Bumper Balls

This article is about a minigame. For the obstacles in Yoshi's Story, see Bumper Ball.

Template:Minigame-infobox Bumper Balls is a 4-player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2 and Mario Party: The Top 100.

Gameplay

Mario Party

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

Mario Party 2

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 which can slightly change the player's speed when rolling over them.

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  Level 1

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  Level 2

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  Level 3

On both of these games, 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 both the Mini-Game Island and Mini-Game Coaster, the player must eliminate the 3 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.

Mario Party: The Top 100

Bumper Balls is one of the 100 minigames included in the minigame compilation game, Mario Party: The Top 100. Like the first level in Mario Party 2, it takes place on a platform surrounded by lava.

The balls have more power than in Mario Party and Mario Party 2, and the platform is smaller, significantly shortening the mini-game's average length.

Controls

Mario Party / Mario Party 2

• – Move

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "Ride your ball and try to bump the others into the sea. Use to roll around on your ball."
• 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 to roll your ball and bounce your opponent 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!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Dutch	Botsbal[?]	Bumper Ball
German	Kugelchaos[?]	Ball Chaos
Italian	Rotoloni[?]	Big Rolls
Spanish	Pelotas de Choque[?]	Collision Balls

Trivia

• In Mini-Game Coaster, the version of this mini-game depends on the difficulty played: On Easy difficulty, the lava version is used. On Normal difficulty, the ice version is used. On Hard difficulty, the ocean version is used.
• In the ice version, the Fly Guy encased in the ice is a cleverly disguised pre-rendered sprite, rather than a 3D model.