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{{minigame infobox | {{minigame-infobox | ||
|image=[[File:SwingKings.png|260px]]<br>4- | |image=[[File:SwingKings.png|260px]] <br> 4-player mini-game version. <br> [[File:SwingKingDuel.png|260px]] <br> Duel mini-game version. | ||
| | | appeared_in = ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' | ||
|type=4- | | type = 4-player mini-game <br> Duel mini-game | ||
| | | controls = '''Wii Remote:''' Swing bat<br>'''Buttons:''' None | ||
| | | record = 10 | ||
| | | song = Challenge! | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Swing Kings''' is a | '''Swing Kings''' is a baseball [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. It is both a 4-Player game and a Duel minigame, and it is one of ten minigames featured in [[Test for the Best]]. One minigame in ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' is extremely similar, which is only playable in [[Neon Heights]]. Another minigame from ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', called [[Dinger Derby]], is also similar, though 30 balls are pitched. | ||
Swing Kings is one of the minigames from ''Mario Party 8'' ported to the Japan-only arcade game ''[[Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher]]''. Here, it is a Bonus Chance Game. | Swing Kings is one of the minigames from ''Mario Party 8'' ported to the Japan-only arcade game ''[[Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher]]''. Here, it is a Bonus Chance Game. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
The camera is zoomed in on player one, who is standing on home plate with a [[Shy Guy]] beside a basket of baseballs. The screen will then split into multiple screens, one for each player, and the minigame will begin. | |||
The camera is zoomed in on | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
A Shy Guy | [[File:SwingSlaves.png|thumb|left|Toadette's victory in Swing Kings.]] | ||
A Shy Guy will throw a baseball at the character and the player has to swing the {{button|wii|wiimote}} and hit the ball. Occasionally, the Shy Guy will throw a ball higher or lower than normal. The Shy Guys throw twenty balls at each player; after all the balls have been tossed, the minigame ends. The player who hit the most baseballs will win the minigame. | |||
{{br|left}} | |||
==Ending== | ==Ending== | ||
Victorious characters perform their winning poses in a baseball field, while in the background the players that lose will run around the field, collecting the baseballs and tossing them into a bucket. It is possible for there not to be a loser. | |||
Victorious characters perform their winning poses | |||
==Test for the Best== | ==[[Test for the Best]]== | ||
This minigame appears in ''[[Test for the Best]]''. The player plays alone in this minigame and his or her objective is to hit as much as balls as possible in 20 pitches. | |||
The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Grade !! Points | ! Grade !! Points Earned !! Required in Minigame | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''A+''' || 1,000 || 20 hits | | '''A+''' || 1,000 || 20 hits | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''A''' || 900 || 18 hits | | '''A''' || 900 || 18 hits | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''B''' || 800 || 16 hits | | '''B''' || 800 || 16 hits | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''C''' || 700 || 14 hits | | '''C''' || 700 || 14 hits | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''D''' || 600 || 12 hits | | '''D''' || 600 || 12 hits | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Controls== | ==Controls== | ||
* | * Swing [[Wii Remote]] – Swing bat | ||
==In-game text== | ==In-game text== | ||
* '''Rules''' – ''"Hit baseballs into the outfield. You'll get 20 pitches."'' | * '''Rules''' – ''"Hit baseballs into the outfield. You'll get 20 pitches."'' | ||
* '''Hint''' – ''"Don't put too much swing into it, or you won't be ready for the next pitch."'' | * '''Hint''' – ''"Don't put too much swing into it, or you won't be ready for the next pitch."'' | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{ | {{foreignname | ||
|Spa=Vaivén | |Spa=Vaivén | ||
|SpaM=Sway | |SpaM=Sway | ||
| | |Jap=ホームランダービー | ||
| | |JapR=Hōmuran Dābī | ||
| | |JapM=Homerun Derby | ||
|Ger=Baseball-Ballerei | |Ger=Baseball-Ballerei | ||
|GerM=Baseball Shoot | |GerM=Baseball Shoot | ||
| | |Fra=Accro-Bate | ||
| | |FraM=Addict-Bat (pun on ''acrobate'', "acrobat") | ||
|Ita=In Battuta | |Ita=In Battuta}} | ||
}} | |||
{{MP8 | {{BoxTop}} | ||
[[Category:4-player | {{MP8 Minigames}} | ||
[[Category:Mario Party 8 | [[Category:4-player Minigames]] | ||
[[Category:Mario Party 8 Minigames]] | |||
