Swing Kings

Swing Kings
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Type	4-Player mini-game / Duel minigame
Info	Rules Hit baseballs into the outfield. You'll get 20 pitches.
	Hint Don't put too much swing into it, or you won't be ready for the next pitch.
Controls	Wii Remote: Swing bat Buttons: None

Swing Kings is a baseball minigame in Mario Party 8. It is both a 4-Player game and a Duel minigame, and it is one of ten minigames featured in Test for the Best. One minigame in Mario Party 7 is extremely similar, which is only playable in Neon Heights. Another minigame from Mario Party 5, called Dinger Derby, is also similar.

Introduction

The camera is zoomed in on player one, who is standing on home plate with a Shy Guy beside a basket of baseballs. The screen will then split into multiple screens, one for each player, and the minigame will begin.

Gameplay

Toadette's victory in Swing Kings.

A Shy Guy will throw a baseball at the character and the player has to swing the Wii Remote and hit the ball. Occasionally, the Shy Guy will throw a ball higher or lower than normal. The Shy Guys throw twenty balls at each player; after all the balls have been tossed, the minigame ends, and the player(s) who hit(s) the most baseballs is the winner.

Controls

• Swing Wii Remote - Swing bat

Ending

Victorious characters perform their winning poses in a baseball field, while in the background the players that lose will run around the field, collecting the baseballs and tossing them into a bucket. It is possible for there not to be a loser.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ホームランダービー Hōmuran Dābī	Homerun Derby
French	Accro-Bate	Addict-Bat (pun on acrobate, "acrobat")
German	Baseball-Ballerei	Baseball Shoot
Italian	In Battuta

Minigames from Mario Party 8
4-Player minigames	Alpine Assault • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank • Flip the Chimp • In the Nick of Time • Kartastrophe • Lava or Leave 'Em • Mario Matrix • Mosh-Pit Playroom • Punch-a-Bunch • Rudder Madness • Scooter Pursuit • Shake It Up • Sick and Twisted • Speedy Graffiti • Swing Kings • Treacherous Tightrope • Water Ski Spree
1-vs-3 minigames	Bob-ombs Away • Chump Rope • Grabbin' Gold • Gun the Runner • Picture Perfect • Power Trip • Snow Way Out • Swervin' Skies • Thrash 'n' Crash
2-vs-2 minigames	Boo-ting Gallery • Bumper Balloons • Crops 'n' Robbers • Grabby Gridiron • King of the Thrill • Lean, Mean Ravine • Paint Misbehavin' • Rowed to Victory • Sugar Rush • Winner or Dinner
Battle minigames	Aim of the Game • Cut from the Team • Glacial Meltdown • Saucer Swarm • Snipe for the Picking
Duel minigames	Aim of the Game • Attention Grabber • Balancing Act • Blazing Lassos • Breakneck Building • Bumper Balloons • Cardiators • Cosmic Slalom • Eyebrawl • Flip the Chimp • Frozen Assets • Ion the Prize • Lava Lobbers • Lob to Rob • Loco Motives • Paint Misbehavin' • Pumper Cars • Rotation Station • Saucer Swarm • Settle It in Court • Shake It Up • Specter Inspector • Sugar Rush • Surf's Way Up • Swing Kings • Wing and a Scare • You're the Bob-omb
Challenge minigames	Fruit Picker • Pour to Score • Stampede
Extras Zone minigames	Canyon Cruisers • Chomping Frenzy • Flagging Rights • Moped Mayhem • Puzzle Pillars • Star Carnival Bowling • Table Menace • Trial by Tile
Last minigame	Superstar Showdown