Bumper Balls

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This article is about a minigame. For the obstacles in Yoshi's Story, see Bumper Ball.
Not to be confused with Bumper Brawl or Bumper Balloons.
Bumper Balls
Bumper Balls
Mario Party
Bumper Balls.png
Mario Party 2
Bumper Balls from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party: The Top 100
Bumper Balls from Mario Party Superstars
Mario Party Superstars
Bumper Balls in Super Mario Party Jamboree
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Appears in Mario Party
Mario Party 2
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Type 4-Player minigame
Showdown minigame (Super Mario Party Jamboree)
Time limit 60 seconds
Music track Ducking and Dodging (Mario Party)
Couldn't Be Better (Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Superstars)
Hurry Up! (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Music sample
Mario Party:

Mario Party 2:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:

Bumper Balls is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, and a Showdown minigame in Super Mario Party Jamboree. Its name and gameplay are based on bumper cars.

Gameplay

The objective of the minigame is to bump other players off a platform by utilizing personalized balls.

In Mario Party, the minigame takes place on a plain grassy island in the middle of the ocean.

In Mario Party 2, there are three levels for the players to compete in, and they each have different challenges.

  • The first level takes place on a platform surrounded by lava. It is a basic level.
  • The second level takes place on an icy mountain. In the middle is a Fly Guy frozen in ice. It can be very slippery on the mountain, so players must take care not to slide off.
  • The third level is on a floating isle in the ocean. Characters bumped off are carried away by Bloopers. The isle contains rocks and bumps that can slightly change the player's speed when they roll over them.

In both Mario Party and Mario Party 2, the last player standing wins. If one minute passes with two or more players remaining, or if the remaining players get eliminated, the minigame is a tie. On Mini-Game Island and in the Mini-Game Coaster, the player must eliminate the three CPU players within one minute to win. If time runs out before the task is completed or if the player is eliminated at any time, it is a miss.

In the Mini-Game Coaster, the version of this minigame depends on the difficulty played: On Easy difficulty, the lava course is used. On Normal difficulty, the ice course is used. On Hard difficulty, the ocean course is used.

In Mario Party: The Top 100, the lava course from the Mario Party 2 version of Bumper Balls is used. The balls have more power than in Mario Party and Mario Party 2, and the platform is smaller, significantly shortening the minigame's average length.

In Mario Party Superstars, all three levels from Mario Party 2 return. Additionally, the balls revert to their power from Mario Party and Mario Party 2.

Controls

Mario Party / Mario Party 2

  • Control Stick – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

  • Circle Pad: Move

Mario Party Superstars / Super Mario Party Jamboree

  • Control Stick – Move

In-game text

Mario Party

  • Game Rules – "Ride your ball and try to bump the others into the sea. Use Control Stick to roll around on your ball."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Ride on your ball and bump the others into the ocean. Clear the game by being the last one alive."
  • Advice – "Don't just push all the time. If you retreat, too, the other person's momentum may carry them into the ocean."

Mario Party 2

  • Game Rules – "It's an all-out Bumper Ball bash! Use your Control Stick to roll your ball and bounce your opponents away!"
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Roll your ball about and try to bump your rivals off the edge. Be the last one standing to clear the game."
  • Advice
    • Lava Course: "The faster you're going when you bump an opponent, the farther your opponent is bumped by you!"
    • Ice Course: "The icy center is very slippery! If you bump or get bumped, it'll be hard to stop!"
    • Ocean Course: "Take your best shot when your opponent is stuck on the rocky bumps!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

  • Description and on-screen – "Ride on the ball and slam into your rivals to knock them off!"

Mario Party Superstars

  • "Bump your rivals off the edge."

Gallery

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese のっかれボール[?]
Nokkare Bōru 		Get on the Ball
Chinese (simplified) 在球上站稳了[?]
zàiqiúshàng zhànwěnle 		Get on the Ball
Chinese (traditional) 在球上站穩了[?]
zàiqiúshàng zhànwěnle 		Get on the Ball
Dutch Botsbal[?] Bumper Ball
French (NOA) Balles tamponneuses[?] Bumper balls
French (NOE) Balles-tampons[?] Bumper Balls Mario Party
Pousse-Ballon[?] - Mario Party 2, The Top 100, and Superstars
German Kugelchaos[?] Ball Chaos
Italian Bumper Balls[1] - Mario Party
Rotoloni[?] Big Rolls
Korean 공 위의 곡예사[?]
Gong Wi-ui Gogyesa 		Acrobat on the Ball
Portuguese Bate-Bola[?] Ball Bumping, also a term for an informal soccer match
Russian Мячи-толкачи[?]
Myachi-tolkachi 		Pushing Balls
Spanish (NOA) Pelotas choconas[?] Bumper Balls
Spanish (NOE) Pelotas de Choque[?] Bumper Balls

Trivia

  • In the ice version, the Fly Guy encased in the ice is a pre-rendered sprite rather than a 3D model.[2] This Fly Guy is no longer present in Mario Party Superstars.

References

  1. ^ 1999. Mario Party instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
  2. ^ January 29, 2017. In the Bumper Balls minigame in Mario Party 2, a Fly Guy is encased in ice on top of a mountain. The Fly Guy is not actually a model, but a 2D sprite. Below is the sprite extracted from the game’s files.. Supper Mario Broth (English). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
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Minigames from Mario Party
4-Player minigames Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers
1-vs-3 minigames Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War
2-vs-2 minigames Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc
1-Player minigames Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant
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Minigames from Mario Party 2
4-Player minigames Abandon Ship • Bombs Away • Bumper Balls • Deep Sea Salvage • Dizzy Dancing • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Hot Rope Jump • Lava Tile Isle • Mecha-Marathon • Platform Peril • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Tile Driver • Tipsy Tourney • Toad in the Box • Totem Pole Pound
1-vs-3 minigames Archer-ival • Bob-omb Barrage • Bowl Over • Crane Game • Filet Relay • Lights Out • Look Away • Move to the Music • Quicksand Cache • Rainbow Run • Shock, Drop or Roll
2-vs-2 minigames Balloon Burst • Bobsled Run • Cake Factory • Destruction Duet • Dungeon Dash • Handcar Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Magnet Carta • Sky Pilots • Speed Hockey • Toad Bandstand • Torpedo Targets
Battle minigames Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Crazy Cutters • Day at the Races • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hot Bob-omb • Rakin' 'em In
Item minigames Bowser Slots • Coffin Congestion • Give Me a Brake! • Hammer Slammer • Mallet-Go-Round • Roll Out the Barrels
Duel minigames Mushroom Brew • Psychic Safari • Quick Draw Corks • Rock, Paper, Mario • Saber Swipes • Time Bomb
Special minigame Driver's Ed
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Minigames from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Bombs Away • Desert Dash • Face Lift • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Handcar Havoc • Hexagon Heat • Honeycomb Havoc • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon • Roll Call • Shell Shocked • Slot Car Derby • Speed Hockey
Mario Party 3 Bounce 'n' Trounce • Chip Shot Challenge • Eatsa Pizza • Ice Rink Risk • Mush Pit • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers • The Beat Goes On • Three Door Monty • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Blame It on the Crane • Booksquirm • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Hide and Go BOOM! • Kareening Koopas • Mario Speedwagons • Order Up • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • The Final Battle! • The Great Deflate • Three Throw • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Button Mashers • Cage-in Cookin' • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Manic Mallets • Night Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Shy Guy Showdown • Squared Away • Triple Jump • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Catch You Letter • Crate and Peril • Dizzy Rotisserie • Rocky Road • Slot Trot • Snow Whirled • Strawberry Shortfuse • Trap Ease Artist
Mario Party 7 Balloon Busters • Dart Attack • Deck Hands • Jump, Man • Monty's Revenge • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Pokey Pummel • Sphere Factor • Stick and Spin • The Final Countdown • Track & Yield • Vine Country
Mario Party 8 Aim of the Game • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank
Mario Party 9 Bumper Bubbles • Don't Look • Goomba Bowling • Logger Heads • Jigsaw Jumble • Magma Mayhem • Peak Precision • Pier Pressure • Speeding Bullets • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Badminton Bash • Flash Forward • Jewel Drop • Soar to Score
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Minigames from Mario Party Superstars
Mario Party Bobsled Run • Bombs Away • Cast Aways • Crazy Cutters • Face-Lift • Hammer Drop • Handcar Havoc • Mushroom Mix-Up • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tipsy Tourney • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Archer-ival • Balloon Burst • Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Dungeon Dash • Hammer Slammera • Hot Rope Jump • Honeycomb Havoc • Look Away • Mecha Marathon • Quicksand Cache • Roll Call • Roll Out the Barrelsa • Sky Pilots • Slot-Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Speed Hockey • Tread Carefully
Mario Party 3 Bobbing Bow-loonsa • Boulder Ball • Bounce 'n' Trounce • Cheep Cheep Chase • Chip-Shot Challenge • Coconut Conk • Eatsa Pizza • Etch 'n' Catch • Hide-and-Sneak • Ice-Rink Risk • Mario's Puzzle Party • Messy Memory • Motor Rooter • Mush Pit • Parasol Plummet • Picking Panic • Puddle Paddle • River Raiders • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Spotlight Swim • Storm Chasers • Swinging with Sharksa • Ticktock Hop • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me • Winner's Wheela
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Booksquirm • Dungeon Duos • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Money Belts • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Bill Blasters • Coney Island • Dinger Derby • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Night-Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Squared Away • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Burnstile • Cashapult • Catch You Letter • Dark 'n' Crispy • Mass Meteor • Pit Boss • Rocky Road • Snow Whirled • Trap Ease Artist • What Goes Up... • X-Ray Payday
Mario Party 7 Monty's Revenge • Pokey Pummel • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Stick and Spin • Spin Doctor • The Final Countdown
Mario Party 8 Paint Misbehavin' • Winner or Dinner
Mario Party 9 Goomba Spotting • Manor of Escape • Shell Soccer • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Flash Forward • Rapid River Race • Skewer Scurry
a Item minigame, unnamed
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Minigames from Super Mario Party Jamboree
4-Player minigames Big-Top Quiz • Camera-Ready • Cold Front • Domination • Gate Key-pers • Granite Getaway • Hammer It Home • Hot Cross Blocks • Hot-Hot Hop • Light-Wave Battle • Lumber Tumble • Night Lights • Pickax Dash • Platform Peril • Rinks to Riches • Sandwiched • Scare-ousel • Shuttle Scuttle • Sled to the Edge • Snag the Flags • Stamp Out! • Three Throw • Thwomp the Difference • Tilt-a-Golf • Tiny Triathlon • Treasure Divers • Trample-line • Treetop Treasure • Twist and Sort
1-vs.-3 minigames Arch Rivals • Blame It on the Crane • Broozer Bash • Cage Catch • Cookie Cutters • Income Stream • Lost and Pound • On-Again, Off-Again • Snow Brawl • Squeaky Shakedown • Sunset Standoff • Unfriendly Flying Object
2-vs.-2 minigames Coin Corral • Defuse or Lose • Dorrie Pedal-Paddle • Jump the Gun • Match Makers • Pickin' Produce • Prime Cut • Robo Arm Wrestle • Rocky Rope Race • Shadow Play • Tricky Turntable • Two-Axis Taxi
Duel minigames All the Marbles • Fast Fishing • Fuzzy Heights • Slappy-Go-Round • Stone-Eye Bowling
Item minigames A Stone's Throw • Flip 'n Find • Prize Drop • Prize Line • Roll with It
Showdown minigames Mario's Three-peat (Leaf Leap • Bumper Balls • Shy Guy Says) • Luigi Rescue Operation • Peach's Day Off • Daisy's Field Day • Wario's Buzzer Beater • Waluigi's Pinball Arcade • Yoshi's Mountain Race • Rosalina's Radical Race • DK's Konga Line • Jr.'s Jauntlet
Kaboom-Squad minigames Ball Volley • Ballistic Bingo • Bath Bob-ombs • Chomp Wash • Juiceworks • Look This Way • Match! That! Item! • Puzzle Pandemonium • Ski-daddle • Trading Cards
Boss minigames Boss Sumo Bro Blitzers • Bowser Crashers • Dragoneel Slayers • Mega Rocky Wrench Wreckers • Mega Stingby Stompers
Koopathlon minigames Brick Breaker • Coin Conveyor • Down the Hatch • Gold 'n Brown • Lane Change • Noggin Knock • Sky-High Cannons • Spike's Gambit • Which Door Has More?
Survivathon minigames Burning Bridges • Castle Hassle • Fire Away • Sleight of Shell • The Floor Is Falling
Rhythm minigames Burger Builders • Copycat Curry • En Barb! • Footlong Frenzy • On the Beet • Parfait the Course • Short Stack Chef • Soup Troupe • Spread 'n Butter • Whisk Cream
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