Defuse or Lose

Defuse or Lose is a mini-game in Mario Party 5.

The characters are surrounded by a group of Bom-ombs and must work together as a team to prevent three fuses from reaching King Bom-omb who is located at the end of the dynamite line. The three fuses run along a path of strings leading to King Bom-omb. The team of characters are able to douse the fuse by Ground Pounding on it. However, a ground pound will only extinguish the flame temporarily. There are intersections where the strings meet, allowing the character to extinguish two fuses at once. As the fuse closes in on King Bom-omb, regular Bom-ombs will start closing in on the character. If the team fails to prevent the fuse from reaching King Bom-omb, a large explosion will occur, sending the team flying off the screen, which will end the mini-game, and the other team will be declared the winner.