Bowser's Big Blast
- Not to be confused with Bowser's Bigger Blast.
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| Appears in | Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | Battle minigame (Mario Party 2) Free-for-All minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars) | ||
| Time limit | 10 seconds per turn | ||
| Music track | That's All of It | ||
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Bowser's Big Blast is a luck-based Battle minigame in Mario Party 2 (where it is stylized as BOWSER's Big Blast) and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars.
Introduction
A massive Bowser bomb is screwed into place by a mechanical arm, and the camera zooms out. The four characters enter the room it is in and get in line (with the exception of the first player up to press a switch) while the switches appear. The minigame then begins.
Gameplay
The players take turns pressing down the switches connected to the Bowser bomb. There are five switches in different colors: red, pink, yellow, green, and white. After a player presses a switch, the minigame decides whether they are safe or not. If steam comes out of the bomb's "nostrils," the player is safe and moves to the end of the line. However, if the wrong switch is pressed, the bomb's eyes count down from three, eliminating the player when it explodes. If everyone presses down a switch that does not set off the bomb, a new set of switches appears. Each time a player is eliminated, the number of switches decreases by one until there are only three left. The minigame continues until there is only one player left, and that player is declared the winner.
In Mario Party: The Top 100, the explosion of the bomb is more detailed. The characters also breathe a sigh of relief if the bomb does not explode or take cover if it does.
In Mario Party Superstars, along with the animations added in The Top 100's variant being present here as well, the characters vocalize whenever they press a switch, and they hold their breath after they choose a switch. Additionally, if a character chooses a wrong switch, they panic before the bomb explodes. The bomb also takes a slightly longer time to explode like in Bowser's Bigger Blast from Mario Party 4, and it emits electricity and turns bright white when it explodes.
Controls
Mario Party 2
– Move
– Press plunger
Mario Party: The Top 100
: Move
: Hit switch
Mario Party Superstars
(Left and Right) – Select Switch
– Hit Switch
In-game text
Mario Party 2
- Game Rules – "Take turns pressing the plungers. If Bowser blows up on you, you're out. Last one standing wins!"
- Advice – "Just because a plunger detonated Bowser once, doesn't mean it will again... Or does it? Give it a try!"
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Guess which switch won't detonate the bomb! The last one standing wins!"
- On-screen – "Hit a switch that won't explode!"
Mario Party Superstars
- "Take turns pressing the switches. If Bowser blows up on you, you're out."
Gallery
The ending to Bowser's Big Blast in Mario Party 2
See also
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | クッパだいばくはつ[?] Kuppa Dai Bakuhatsu |
Bowser Big Explosion | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 酷霸王大爆炸[?] kùbàwáng dàbàozhà |
Bowser's Big Explode | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 庫巴大爆炸[?] Kù bā dà bàozhà |
Bowser's Big Explode | |
| Dutch | Bowsers korte lontje[?] | Bowser's short fuse | |
| French | Furie de Bowser Furie de BOWSER[?] |
BOWSER's fury | |
| German | Bumm Bumm-Bowser[?] | Boom Boom Bowser | |
| Italian | Esplosione Bowser[?] | Bowser Explosion | |
| Korean | 쿠파 대폭발[?] Kupa Daepokbal |
Bowser Big Explosion | |
| Portuguese | Detona Bowser[?] | Bowser Blast | |
| Russian | Большой бум Боузера[?] Bol'shoy bum Bouzera |
Bowser's Big Boom | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Bowser-bomba[?] | Bowser bomb | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Explosión de Bowser[?] | Bowser's Explosion |
Trivia
- The giant Bowser head is also used in the Mario Party 5 minigames Panic Pinball and Head Waiter and in the Mario Party 6 minigame Seer Terror.
