Hot Bob-omb

Hot Bob-omb
Mario Party Mario Party 2
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party 2
Type	4-Player mini-game (Mario Party) Battle mini-game (Mario Party 2)
Music track	Taking Coins (Mario Party) Going for the Coins (Mario Party 2)
Music sample Mario Party: Mario Party 2:

Hot Bob-omb is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party and a Battle minigame in Mario Party 2 (where it is stylized as Hot BOB-OMB). Its name and gameplay are based on the real-world game hot potato.

Gameplay

Players toss a lit Bob-omb. In Mario Party 2, if one of the players does not catch the Bob-omb on time, that player slows down for a moment and the Bob-omb may explode if it is on the verge of doing so. If a player is holding the Bob-omb when it explodes, they are eliminated from the minigame. The Bob-omb explodes after about 30 seconds in Mario Party and after about 15 seconds in Mario Party 2.

In Mario Party, the minigame ends after one player loses, and that player must give five Coins to each other player, while in Mario Party 2, the minigame keeps on going until there is one player left standing.

The minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 300 Coins when it is available for purchase in Mario Party.

Controls

Mario Party

• – Choose direction
• – Pass Bob-omb

Mario Party 2

• – Pass direction
• – Throw Bob-omb
• – Catch Bob-omb

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "The Bob-omb has come. Pass it to somebody with before it explodes."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Pass the Bob-omb to someone else before it explodes. Clear the game by not holding it when it explodes."
• Advice – "The Bob-omb gets bigger and bigger as it is about to explode."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "Don't let the Bob-omb blow up in your hands or you're out. The last one standing is the winner."
• Advice – "If you don't press the Button at the right moment, you'll drop the Bob-omb! If you catch it, you can pass it off right away!"

Gallery

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  The ending to Hot Bob-omb in Mario Party

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  Background in Mario Party 2

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  The ending to Hot Bob-omb in Mario Party 2

See also

• Bob-ombic Plague
• Lit Potato

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ボムへいわたし[?] Bomuhei watashi	Bob-omb Handoff	Mario Party
	いそげ！ボムへいわたし[?] Isoge! Bomuhei watashi	Quickly! Bob-omb Handoff	Mario Party 2
French	Gare à Bob-omb![?]	Beware Bob-omb!	Mario Party
	Bob-BALÈZE[?]	Bob-BRUTAL	Mario Party 2
German	Explosiver Bob-Omb[?]	Explosive Bob-omb
Italian	Hot Bob-omb	-	Mario Party
	BOB-OMBA bollente[?]	Hot BOB-OMB; similar to Bob-ombic Plague and Pass the Bob-omb	Mario Party 2
Spanish	Bob-omb Caliente![?]	Hot Bob-omb!

Trivia

• The Mario Party version of this minigame appears to be set on the same stage as Bash 'n' Cash and Grab Bag, except that a metal cage is placed all around the pit, possibly to prevent the Bob-omb from going out of bounds, or so that the players do not try escaping.
• This is one of two minigames in the original Mario Party to feature losing text, the other being Hot Rope Jump.