Defuse or Lose

Defuse or Lose is a 2 vs. 2 mini-game in Mario Party 5. It later returns in both Mario Party: The Top 100 and Super Mario Party Jamboree.

Gameplay[]

The game begins when the Bob-omb explodes, which lights the fuse. The characters are surrounded by a group of Bob-ombs and must work together as a team to prevent three fuses from reaching King Bob-omb who is located at the end of the dynamite line. The three fuses run along a path of strings leading to King Bob-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 Bob-omb, regular Bob-ombs will start closing in on the character. If the team fails to prevent the fuse from reaching King Bob-omb, then a large explosion will occur and sends the team flying off the screen, which will end the mini-game, and the other team will be declared the winner.

Controls[]

- Move
+ - Ground Pound

In Mario Party: The Top 100[]

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Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Wario • Princess Daisy • Waluigi • Toad • Boo • Koopa Kid
Characters	Non-playable	Bowser • Star Spirits (Skolar • Kalmar • Klevar • Mamar • Misstar • Muskular • Eldstar) • Donkey Kong • Capsule Machine • Koopa Kid Trio
Boards	Boards	Toy Dream • Sweet Dream • Future Dream • Rainbow Dream • Undersea Dream • Pirate Dream • Bowser Nightmare
Mini-games	4-Player	Chimp Chase • Chomp Romp • Coin Cache • Coney Island • Dinger Derby • Dodge Bomb • Fish Sticks • Fish Upon a Star • Flower Shower • Frozen Frenzy • Ground Pound Down • Hotel Goomba • Hydrostars • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Mazed & Confused • Night Light Fright • Pop-Star Piranhas • Pushy Penguins • Rumble Fumble • Triple Jump • Vicious Vending • Will Flower
	1 vs. 3	Beam Team • Big Top Drop • Curvy Curbs • Fight Cards • Flatiator • Heat Stroke • Mario Mechs • Mathletes • Quilt for Speed • Revolving Fire • Squared Away • Tube It or Lose It
	2 vs. 2	Banking Coins • Berry Basket • Bus Buffer • Clock Stoppers • Defuse or Lose • Handy Hoppers • ID UFO • Manic Mallets • Mario Can-Can • Panic Pinball • Rumble Ready • Submarathon
	Bowser	Cage-in Cookin' • Rain of Fire • Scaldin' Cauldron
	Duel	Blown Away • Bound of Music • Button Mashers • Countdown Pound • Get a Rope • Head Waiter • Merry Poppings • Piece Out • Pound Peril • Pump 'n' Jump • Shock Absorbers • Shy Guy Showdown • Sky Survivor • Whomp Maze • Wind Wavers
	Battle	Astro-Logical • Bill Blasters • Lucky Lineup • Random Ride • Tug-o-Dorrie • Twist 'n' Out
	DK	Banana Punch • Da Vine Climb • Mass-A-Peel
	Boss	Frightmare
	Bonus	Beach Volleyball • Card Party • Ice Hockey
Spaces	Spaces	? Space • Bank Space • Bowser Space • Capsule Space • Chance Space • Duel Space • DK Space • Green Space (Card Party only) • Minus Space • Mushroom Space • Plus Space • Star Space
Miscellaneous	Other	Bob-omb Ball • Dice Ball • Dream Depot • List of minigames in Mario Party 5


Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Rosalina
Characters	Non-playable	Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Donkey Kong • Fishin' Lakitu • Gold Goomba • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Inflatable Thwomp • King Bob-omb • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Mecha Fly Guy • Monty Mole • Penguin • Petey Piranha • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Shy Guy • Spear Guy • Thwomp • Toad (species) • Toad (character) • Toadette • Ukiki • Urchin • Whittle • Whomp
Minigame Island	Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4
Minigame Match	Features	? Block • Minigame Balloon • Star Balloon • Event • Shy Guy Shop • Stamp
Items	Items	Dash Mushroom • Golden Dash Mushroom • Poison Mushroom • Double Dice • Warp Box • Dueling Glove • Lucky Card • Pipe • Mecha Fly Guy • Swap Card • Boo Bell • Genie Lamp • Chomp Call • Bowser Suit
Minigames	1	Bombs Away (F-f-A) • Desert Dash (2v2) • Face Lift (F-f-A) • Piranha's Pursuit (1v3) • Shy Guy Says (F-f-A) • Tug o' War (1v3)
	2	Bowser's Big Blast (F-f-A) • Bumper Balls (F-f-A) • Cake Factory (2v2) • Dizzy Dancing (F-f-A) • Handcar Havoc (2v2) • Hexagon Heat (F-f-A) • Honeycomb Havoc (F-f-A) • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon (F-f-A) • Roll Call (F-f-A) • Shell Shocked (F-f-A) • Slot Car Derby (F-f-A) • Speed Hockey (2v2)
	3	Bounce 'n' Trounce (F-f-A) • Chip Shot Challenge (F-f-A) • Eatsa Pizza (2v2) • Ice Rink Risk (F-f-A) • Mush Pit (F-f-A) • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers (F-f-A) • The Beat Goes On (F-f-A) • Three Door Monty (F-f-A) • Tidal Toss (1v3) • Vine With Me (Duel)
	4	Beach Volley Folley (2v2) • Blame It on the Crane (1v3) • Booksquirm (F-f-A) • GOOOOOOOAL!! (1v3) • Hide and Go BOOM! (1v3) • Kareening Koopas (Duel) • Mario Speedwagons (F-f-A) • Order Up (2v2) • Paths of Peril (F-f-A) • Revers-a-Bomb (2v2) • The Final Battle! (Solo) • The Great Deflate (2v2) • Three Throw (F-f-A) • Trace Race (F-f-A)
	5	Button Mashers (Duel) • Cage-in Cookin' (F-f-A) • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey (2v2) • Later Skater (F-f-A) • Leaf Leap (F-f-A) • Manic Mallets (2v2) • Night Light Fright (F-f-A) • Pushy Penguins (F-f-A) • Shy Guy Showdown (Duel) • Squared Away (1v3) • Triple Jump (F-f-A) • Tube It or Lose It (1v3)
	6	Block Star (Extra) • Catch You Letter (F-f-A) • Crate and Peril (1v3) • Dizzy Rotisserie (F-f-A) • Rocky Road (2v2) • Slot Trot (2v2) • Snow Whirled (F-f-A) • Strawberry Shortfuse (F-f-A) • Trap Ease Artist (F-f-A)
	7	Balloon Busters (F-f-A) • Dart Attack (F-f-A) • Deck Hands (F-f-A) • Jump, Man (DK) • Monty's Revenge (F-f-A) • Pogo-a-Go-Go (1v3) • Pokey Pummel (F-f-A) • Sphere Factor (2v2) • Stick and Spin (Extra) • The Final Countdown (F-f-A) • Track & Yield • Vine Country (DK)
	8	Aim of the Game (F-f-A) • At the Chomp Wash (F-f-A) • Crank to Rank (F-f-A)
	9	Bumper Bubbles (F-f-A) • Don't Look (F-f-A) • Goomba Bowling (F-f-A) • Logger Heads (F-f-A) • Jigsaw Jumble (F-f-A) • Magma Mayhem (F-f-A) • Peak Precision (F-f-A) • Pier Pressure (F-f-A) • Speeding Bullets (F-f-A) • Tackle Takedown (1v3)
	10	Badminton Bash (2v2) • Flash Forward (F-f-A) • Jewel Drop (Duel) • Soar to Score (F-f-A)

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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
Characters	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
Boards	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