Pier Pressure

Pier Pressure is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9. The name is a pun on the phrase peer pressure, a term meaning for a person to be in a friendship with others who try to conform them into behaving and thinking like the group. The minigame is similar to Cheep Cheep Chance from Mario Party DS and Cut from the Team from Mario Party 8.

Introduction
An underwater shot shows Cheep Cheeps and Urchins swimming around. It then goes above water and shows the pier and the players.

Gameplay
Before the game starts, a "spinning" arrow determines who goes first. The chosen player goes first, and the players to their right go after in order.

Players try to pick fishing lines that they think have Cheep-Cheeps on them. If any players should pick a fishing rod with an Urchin, they are knocked into the water and eliminated. The game is purely luck-based; there is no way of telling whether a rod has a Cheep-Cheep or an Urchin hooked to it, even if the line moves in a different way from another.

In-game text

 * Rules – "Pick the fishing rod with a Cheep Cheep on the hook. If you choose one with an Urchin on it, you're out!"
 * Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press to move and  to pick a fishing rod while in front of it."