Aim of the Game

Aim of the Game
Mario Party 8 (Battle version) Mario Party 8 (Duel version) Mario Party: The Top 100
Appears in	Mario Party 8 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	Battle and Duel minigame (Mario Party 8) Free-for-All minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Music track	Challenge!
Music sample Mario Party 8: Mario Party: The Top 100:

Aim of the Game is a Battle and Duel minigame in Mario Party 8 and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100.

Overview

In the introduction, the players are seen in a casino with guns in their hand, where cards are released from a top hat.

Each player shoots five cards with the aim of getting the most points. The number on a card can be either 5, 10, 20, 30, or 50, but there is a ×2 multiplier card, as well as a ×0 card, which resets their score entirely back to 0. The minigame ends after every player has shot 5 cards or if every card has fallen. Any player with the most points, the highest possible one being 800 (which you can get by hitting one 50 card and four ×2 cards), wins. If nobody has any points or if both players end with the same score in the Duel variation, it is a tie.

The minigame ends with the winner(s) (including second-place players in Mario Party: The Top 100) doing their winning animation(s), while the loser(s) do(es) their losing animation(s). In the event of a tie in Mario Party 8, every player does their losing animation.

Controls

Mario Party 8

• Wii Remote: Use the Pointer to move the cursor.
• Buttons
  • / – Shoot

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Move cursor
• : Shoot

In-game text

Mario Party 8

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• Rules:
  • English:
    Shoot five falling cards to get the highest score. Some cards have face values. Others have multipliers.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      すうじのかかれたカードをねらって　タマをうち　５まいゲットしよう。　ゲットしたじゅんに　けいさんして　ごうけいのおおいひとがかちです。
      (Romanization: Sūji no kakareta kādo o neratte tama o uchi 5-mai getto shiyou. Getto shita jun ni keisan shite gōkei no ōi hito ga kachi desu.)
      (Translation: Aim for the cards with numbers written on them and shoot the ball to get 5 of them. Calculate the order in which you get them and the person with the highest total wins.)
    • French (France):
      Tirez sur cinq cartes pour obtenir le meilleur score. Certaines ont un valeur propre, d'autres sont des multiplicateurs.
      (Translation: Shoot five cards to get the highest score. Some have their own value, others are multipliers.)
    • German:
      Ergattere fünf der herabfallenden Karten. Manche Karten haben bestimmte Werte, manche wiederum Multiplikatoren.
      (Translation: Grab five of the cards that fall down. Some cards have certain values, some have multipliers.)
    • Italian:
      Fai il punteggio più alto sparando a cinque delle carte che cadono: alcune hanno un valore, altre sono multiplicatori.
      (Translation: Get the highest score by shooting five of the falling cards: some have a value, others are multipliers.)
    • Spanish (Spain):
      Intenta conseguir la máxima puntuación acertando a 5 cartas. Algunas tienen un valor fijo y otras multiplican los puntos.
      (Translation: Try to get the highest score by shooting 5 cards. Some have a fixed value, while others multiply the points.)

• Hint:
  • English:
    Shoot high face-value cards, then gun for multipliers. But don't shoot the x0 cards. They'll zero out your score!
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      「ｘ０」のカードをうってしまうとてんすうが「０」になってしまいます。カードのすうじをよくみてねらおう。
      (Romanization: x0 no kādo o utte shimauto tensū ga 0 ni natte shimaimasu. Kādo no sūji o yoku mite neraou.)
      (Translation: If you shoot x0 cards, your score will become 0. Take a good look at the numbers on your cards and aim accordingly.)
    • French (France):
      Visez les cartes ayant une forte valeur, puis des multiplicateurs. Mais évitez les cartes x0, sinon votre score tombera a 0!
      (Translation: Aim for high-value cards, then multipliers. But avoid x0 cards, or your score will drop to 0!)
    • German:
      Triff zuerst Karten mit hohen Werten und danach die Multi-plikatoren. Vorsicht: x0-Karten setzen die Punktzahl auf 0!
      (Translation: Hit high value cards first and then the multipliers. Be careful: x0 cards set the score to 0!)
    • Italian:
      Spara prima alle carte alte, poi ai multiplicatori, ma evite le carte x0 che azzerato il punteggio.
      (Translation: Shoot the high cards first, then the multipliers, but avoid the x0 cards which reset your score.)
    • Spanish (Spain):
      Dispara a cartas altas y luego a las que multiplican. ¡No dispares a las cartas x0 o te quedarás sin puntos!
      (Translation: Shoot high cards and then for multiplying cards. Don't shoot x0 cards, or you'll be without points!)

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Hit 5 cards as they fall, and aim for the highest total score!"
• On-screen – "Hit 5 cards and aim for a high score!"

Naming

The minigame's name is a pun on a phrase meaning "what one wants to accomplish."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ねらえ！てんすうカード[?] Nerae! Tensū kādo	Aim! Point cards
Dutch	Rekenregen[?]	Math Rain
French	Tirer les Cartes[?]	Literally "shoot the cards", which can mean "draw cards" as well
German	Multiplizielen[?]	Multiply Aim	Pun on multiplizieren ("multiply") and zielen ("aim")
Italian	Carte Cadenti[?]	Falling Cards
Korean	맞혀라! 점수카드[?] Mattcheora! Jeomsukadeu	Aim! Score cards!
Spanish (NOA)	Tiro a la carta[?]	Shooting the card
Spanish (NOE)	Carta blanca[?]	White Card	Pun on an expression meaning "complete freedom"