Whack-a-Monty

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Whack-a-Monty
Whack-a-Monty
Appears in New Super Mario Bros.
Type Action minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music sample

Whack-a-Monty is an Action minigame found in New Super Mario Bros., where the player must tap Monty Moles with the stylus to defeat them, mirroring the popular real-life arcade game Whack-a-Mole.

The music that plays during this minigame is an arrangement of the Underground Theme from the original Super Mario Bros., like in Coincentration, Intense Coincentration, and Hide and Boo Seek.

Gameplay[edit]

The minigame takes place on a 5×4 grid, where Monty Moles and Luigis come out of holes and quickly hide back in them. Each Monty Mole is worth one point if hit. However, the player should be careful that Luigis sometimes pop out. If Luigi is hit, the player loses three points. The player must rack up as many points as possible within the 30-second time limit.

In the multiplayer version, up to four players can compete, and whoever has the most points wins. Unlike in single-player mode, the points can go below zero. Multiplayer mode also has adjustable difficulty. The Easy difficulty has no Luigis, the Normal difficulty has some slowly moving Luigis, and the Hard difficulty has many quickly moving Luigis.

In-game instructions[edit]

  • Single player: "Whack Monty Mole whenever he pops out of a hole! WHACKITY WHACK!!! You'll lose points if you hit poor Luigi by mistake. Be careful! How many Monty Moles can you whack?"
  • Multiplayer: "Whack Monty Mole whenever he pops out of a hole! WHACKITY WHACK!!! You'll lose points if you hit poor Luigi by mistake, so be careful! How many Monty Moles can you whack?"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ボコボコもぐらたたき
Bokoboko Mogura-tataki
Holey Whack-a-Mole

Chinese 棒打鼹鼠
Bàngdǎ Yǎnshǔ
Whack a Mole

French Tape-taupe
Tap-a-mole
German Schnapp den Monty
Get the Monty
Italian Schiacciomatto
From schiacciare (to smash)
Korean 우당탕 두더지 잡기
Udangtang Dudeoji Japgi
Rumbling Mole-Catching

Spanish Dale a Monty
Hit Monty

Trivia[edit]

Super Mario-kun Whack-A-Monty from Volume 36
Whack-a-Monty as it appears in volume 36 of Super Mario-kun
  • This minigame also makes an appearance in volume 36 of Super Mario-kun, in which Mario can be seen hitting the Monty Moles by his house; however, he accidentally hits Luigi in the process.