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{{Minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
|image=[[Image:WhackAPlant.png|320px]]
|image=[[File:WhackAPlant.png|260px]]
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party]]''
|type=1-player minigame
|type=1-Player Coin minigame
|info='''Game Rules'''<br>''Jump on the Piranha Plants that come out of the pipes and knock them back down. Get Coins for each one you jump on.''
|track=The Room Underground
|info2='''Advice'''<br>''You can reach the farthest flowers with a long jump. Hold down '''A''' to do a long jump.''
|sample=[[File:MP The Room Underground.oga]]
|controls='''Control Stick:''' Move<br>'''A:''' [[Jump]]
}}
}}
'''Whack-a-Plant''' is a single-player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party]]''. Its name is based on a toy named "[[Wikipedia:Whac-A-Mole|Whack-a-Mole]]".
'''Whack-a-Plant''' is a 1-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party]]''.


==Gameplay==
==Overview==
All the [[player]] has to do is [[jump]] on the [[Piranha Plant]]s to gain [[coin]]s as they pop out from [[Warp Pipe|pipes]]. The number of Piranha Plants increases by one every time that they come out, starting at one plant and increasing to nine, filling all the pipes. One coin is gathered for each Piranha Plant that is stomped.
Based on {{wp|Whac-A-Mole|Whack-a-Mole}}, the minigame features the player [[stomp]]ing the [[Piranha Plant]]s appearing from the [[Warp Pipe|pipes]].<ref>{{cite|timestamp=0:01|author=NintendoMovies|date=March 21, 2016|url=youtu.be/HjxRJUA-7bE?feature=shared&t=1|title=''Mario Party 1'' - Whack-a-Plant|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref> The player earns one [[Coin]] from each stomp. One Piranha Plant pops out at first, added by one more when they next emerge, for up to eight in total. The player can get up to 36 Coins; collecting every Coin causes the "new record/perfect" theme to play. The minigame ends in a "Miss!" if the player does not get any Coins, and they do not lose five afterward, unlike many other 1-Player minigames.
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{{Mario Party 1}}
It costs 200 Coins to buy the minigame at the [[Mini-Game House]].
[[Category:Mario Party Minigames]]
 
[[Category:Minigames]]
==Controls==
* {{button|n64|Stick}} &ndash; Move
* {{button|n64|A}} &ndash; Jump
** {{button|n64|A}} &ndash; Jump farther
 
==In-game text==
* '''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"Jump on the Piranha Plants that come out of the pipes and knock them back down. Get Coins for each one you jump on."''
*'''Game Rules ([[Mini-Game Island]])''' – ''"Jump on the Piranha Plants and knock them down the pipes. {{color|green|Get 25 or more Coins to clear the game.}}"''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"You can reach the farthest flowers with a long jump. Hold down {{button|n64|A}} to do a long jump."''
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=パックンたたき
|JpnR=Pakkun-tataki
|JpnM=Piranha bashing
|Ger=Pflanzenhüpfen
|GerM=Plant Hopping
|Fre=Plantes piranhas
|FreM=Piranha Plants
|Ita=Whack-a-Plant
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|language=it|date=1999|title=''[[Mario Party]]'' European manual|page=141|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
{{MP minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party minigames]]
[[de:Pflanzenhüpfen]]

Latest revision as of 04:08, March 10, 2025

Whack-a-Plant
The mini-game Whack-a-Plant.
Appears in Mario Party
Type 1-Player Coin minigame
Music track The Room Underground
Music sample

Whack-a-Plant is a 1-Player minigame in Mario Party.

Overview[edit]

Based on Whack-a-Mole, the minigame features the player stomping the Piranha Plants appearing from the pipes.[1] The player earns one Coin from each stomp. One Piranha Plant pops out at first, added by one more when they next emerge, for up to eight in total. The player can get up to 36 Coins; collecting every Coin causes the "new record/perfect" theme to play. The minigame ends in a "Miss!" if the player does not get any Coins, and they do not lose five afterward, unlike many other 1-Player minigames.

It costs 200 Coins to buy the minigame at the Mini-Game House.

Controls[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Jump
    • A Button – Jump farther

In-game text[edit]

  • Game Rules"Jump on the Piranha Plants that come out of the pipes and knock them back down. Get Coins for each one you jump on."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)"Jump on the Piranha Plants and knock them down the pipes. Get 25 or more Coins to clear the game."
  • Advice"You can reach the farthest flowers with a long jump. Hold down A Button to do a long jump."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パックンたたき[?]
Pakkun-tataki
Piranha bashing
French Plantes piranhas[?] Piranha Plants
German Pflanzenhüpfen[?] Plant Hopping
Italian Whack-a-Plant[2] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ NintendoMovies (March 21, 2016). Mario Party 1 - Whack-a-Plant (0:01). YouTube. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  2. ^ 1999. Mario Party European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.