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.
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| 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) | ||
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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 the second part of the Showdown minigame Mario's Three-peat in Super Mario Party Jamboree.
Overview[edit]
Bumper Balls is both named after and based on bumper cars. Each player rides a ball and tries to knock their opponents off of the platform. The only setting in Mario Party is a small island surrounded by water, though Mario Party 2 features three different levels, the first occurring on a platform surrounded by lava, the second level on an icy mountain with slippery ground, and the third on a floating isle in the ocean. The third stage has Bloopers that carries away players who are removed, as well as rocks and bumps that affect players' movement. In Mario Party: The Top 100, only the lava course returns, this time with a smaller platform. In Mario Party Superstars, all three stages from Mario Party 2 return. The Super Mario Party Jamboree version uniquely features a flat platform taking place in the sky, and the fifth player, Mario, begins in the center.
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; the latter mode uses the lava course on Easy difficulty, the ice course on Normal, and the ocean course on Hard. If time runs out before the task is completed or if the player is eliminated at any time, it is a miss.
The minigame can be purchased at the Mini-Game House in Mario Party for 250 Coins when it is available, or from Woody in Mario Party 2 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 (lava)
Mario Party 2 (ice)
Mario Party 2 (water)
Bumper Balls in Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party Superstars (lava)
Mario Party Superstars (ice)
Mario Party Superstars (water)
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| 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 |
Notes[edit]
See also[edit]
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 (Portuguese). 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 |
