Editing Puzzle Pillars

{{image|more=yes|Two players}}
{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:PuzzlePillarsEZ.jpg|260px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 8]]''
|type=Extras Zone minigame
|time=60 seconds per level 
|track=Challenge!
|sample=[[File:MP8 Challenge!.oga]]
}}
'''Puzzle Pillars''' is a one- or two-player [[minigame]] at the [[Mario Party 8#Extras Zone|Extras Zone]] in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''.

==Overview==
The minigame opens with blocks of various colors falling into a building.

Players try to match identically colored blocks, making them disappear and earning them [[point]]s, of which they try to achieve as much as they can before time is up. Blocks can be selected and rotated vertically. There are also [[Bullet Bill]] blocks to clear, but if not done quickly enough, the player loses five seconds. The next level starts upon achieving a number of points. There are [[Bob-omb]] blocks in certain levels that explode, clearing any blocks nearby. After either time runs out or the player makes it to Level 50, the minigame ends, but in the former case, the player can resume, but with 1,000 fewer points. There are [[coin]]s or [[Amp]]s on blocks exclusively in two-player, adding coins and stunning players, respectively. The player with the highest score in two-player version when time is up wins, though if it is the same, it is a tie.

The ending of the two-player version shows the winning and losing players doing their respective poses, or their losing poses if it is a tie. If the player gets to Level 50 in single-player mode, "Congratulations" is displayed as they doing their winning pose, as well as the "Congratulations" music theme unique to the minigame.

Puzzle Pillars 50 [[Carnival Card]]s to buy at the [[Fun Bazaar]].

==Controls==
* '''Wii Remote:''' Use the Pointer to move the cursor.
* '''Buttons''' 
**{{button|wii|A}} '''/''' {{button|wii|B}} &ndash; Select

==In-game text==
* '''Rules (single player)''' &ndash; ''"Link four or more blocks of the same color horizontally to clear them. Clear emblems to move to the next level."''
* '''Rules (multiplayer)''' &ndash; ''"Link four or more blocks of the same color horizontally to clear them. Nab the most coins to win!"''
* '''Hint (single player)''' &ndash; ''"Clear Bob-omb blocks to clear blocks around them. Clear Bullet Bill blocks or they'll take 5 seconds off your time."''
* '''Hint (multiplayer)''' &ndash; ''"Grab coins instead of blocking your rivals. If you grab a column with Amps in it, you can't move for a bit."''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=Colonne Vincenti
|ItaM=Winning pillars
|Fre=Puzzle en Piliers
|FreM=Puzzle Pillars
|Ger=Balkenpuzzle
|GerM=Beam Puzzle
|Spa=Puzle
|SpaM=Puzzle
|Jpn=いせきでパズル
|JpnR=Iseki de Pazuru
|JpnM=Puzzle in the Ruins
|Kor=유적 퍼즐
|KorR=Yujeog Peojeul
|KorM=Ruins Puzzle
}}

==Notes==
*An earlier version of the minigame would have have the player visible in addition to the game board.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Mario_Party_8/Unused_Graphics_and_Models#Bonus_Minigame_Roulette_Icons|title=''Mario Party 8''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=March 18, 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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{{MP8 minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party 8 minigames]]