Reverse Minigame

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Three of the four Reverse Minigames.

A Reverse Minigame is a Bowser Event introduced in Mario Party 9. It is one of many events that may appear on a roulette when a player lands on a Bowser Space. If the wheel stops on a Reverse Minigame, Bowser forces all players to participate in a Free-for-All minigame, where the goal - unlike regular minigames - is to lose. Bowser awards ten Mini Stars to the player who finishes in last place (twenty Bananas for DK's Jungle Ruins), making them the opposite of the Fire Bro.'s Battle Minigames, which relieves the last-place player of ten Mini Stars.

Relatively few Free-For-All minigames are also Reverse Minigames. The four that do have a Reverse version seem to have a Bowser-like aesthetic, involving backgrounds and obstacles commonly associated with the Koopa King in other games.

The list of Reverse Minigames includes:

• Thwomper Room - Be the first player to get hit by a Thwomp.
• Billistics - Be the first player to get hit by an incoming Bullet Bill.
• Chain Event - Be the player who takes the longest sliding down the chain. Players can slow their descent by hitting Spiked Balls on the way down.
• Tumble Temple - Be the first player to get smashed by a Spike Ball.

There were other Minigames that would have been also be played in Reverse, but they were not part of Bowser's Reverse Minigames since they were not associated to Bowser.

• Pinball Fall - Be the last player to reach the finish.
• Goomba Village - Pick which Toad House with the fewest Goombas.
• Mecha Choice - Pick the room with a dead end.
• Pier Pressure - Be the first person to pick a fishing rod with an Urchin.

Trivia

• These do not appear in Minigame Mode.
• In Traditional Board Games (like Bingo), some of them can be played reversible.