The Great Deflate

The Great Deflate
Mario Party 4 Mario Party: The Top 100
Appears in	Mario Party 4 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	2-vs-2 minigame
Time limit	30 seconds
Music	Loud and Sweet

The Great Deflate is a 2-vs-2 minigame in Mario Party 4 and Mario Party: The Top 100. Its name comes from the term "the Great Debate."

Introduction

At a beach, an inflatable Thwomp falls onto the ground, and the camera zooms out, revealing a second inflatable Thwomp as the teams land on each respective one. In Mario Party: The Top 100, the Thwomps have their modern facial expression.

Gameplay

Players must ground-pound an inflatable blue Thwomp made of rubber enough to completely deflate it. The higher the jump before the Ground Pound, the more air that gets deflated. The first team to completely deflate its Thwomp wins.

Ending

In Mario Party 4, the team that deflated its Thwomp celebrates while the losing team sulks.

Controls

Mario Party 4

• → – Ground Pound

Mario Party: The Top 100

• : Jump
• in the air: Ground Pound

In-game text

Mario Party 4

• Game Rules – "Do Ground Pounds on the inflated Thwomp repeatedly to deflate it."
• Advice – "Time your jumps with your partner to deflate the Thwomp faster."

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Together with your teammate, Ground Pound to deflate the block!"
• On-screen – "Work with your teammate to stomp out the air!"

Gallery

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  Artwork of Wario and Waluigi pounding an inflatable Thwomp from the minigame

See also

• Totem Pole Pound

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	エアドッスン Ea Dossun	Air Thwomp
Dutch	Pletpret	Flattening Fun
French	Dégonflage d'Printemps	Deflate of Springtime
German	Die große Entweichung	The Great Leakage
Italian	Gli sgonfioni	The deflators
Spanish	Los flotadores	The Floats

Trivia

• The Mario Party: The Top 100 version of this minigame is the first time any Thwomp has been portrayed as something resembling its blue cubic appearance since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, released nine years prior.