Reverse Minigame

A Forward Minigame is a Bowser Event introduced in Mario Party 4, Mario Party 6, Mario Party 7, Mario Party 8 and 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 Forward Minigame, Bowser forces all players to participate in a Free-for-All minigame, where the goal - unlike regular minigames - is to lose. Bowser awards twenty Mini Stars to the player who finishes in last place (thirty Bananas for DK's Jungle Ruins), making them the opposite of the Shy Guy's Push Minigames, which relieves the last-place player of ten Mini Stars.

Relatively few Free-For-All minigames are also Forward 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 Forward Minigames can qualify as Bowser Minigames since the rules are changed.

The list of Forward Minigames includes:

• Bomb Barge - Be the first player to get killed by a Bomb.
• Magma Mayhem - Be the first player to get knocked off of the platform by any character.
• Smash Compactor - Be the first player to get smashed by Dry Bones.
• Pier Pressure - Be the player who gets a Urchin while going in the water. Players can fast their modification by getting Urchins before time runs out.

The Forward Minigame returns in Mario Party 10 and this time, the player who finished in last will receive thirty Mini Stars instead of twenty.