Ring Leader

Template:Minigame-infobox Ring Leader is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9. Its name comes from "ringleader," which is a term for a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority.

Introduction

Mario and friends riding on the Dolphins

The camera does a close-up shot of the players as they jump, and then again: The first player jumps first, the second player jumps while the fourth player jumps, the third player dives, and the fourth player dives and does a high jump while the second player jumps as they approach the starting line.

Gameplay

Players try to earn points by jumping their Dolphins through hoops. Red hoops can be reached with a simple thrust of the Wii Remote, but gold hoops require the players to dive (by holding ) so that they can do a higher jump. Occasionally, there will be several consecutive hoops, which require good timing to get through all of them. The player with the highest score at the end of the course wins. A perfect score is 40 points.

This minigame also appears in Perspective Mode, where the camera is positioned behind the player and zoomed in.

Ending

After crossing the goal, the Dolphins jump randomly.

In-game text

• Rules – "Jump your Dolphin through the floating rings. Red rings are worth one point, and the higher gold rings are worth three points."
• Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote vertically. Swing the Wii Remote upward to make your Dolphin jump. Hold to dive, and then swing the Wii Remote upward to perform a high jump."

Gallery

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  Perspective Mode version

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	リフトンライド[?] Rifutonraido	Lift 'N Ride
Chinese	便車海豚騎乘賽[?] Biàn chē hǎitún qí chéng sài	Dolphin-Hitchhiking Race
German	Ringelrein[?]	Ring Clear
Italian	Delfì acrobatici[?]	Acrobatic Dolphins
Spanish	La carrera delfinitiva[?]	The 'Dolphinitive' Race; delfinitiva is a pun on delfin (dolphin) and definitiva (definitive).