Domination

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Domination
Domination from Mario Party 4
Mario Party 4
Domination from Super Mario Party Jamboree
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Appears in Mario Party 4
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Type 4-Player minigame
Time limit 10 seconds
Initial record 80 (Mario Party 4)
10 (Super Mario Party Jamboree)
Music track Hurry! Hurry! (when setting up the dominoes)
How Many? (when counting the dominoes)
Hurry! Hurry! How Many? (Super Mario Party Jamboree)
Music sample
Mario Party 4
Setting up dominoes

Counting dominoes

Domination is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 4 and Super Mario Party Jamboree. Its name is a pun on "domination" (having control over something else) and dominoes. In Mario Party 4, if the player is able to knock down 100 Whomps or more, they will unlock Goomba's clock in the Present Room.

Introduction[edit]

The camera pans down a long row of Whomps, stopping on the four players. In Super Mario Party Jamboree, only the Whomps in front are shown. The Whomps then disappear into the ground as the game starts.

Gameplay[edit]

The goal is to set up the most Whomps, which act as dominoes. Each character wields a mallet and a switch. The players have 10 seconds to hit the switches as many times as possible. Each time a switch is hit, a Whomp is set up. When the time is up, the characters punch the Whomps (push them in Super Mario Party Jamboree), knocking them over. The character(s) with the most Whomps knocked over win(s).

In Super Mario Party Jamboree, the "Professional Button Masher" achievement can be earned if the player knocks over at least 60 Whomps.[1]

Ending[edit]

After all the Whomps are knocked over, at least one more Whomp appears in front of the winning line, holding a flag (only in Mario Party 4), with winners on top. Winners then do victory poses. If the minigame ends in a draw, all four players do their losing animations.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • A Button – Tap the switch

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

  • Mash Single Joy-Con Right Button to hit button

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 4[edit]

  • Game Rules"Press the switch repeatedly to set up your Whomp dominoes."
  • Advice"Press A Button as fast as you can for ten seconds."

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

  • "Mash the button for 10 seconds to set up a line of Whomps, then watch them fall like dominoes! Whoever has the longest line wins."

See also[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バッタンドミノ[?]
Battan Domino
Whomp Domino
French Domino Whomp[?] Whomp Domino
German Domino-Desaster[?] Domino Disaster
Italian Domino[?] -
Portuguese Dominó esmagão[2] Crushing Domino/Whomp Domino; Esmagão can either mean "Whomp" and "crush" at the same time.
Spanish (NOA) Dominó total[?] Total domino
Spanish (NOE) El rocaminó[?] Portmanteau of roca ("rock") and dominó ("domino")

Trivia[edit]

  • This minigame is based on Hudson Soft's Shooting Watch. By standard means, the scoring limit is 160, most likely because that is Takahashi Meijin's trademark number of button presses in 10 seconds.
    • As proven through the use of a TAS, the maximum number of points one can get is 299. This is because it is physically impossible (even using a TAS) to input 300 button presses within the frames in which Mario Party 4 runs. The stage where the minigame takes place is modeled up to 180.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo Life (October 1, 2024). 10+ New Details in Mario Party Jamboree (3:55). YouTube. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Casal Aperte Start (October 16, 2024). Super Mario Party Jamboree - Switch - A FLORESTA DO MEGA WIGGLER (18:37). YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  3. ^ [EPIC]itap89 (November 10, 2019). Mario Party 4 Domination TAS [MAX: 300]. YouTube. Retrieved June 27, 2024.