Pool Buoy

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Not to be confused with Pool Boy.
Pool Buoy
Pool Buoy from Mario Party: Island Tour
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Time limit Approximately 40 seconds
Music track Pleasantly moving along... (NTSC)/Pleasantly Moving Along! (PAL)
Music sample

Pool Buoy (known as Beach Ball Bedlam in British English) is one of the General minigames from Mario Party: Island Tour.

Overview[edit]

The players are inside beach balls in a circular swimming pool. They can move by sliding the Stylus on the ball on the bottom screen. A Lakitu keeps roaming above them throwing flag buoys for them to collect. Red buoys are worth one point, while golden buoys are worth three. The player with the most points wins the game.

Controls[edit]

American English[edit]

  • Stylus – Roll the ball to move

British English[edit]

  • Stylus – Slide the ball to move.

In-game text[edit]

  • Rules – American English: "Race around the pool, and collect as many flag buoys as possible."
  • Rules – British English: "Collect the flags Lakitu throws."

See also[edit]

Naming[edit]

The American English name "Pool Buoy" is derived from "pool boy" and "pull buoy", a float used to aid in swimming.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseプールでフラッグあつめ
Pūru de furaggu atsume		Collect Flags at the Pool[1]
DutchLakitu's BallenbadLakitu's Ball Bath[1]
French (Canada)Droit sur les drapeauxStraight to the flags; resembles the phrase "straight to the point"[1]
French (Europe)Drapeaux sur l'eauFlags on water; pun with "bateaux sur l'eau"[1]
GermanSchwimmbad-RolleoSwimming Pool Rolleo[1]
ItalianAll'ultima boaTo the last buoy[1]
Korean풀장 깃발 쟁탈전
Puljang Gitbal Jaengtoljeon		?[1]
Portuguese (Europe)Bolas FlutuantesFloating Balls[1]
RussianБуря в бассейне
Burya v basseyne		Storm at the pool; "Буря" is a pun on "буй" (buy, "buoy")[1]
Spanish (Latin America)¡Balones al agua!Balls in the water![1]
Spanish (Europe)¡Balones al agua!Balls in the water![1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k In-game name from Mario Party: Island Tour (stored internally as mg_inst_mg3427_0001 in message file mg_inst.msbt in archive languages/[language].zdat).
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Minigames from Mario Party: Island Tour
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