Growing Up

Growing Up is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9. The name is a play on the phrase "growing up," a term used when a child matures.

Introduction
The competitors are standing underneath their Brick Blocks. The flying block displaying the buttons to press descends from above, showing a "?".

Gameplay
Players make their vines grow by pressing the button that appears on the Flying Question Block with a fast reaction time.

The fastest player to hit the button gets a greater height increase for his/her vine than the other players'. If a player presses the wrong button, or does not press any button, his/her vine will not grow for that round. With each round that passes, the players are given less time to react, as the button rotation on the block is faster each time.

The player with the tallest vine after eight rounds wins.

Ending
The players climb to the top of their vines. The camera then zooms in on the winner, who waves.

In-game text

 * Rules – "Press the buttons that appear on-screen to grow your vine. The faster you press the buttons, the higher your vine will grow. The highest vine wins!"
 * Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Depending on the button that appears on-screen, press, , , , or to make your vine grow."

Trivia

 * The music that is heard when the characters climb the vines is similar to the endless staircase theme from Super Mario 64.