Bumper Bubbles

Template:Minigame-infobox Bumper Bubbles is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9 and Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name is a reference to bumper cars.

Introduction

The players swim in their bubbles up to the center from offscreen. They then fall back to the bottom of the screen.

Gameplay

Players float around the screen inside bubbles, trying to collect and keep as many balloons as they can while avoiding Spiked Balls. If players collide with a Spiked Ball, all of their balloons are released, and the players fall off the screen temporarily. Players can bump other players by colliding with them. Five balloons spawn every four seconds until the last five seconds of the game. After 60 seconds, the player with the most balloons wins.

Controls

Mario Party 9

• "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Tilt left or right to move. Hold to rise."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Tilt system left / right: Move left and right
• : Hold to move upward

In-game text

Mario Party 9

• Rules – "Guide your bubble to collect as many balloons as you can. If you hit a Spiked Ball, your bubble will pop and your balloons will scatter!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Tilt the system to move your bubble and collect balloons!"
• On-screen – "Collect lots of balloons!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Chinese	乘著泡泡尋氣球[?] Chéng zhe Pàopao Xún Qìqiú	Ride Bubbles, Find Balloons
Dutch	Bubbels en ballonnen[?]	Bubbles and balloons
German	Ballonjagd[?]	Balloon Hunt
Italian	Ho la bolla fra le nuvole[?]	I have my bubble in the clouds. Pun on "avere la testa fra le nuvole", which is Italian for "to be distracted".
Spanish (NOA)	Las burbujas locas[?]	The Crazy Bubbles
Spanish (NOE)	Lluvia de pinchos[?]	Spike Rain