Bowser's Painball

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Revision as of 17:56, October 22, 2022 by LinkTheLefty (talk | contribs) (British English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr03JEyyM8M / American English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzexOKR7U8U - either way, both versions have a minigame called "Spiked Ball Scramble" so the former is more common overall.)
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Bowser's Painball
Bowser Painball from Mario Party 10.
Appears in Mario Party 10
Type Bowser minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Bowser's Punishment 2
Music sample

Bowser's Painball is a Bowser minigame appearing in Mario Party 10. "Painball" is a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "pinball."

Gameplay

The Team Mario players are in a pinball game controlled by Bowser. Bowser has 30 seconds to shoot Spiked Balls to harm players. Other elements from a real pinball machine also appear here, with overhead bumpers and a moving wall. The team 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 GamePad to briefly stun the other players. This is never explained in-game, however.

Controls

Team Mario

  • +Control Pad – Move

Bowser

  • ZL Button – Move left flipper
  • ZR Button – Move right flipper

In-game text

  • Bowser: "Activate the flippers with ZL Button and ZR Button. Attack with the Spike Balls!" (American English)
  • Bowser: "Activate the flippers with ZL Button and ZR Button. Attack with the Spiked Balls!" (British English)
  • Team Mario: "Keep away from the Spike Balls!" (American English)
  • Team Mario: "Keep away from the Spiked Balls!" (British English)

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[?] Bowser's pinball [machine] trap
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.
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Minigames from Mario Party 10
Free-for-All minigames Balance Ball Brawl • Balloon Blast Bash • Beeline Shrine • Blooper Blastoff • Bob-omb Bogey • Bob-omb Combo • Bouncy Brawl • Cheep Cheep Leap • Cliffside Crisis • Dice 'n' Dash • Flash Forward • Foo Me Once • Found it? Pound it! • Fruit Cahoots • Fruit of the Doom • Fruit Scoot Scurry • Fuzzy Fliers • Goomba Gallop • Goomba Gotcha • Ice Slide, You Slide • Magma Meltdown • Meanie Match • Paintball Battle • Peepa Panic • Pipe Sniper • Platform Push • Rapid River Race • Shy Guy Shuffle • Snake Block Party • Soar to Score • Spiked Ball Scramble
2-vs.-2 minigames Bobsled Battle • Boo Burglars • Bouncy Bounty • Bump, Set, Spike • Goombrat Combat • Ground Pound Pals • Murky Maze • Revolving Relay • Shape Up • Soccer Brawl
1-vs.-2 or 3 minigames Bubble Squabble • Bullet Bill Bullies • Cheep Cheep Check • Hop, Drop, and Roll • Keep-Away Mayhem • Movin' Mushrooms • Skewer Scurry • Spring Fling • Steal the Beat • Watermelon Whalin'
Boss minigames Bowser's Tank Terror • Kamek's Rocket Rampage • King Boo's Tricky Tiles • Mega Blooper's Bubble Battle • Mega Cheep Chomp's Shell Shock • Mega Goomba's Ladder Leap • Mega Mechakoopa's Swing & Stomp • Mega Monty Mole's Maze Mischief • Sledge Bro's Card Chaos • Petey's Bomb Battle
Bowser minigames Bowser's Bad Breath • Bowser's Bogus Bingo • Bowser's Clawful Climb • Bowser's Fire Bar Fury • Bowser's Hammer Slammer • Bowser's High Dive • Bowser's Painball • Bowser's Roulette Rage • Bowser's Sinister Slots • Bowser's Wicked Wheel
Bonus minigames Badminton Bash • Bowser Jr.'s Bonk Battle • Bowser Jr.'s Clobber Cage • Jewel Drop
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