Reverse Minigame

Three of the four Reverse Minigames in Mario Party 9

A Reverse Minigame is a Bowser Event introduced in Mario Party 9. It is one of many events that may appear on a roulette when a player lands on a Bowser Space. If the wheel stops on a Reverse Minigame, Bowser forces all players to participate in a Free-for-All minigame, where the goal, unlike in regular minigames, is to lose. Bowser awards ten Mini Stars to the player who finishes in last place (20 bananas for DK's Jungle Ruins), making them the opposite of the Fire Bro's Battle Minigames, which relieves the last-place player of ten Mini Stars. If everyone finishes in last place, then no one gets any Mini Stars.

Relatively few Free-for-All minigames are also Reverse Minigames. The four that do have a Reverse version in Mario Party 9 seem to have a Bowser-like aesthetic, involving backgrounds and obstacles commonly associated with the Koopa King in other games.

The list of Reverse Minigames includes:

• Thwomper Room – The first player to get hit by a Thwomp wins.
• Billistics – The first player to get hit by an incoming Bullet Bill wins.
• Chain Event – The player who takes the longest sliding down the chain wins. Players can slow their descent by hitting Spiked Balls on the way down.
• Tumble Temple – The first player to get hit by a Spiked Ball wins.

Reverse Minigames return in Mario Party 10, and this time, the player who finishes in last will receive 20 Mini Stars instead of ten. The Reverse Minigames in this list are as follows:

• Fuzzy Fliers – The player who gets eliminated first wins. The minigame still continues even after one player is eliminated.
• Fruit Cahoots – The player who has the fewest points after seven rounds wins.
• Bob-omb Combo – The player who detonates the fewest Bob-ombs wins.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	まけるがかちミニゲーム Makeru ga Kachi Minigēmu	Lose to Win Minigame
Chinese	敗者為勝小遊戲 Bàizhě wéi shèng Xiǎoyóuxì	"The Loser Wins" Minigame
Dutch	Op-z'n-kop-minigame	Upside down Minigame
French	Mini-jeu inversé	Reversed Minigame
German	Verkehrte Welt	Upside down World
Italian	!ocoiginiM	!emaginiM, reversed lettering for "Minigioco!", in English "Minigame!"
Spanish (NOA)	Minijuego inverso	Reverse minigame
Spanish (NOE)	Minijuego al revés	Backwards Minigame