Pumper Cars

Pumper Cars
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Type	Duel mini-game
Controls	Wii Remote: Hold down and move up and down to operate the lever. Buttons: Hold down to operate the lever.
Music	Proceed without Fear

Pumper Cars is a Duel and single-player minigame featured in Mario Party 8. Its name is a pun on "bumper cars".

Introduction

The camera goes through part of the 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 handcars all the way to the finish. The first one to reach the goal wins. To operate the levers correctly, they must shake the up and down while holding and . If the player does not hold both buttons, the cart does not move.

Ending

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

Test for the Best

This minigame appears in Test for the Best. The player plays alone in this minigame, and his or her objective is to 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 (America / Japan)	Required in Minigame (Europe / Australia)
A+	1,000	14.50	17.50
A	900	15.00
B	800	15.50
C	700	16.00
D	600	16.50

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
Spanish	Mina tenebrosa	Dark mine
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