Bowser's Big Blast

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Not to be confused with Bowser's Bigger Blast.
Bowser's Big Blast
Bowser's Big Blast
Mario Party 2
Bowser's Big Blast from Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party: The Top 100
Wario in Bowser's Big Blast in Mario Party Superstars.
Mario Party Superstars
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
Music sample
Mario Party 2:

Mario Party: The Top 100:

Mario Party Superstars:

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, purple, 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

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A Button – Press plunger

Mario Party: The Top 100

  • Circle Pad: Move
  • A Button: Hit switch

Mario Party Superstars

  • Control Stick (Left and Right) – Select Switch
  • Single Joy-Con Right Button – 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

  • Gameplay of Bowser's Big Blast in Mario Party 2

    Gameplay of Bowser's Big Blast in Mario Party 2

  • The ending to Bowser's Big Blast in Mario Party 2

    The ending to Bowser's Big Blast in Mario Party 2

See also

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
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 Mario Party 2
Esplosione Bowser[?] Bowser Explosion; same as Bowser's Bigger Blast
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
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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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