Bounce 'n' Trounce

This article is about the minigame from Mario Party 3. For the minigame in Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros., see Bounce and Trounce.

Not to be confused with Trounce 'n' Bounce.

Bounce 'n' Trounce
Mario Party 3 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars
Appears in	Mario Party 3 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars
Type	4-Player minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music track	Nice and Easy / Let's Tread Lightly... (remakes)
Music sample Mario Party 3: Mario Party: The Top 100: Mario Party Superstars:

Bounce 'n' Trounce is a 4-Player minigame found in Mario Party 3, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars.

Introduction

During the introduction, the characters are shown spinning on pogo stick-esque balls, using their spin attack on each other and getting sent into the four corners. The balls are color-coded between their respective characters (Mario uses a red ball, Luigi blue, Yoshi green, Peach pink, etc.) in Mario Party 3, but in later games, they have fixed colors based on player number, with player 1 using a red ball, player 2 using a blue ball, player 3 using a green ball, and player 4 using a ball that is orange in Mario Party: The Top 100 and yellow in Mario Party Superstars.

Gameplay

The minigame takes place on a midair 3×3 playing field over a pit in a circus tent. The purple starry background has trees and floating stars in Mario Party 3 and The Top 100 and curtains with starry patterns and glowing lights in Superstars. Players on bouncing balls have to knock other players off the platforms by jumping and spin-attacking. Later in the minigame, the square-boxed platforms fall off one by one. The last player standing wins. In Mario Party 3, if multiple players survive after time runs out, the minigame ends in a draw.

Ending

Players who survived will be shown celebrating. Losers (since they have fallen into the abyss below the arena) do not appear. If everyone falls fell off in Mario Party Superstars, the last player to fall off will be declared the winner.

Controls

Mario Party 3

• – Move
• – Jump
• → – Attack

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move
• : Jump
• in the air: Spin attack

Mario Party Superstars

• – Move
• – Big jump
• (During big jump) – Spin attack

In-game text

Mario Party 3

• Rules – "Get on a bouncing ball, then knock your rivals off the playing field."
• Advice – "As time passes, the playing field drops away one block at a time. Be careful not to drop away, too."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Ride on the bouncing ball and slam into your rivals to knock them off!"
• On-screen – "Bounce and slam into your rivals to knock them off!"

Mario Party Superstars

• "Knock your rivals off the playing field. Do a spin attack to push them farther away!"

Gallery

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  Mario's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Luigi's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Princess Peach's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Princess Daisy's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Yoshi's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Wario's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Donkey Kong's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Waluigi's ball (Mario Party 3)

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  Background in Mario Party 3

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  The ending to Bounce 'n' Trounce in Mario Party 3

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ぴょんぴょんバトル[?] Pyonpyon batoru	Boing-ing Battle
Chinese (simplified)	弹跳球对战[?] Tántiào qiú duìzhàn	Bouncing Ball Battle
Chinese (traditional)	彈跳球對戰[?] Tántiào qiú duìzhàn	Bouncing Ball Battle
Dutch	Skippybotsen[?]	Skippy Bumping
French	Boïng et boïng Boing et Boing[?]	Boing and Boing	Mario Party 3
German	Fall-Ball[?]	Falling Ball
Italian	Balza e sbalza[?]	Jump and throw
Korean	바운스 배틀[?] Baunseu Baeteul	Bounce Battle
Portuguese	Salta e Ataca[?]	Jump and Attack
Russian	Скачи-толкай[?] Skachi-tolkai	Jump-push
Spanish	Rebota y Aplasta[?]	Bounce and Trounce

Trivia

• In Mario Party Superstars, it is possible for the player to fall off the stage near the edge after their ball disappears during the winning sequence.