Ground Pound (minigame)

Ground Pound is a one-player minigame found in Mario Party.

Gameplay
Before the game starts, the player has to look carefully at the pegs before the butterflies cover the tops. Ground Pound all the pegs with the flat tops to win. Ground Pounding the pegs with a pointy top injures the player and causes them to lose time. Sometimes, the butterflies do not cover the pegs up completely, giving a better advantage for the player.

Controls

 * – Move
 * – Jump
 * + – Hip Drop

In-game text

 * Game Rules – "Hip Drop onto the flat-topped posts. Try to remember which are flat and which are pointy, before the butterflies land."
 * Advice – "Watch carefully. Look beneath the butterflies, and you'll see parts of the posts."

Trivia

 * The term "Ground Pound" wasn't used in the minigame descriptions in Mario Party and Mario Party 2. Instead the term used was "Hip Drop". This was changed to "Ground Pound" in the later Mario Party games.