Swing Kings

Template:Minigame-infobox Swing Kings is a 4-Player and Duel minigame in Mario Party 8, and it is one of ten minigames featured in Test for the Best. One minigame in Mario Party 7 is extremely similar, which is playable only on Neon Heights. Another minigame from Mario Party 5, called Dinger Derby, is also similar, though 30 balls are pitched.

Swing Kings is one of the minigames from Mario Party 8 ported to the Japan-only arcade game Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher. Here, it is a Bonus Chance Game.

Introduction

The camera is zoomed in on the first player, who is standing on home plate with a Shy Guy beside a basket of baseballs. The screen then splits into multiple screens, one for each player, and the minigame begins.

Gameplay

A Shy Guy throws a baseball at the character, and the player has to swing the and hit the ball. Occasionally, the Shy Guy will throw a ball higher or lower than normal. The Shy Guys throw 20 balls at each player; after all the balls have been tossed, the minigame ends. The player who hits the most baseballs wins the minigame.

Ending

Toadette's victory in Swing Kings

Victorious characters perform their winning poses on a baseball field, while in the background the players that lose run around the field, collecting the baseballs and tossing them into a bucket. Except when this minigame is played as a Duel minigame, it is possible for there not to be a loser. If no one gets any points or if both players tie in the Duel variant, then a tie occurs.

Note: If both players get the same score in the Duel variant that breaks the current record, it counts as a New Record even though neither player won as it will say "Tie" after the New Record fanfare. This also applies to the other Duel minigames with a record system, such as Saucer Swarm.

Test for the Best

In Test for the Best, the player is alone and must hit as many of the balls as possible in 20 pitches, with the player earning 50 points for their score for each ball hit. The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows:

Grade	Points earned	Required in minigame
A+	1,000	20 hits
A	900	18 hits
B	800	16 hits
C	700	14 hits
D	600	12 hits

Controls

• Wii Remote: Swing bat
• Buttons: None

In-game text

• Rules – "Hit baseballs into the outfield. You'll get 20 pitches."
• Hint – "Don't put too much swing into it, or you won't be ready for the next pitch."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ホームランダービー[?] Hōmuran Dābī	Homerun Derby
German	Baseball-Ballerei[?]	Baseball Shoot
Italian	In Battuta[?]	-
Korean	홈런더비[?] Homreon Deobi	Homerun Derby
Spanish	Vaivén[?]	Sway/Seesaw