Swing Kings

Swing Kings
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Type	4-Player minigame Duel minigame
Initial record	10
Music track	Challenge!
Music sample

Swing Kings is a 4-Player and Duel minigame in Mario Party 8, and it is one of ten minigames featured in Test for the Best. One minigame in Mario Party 7 is extremely similar, being playable only on Neon Heights. Another minigame from Mario Party 5, called Dinger Derby, is also similar, though 30 balls are pitched.

Swing Kings is one of the minigames from Mario Party 8 ported to the Japan-only arcade game Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher. Here, it is a Bonus Chance Game.

Introduction

The introduction to Swing Kings

The camera is zoomed in on the first player, who is standing on home plate with a Shy Guy beside a basket of baseballs. The screen then splits into multiple screens, one for each player, and the minigame begins.

Gameplay

A Shy Guy throws a baseball at the character, and the player has to swing and hit the ball. Occasionally, the Shy Guy throws a ball higher or lower than normal. The Shy Guys throw 20 balls at each player; after all the balls have been tossed, the minigame ends. The player(s) who hit(s) the most baseballs win(s) the minigame. In the 4-Player variant, it is possible for there not to be a loser. If no one gets any points or if both players tie in the Duel variant, a tie occurs. If both players break the current record with the same score in the Duel variant, it counts as a new record even though neither player won. This also applies to Saucer Swarm.

Ending

Toadette wins while Wario collects the baseballs.

Victorious characters perform their winning poses on a baseball field, while in the background the losing players run around the field, collecting the baseballs and tossing them into a bucket. If the results screen remains in Party Mode, the losers eventually finish picking up all the balls and just stand in their idle animation.

Test for the Best

In Test for the Best, the player is alone and must hit as many of the balls as possible in 20 pitches, with the player earning 50 points for their score for each ball hit. The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows:

Grade	Points earned	Score required in minigame	Title
A+	1,000	20 hits	Home Run King
A	900	18 hits	Savage Slugger
B	800	16 hits	Strong Slugger
C	700	14 hits	So-So Slugger
D	600	12 hits	Fly Swatter
F	0	N/A	Bat Butterfingers

Controls

• Wii Remote: Swing bat
• Buttons: None

In-game text

• Rules – "Hit baseballs into the outfield. You'll get 20 pitches."
• Hint – "Don't put too much swing into it, or you won't be ready for the next pitch."

Gallery

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  Goomba cheering

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  Koopa Troopa cheering

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  Baseball

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  Flag

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ホームランダービー[?] Hōmuran Dābī	Homerun Derby
French	Accro-Batte[?]	Addict-Bat (pun on acrobate, "acrobat")
German	Baseball-Ballerei[?]	Baseball Shoot
Italian	In Battuta[?]	For a Hit
Korean	홈런더비[?] Homreon Deobi	Homerun Derby
Spanish	Vaivén[?]	Sway/Seesaw