Boxing Day

Boxing Day
Appears in	Mario Party 7
Type	1-vs.-3 Mic minigame
Music track	Look Out!
Music sample

Boxing Day is a 1-vs.-3 Mic minigame in Mario Party 7.

Overview

The team of three stands on a large Bob-omb painting that is covered by 16 "?" tiles. Meanwhile, the camera pans out to reveal the rest of the arena (with Bob-ombs in the stands) and the solo player, who is in a robot with two mechanical arms. The minigame then begins.

The goal of the team of three is to dissolve the tiles by ground-pounding them. On the other hand, the solo player's goal is to knock away the other three players by using a robot with two large mechanical arms wearing boxing gloves. The solo player has to speak into the Mic to command the machine to rotate, double-punch, rocket-punch, punch left, or punch right. If there is no Mic, the commands are selected from a blue box. If the robot's gloves or arms hit a team player, that player is eliminated. The solo player wins if they eliminate the other three players. The team players win if they ground-pound all the tiles. The minigame ends in a tie if five minutes pass.

At the end, if the solo player wins, they and the robot perform victory poses. If the team players win, they stand on the now-revealed painting, performing their victory poses while six Bob-ombs drop in on the solo player's robot and destroy it, after which various parts of it catch on fire due to electrical failures. If the minigame ends in a tie, everyone performs their losing pose.

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  The ending to Boxing Day if the solo player wins

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  The ending to Boxing Day if the team wins

Controls

Solo (1 player)

• – Say: "Right," "Left," "Double punch," "Rotate," "Rocket punch"

Group (3 players)

• – Move
• – Jump
• → – Ground Pound

In-game text

• Rules – "One player uses the Mic to guide the robot arms, while the other players try to Ground Pound the tiles."
• Advice – "The robot must complete one full attack before you can give it another command."

Gallery

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  Bob-omb painting

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  Red "?" tile

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  Blue "?" tile

Naming

"Boxing Day" is named after a holiday celebrated on December 26, the day after Christmas, while also being a pun on the sport of boxing.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	マイクでパンチロボ Maiku de Panchi Robo	Punching Robot with Mic		[?]
French	Roboboxe	Robo-boxing		[?]
German	Boxobot	Portmanteau of Boxen ("boxing") and Robot ("robot")		[?]
Italian	Pugni d'acciaio	Fists of steel		[?]
Spanish	Boxeo mecánico	Mechanical boxing		[?]