Bounce and Pounce
Bounce and Pounce is one of Mario's minigames in Super Mario 64 DS. It features Mario, who has apparently split into three bodies, falling through the air while attempting to stomp on Fly Guys.
Gameplay
The objective of the minigame is to have the three Marios stomp on all the Fly Guys, thus clearing the level. If one of the Marios falls off the Touch Screen, one of the three lives is lost; however, the Mario will reappear. For every five levels completed, the player's lives are restored back to three. The player can control the Marios by tapping them with the stylus. When tapped in the middle, the Mario is shot directly upwards, when tapped on the left, upwards and to the right, when tapped on the right, upwards and to the left.
Levels
Out of all the patterns featured in the first fifteen levels, the one in Level 14 is the only one not to occur afterwards.
| Level | Number of Fly Guys (Upper Screen, Touch Screen) |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 (0-3) | Three big Fly Guys at the bottom of the Touch Screen |
| 2 | 3 (0-3) | Two big Fly Guys on the lower left side of the Touch Screen and one on the lower right side |
| 3 | 3 (0-3) | One big Fly Guy on each lower side of the Touch Screen and one big Fly Guy that starts in the middle of the screen and moves from right to left |
| 4 | 3 (0-3) | Three big Fly Guys fly in a / on the Touch Screen starting on the left side moving side ways |
| 5 | 3 (0-3) | Two big Fly Guys, one on the right side and one on the left, moves up and down and touches a bit on the upper screen, one big Fly Guy starts in the middle of the Tousch Screen and moves from right to right side ways across the screen |
| 6-10 | 3 (0-3) | Levels six though ten are just the first five levels but with small Fly Guys instead |
| 11 | 3 (2-1) | Two big Fly Guys at the left and right side of the upper screen, one small Fly Guy at the middle of the Touch Screen that flies from right to left |
| 12 | 3 (0-3) | Two big Fly Guys stand still at the left and right side of the Touch Screen and a small Fly Guy flies from the upper middle of the screen in a v-formation across the screen up to the upper screen as well |
| 13 | 3 (1-2) | Two small Fly Guys fly in an x-formation acoss the Touch Screen starting in the top corners, one small Fly Guys in the right side of the upper screen flies in up and down |
| 14 | 3 (0-3) | Three small Fly Guys fly in a zig-zack pattern up and down across the Touch Screen |
| 15 | 3 (0-3) | Two small Fly Guys fly counter-clockwise around the border of the Touch Screen starting on the right and left side of the screen respectively, on the upper screen a Fly Guy flies clockwise around the border of the screen |
| 16-20 | 4 (1-3) | Four Fly Guys, one small on the upper screen and three of one size on the Touch Screen fly around in random patterns |
| 21-25 | 5 (2-3) | Five Fly Guys, two small on the upper screen and three of one size on the Touch Screen fly around in random patterns |
| 26-forward | 6 (3-3) | Six Fly Guys, three small on the upper screen and three of one size on the Touch Screen fly around in random patterns |
In-game instructions
Mario's in free fall, but he can bounce back if you touch him. Stomp the Fly Guys, but make sure he doesn't fall off the Touch Screen.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ジャンピングマリオ[?] Janpingu Mario |
Jumping Mario | |
| German | Freier Fall und Hüpfer[?] | Free Fall and Bounce | |
| Spanish | Bota y derrota[?] | Bounce and defeat |
Trivia
- This music for this minigame appears as an available track to listen to in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS version).
- This minigame, along with Trampoline Time, Bounce and Trounce, and Trampoline Terror, are the only minigames in Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros. to run at thirty frames per second.
