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|image=[[File:Pool Buoy.png|250px]]
|appeared_in=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|type=General minigame
|type=General minigame
|time=Aproximately 40 seconds
|time=Aproximately 40 seconds
|track=Pleasantly Moving Along
|sample=[[File:MPIT Pleasantly Moving Along.wav]]
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'''Pool Buoy''' ('''Beach Ball Bedlam''' for Europe and Australia) is one of the General [[minigame]]s from ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. This minigame's name is a pun on the term, "pool boy".
'''Pool Buoy''' (known as '''Beach Ball Bedlam''' in British English) is one of the General [[minigame]]s from ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. The American English name is derived from "pool boy" and "{{wp|pull buoy}}", a float used to aid in swimming.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The players are inside water balls on a swimming pool. They can move by sliding the stylus on the ball on the bottom screen. A [[Lakitu]] keeps roaming above them throwing flag buoys for them to collect. Red buoys are worth one point, while golden buoys are worth three. The player with the most points wins the game.
The players are inside beach balls in a circular swimming pool. They can move by sliding the {{button|3ds|Stylus}} on the ball on the bottom screen. A [[Lakitu]] keeps roaming above them throwing flag buoys for them to collect. Red buoys are worth one point, while golden buoys are worth three. The player with the most points wins the game.


==Controls==
==Controls==
===American English===
*{{button|3ds|Stylus}} – Roll the ball to move
*{{button|3ds|Stylus}} – Roll the ball to move
===British English===
*{{button|3ds|Stylus}} – Slide the ball to move.


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
*'''Rules''' – ''"Race around the pool, and collect as many flag buoys as possible."''
*'''Rules''' – '''American English''' ''"Race around the pool, and collect as many flag buoys as possible."''
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*'''Rules''' – '''British English''' ''"Collect the flags Lakitu throws."''
{{MP:IT Minigames}}
 
[[Category:General Minigames]]
==See also==
[[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour Minigames]]
*[[Bumper Bugs]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=プールでフラッグあつめ
|JapR=Pūru de furaggu atsume
|JapM=Collect Flags at the Pool
|Dut=Lakitu's Ballenbad
|DutM=Lakitu's Ball Bath
|FreE=Drapeaux sur l'eau
|FreEM=Flags on water (Pun with "Bateaux sur l'eau")
|FreA=Droit sur les drapeaux
|FreAM=Straight to the Flags. (Probably from the expression "Straight to the Point")
|Ger=Schwimmbad-Rolleo
|GerM=Swimming Pool [[wiktionary:Rolleo|Rolleo]]
|Ita=All'ultima boa
|ItaM=To the last buoy
|Por=Bolas Flutuantes
|PorM=Floating Balls
|Rus=Буря в бассейне
|RusR=Burya v bacceyne
|RusM=Storm at the pool. "Буря" is a pun on "буй" (buoy).
|RusC=<ref>Extracted from mg_inst.msbt, nested in languages/EU_Russian.zdat</ref>
|Spa=¡Balones al agua!
|SpaM=Balls in the Water!
}}
 
==References==
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{{MPIT minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour minigames]]
[[it:All'ultima boa]]

Latest revision as of 18:09, November 16, 2024

Not to be confused with Pool Boy.
Pool Buoy
Pool Buoy from Mario Party: Island Tour
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Time limit Aproximately 40 seconds
Music track Pleasantly Moving Along
Music sample

Pool Buoy (known as Beach Ball Bedlam in British English) is one of the General minigames from Mario Party: Island Tour. The American English name is derived from "pool boy" and "pull buoy", a float used to aid in swimming.

Gameplay[edit]

The players are inside beach balls in a circular swimming pool. They can move by sliding the Stylus on the ball on the bottom screen. A Lakitu keeps roaming above them throwing flag buoys for them to collect. Red buoys are worth one point, while golden buoys are worth three. The player with the most points wins the game.

Controls[edit]

American English[edit]

  • Stylus – Roll the ball to move

British English[edit]

  • Stylus – Slide the ball to move.

In-game text[edit]

  • RulesAmerican English "Race around the pool, and collect as many flag buoys as possible."
  • RulesBritish English "Collect the flags Lakitu throws."

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese プールでフラッグあつめ[?]
Pūru de furaggu atsume
Collect Flags at the Pool
Dutch Lakitu's Ballenbad[?] Lakitu's Ball Bath
French (NOA) Droit sur les drapeaux[?] Straight to the Flags. (Probably from the expression "Straight to the Point")
French (NOE) Drapeaux sur l'eau[?] Flags on water (Pun with "Bateaux sur l'eau")
German Schwimmbad-Rolleo[?] Swimming Pool Rolleo
Italian All'ultima boa[?] To the last buoy
Portuguese Bolas Flutuantes[?] Floating Balls
Russian Буря в бассейне[1]
Burya v bacceyne
Storm at the pool. "Буря" is a pun on "буй" (buoy).
Spanish ¡Balones al agua![?] Balls in the Water!

References[edit]

  1. ^ Extracted from mg_inst.msbt, nested in languages/EU_Russian.zdat