Hot Bob-omb

Hot Bob-omb
Mario Party Mario Party 2
Appears in	Mario Party Mario Party 2
Type	4-Player mini-game (Mario Party) Battle mini-game (Mario Party 2)
Music track	Taking Coins (Mario Party) Going for the Coins (Mario Party 2)
Music sample Mario Party: Mario Party 2:

Hot Bob-omb is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party and a Battle minigame in Mario Party 2 (where it is stylized as Hot BOB-OMB).

Overview

The gameplay of Hot Bob-omb is based on hot potato, since the minigame involves players tossing a Bob-omb around. If a player is holding the Bob-omb when it explodes (after about 30 seconds in Mario Party or 15 seconds in Mario Party 2), they are eliminated. If a player does not catch a Bob-omb on time in Mario Party 2, they slow down temporarily, but the Bob-omb does not necessarily explode on them. In Mario Party, the minigame ends when one player is eliminated, and they have to give five Coins to each other player, though the Mario Party 2 version continues until only one player is left. Throughout the minigame, the Bob-omb will become more red and bigger, indicating to the players that the Bob-omb is becoming gradually closer to exploding. In the Mario Party 2 version of the minigame, this was toned down to make it harder for the players to determine approximately when the Bob-omb will explode.

Hot Bob-omb can be purchased from the Mini-Game House in Mario Party for 300 Coins when it becomes becomes available, or from Woody in Mario Party 2 for 700 Coins.

Controls

Mario Party

• – Choose direction
• – Pass Bob-omb

Mario Party 2

• – Pass direction
• – Throw Bob-omb
• – Catch Bob-omb

In-game text

Mario Party

• Game Rules – "The Bob-omb has come. Pass it to somebody with before it explodes."
• Game Rules (Mini-Game Island) – "Pass the Bob-omb to someone else before it explodes. Clear the game by not holding it when it explodes."
• Advice – "The Bob-omb gets bigger and bigger as it is about to explode."

Mario Party 2

• Game Rules – "Don't let the Bob-omb blow up in your hands or you're out. The last one standing is the winner."
• Advice – "If you don't press the Button at the right moment, you'll drop the Bob-omb! If you catch it, you can pass it off right away!"

Gallery

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  The ending to Hot Bob-omb in Mario Party

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  Background in Mario Party 2

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  The ending to Hot Bob-omb in Mario Party 2

Naming

As with its gameplay, the minigame's name is a play on the game hot potato and the enemy Bob-omb.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ボムへいわたし Bomuhei watashi	Bob-omb Handoff	Mario Party	[?]
	いそげ！ボムへいわたし Isoge! Bomuhei watashi	Quickly! Bob-omb Handoff	Mario Party 2	[?]
French	Gare à Bob-omb!	Beware Bob-omb!	Mario Party	[?]
	BOB-BALEZE	BOB-BRUTAL	Mario Party 2	[?]
German	Explosiver Bob-Omb	Explosive Bob-omb		[?]
Italian	Hot Bob-omb	-	Mario Party
	BOB-OMBA bollente	Hot BOB-OMB; similar to Bob-ombic Plague and Pass the Bob-omb	Mario Party 2	[?]
Spanish	¡BOB-OMB Caliente!	Hot BOB-OMB!		[?]

Notes

• The Mario Party version of this minigame appears to be set on the same stage as Bash 'n' Cash and Grab Bag, except that a metal cage surrounds the pit.

See also

• Bob-ombic Plague
• Lit Potato