Surf's Way Up
- This article is about the minigame from Mario Party 8. For the level from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! for the Game Boy Advance, see Surf's Up.
| Surf's Way Up | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 8 | ||
| Type | Duel minigame | ||
| Music track | It's on Now | ||
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Surf's Way Up is a Duel minigame in Mario Party 8, as well as a single-player minigame in Test for the Best.
Overview[edit]
The opening shows each player riding their space sled down a path in outer space, with Earth visible in the background.
The goal of the minigame is to attain the most points by going through through colored circular goals with different point values. Hitting a goal marked with a Bowser emblem drops the player's score to zero. Players can hold 
or 
to boost, enabling them to hit the point goals before their opponent. The player with the most points by the end wins, though players tie if they both end with the same number.
The winning player performs their victory pose on their space sled and launches far ahead of the losing player and out of sight, while the losing player does their losing pose on their space sled. If the minigame ends in a tie, both players simply perform their losing poses.
Test for the Best[edit]
Test for the Best has a single-player variety where points are earned through the same means while avoiding the Bowser goals. The scores necessary to earn a certain point total are as follows:
| Grade | Points earned | Required score | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ | 1,000 | 800 points | Cosmic Kahuna |
| A | 900 | 680 points | Stellar Surfer |
| B | 800 | 560 points | Wave Maker |
| C | 700 | 440 points | Surfin' Sophomore |
| D | 600 | 320 points | Surfin' Neophyte |
| F | 0 | 319 or fewer points | Wipeout Kid |
Controls[edit]
- Wii Remote: Move
- Buttons
- / – Boost
In-game text[edit]
- Rules – "Steer your space sled through the point goals to rack up the highest score."
- Hint – "Avoid the Bowser goals. If you pass through one, your score will drop to zero!"
Naming[edit]
The title is a play on the phrase "surf's up."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゲットだ！ポイントボール[?] Getto da! Pointo bōru |
Get them! Point balls | |
| French | Surfeur Spatial[?] | Space Surfer | |
| German | Surfen im Weltall[?] | Surfing in Outer Space | |
| Italian | Surf Siderale[?] | Stellar Surf | |
| Korean | 잡아라! 포인트볼[?] Jab-ala! Pointeubol |
Catch It! Point Ball | |
| Spanish | Carrera espacial[?] | Space Race |
Notes[edit]
- If one of the veteran playable characters wins, they perform one of their secondary victory animations from the GameCube-era Mario Party games (with Mario's and Luigi's being slightly different) instead of the new ones they received in this game. Blooper and Hammer Bro will perform their own new secondary victory animations as opposed to their normal ones. This is also the case in Thrash 'n' Crash.
