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'''Ground Pound''' is a 1-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party]]''.


[[Image:MP1_GroundPound.jpg|right|thumb|Watch the flat and pointy ones carefully before the mini-game starts.]]
==Overview==
The player observes the [[stump|pegs]] before the [[butterfly|butterflies]] cover the top of them,<ref>{{cite|date=March 21, 2016|author=NintendoMovies|url=youtu.be/frAIvxgAnV0?feature=shared&t=1|title=''Mario Party 1'' - Ground Pound|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref> but some are not covered completely. In gameplay, the player tries to [[Ground Pound|hip-drop]] every peg with a flat top, but if they do so on one with a pointed top, it stuns them briefly.


'''Ground Pound''' is a 1-player mini-game found in ''[[Mario Party]]''. Before the game starts, the player has to look carefully not to ground-pound any pointy ones; and then the butterflies appear hiding flat and pointy ones. All the player has to do is to ground pound the flat ones, if the player cleared off all the flat ones, the player wins 10 [[coins]].
The minigame costs 50 [[Coin]]s to buy at the [[Mini-Game House]].


[[Category: Mini-games]]
==Controls==
*{{button|n64|Stick}} &ndash; Move 
*{{button|n64|A}} &ndash; [[Jump]]
*{{button|n64|A}} '''+''' {{button|n64|Z}} &ndash; Hip Drop
 
==In-game text==
*'''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"Hip Drop onto the flat-topped posts. Try to remember which are flat and which are pointy before the butterflies land."''
*'''Game Rules ([[Mini-Game Island]])''' &ndash; ''"Pound the flat-topped posts with Hip Drops. {{color|green|Clear the game by pounding all the flat-topped posts.}}"''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Watch carefully. Look beneath the butterflies, and you'll see parts of the posts."''
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ひっこめヒップドロップ
|JpnR=Hikkome hippudoroppu
|JpnM=Hip-drop Retracting
|Ger=Boden-Rammen
|GerM=Ground-Ramming
|Fre=Pilonna-jeu
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|language=fr|author=Tiplouf15|date=December 20, 2011|url=youtube.com/watch?v=INHbXYxNDtY&list=PL5F83213586036A8F&index=4|title=''Mario Party 1'' français Episode 2 Jeux Solo et poursuite|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
|FreM=Pounded game (also a pun on ''papillon'' ("butterfly")
|Ita=Ground Pound
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=1999|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''[[Mario Party]]'' European manual|page=141}}</ref>
}}
 
==Notes==
*The minigame descriptions in ''Mario Party'' and ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' use the phrase "Hip Drop" despite the minigame title, whereas the move would not be called "Ground Pound" until ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' onward.
*When the minigame is played by a CPU character of any difficulty, they always hip-drop an incorrect peg for every correct one.{{ref needed}}
 
==References==
<references/>
{{MP minigames}}
[[Category:Mario Party minigames]]
[[de:Boden-Rammen]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, March 4, 2025

Ground Pound
The minigame Ground Pound.
Appears in Mario Party
Type 1-Player minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Can It be Done?
Music sample

Ground Pound is a 1-Player minigame in Mario Party.

Overview[edit]

The player observes the pegs before the butterflies cover the top of them,[1] but some are not covered completely. In gameplay, the player tries to hip-drop every peg with a flat top, but if they do so on one with a pointed top, it stuns them briefly.

The minigame costs 50 Coins to buy at the Mini-Game House.

Controls[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A ButtonJump
  • A Button + Z Button – Hip Drop

In-game text[edit]

  • Game Rules"Hip Drop onto the flat-topped posts. Try to remember which are flat and which are pointy before the butterflies land."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)"Pound the flat-topped posts with Hip Drops. Clear the game by pounding all the flat-topped posts."
  • Advice"Watch carefully. Look beneath the butterflies, and you'll see parts of the posts."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ひっこめヒップドロップ[?]
Hikkome hippudoroppu
Hip-drop Retracting
French Pilonna-jeu[2] Pounded game (also a pun on papillon ("butterfly")
German Boden-Rammen[?] Ground-Ramming
Italian Ground Pound[3] -

Notes[edit]

  • The minigame descriptions in Mario Party and Mario Party 2 use the phrase "Hip Drop" despite the minigame title, whereas the move would not be called "Ground Pound" until Mario Party 3 onward.
  • When the minigame is played by a CPU character of any difficulty, they always hip-drop an incorrect peg for every correct one.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ NintendoMovies (March 21, 2016). Mario Party 1 - Ground Pound. YouTube. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  2. ^ Tiplouf15 (December 20, 2011). Mario Party 1 français Episode 2 Jeux Solo et poursuite. YouTube (French). Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  3. ^ 1999. Mario Party European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.