Speeding Bullets
| Speeding Bullets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 9 | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 9 Mario Party: The Top 100 | ||
| Type | Free-for-All minigame | ||
| Initial record | 0:45:00 | ||
| Music track | Freshen Up! | ||
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Speeding Bullets is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9 and Mario Party: The Top 100. The name is likely inspired by the Superman phrase "faster than a speeding bullet." This minigame and Smash Compactor are the only Free-for-All minigames in Mario Party 9 to have unique music.
Introduction
The camera follows the captain driving a Bullet Bill as they pass over a dash zone, then splits to show all players.
Gameplay
Players ride Bullet Bills and try to be the first to reach the finish line. Along the way, they will encounter dash zones, which increase their speed meter by one, and Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes, which decrease their speed to one. In Mario Party: The Top 100, the pipes sticking out from the ground are absent. The faster the player is going, the bigger each movement will be.
The bonus objective for this minigame in Time Attack involves passing over every dash zone. It also appears in Mario Party: The Top 100's Decathlon as the ninth minigame.
Ending
The first and second players to finish cheer, while the third and fourth players are disappointed.
Controls
Mario Party 9
- "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Tilt the Wii Remote left and right to steer your Bullet Bill."
Mario Party: The Top 100
Tilt system left / right: Steer
In-game text
Mario Party 9
- Rules – "Pilot Bullet Bill to the finish line as fast as you can. Pass over dash zones to boost your speed. Hitting obstacles will lower your speed."
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Ride your bullet to the goal, dodging obstacles on the way!"
- On-screen – "Dodge the obstacles in a race for the goal!"
Gallery
Speeding Bullets, in Time Attack
Mario Party: The Top 100
See also
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | かっ飛びキラージェット[?] Kattobi kirājetto |
Speeding Bullet Bill Jet | |
| Chinese | 極速噴射炮彈[?] Jísù pēnshè pàodàn |
Speeding Jet Bullet | |
| Dutch | Kantelkogels[?] | Tilting Bullets | |
| German | Kugelwilli-Rennen[?] | Bullet Bill Racing | |
| Italian | Formula Pallottolo Bill[?] | Formula Bullet Bill | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Bill Bólido[?] | Meteorite Bill | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Las balas embaladas[?] | The Boosting Bullets ("Balas" means "bullets" and "embaladas" is a popular term for "boosted") |
Trivia
- The music that plays during the minigame is an arrangement of the original Ground Theme from Super Mario Bros.
