Pumper Cars

Pumper Cars
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Type	Duel minigame
Music track	Proceed without Fear
Music sample

Pumper Cars is a Duel minigame featured in Mario Party 8, as well as a single-player minigame in Test for the Best. The name is a pun on "bumper cars."

Introduction

The camera goes through part of a mine, then it comes to the first player. The screen splits into two to show the second player.

Gameplay

Players must hold the Wii Remote sideways and pump their handcarts all the way to the finish. To operate the levers correctly, the players must shake up and down while holding and . If the player does not hold both buttons, the cart does not move. The first player to reach the goal wins. If neither player reaches the goal within five minutes, the minigame ends in a tie.

Ending

The screen cuts to the winning player in a different perspective; the player stops to do a winning pose and then continues pumping.

Test for the Best

In Test for the Best, the player plays alone in this minigame and must reach the goal as fast as possible. The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows:

Grade	Points earned	Required in minigame (NTSC)	Required in minigame (PAL)
A+	1,000	14.50	17.50
A	900	15.00	18.00
B	800	15.50	18.50
C	700	16.00	19.00
D	600	16.50	19.50

Controls

• Wii Remote: Hold down and move up and down to operate the lever.
• Buttons: Hold down to operate the lever.

In-game text

• Rules – "Pump the handcart lever to get your vehicle to the finish line first!"
• Hint – "Pump up and down as quickly as you can! Small but certain hand motions work better than overdramatic ones!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	どうくつトロッコレース Dōkutsu torokko rēsu	Cave Cart Race
French	Mine de Rien	Nothing Mine (expression meaning either "casually" or "Even if it does not seems like it...")
German	Drasinenrennen	Handcar Race
Italian	Tira la Carretta	Pull the Cart
Spanish	Mina tenebrosa	Dark Mine