Goomba Bowling

Goomba Bowling is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9 and Mario Party: The Top 100. A full version is available in Extra Mode, which awards players five Party Points when finished.

Introduction
The camera, starting at a fortress, backs up toward the players, showing all 20 Goombas lined up in a single file and forming a slightly diagonal line while moving from side to side. Before the game starts, a "spinning" arrow determines who goes first.

Gameplay
Using a Red Shell, players try to knock out as many Goombas as they can in one throw. Each player has 15 seconds to plan out and take their shot. The Goombas continue to move from side to side as the player throws, requiring the players to time their shots carefully. Hitting every Goomba earns a player a perfect score of 20 points. Getting this earns the player a special "Strike!" message. The player with the most points at the end of the minigame wins.

The Extra Mode version of the minigame in Mario Party 9 consists of five frames for each player. Each player gets two tries to take out all 20 Goombas for each frame, and the player with the most points after the fifth frame is the winner. Players can earn bonus points if all the Goombas are taken out; a strike awards 20 points, while a spare awards 10 points. Players can achieve a perfect score of 200 if they manage to get a strike on every frame.

Mario Party 9

 * "Hold the Wii Remote vertically. Press to switch between your position and your angle. Press  to adjust the two. Swing the Wii Remote while holding  to throw the shell."

Mario Party: The Top 100

 * Left / Right: Adjust angle
 * Left / Right: Adjust position
 * Throw shell

Mario Party 9

 * Rules – "Throw the shell down the lane to topple as many Goombas as you can!"
 * Description from Extra Mode – "Bowl your shell, and try to topple as many Goombas as you can. Get the most points after five frames to win!"
 * Rules (Extra Mode) – "Throw the shell down the lane to topple as many Goombas as you can! Each player gets two shells per frame. The player with the highest score after five frames wins!"
 * Rules 2 (Extra Mode) – "Topple all the Goombas with your first throw to get a strike. Take out any remaining Goombas with your second throw to get a spare. Both strikes and spares award extra points."

Mario Party: The Top 100

 * Description – "Knock out as many Goombas with one shell toss as possible!"
 * On-screen – "Aim your throw to knock out lots of Goombas!"

Names in other languages
Gumbowling