Countdown Pound

Countdown Pound
Appears in	Mario Party 5
Type	Duel mini-game
Music track	Serious Competition
Music sample

Countdown Pound is a Duel minigame found in Mario Party 5.

Overview

Both players losing Countdown Pound

The two players each stand on a platform that is connected to a timer and a balloon that corresponds to the character's color (for example, Mario has a red balloon, Yoshi has a green one, and Koopa Kid has an orange one). The timer counts down from ten seconds while pumping a balloon. The goal is to ground-pound the platform as close to 00:00 seconds as possible. The player who is closer to 00:00 seconds is the winner. When a player loses, their timer changes to XX:XX, and their balloon inflates until it bursts, sending them flying offscreen.

If both players stop the timer at the exact time or fail to ground-pound before the timer reaches zero, the minigame ends in a draw, with both timers changing to XX:XX and both balloons inflating until they burst.

Controls

• – Jump
• → – Ground Pound

In-game text

• Rules – "Do a Ground Pound to stop the timer as close to 0:00 as you can. Whoever stops the timer closest to 0:00 wins."
• Advice – "It takes a moment or two to do a Ground Pound, so time your jump accordingly!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ギリギリ！カウントダウン Girigiri! Kauntodaun	Last Minute Countdown		[?]
French	H-10	Means "Time is up in 10 hours"		[?]
German	Blase-Ballon	Bladder Balloon		[?]
Italian	Nervi d'acciaio	Nerves of steel		[?]
Spanish	Nervios de acero	Nerves of Steel		[?]

See also

• Time Bomb
• Lunar-tics