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{{minigame-infobox
{{minigame infobox
| image = [[File:Ground Pound Down.png|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
| song = Move Happily
|record=41.6 seconds (Decathlon)
|track=Move Happily
|sample=[[File:MP5 Move Happily.oga]]
}}
}}
'''Ground Pound Down''' is a 4-player [[minigame]] found in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''.
'''Ground Pound Down''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''.


==Introduction==
==Overview==
The player falls from the sky into a Warp Pipe and onto the first block of soil. The screen then splits into four sections.
[[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 they can, 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.
==Gameplay==
The goal of this minigame is to get to the bottom of the cave or tunnel before the other players. In order to do this, the player must, as the name suggests, [[Ground Pound]] his or her way down through rock blocks. Soil blocks require one Ground Pound to break, and rock blocks require three. If the player presses the {{button|gcn|A}} button when he or she is on top of the jump, the player can break through more soil blocks with his or her ground pound. This has no effect on rocks blocks.
 
There are three sections of blocks, each section having 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 at the next section. 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 three sections are, from start to end:
* 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.
* 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 rock blocks, but still not a relevant amount of them.
* 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 rock blocks. Although depending on the path taken, there can be two rock blocks at the end.
 
The player who first reaches the pool of water at the bottom of the cavern wins the minigame.
 
==Ending==
The ground rumbles, and the water gushes upward, sending the winner out of the pipe and into the middle of a desert. The winner then cheers as he or she is floating on the geyser created by the gushing water.


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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==Controls==
==Controls==
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move
* {{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move
* {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; [[Jump]]
* {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Jump
* {{button|gcn|A}} '''+''' {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; [[Ground Pound]]
* {{button|gcn|A}} '''''' {{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Ground Pound


==In-Game Text==
==In-game text==
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Do Ground Pounds to break the blocks and move down. Whoever gets to the water first wins."''
* '''Rules''' &ndash; ''"Do Ground Pounds to break the blocks and move down. Whoever gets to the water first wins."''
* '''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Time it so you do a Ground Pound from the top of your jump to break more soil blocks. But no matter what, you must Ground Pound the rock blocks three times to break them."''
* '''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."''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mini-Game Decathlon Mini-Game 1.png|Mini-Game Decathlon icon
</gallery>


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{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
}}
}}
{{BoxTop}}
 
{{MP5 Minigames}}
==References==
[[Category:4-player Minigames]]
<references/>
[[Category:Mario Party 5 Minigames]]
 
{{MP5 minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 5 minigames]]
[[de:Stampf-Graben]]
[[it:La trivella]]

Latest revision as of 09:17, March 13, 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[edit]

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 they can, 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[edit]

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

In-game text[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

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[edit]

  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.