Pound Peril

Pound Peril
Appears in	Mario Party 5
Type	Duel minigame
Time limit	60 seconds
Music	Serious Competition

Pound Peril is a duel minigame found in Mario Party 5.

Gameplay

There are twelve switches in a circle. By Ground Pounding these switches, players attempt to find one that does not hurt them.

Hitting a wrong switch will cause painful events to happen to the player, slowing him or her down; and resetting the switches, making it harder to find the correct one. The player must then try a different switch. The player who Ground Pounds the switch that doesn't hurt him or her wins. Wrong switches could be poison liquid spills, zappers, 10-lb. weights, or springs. If a player ground pounds on the correct switch, a jingling sound will be heard and confetti will appear. If no one finds the correct switch in the time limit, the minigame ends in a draw.

Controls

• – Move
• – Jump
• – Punch
• → – Kick
• → – Ground Pound

In-game text

• Rules – "Find the one switch of the twelve that will not inflict any harm. The other eleven are hidden surprises of pain and misery."
• Advice – "The switches resets after they're pressed, making it harder to remember which ones have or haven't been pressed."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	¿Qué interruptor es?	Which switch is it?
French	Saute-Bouton	Pun with "Bouton" (Button) and "Saute-Mouton" (French name of Leapfrog)
German	Schalter-Stampf	Switch Stomp
Italian	Interruttore traditore	Traitor switch