Bowser's Big Blast
- Not to be confused with Bowser's Bigger Blast.
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| Appears in | Mario Party 2 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Type | Battle minigame (Mario Party 2) 4-Player minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars) | ||
| Time limit | 10 seconds per turn | ||
| Music track | That's All of It | ||
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Bowser's Big Blast is a Battle minigame in Mario Party 2 (where it is stylized as BOWSER's Big Blast) and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars.
Overview
The opening shows a mechanism screwing a large bomb shaped like Bowser into place. The four players then arrive, lined up, and the switches show up.
The minigame is luck-based. Players take turns to press either a red, a purple, a yellow, a green, or a white switch, hoping it does not result in the bomb exploding. If the nostrils on the bomb emit steam, the player is not eliminated, and they go to the back of the line. If the wrong switch is set off, the eyes on the bomb count down from three before exploding. If every player presses a switch that does not detonate the bomb, a different set of switches appears. Each time a player is eliminated, one less switch is available, going to as few as three. The last player left wins.
In Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars, the player characters breathe a sigh of relief if the bomb does not explode or take cover if it does. Mario Party Superstars adds more animations, including the player character holding their breath after choosing a bomb and panicking if the bomb counts down. Mario Party Superstars also shows the bomb emitting electricity and turning white upon blowing up.
It costs 980 coins to buy the minigame from Woody in Mario Party 2.
Controls
Mario Party 2
– Move
– Press plunger
Mario Party: The Top 100
: Move
: Hit switch
Mario Party Superstars
(Left and Right) – Select switch
– Hit switch
In-game text
Mario Party 2
- Game Rules – "Take turns pressing the plungers. If Bowser blows up on you, you're out. Last one standing wins!"
- Advice – "Just because a plunger detonated Bowser once, doesn't mean it will again... Or does it? Give it a try!"
Mario Party: The Top 100
- Description – "Guess which switch won't detonate the bomb! The last one standing wins!"
- On-screen – "Hit a switch that won't explode!"
Mario Party Superstars
- In-game description
- English:
Take turns pressing the switches. If Bowser blows up on you, you're out.
- English:
Gallery
Ending in Mario Party 2
Mario Party: The Top 100
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | クッパだいばくはつ[?] Kuppa Dai Bakuhatsu |
Bowser Big Explosion | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 酷霸王大爆炸[?] kùbàwáng dàbàozhà |
Bowser's Big Explode | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 庫巴大爆炸[?] Kù bā dà bàozhà |
Bowser's Big Explode | |
| Dutch | Bowsers korte lontje[?] | Bowser's short fuse | |
| French | Furie de Bowser Furie de BOWSER[?] |
BOWSER's fury | |
| German | Bumm Bumm-Bowser[?] | Boom Boom Bowser | |
| Italian | Esplosione BOWSER[?] | BOWSER Explosion | Mario Party 2 |
| Esplosione Bowser[?] | Bowser Explosion; same as Bowser's Bigger Blast | ||
| Korean | 쿠파 대폭발[?] Kupa Daepokbal |
Bowser Big Explosion | |
| Portuguese | Detona Bowser[?] | Bowser Blast | |
| Russian | Большой бум Боузера[?] Bol'shoy bum Bouzera |
Bowser's Big Boom | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Bowser-bomba[?] | Bowser bomb | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Explosión de BOWSER[?] | BOWSER's Explosion | Mario Party 2 |
| Explosión de Bowser[?] | Bowser's Explosion | The Top 100 and Superstars |
