Speeding Bullets

Speeding Bullets
Mario Party 9 Mario Party: The Top 100
Appears in	Mario Party 9 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	Free-for-All minigame
Initial record	0:45:00
Music	Freshen Up!

Speeding Bullets is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9, and it returns in Mario Party: The Top 100. The name is likely inspired by the Superman phrase "faster than a speeding bullet." This minigame and Smash Compactor are the only Free-for-All minigames to have unique music.

Introduction

The camera follows the captain driving a Bullet Bill as they pass over a dash zone, then splits to show all players.

Gameplay

Players ride Bullet Bills and try to be the first to reach the finish line. Along the way, they will encounter dash zones, which increase their speed meter by one, and Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes, which decrease their speed to one. The faster the player is going, the bigger each movement will be.

The bonus objective for this minigame in Time Attack involves passing over each dash zone.

Ending

The first and second players to finish will cheer, while the third and fourth players will be disappointed.

Controls

Mario Party 9

• "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Tilt the Wii Remote left and right to steer your Bullet Bill."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Tilt system left / right: Steer

In-game text

Mario Party 9

• Rules – "Pilot Bullet Bill to the finish line as fast as you can. Pass over dash zones to boost your speed. Hitting obstacles will lower your speed."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Ride your bullet to the goal, dodging obstacles on the way!"
• On-screen – "Dodge the obstacles in a race for the goal!"

Gallery

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  Mario in the introduction to Speeding Bullets

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  Speeding Bullets, in Time Attack

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	かっ飛びキラージェット Kattobi kirājetto	Speeding Bullet Bill Jet
Spanish (NOA)	Bill Bólido	Meteorite Bill
Spanish (NOE)	Las balas embaladas	The boosting bullets ("Balas" means "bullets" and "embaladas" is a popular term for "boosted")
French	Turbo Bill Balle	Turbo Bullet Bill
Dutch	Kantelkogels	Tilting Bullets
German	Kugelwilli-Rennen	Bullet Bill Racing
Italian	Formula Pallottolo Bill	Formula Bullet Bill
Chinese	極速噴射炮彈 Jísù pēnshè pàodàn	Speeding Jet Bullet

Trivia

• The music that plays during the minigame, entitled "Freshen Up!", is a slight remix of the original Super Mario Bros. theme.