Bingo Ball

Bingo Ball
Gameplay screenshot
General information
Games	Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
Type	Wario
In-game information
Description	"Launch a ball into a numbered slot on the Touch Screen. That number will light up in the top screen. Get 3 numbers in a row to score!"
Controls	Stylus: Release the flipper to launch a ball

Bingo Ball is one of Wario's minigames in Super Mario 64 DS. It is unlocked by capturing Wario's rabbit found at the far east outside of the Mushroom Castle.

A similar minigame appears in the game, Slots Shot, and that minigame, along with this, and Lakitu Launch, all play the same background music, which is an arrangement of the merry-go-round music used in Big Boo's Haunt.

Gameplay

The aim of the minigame is to use the Touch Screen and send nine out of twelve balls into the field of play by sliding the flipper down, and releasing it once a ball is on top of it. The ball will make its way into a numbered slot, which marks the number in gold on a bingo board up above, and scores the player points.

When the player shoots a ball up, there is a rotating cross and many pegs to determine which numbered slot it goes into, in addition to potentially bounce off the star on the left side of the bingo board. The player themselves cannot deter the movement of the balls once they've been shot, but they can deter how much power they put into the flipper, shooting it very slow or very fast.

Every successful shot will score 100 points, but if any balls land into a slot that has already been filled, no points are rewarded. If the player can score a row of three on the bingo board in any direction, they'll earn 500 points. If the player manages to get the whole bingo board completed, the player gets 10,000 points. If there are any balls left over, they'll disappear and add 2,000 points. And since only nine of out of the twelve balls need to go into the slots, this will give the player the maximum score of 20,900 points.