Bowser's Big Blast
Template:Minigame-infobox Bowser's Big Blast (stylized as BOWSER's Big Blast) is a battle minigame in Mario Party 2. The minigame's specific concept, with the Bowser head and the switches, later appears in Mario Party 4, under the name Bowser's Bigger Blast. This minigame returns in Mario Party: The Top 100.
Introduction
A Bowser bomb is screwed into place by a mechanical arm and the camera zooms out. The four characters enter the room it's in and get in line (with the exception of the first player up to press a plunger) while the plungers appear. The minigame then begins.
Gameplay
The game is a luck-based minigame. The players take turns pressing down the plungers connected to a massive Bowser bomb.
The player is safe if a small burst of smoke comes from the bomb's "nostrils", and it detonates if the incorrect one is chosen, eliminating that player; another bomb is then put into place and the game continues. At the beginning there are five plungers of varying colors, and after a player is eliminated, the number decreases until three are left; if all plungers that aren't the detonator are chosen, they are reset.
The last player remaining is the winner.
Controls
– Move
– Press Plunger
In-game text
- Game Rules – "Take turns pressing the plungers. If Bowser blows up on you, you're out. Last one standing wins!"
- Advice – "Just because a plunger detonated Bowser once doesn't mean it will again... Or does it? Give it a try!"
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クッパだいばくはつ Kuppa Dai Bakuhatsu |
Bowser Big Explosion |
| German | Bumm Bumm-Bowser |
Boom Boom Bowser |
| Italian | Esplosione Bowser |
Bowser Explosion |
| Spanish | Explosión de Bowser |
Bowser's Explosion |
Trivia
- That giant Bowser head was later also used in Mario Party 5 in the two minigames called Panic Pinball and Head Waiter.
- A later minigame, Merry-Go-Chomp from Mario Party 3, uses a similar concept to that of this minigame.
