Puzzle Pillars

Puzzle Pillars
Appears in	Mario Party 8
Type	Extras Zone minigame
Time limit	60 seconds per level
Music track	Challenge!
Music sample

Puzzle Pillars is a one-to-two-player minigame found only in the Extras Zone in Mario Party 8.

Overview

Two-Player version

In the introduction, the player does their Blue Space animation, blocks of various colors then fall into the building, and the minigame starts.

Players try to match identically colored blocks, making them disappear and earning them points, of which they try to achieve as much as they can before time is up. Blocks can be selected and rotated vertically. There are also Bullet Bill blocks to clear, but if not done quickly enough, the player loses five seconds. The next level starts upon achieving a number of points. There are Bob-omb blocks in certain levels that explode, clearing any blocks nearby. After either time runs out or the player makes it to Level 50, the minigame ends, but in the former case, the player can resume, but with 1,000 fewer points. There are coins or Amps on blocks exclusively in two-player, adding coins and stunning players, respectively. The player with the highest score in two-player version when time is up wins, though if it is the same, it is a tie.

The ending of the two-player version shows the winning and losing players doing their respective animations, or their losing animations if it is a tie. If the player gets to Level 50 in single-player mode, "Congratulations" is displayed as they do their winning animations, as well as the "Congratulations" music theme plays, unique to this minigame.

Puzzle Pillars costs 50 Carnival Cards to buy at the Fun Bazaar.

Controls

• Wii Remote: Use the Pointer to move the cursor.
• Buttons
  • / – Select

In-game text

• Rules (single player) – "Link four or more blocks of the same color horizontally to clear them. Clear emblems to move to the next level."
• Rules (multiplayer) – "Link four or more blocks of the same color horizontally to clear them. Nab the most coins to win!"
• Hint (single player) – "Clear Bob-omb blocks to clear blocks around them. Clear Bullet Bill blocks or they'll take 5 seconds off your time."
• Hint (multiplayer) – "Grab coins instead of blocking your rivals. If you grab a column with Amps in it, you can't move for a bit."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	いせきでパズル[?] Iseki de Pazuru	Puzzle in the Ruins
French	Puzzle en Piliers[?]	Puzzle Pillars
German	Balkenpuzzle[?]	Beam Puzzle
Italian	Colonne Vincenti[?]	Winning pillars
Korean	유적 퍼즐[?] Yujeog Peojeul	Ruins Puzzle
Spanish	Puzle[?]	Puzzle

Notes

• This is the only minigame to play the "Congratulations" music, when the player completes the single-player mode.
• An earlier version of the minigame would have have the player visible in addition to the game board.