Bumper Balls
- This article is about a minigame. For the obstacles in Yoshi's Story, see Bumper Ball.
- Not to be confused with Bumper Brawl or Bumper Balloons.
| Bumper Balls | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mario Party  Mario Party 2  Mario Party: The Top 100 _-_Mario_Party_Superstars.png) Mario Party Superstars  Super Mario Party Jamboree | |||
| Appears in | Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars Super Mario Party Jamboree | ||
| Type | 4-Player minigame Showdown minigame (Super Mario Party Jamboree) | ||
| Time limit | 60 seconds | ||
| Music track | Ducking and Dodging (Mario Party) Couldn't Be Better (Mario Party 2, Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party Jamboree) Hurry Up! (Mario Party: The Top 100) | ||
| |||
Bumper Balls is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars. It is also part of the Showdown minigame Mario's Three-peat in Super Mario Party Jamboree. Its name and gameplay are based on bumper cars.
Gameplay[edit]
The objective of the minigame is to bump other players off a platform by utilizing personalized balls.
In Mario Party, the minigame takes place on a plain grassy island in the middle of the ocean.
In Mario Party 2, there are three levels for the players to compete in, and they each have different challenges.
- The first level takes place on a platform surrounded by lava. It is a basic level.
- The second level takes place on an icy mountain. In the middle is a Fly Guy frozen in ice. It can be very slippery on the mountain, so players must take care not to slide off.
- The third level is on a floating isle in the ocean. Characters bumped off are carried away by Bloopers. The isle contains rocks and bumps that can slightly change the player's speed when they roll over them.
In both Mario Party and Mario Party 2, the last player standing wins. If one minute passes with two or more players remaining, or if the remaining players get eliminated, the minigame is a tie. On Mini-Game Island and in the Mini-Game Coaster, the player must eliminate the three CPU players within one minute to win. If time runs out before the task is completed or if the player is eliminated at any time, it is a miss.
In the Mini-Game Coaster, the version of this minigame depends on the difficulty played: On Easy difficulty, the lava course is used. On Normal difficulty, the ice course is used. On Hard difficulty, the ocean course is used.
In Mario Party: The Top 100, the lava course from the Mario Party 2 version of Bumper Balls is used. The balls have more power than in Mario Party and Mario Party 2, and the platform is smaller, significantly shortening the minigame's average length.
In Mario Party Superstars, all three levels from Mario Party 2 return. Additionally, the balls revert to their power from Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
In the minigame Mario's Three-peat in Super Mario Party Jamboree, a new, flat platform taking place in the sky is used, making the playfield identical to the Mario Party and lava course terrain. Mario is always placed in the center as the fifth player. After the minigame ends, all players use balloons to head up to the final minigame in the Showdown minigame, Shy Guy Says.
In Mario Party, the minigame can be purchased from the Mini-Game House for 250 coins when it is available for purchase. In Mario Party 2, the minigame can be purchased from Woody for 100 coins.
Controls[edit]
Mario Party / Mario Party 2[edit]
– Move
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
: Move
Mario Party Superstars / Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]
– Move
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party[edit]
- Game Rules – "Ride your ball and try to bump the others into the sea. Use to roll around on your ball."
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Ride on your ball and bump the others into the ocean. Clear the game by being the last one alive."
- Advice – "Don't just push all the time. If you retreat, too, the other person's momentum may carry them into the ocean."
Mario Party 2[edit]
- Game Rules – "It's an all-out Bumper Ball bash! Use your to roll your ball and bounce your opponents away!"
- Game Rules (Mini-Game Coaster) – "Roll your ball about and try to bump your rivals off the edge. Be the last one standing to clear the game."
- Advice
- Lava Course: "The faster you're going when you bump an opponent, the farther your opponent is bumped by you!"
- Ice Course: "The icy center is very slippery! If you bump or get bumped, it'll be hard to stop!"
- Ocean Course: "Take your best shot when your opponent is stuck on the rocky bumps!"
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description and on-screen – "Ride on the ball and slam into your rivals to knock them off!"
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- "Bump your rivals off the edge."
Gallery[edit]
The ending to Bumper Balls in Mario Party
Mario Party 2 (ice)
Mario Party 2 (water)
Mario Party Superstars (ice)
Mario Party Superstars (water)
_-_Mario_Party_Superstars).png)
See also[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | のっかれボール[?] Nokkare Bōru |
Get on the Ball | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 在球上站稳了[?] zàiqiúshàng zhànwěnle |
Get on the Ball | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 在球上站穩了[?] zàiqiúshàng zhànwěnle |
Get on the Ball | |
| Dutch | Botsbal[?] | Bumper Ball | |
| French (NOA) | Balles tamponneuses[?] | Bumper balls | |
| French (NOE) | Balles-tampons[?] | Bumper Balls | Mario Party |
| Pousse-Ballon[?] | Pushing Balls | Mario Party 2, The Top 100, and Superstars | |
| German | Kugelchaos[?] | Ball Chaos | |
| Italian | Bumper Balls[1] | - | Mario Party |
| Rotoloni[?] | Big Rolls | ||
| Korean | 공 위의 곡예사[?] Gong Wi-ui Gogyesa |
Acrobat on the Ball | |
| Portuguese | Bate-Bola[2] | Ball Bumping, also a term for an informal soccer match | |
| Russian | Мячи-толкачи[?] Myachi-tolkachi |
Pushing Balls | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Pelotas choconas[?] | Bumper Balls | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Pelotas de Choque[?] | Bumper Balls |
Trivia[edit]
- In the ice version, the Fly Guy encased in the ice is a pre-rendered sprite rather than a 3D model.[3] This Fly Guy is no longer present in Mario Party Superstars.
- Bumper Balls, Shy Guy Says, and Leaf Leap are the only minigames to appear in Mario Party: The Top 100, Mario Party Superstars, and Super Mario Party Jamboree.
References[edit]
- ^ 1999. Mario Party instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
- ^ Alexsandro Magalhães Lives (October 17, 2024). O NOVO SUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE COM @guilhermeoss. Youtube. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ January 29, 2017. In the Bumper Balls minigame in Mario Party 2, a Fly Guy is encased in ice on top of a mountain. The Fly Guy is not actually a model, but a 2D sprite. Below is the sprite extracted from the game’s files.. Supper Mario Broth (English). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
| Minigames from Mario Party | |
|---|---|
| 4-Player minigames | Balloon Burst • Bombs Away • Box Mountain Mayhem • Bumper Balls • Buried Treasure • Cast Aways • Coin Block Blitz • Crazy Cutter • Face Lift • Grab Bag • Hammer Drop • Hot Bob-omb • Hot Rope Jump • Key-pa-Way • Mario Bandstand • Mushroom Mix-Up • Musical Mushroom • Platform Peril • Running of the Bulb • Shy Guy Says • Skateboard Scamper • Slot Car Derby • Tipsy Tourney • Treasure Divers |
| 1-vs-3 minigames | Bash 'n' Cash • Bowl Over • Coin Block Bash • Coin Shower Flower • Crane Game • Paddle Battle • Pipe Maze • Piranha's Pursuit • Tightrope Treachery • Tug o' War |
| 2-vs-2 minigames | Bobsled Run • Bombsketball • Deep Sea Divers • Desert Dash • Handcar Havoc |
| 1-Player minigames | Bumper Ball Maze • Ghost Guess • Ground Pound • Knock Block Tower • Limbo Dance • Memory Match • Pedal Power • Shell Game • Slot Machine • Teetering Towers • Whack-a-Plant |
