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[[File:Lakitu Launch.png|thumb|'''Lakitu Launch'''.]]
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'''Lakitu Launch''' is a [[minigame]] in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''. It is one of [[Wario]]'s minigames in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' and Action minigame in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' The player must use the stylus to slingshot [[Spiny|slingshot]] in the giant [[Green Shell]]s the [[Lakitu]]s are carrying. At the end, the Spinies will jump out of the shells and will be counted.
|image=[[File:Lakitu Launch.png|200px]]<br>The minigame in ''New Super Mario Bros.''
|appears_in=''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''<br>''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|type=Wario's minigame (''Super Mario 64 DS'')<br>Action minigame (''New Super Mario Bros.'')
|time=30 seconds
|sample=[[File:SM64DS Music Lakitu Launch.oga]]
}}
'''Lakitu Launch''' is one of [[Wario]]'s [[minigame]]s in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' and an Action minigame in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''


In multiplayer, this game is similar to [[Bob-omb Squad]].  Only two people can play. The player must sling the balls and hit the Lakitus to earn points.  If the Lakitu is holding a star, it should only be hit if it is on the lower screen.  If it is on the upper screen, the other player will get points.  Hitting Lakitus earns 100 points.  Stars are worth 1,000.  When the timer reaches zero, whoever has more points wins.
The music used in this minigame is an arrangement of the track played in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]'s merry-go-round, like in [[Bingo Ball]] and [[Slots Shot]].


The multiplayer version of Lakitu Launch is [[Vs. Lakitu Launch]]. Lakitu Launch, the 1 on 1 minigame, is completely different than the single player version.
==Gameplay==
The player must use the [[Nintendo DS#Stylus|stylus]] to aim the slingshot and launch [[Spiny Egg]]s into the giant [[Green Shell]]s the [[Lakitu]]s are carrying. If the player shoots many Spiny Eggs into the same Green Shell, it will drop to the bottom of the area temporarily, possibly allowing the player to earn a few quick extra hits. After 30 seconds, the [[Spiny|Spinies]] jump out of the shells and are counted.
 
The multiplayer version of Lakitu Launch is [[Vs. Lakitu Launch]]. The [[Lakitu Launch (multiplayer)|1-on-1 version of the same name]], however, is completely different from the single-player version.


==In-game instructions==
==In-game instructions==
''New Super Mario Bros.'': ''Shoot as many Spinies as you can into the tubs within the allotted time.''<br>
*'''''Super Mario 64 DS'':''' ''"Shoot as many balls as you can into the tubs within the allotted time."''
''Super Mario 64 DS'': ''Shoot as many balls as you can into the tubs within the allotted time.''
*'''''New Super Mario Bros.'':''' ''"Shoot as many Spinies as you can into the tubs within the allotted time."''
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=たまいれパチンコ
|JapR=Tamaire Pachinko
|JapM=Ball-Launching Slingshot
|Spa=Cuela la bola
|SpaM=Crash the Ball
|Fre=Paniers Lakitu
|FreM=Lakitu hoop
|Ger=Lakitu unter Beschuss
|GerM=Lakitu under attack
|Ita=Fionda-Lakitu<br>Vasche Lakitu (''Super Mario 64 DS'')
|ItaM=Slingshot-Lakitu<br>Lakitu Tubs
|Kor=새총으로 가시돌이알 넣기
|KorR=Saechong eulo gasidoli-al neoki
|KorM=Put Spiny Eggs in with Slingshot
|Chi=弹弓投篮
|ChiR=Dàn'gōng Tóulán
|ChiM=Slingshot Basketball
}}


==Trivia==
*The music used is the remix of [[Big Boo's Haunt]] "Merry Go Round".
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Latest revision as of 01:55, July 29, 2023

Lakitu Launch
Lakitu Launch
The minigame in New Super Mario Bros.
Appears in Super Mario 64 DS
New Super Mario Bros.
Type Wario's minigame (Super Mario 64 DS)
Action minigame (New Super Mario Bros.)
Time limit 30 seconds
Music sample

Lakitu Launch is one of Wario's minigames in Super Mario 64 DS and an Action minigame in New Super Mario Bros.

The music used in this minigame is an arrangement of the track played in Big Boo's Haunt's merry-go-round, like in Bingo Ball and Slots Shot.

Gameplay[edit]

The player must use the stylus to aim the slingshot and launch Spiny Eggs into the giant Green Shells the Lakitus are carrying. If the player shoots many Spiny Eggs into the same Green Shell, it will drop to the bottom of the area temporarily, possibly allowing the player to earn a few quick extra hits. After 30 seconds, the Spinies jump out of the shells and are counted.

The multiplayer version of Lakitu Launch is Vs. Lakitu Launch. The 1-on-1 version of the same name, however, is completely different from the single-player version.

In-game instructions[edit]

  • Super Mario 64 DS: "Shoot as many balls as you can into the tubs within the allotted time."
  • New Super Mario Bros.: "Shoot as many Spinies as you can into the tubs within the allotted time."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese たまいれパチンコ
Tamaire Pachinko
Ball-Launching Slingshot

Chinese 弹弓投篮
Dàn'gōng Tóulán
Slingshot Basketball

French Paniers Lakitu
Lakitu hoop
German Lakitu unter Beschuss
Lakitu under attack
Italian Fionda-Lakitu
Vasche Lakitu (Super Mario 64 DS)
Slingshot-Lakitu
Lakitu Tubs
Korean 새총으로 가시돌이알 넣기
Saechong eulo gasidoli-al neoki
Put Spiny Eggs in with Slingshot

Spanish Cuela la bola
Crash the Ball