Sock It to Lakitu

Sock It to Lakitu is a boss minigame in Mario Party 9.

Introduction
Lakitu flies from the sky, spins around, pulls out a Spiny Egg, and throws it onto the field where all the players are.

Gameplay
The players must run around the field, hitting blocks that appear in groups of three. Four images on the blocks cycle: a Bullet Bill, two Bullet Bills, three Bullet Bills, and a Spiny Egg. The images indicate what a block releases if it is hit at that moment. Bullet Bills are launched at Lakitu, earning the player who fired them a point for every hit, while Spiny Eggs hatch into Spinies that wander in a random direction before falling off the edge of the field. Players who hit Spinies lose a point. New blocks do not spawn until all three of the existing blocks have been hit. Initially, Lakitu himself hovers out of the players' reach, occasionally throwing Spiny Eggs onto the field to try to prevent players from reaching the blocks. A player who falls into the surrounding pit returns to the field via bubble shortly thereafter. Once Lakitu's health is halfway gone, he starts throwing larger Spiny Eggs that hatch into equally large Spinies. Not only are these supersize Spinies harder to evade, but they also deduct two points from any player who hits one. The player or players who deliver the final attack get an extra three points, and the player with the most points after the battle is the winner.

Ending
Once the last Bullet Bill hits Lakitu, he is flung into the sky with his cloud, turning into a star in the distance, as he releases a bunch of Mini Stars in Party Mode and Solo Mode.

In-game text

 * Rules – "Punch the blocks when Bullet Bills appear on them to launch attacks on Lakitu. The more Bullet Bills on the block, the bigger the attack!"
 * Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press to move and  to jump."

Names in other languages
Lakitus Luftkampf