Ring Leader

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Template:Minigame-infobox Ring Leader is a Free-for-All minigame featured in Mario Party 9. A "ringleader" is a term for a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority.

Introduction

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Mario and friends riding on the Dolphins.

The camera does a close-up shot of the players as they jump, and then again as they approach the starting line.

Gameplay

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Players near yellow rings.

Players try to earn points by jumping their Dolphin through hoops. Red hoops can be reached with a simple thrust of the Wii Remote, but gold hoops require the players to dive (by pressing A Button) so that they can do a higher jump. Occasionally, there will be several consecutive hoops, which require good timing to get through all of them. The player with the highest score at the end of the course wins. A perfect score is 40 points.

This minigame also appears in Perspective Mode, where the camera will literally be behind the player, and zoomed in.

Ending

After crossing the goal, the Dolphins jump randomly.

In-game text

  • Rules"Jump your Dolphin through the floating rings. Red rings are worth one point, and the higher gold rings are worth three points. "
  • Controls"Hold the Wii Remote vertically. Swing the Wii Remote upward to make your Dolphin jump. Hold A Button to dive, and then swing the Wii Remote upward to perform a high jump."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese リフトンライド
Rifutonraido
Dolphin Ride

Chinese 便車海豚騎乘賽
Biàn chē hǎitún qí chéng sài
Dolphin-Hitchhiking Race

German Ringelrein
Ring Clear
Italian Delfì acrobatici
Acrobatic Dolphins
Spanish La carrera delfinitiva
"The 'delfinitive' race"; delfinitiva is a pun on delfin (dolphin) and definitiva (definitive).

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