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 and returns in Mario Party: The Top 100. 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. The Merry-Go-Chomp minigame from Mario Party 3, uses a similar concept to that of this one.
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
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– 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 Panic Pinball and Head Waiter minigames.
