Bumper Balls, (called のっかれボール Nokkare Bōru in Japan), is a mini-game that appears in Mario Party 1, 2, Top 100, Superstars, and Jamboree. The minigame is derived from the bumper cars that appear in a majority of amusement parks.
Gameplay[]
Mario Party[]
In the original Mario Party, the players are battling on top of an isolated island in the middle of the ocean. Each character is standing on top of a giant inflatable ball that contains its own design and color. The objective of the mini-game is for the characters to knock their opponents off the island by bouncing into each other with their balls. When a player hits one of their opponents with a ball, the other character receives a knock back from the ball's impact. If both characters hit each other with their balls at the same time, they both receive recoil from the impact. When a character is knocked over the edge with their ball, they are eliminated from the mini-game.
Mario Party 2[]
Bumper Balls returns in Mario Party 2 with the same objectives. This time, however, there are three different playing fields that they could play on.
The first challenge in the mini-game takes place on the top of a tower located over a pit of lava. This stage is more of a neutral difficulty with the lava seeming to try to portray the level as a challenge. This was used in Mario Party: The Top 100.
In the second stage, the characters are relocated on the top of a mountain, with a giant frozen Shy Guy at the center of it. However, the Shy Guy does not do anything. Due to the slippery ice, players are more likely to skid when trying to turn and must be careful to not fall off.
On the third and final stage, characters are on an island similar to the one from the original Mario Party. This time, there are bumpy rocks on the island to expand the player's momentum, making them more likely to fall into the water. If they do fall in the water, a Blooper carries them away.
Controls[]
- Move
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| Characters | Playable | Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Rosalina • Bowser • Goomba • Shy Guy • Koopa Troopa • Monty Mole • Bowser Jr. • Boo • Spike • Donkey Kong • Birdo • Toad • Toadette • Ninji • Pauline |
| Non-playable | Toads • Blooper • Bob-omb • Broozer • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Conkdor • Fishin' Lakitu • Flutter • Fly Guy • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Gold Cheep Cheep • Huckit Crab • Kamek • King Bob-omb • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Magikoopa Mega Cheep Cheep • Mega Blooper • Paratroopa • Penguin • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Shy Guys • Sumo Bro • Swooper • Hammer Bro • Toady • Thwomp • Walleye • Whomp • Wiggler | |
| Boards | New | Mega Wiggler's Tree Party • Roll 'em Raceway • Goomba Lagoon • King Bowser's Keep • Rainbow Galleria |
| Retro | Mario's Rainbow Castle (Mario Party) • Western Land (Mario Party 2) | |
| Minigames | Free-for-All | Lumber Tumble • Big-Top Quiz • Scare-ousel • Snag the Flags • Sandwiched • Hot Cross Blocks • Light-Wave Battle • Thwomp the Difference • Cold Front • Hot-Hot Hop • Domination (4) • Three Throw (4) • Granite Getaway (6) • Tilt-a-Golf • Night Lights • Hammer It Home • Twist and Sort • Shuttle Scuttle • Tiny Triathlon • Pickax Dash • Gate Key-pers • Sled to the Edge • Rinks to Riches • Treetop Treasure • Treasure Divers (1) • Platform Peril (1) • Stamp Out! (4) • Trample-line |
| 1 vs. 3 | Cookie Cutters • Sunset Standoff • Unfriendly Flying Object • Lost and Pound • Arch Rivals • On-Again, Off-Again • Broozer Bash • Cage Catch • Income Stream • Blame It on the Crane (4) • Snow Brawl (6) • Squeaky Shakedown | |
| 2 vs. 2 | Rocky Rope Race • Pickin' Produce • Prime Cut • Dorrie Pedal-Paddle • Robo Arm Wrestle • Shadow Play • Match Makers • Defuse or Lose (5) • Jump the Gun (6) • Two-Axis Taxi • Tricky Turntable • Coin Corral | |
| Duel | Fast Fishing • Slappy-Go-Round • Stone-Eye Bowling • Fuzzy Heights • All the Marbles | |
| Item | Roll with It • Prize Line • A Stone's Throw • Flip 'n Find • Prize Drop | |
| Showdown | Mario's Three-peat (Leaf Leap (5) • Bumper Balls (1) • Shy Guy Says (2)) • Luigi Rescue Operation • Peach's Day Off • Daisy's Field Day • Wario's Buzzer Beater • Waluigi's Pinball Arcade • Yoshi's Mountain Race • Rosalina's Radical Race • DK's Konga Line • Jr.'s Jauntlet | |
| Koopathlon | Noggin Knock • Brick Breaker • Gold 'n Brown • Spike's Gambit • Down the Hatch • Which Door Has More? • Lane Change • Coin Conveyor • Sky-High Cannons | |
| Survivathon | Burning Bridges • Castle Hassle • Sleight of Shell • Fire Away • The Floor is Falling | |
| Kaboom-Squad | Juiceworks • Ball Volley • Ballistic Bingo • Bath Bob-ombs • Chomp Wash • Match! That! Item! • Trading Cards • Ski-daddle • Look This Way • Puzzle Pandemonium | |
| Rhythm | Soup Troupe • Parfait the Course • Whisk Cream • Spread 'n Butter • Short-Stack Chef • Burger Builders • Footlong Frenzy • Copycat Curry • En Barb! • On the Beet | |
| Bosses | Dragoneel Slayers • Mega Stingby Stompers • Mega Rocky Wrench Wreckers • Boss Sumo Bro Blitzers • Bowser Crashers | |
| Items | New | 10-Coin Steal Trap • Bowser Byway Lever • Creepy Dice Block Tickets • Half-Coins Steal Trap • Loadstone • Markup Sticker • Mushroom Tickets • Payday Double Dice • Payday Triple Dice • Pipe • Shop Hop Box • Star Steal Trap • Steamer Ticket • Super Creepy Dice • Super Dueling Glove • Super Swap Mirror • Swap Mirror • Tide Shell • Tower Turner • Turbo Dice • Wiggler Bell |
| Returning | Boo Bell • Bowser Phone • Cellular Shopper • Chomp Call • Creepy Dice Block • Custom Dice Block • Double Dice • Dueling Glove • Golden Pipe • Hidden Block Card • Item Bag • Mushroom • Plunder Chest • Skeleton Key • Triple Dice • Warp Box | |
| Koopathlon | 3 Coins • 15 Coins • Amp • Blooper • Bullet Bill • Coin Bag • Double Medal • Imposter Bowser • Kamek • Star | |
| Bowser Kaboom Squad | Banana • Bowser Bell • Dash Panel • Hammer • Heart • Iron Hammer • Lightning • Mighty Glove • Super Heart • Trampoline | |
| Spaces | Blue Space • Bowser Space • Chance Time Space • Event Space • Item Space • Lucky Space • Red Space • Star Exchange • Start Space • Unlucky Space • VS Space | |