Big Dripper (minigame)

Big Dripper is a 4-player mini-game that is found during the events of the Nintendo GameCube game Mario Party 7. The name of the game is a pun on the star constellation, the Big Dipper.

Introduction
The four characters carrying their colored jars appeared standing near to puddles of honey drips. The hives at both sides quake as the bees fly out into the open space as all the players ducked to avoid the attack. The bees then fly back into their hives as the players stand up, believing that the area is safe. The mini-game then starts.

Gameplay
Four players are standing carrying empty jars are waiting to be filled with honey.

The objective of the mini-game is that the players have to collect the most drips of honey within the time limit of thirty seconds. The honey drips from the honeycombs on the ceiling, the players can notice the drips by seeing their shadows on the honey drip spots. When the honey drips on the floor, players cannot gather the honey that landed on the floor.

Additionally, the hives residing at both of the sides occasionally rumble; signaling the players that the bees will fly out in the outdoors. The players have to duck to avoid being stunned by the mass of bees, or risk being stunned thus wasting a moment of time. At other times, they rumbling sensation from both of the hives would result of a false alarm, meaning that the bees would not fly out.

The player with the most drips of honey wins the mini-game. If two or more players have the same amount of drips, the players also win the mini-game. However, if the player from both teams have the same amount of drips, it is considered a tie.