons and a common item in front of the player. If the player pops a balloon with their arrow, they will receive the item from the balloon the player popped.


The second word of the minigame title is a play on "balloons." The minigame is untitled in ''Mario Party Superstars''.
However, if the arrow is shot and misses the whole row of balloons, it will bounce off the stone tower and pop the player's own balloon. [[Koopa Kid|Baby Bowser]] will then appear in the window of one of the other stone towers and laugh at the player's loss (with a slight camera pan towards said stone tower). The player will get nothing. If the player runs out of time, the row of balloons will disappear and the arrow will automatically be shot, with the rest being the same.


==Controls==
==Controls==
===''Mario Party 3''===
*{{button|n64|A}} &ndash; Shoot arrow
*{{button|n64|A}} &ndash; Shoot arrow
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|switch|A}} &ndash; Shoot arrow


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 3''===
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Time your arrow to shoot down an item."''
*'''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Time your arrow to shoot down an item."''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Watch how the balloons move, then release your arrow carefully."''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Watch how the balloons move, then release your arrow carefully."''
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
{{multilang profile
|type=game
|Eng=Pop a balloon!}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bobbing Bow-loons Got Item.png|[[Mario]] gets an item in ''Mario Party 3''.
Bobbing Bow-loons Game Over Ending.png|Mario gets nothing in ''Mario Party 3''.
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ねらってバルーン
|Jap=ねらってバルーン
|JpnR=Neratte barūn
|JapR=Neratte barūn
|JpnM=Aim the Balloon
|JapM=Aim the Balloon
|Fre=Ballons Bouffons
|Fra=Ballons Bouffons
|FreM=Balloons Buffoons
|FraM=Balloons Buffoons
|Ger=Ballon und Bogen
|Ger=Ballon und Bogen
|GerM=Balloon and Bow
|GerM=Balloon and Bow
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}}
}}


==References==
{{MP3 Minigames}}
<references/>
[[Category:Item Minigames]]
{{MP3 minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party 3 Minigames]]
{{MPS minigames}}
[[Category:Item minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 3 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Superstars minigames]]
[[it:Bobbing Bow-loons]]

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