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{{minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
|image = [[Image:MP5_GroundPoundDown.jpg|260px]]
|image=[[File:Ground Pound Down.png|260px]]
|appeared_in = ''[[Mario Party 5]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 5]]''
|type = 4-player mini-game
|type=4-Player minigame
|info = '''In-Game Instructions'''<br>''Do Ground Pounds to break the blocks and move down. Whoever gets to the water first wins.
|record=41.6 seconds (Decathlon)
|info2 = '''Advice'''<br>''Time it so you do a Ground Pound from the top of your jump to break more soil blocks. <br> But no matter what, you must Ground Pound the rock blocks three times to break them.
|track=Move Happily
|controls = {{button|gcn|Stick}}: Move<br>{{button|gcn|A}}: [[Jump]]<br>{{button|gcn|A}}x2: [[Ground Pound]]
|sample=[[File:MP5 Move Happily.oga]]
|notes =
}}
}}
'''Ground Pound Down''' is a 4-player [[mini-game]] found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''.
'''Ground Pound Down''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''.


The goal of this mini-game is to get to the bottom of the cave or tunnel before the other players. In order to do this, the player will have to, as the name suggest, [[Ground Pound]] his or her way down through rock blocks. Blocks can be either weak and made of soil (broken in a single Ground Pound) or strong, made of rock (broken after three Ground Pounds). If the player presses the A button when he or she is on top of the jump, the intensity of the Ground Pound will increase. A successful, intensive Ground Pound should break two soil blocks at the same time. This has no effect on rocks blocks.
==Overview==
[[File:GroundPoundDownPeachWins.png|thumb|left|[[Princess Peach|Peach]] winning the minigame]]
Players choose from three columns of blocks to [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]] at the start of each area while making their way to the water at the bottom first.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=0:01|url=youtu.be/hewt4e1kUvI?feature=shared&t=1|title=''Mario Party 5'' minigame: Ground Pound Down 60fps|author=arronmunroe|date=July 26, 2015|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> In Mini-Game Decathlon, where it is the first minigame, the player tries to complete the minigame as quickly as possible, earning up to 1,000 points in the process.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=0:29|url=youtu.be/HZKcsNcteMQ?feature=shared&t=29|title=''Mario Party 5'' - Mini-Game Decathlon (Intense) <nowiki>[4K]</nowiki>|author=NSRMario|date=January 19, 2023|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> Regular blocks require one Ground Pound to destroy, more can be broken at once at the peak of the player's jump; this does not work on rock blocks, which always require three hits to destroy. As players go deeper, the rocks darken gradually, though this does not affect gameplay, and the last few are always rock blocks. The first player to make it to the end wins, but if they do not accomplish this on time, it is a draw.


There is a total of three columns of nine blocks each. Each column has a different amount of soil blocks and rock blocks. Players must choose one column to Ground Pound until they arrive on a new area. While Ground Pounding through one column, it is impossible to switch to a different one. The trajectory can be "divided" into three areas, depending on how far the player is from the starting point. The start of a new area can be identified because a column ends and the player is able to choose a new column. It is also identified by the sound bats (possibly, although not likely, [[Fang]]s or [[Swooper]]s) make. The areas are, from start to end:
In the ending, the winning player is launched out of a pipe by a jet of water, waving atop it. In the event of a draw, every player does their loss animation.
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*Area 1: Has bright, orange blocks, most of which are breakable in a single pound. There should be, at most, two strong blocks. These blocks present fossils and stars carved or stuck on them somehow. This does not affect the block's hardness.
==Controls==
*Area 2: Offers a darker orange, as well as a darker background. The blocks present paw drawings on them, as well as different fossils or stones. There should be more strong blocks, but still not a relevant amount of them.
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move
*Area 3: The last area offers the darkest view, as well as more exotic fossils, such as dinosaur fossils. Most of it is made of strong blocks. The last three blocks are all strong blocks. Once the player destroys all blocks in this area, he or she will fall in water and win the mini-game. The ground will shake and the winner will rise from a pipe, impulsed by the water.
* {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Jump
* {{button|gcn|A}} '''→''' {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Ground Pound


The setting is inside a dark cave. When the game begins, the players will appear falling into a pipe and on the middle column. Due to the dark nature of this mini-game, and how most of the screen is filled with blocks, there's not many remarkable background elements to be noted. The designs on the blocks are certainly interesting though. It's also interesting to note that, while the player can only move in 2D (left and right), the cave seems to go on behind, having thousands of blocks of similar nature.
==In-game text==
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Do Ground Pounds to break the blocks and move down. Whoever gets to the water first wins."''
* '''Advice 1''' &ndash; ''"Time it so that you do a Ground Pound from the top of your jump to break more soil blocks."''
* '''Advice 2''' &ndash; "''But no matter what, you must Ground Pound the rock blocks three times to break them."''


== Names in Other Languages ==
==Gallery==
{{Foreignname
<gallery>
Mini-Game Decathlon Mini-Game 1.png|Mini-Game Decathlon icon
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ヒップで{{hover|ＧＯＧＯＧＯ|ゴーゴーゴー}}！
|JpnR=Hippu de Gō Gō Gō!
|JpnM=Go Go Go! Hip, from ヒップドロップ (Hip Drop), the Japanese name for [[Ground Pound]]
|Ger=Stampf-Graben
|Ger=Stampf-Graben
|GerM=Stomp Trench
|GerM=Stomp Trench
|Fre=Casse les Blocs!
|FreM=Break the Blocks!
|Spa=El atasco
|SpaM=The Blockage
|Ita=La trivella
|ItaM=The drill
}}
}}


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==References==
{{Mario Party 5}}
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[[it:La trivella]]

Latest revision as of 17:49, April 26, 2025

Ground Pound Down
Ground Pound Down from Mario Party 5
Appears in Mario Party 5
Type 4-Player minigame
Initial record 41.6 seconds (Decathlon)
Music track Move Happily
Music sample

Ground Pound Down is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 5.

Overview

Peach as the winner of Ground Pound Down in Mario Party 5
Peach winning the minigame

Players choose from three columns of blocks to ground-pound at the start of each area while making their way to the water at the bottom first.[1] In Mini-Game Decathlon, where it is the first minigame, the player tries to complete the minigame as quickly as possible, earning up to 1,000 points in the process.[2] Regular blocks require one Ground Pound to destroy, more can be broken at once at the peak of the player's jump; this does not work on rock blocks, which always require three hits to destroy. As players go deeper, the rocks darken gradually, though this does not affect gameplay, and the last few are always rock blocks. The first player to make it to the end wins, but if they do not accomplish this on time, it is a draw.

In the ending, the winning player is launched out of a pipe by a jet of water, waving atop it. In the event of a draw, every player does their loss animation.

Controls

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Jump
  • A Button → A Button – Ground Pound

In-game text

  • Rules – "Do Ground Pounds to break the blocks and move down. Whoever gets to the water first wins."
  • Advice 1 – "Time it so that you do a Ground Pound from the top of your jump to break more soil blocks."
  • Advice 2 – "But no matter what, you must Ground Pound the rock blocks three times to break them."

Gallery

  • Mini-Game Decathlon icon

    Mini-Game Decathlon icon

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヒップでＧＯＧＯＧＯ！[?]
Hippu de Gō Gō Gō! 		Go Go Go! Hip, from ヒップドロップ (Hip Drop), the Japanese name for Ground Pound
French Casse les Blocs![?] Break the Blocks!
German Stampf-Graben[?] Stomp Trench
Italian La trivella[?] The drill
Spanish El atasco[?] The Blockage

References

  1. ^ arronmunroe (July 26, 2015). Mario Party 5 minigame: Ground Pound Down 60fps (0:01). YouTube.
  2. ^ NSRMario (January 19, 2023). Mario Party 5 - Mini-Game Decathlon (Intense) [4K] (0:29). YouTube.
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