Bowser's Painball
Template:Minigame-infobox Bowser's Painball is a Bowser Battle minigame appearing in Mario Party 10. "Painball" is a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "pinball."
Gameplay
The players are in a pinball game controlled by Bowser. Bowser has 30 seconds to shoot Spike Balls to harm players. Other elements from a real pinball machine also appear here, with overhead bumpers and a moving wall. The players lose one heart every time they get hit. The game starts with one ball, and after about five seconds, a second ball appears from the left. If one of the balls falls in the center, the same ball will reappear after a few seconds.
The player playing as Bowser can actually shake the Wii U Gamepad to briefly stun the other players. This is never explained in-game, however.
Controls
Team Mario
– Move
Bowser
– Move left flipper
– Move right flipper
In-game text
- Bowser: "Activate the flippers with and . Attack with the Spike Balls!"
- Team Mario: "Keep away from the Spike Balls!"
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クッパのピンボールじごく[?] Kuppa no pinbōru jigoku |
Bowser's Pinball Hell | |
| Dutch | Bowsers Flipperval[?] | A pun on "Flipperkast", the Dutch word for a Pinball Machine. | |
| German | Bowsers Flipperfarce[?] | Bowser's Pinball Farce | |
| Italian | Flipper malefico[?] | Evil pinball | |
| Portuguese | Pinball Maléfico[?] | Evil Pinball | |
| Spanish | Pinball maléfico[?] | Evil Pinball |
Trivia
- This was one of the minigames featured in the E3 2014 demo.
