Snowball Summit
| Snowball Summit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party 3  Mario Party: The Top 100  Mario Party Superstars | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party 3 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | 4-Player minigame | ||
| Time limit | 60 seconds | ||
| Music track | Fighting Spirit / Determined Heart (remakes) | ||
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Snowball Summit is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 3, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars.
Gameplay
In this minigame, players have to create snowballs and try to knock each other off a frozen summit by using snowballs. A player can build a snowball, yet they are vulnerable to other players' snowballs, as it takes time to make one. Once done, the player is able to move the snowball around, and the more time it spends rolling, the greater the size of the snowball. Any contact sends players flying depending on the size of the snowball. Players can also fire a snowball to reach rivals far away without having to cross the entire battlefield. When two snowballs meet, though, they cancel each other out, no matter if one is fired or being built. In Mario Party 3, if two or more players are still on the summit when the time runs out, the minigame is considered a draw, though in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, any players remaining on the summit when time expires win.
Controls
Mario Party 3
– Move / Push snowball
– Release snowball
(Repeatedly) – Build snowball
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Mash
: Make snowball 
: Throw snowball
: Move / Roll snowball
Mario Party Superstars
- Mash
to Make Snowball 
– Move
– Push Snowball
In-game text
Mario Party 3
- Game Rules – "Press repeatedly to build a snowball. Roll it around to make it bigger, then press to roll it at your rivals."
- Advice – "Bigger snowballs will knock your opponents farther, but as your snowball grows, it rolls more slowly."
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Roll up a big snowball to push out your rivals!"
- On-screen – "Make a snowball to push out your rivals!"
Mario Party Superstars
- "Roll up a big snowball to push out your rivals!"
Super Mario-kun
Snowball Summit also appears in volume 28 of Super Mario-kun. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Peach, and Wario are involved in this minigame. Yoshi makes a snowman, but Mario rolls a snowball and pushes him off the mountain just like in the game. Bowser, however, interrupts them by summoning a snowstorm by stomping on a cloud. Bowser then knocks all characters off except for Mario, who latches on the cliff by using his nose. Bowser calls for help, but his two Goomba minions are sleeping. A fight between Mario and Bowser ensues, and Bowser begins by creating a huge snowball. This is a trick, however, as the two Goombas are shown pumping the snowball, revealing that the snowball is just an inflated decoy. Yoshi explodes it by poking it with a spear. Mario then pokes from the snow, being okay.
Gallery
Artwork of Donkey Kong in Snowball Summit
The ending to Snowball Summit in Mario Party 3
Screenshot from the official Mario Party Superstars website
See also
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゆきだまゴロゴロ[?] Yukidama gorogoro |
Snowball Rolling | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 滚滚雪球[?] Gǔn Gǔn Xuěqiú |
Rolling Snowball | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 滾滾雪球[?] Gǔn Gǔn Xuěqiú |
Rolling Snowball | |
| Dutch | Eenzaam aan de top[?] | Lonely at the top | |
| French (NOA) | Mont boule de neige[?] | Snowball mountain | |
| French (NOE) | Boulets de neige[?] | SnowDrag (Pun with Snowball and Drag) | |
| German | Lawinen-Schlawiner[?] | Avalanche Rascals | |
| Italian | Palle di neve[?] | Snowballs | |
| Korean | 데굴데굴 눈덩이[?] Deguldegul Nundeong-i |
Rolling Snowball | |
| Portuguese | Ora, Bolas[?] | "Duh, Balls" or "Oh no, Balls". Pun on "ora bolas", an interjection for discontentment. |
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| Russian | Снежковая вершина[?] Snezhkovaya vershina |
Snowball summit | |
| Spanish | Bolas de Nieve[?] | Snowballs |
Trivia
- This minigame's background is reused for Flash Forward in Mario Party Superstars.
