Launch Break

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Launch Break Appears in Mario Party 9 Type Free-for-All mini-game Music Go Crazy! Launch Break is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9. Its name is a pun on "lunch break". The concept of this minigame is similar to Pump, Pump and Away from Mario Party 3. Gameplay The rockets in the space. The game involves the players fueling their rockets using pumping machines. An energy meter is displayed on the screen, and is split into three sections. When the pointer is in the first section, the players must press as fast as they can. When the pointer gets to the second section, must be pressed. When the pointer reaches the last section, the players must shake the until the pointer arrives at the end. Ending The rockets blasting off. The players enter their rockets, and they head for space. There are three phases where the rocket stops and has one of its stages broken off, so it is dependent on how well the players did per button mash session. The player who wins the minigame is launched highest overall. The background music gets to an outer space mix as the players reach space. Occasionally, a UFO is seen flying as the minigame is about to end. In-game text Rules – "Use the controls on-screen to build up energy in your three-stage rocket. The player who blasts his or her rocket highest wins!" Controls – "Rapidly enter the controls seen on the energy meter at the top of the screen: first , then , and finally shake the Wii Remote." Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese 飛ばせ!3段ロケット Tobase! 3-Dan roketto Launch! Three-step rocket Spanish ¡Rumbo al espacio! Heading to space! French Lancement en trois temps Launching in three stages German Wettlauf ins All Race to Space Italian Pronti al lancio! Ready to launch! Chinese 飛吧！3段火箭 Fēi ba! Sān duàn huǒjiàn Fly! Three-Step Rocket [Edit] Minigames from Mario Party 9 Free-for-All minigames 10 to Win • Ballistic Beach • Billistics • Bomb Barge • Buddy Bounce • Bumper Bubbles • Card Smarts • Chain Event • Don't Look • Flinger Painting • Fungi Frenzy • Goomba Bowling • Goomba Spotting • Goomba Village • Growing Up • Jigsaw Jumble • Launch Break • Logger Heads • Magma Mayhem • Manor of Escape • Mecha Choice • Peak Precision • Pianta Pool • Pier Pressure • Pinball Fall • Piranha Patch • Pit or Platter • Pizza Me, Mario • Player Conveyor • Plunder Ground • Polar Extreme • Ring Leader • Skipping Class • Skyjinks • Smash Compactor • Snow Go • Speeding Bullets • Thwomper Room • Toad and Go Seek • Tuber Tug • Tumble Temple • Twist Ending • Upward Mobility • Urn It 1-vs-Rivals minigames Block and Roll • Hazard Hold • Hole Hogs • Line in the Sand • Mob Sleds • Pix Fix • Ruins Rumble • Spike-n-Span • Tackle Takedown • Weird Wheels Bowser Jr. minigames Bowser Pop • Bumper Sparks • Cage Match • Crossfire Caverns • Double Pounder • Mecha March • Pair of Aces • Pedal to the Paddle • Sand Trap • Zoom Room Boss minigames Bombard King Bob-omb • Bowser's Block Battle • Bowser Jr. Breakdown • Blooper Barrage • Chain Chomp Romp • Cheep Cheep Shot • Deck Dry Bones • Diddy's Banana Blast • DK's Banana Bonus • King Boo's Puzzle Attack • Sock It to Lakitu • Spike Strike • Whomp Stomp • Wiggler Bounce Extra minigames Goomba Bowling • Castle Clearout • Perspective Mode • Shell Soccer