Editing Herbicidal Maniac

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:Herbicidal Maniac MP7.png|260px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|type=2-vs.-2 minigame
|time=10 seconds per round
|track=Look Out!
|sample=[[File:MP7 Look Out!.oga]]
}}
'''Herbicidal Maniac''' is a 2-vs.-2 [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. The minigame's name is a portmanteau on "homicidal maniac," which is a term that refers to a person with an insane desire to kill other people, and "herbicide," a chemical used to kill plants.

==Introduction==
[[Piranha Plant]]s and [[bomb]]s emerge from all the pipes and then go back in as the players' pipe platforms move up.

==Gameplay==
Two players on each team have to shoot all the Piranha Plants that pop out of the pipes. However, if a bomb is hit, many more Piranha Plants will appear, making it more difficult for the team to win. On each team, the first player has a round target cursor and the second player has a square one. If two teammates try to shoot the same target simultaneously, their projectiles will hit each other and be destroyed upon contact. When a team shoots all the Piranha Plants on its side, that team earns a point. The first team to earn three points wins. If both teams have the same score after a certain number of rounds, a tie occurs.

==Ending==
[[File:Daisy and Dry Bones Win.png|thumb|right|The ending to Herbicidal Maniac]]
The winners do their winning animations, while the losers do their losing animations as their platforms are lowered. If the minigame ends in a tie, both teams do their losing poses while their platforms are lowered.

==Controls==
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move cursor
* {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Fire

==In-game text==
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Fire at the Piranha Plants when they emerge from the pipe. The first team to 3 points is the winner."''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Whatever you do, don't hit the bombs! The resulting explosion will cause a Piranha Plant infestation!"''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Herbicidal Maniac Piranha Plants.png
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ねらってパックン
|JapR=Neratte Pakkun
|JapM=Aim at the Piranhas
|Fre=Désherbant
|FreM=Weeding
|Ger=Pestizid-Freak
|GerM=Pesticide Freak
|Spa=Herbicidio
|SpaM=Herbicide
|Ita=Gerba malerba
|ItaM=Weed [[Wikipedia:Jerba|Jerba]]; the connection to the city's name is unclear, beyond the rhyme with "malerba" (weed).
}}

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[[Category:2-vs-2 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 7 minigames]]