Bowser's Painball
- Not to be confused with Bowser Pinball.
| Bowser's Painball | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 10 | ||
| Type | Bowser minigame | ||
| Time limit | 30 seconds | ||
| Music track | Bowser's Punishment 2 | ||
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Bowser's Painball is a Bowser minigame appearing in Mario Party 10. "Painball" is a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "pinball."
Gameplay[edit]
The Team Mario players are in a pinball game controlled by Bowser. Bowser has 30 seconds to shoot Spiked Balls to harm players. Other elements from a real pinball machine also appear here, with overhead bumpers and a moving wall. The team players lose one heart every time they get hit. The game starts with one ball, and after about five seconds, a second ball appears from the left. If one of the balls falls in the center, the same ball will reappear after a few seconds.
The player controlling Bowser can shake the GamePad to briefly stun the other players, though this is never explained in-game.
This minigame appears in amiibo Party only if Bowser is one of the players. Each team player has two hearts in this mode, and as with all other Bowser minigames, Bowser has to eliminate all of the other players' hearts to win. If even one heart remains, Bowser loses and everyone else wins.
Controls[edit]
Team Mario[edit]
– Move
Bowser[edit]
– Move left flipper
– Move right flipper
In-game text[edit]
- Bowser (American English): "Activate the flippers with and . Attack with the Spike Balls!"
- Bowser (British English): "Activate the flippers with and . Attack with the Spiked Balls!"
- Team Mario (American English): "Keep away from the Spike Balls!"
- Team Mario (British English): "Keep away from the Spiked Balls!"
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クッパのピンボールじごく Kuppa no Pinbōru Jigoku |
Bowser's Pinball Hell | [?] | |
| Dutch | Bowsers Flipperval | Bowser's pinball [machine] trap | [?] | |
| French | Flipper flippant de Bowser | Bowser's Creepy Pinball | [?] | |
| German | Bowsers Flipperfarce | Bowser's Pinball Farce | [?] | |
| Italian | Flipper malefico | Evil pinball | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Pinball Maléfico | Evil Pinball | [?] | |
| Russian | Пинбол Боузера Pinbol Bouzera |
Bowser's Pinball | [?] | |
| Spanish | Pinball maléfico | Evil Pinball | [?] |
Notes[edit]
- This was one of the minigames featured in the E3 2014 demo.
