Bowser's Painball

Template:Minigame-infobox Bowser's Painball is a Bowser minigame appearing in Mario Party 10. "Painball" is a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "pinball."

Gameplay

The players are in a pinball game controlled by Bowser. Bowser has 30 seconds to shoot Spike Balls to harm players. Other elements from a real pinball machine also appear here, with overhead bumpers and a moving wall. The players lose one heart every time they get hit. The game starts with one ball, and after about five seconds, a second ball appears from the left. If one of the balls falls in the center, the same ball will reappear after a few seconds.

The player playing as Bowser can actually shake the Wii U Gamepad to briefly stun the other players. This is never explained in-game, however.

Controls

Team Mario

• – Move

Bowser

• – Move left flipper
• – Move right flipper

In-game text

• Bowser: "Activate the flippers with and . Attack with the Spike Balls!"
• Team Mario: "Keep away from the Spike Balls!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クッパのピンボールじごく[?] Kuppa no pinbōru jigoku	Bowser's Pinball Hell
Dutch	Bowsers Flipperval[?]	A pun on "Flipperkast", the Dutch word for a Pinball Machine.
German	Bowsers Flipperfarce[?]	Bowser's Pinball Farce
Italian	Flipper malefico[?]	Evil pinball
Portuguese	Pinball Maléfico[?]	Evil Pinball
Spanish	Pinball maléfico[?]	Evil Pinball

Trivia

• This was one of the minigames featured in the E3 2014 demo.