Surf's Way Up

This article is about the minigame from Mario Party 8. For the level from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! for the Game Boy Advance, see Surf's Up.

Surf's Way Up is a Duel Minigame in Mario Party 8. It also appears in Test for the Best. Its name is a pun on the phrase "surf's up".

Introduction

The two players find themselves standing on jetboards, hovering over a short road-like expanse. When they reach the end of the expanse, the players are surfing openly through outer space. In the background, Earth can be seen.

Gameplay

Their goal is to colored circular point goals with different point values, and whoever has the most points at the end wins. However, the player must watch out for the Bowser goals with his emblem shown on them, or else their score will instantly drop to zero.

Ending

The winning player will perform their victory pose, and launch far ahead of the losing player on their jetboard and out of sight as the losing player sulks on their jetboard behind them.

Test for the Best

This minigame appears in Test for the Best. The player plays alone in this minigame and his or her objective is to go through as much circular point goals as possible, avoiding the Bowser goals, to earn as much points as possible.

The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows:

Grade	Points Earned	Required in Minigame
A+	1,000	800 points
A	900	680 points
B	800	560 points
C	700	440 points
D	600	320 points

In-game text

• Rules – "Steer your space sled through the point goals to rack up the highest score."
• Hint – "Avoid the Bowser goals. If you pass through one, your score will drop to zero!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゲットだ！ポイントボール Getto da! Pointo bōru	Get them! Point balls
German	Surfen im Weltall	Surfing in Outer Space
Italian	Surf Siderale	Stellar Surf
Spanish	Carrera espacial	Space race

Trivia

• This minigame is similar to Target Tag from Mario Party 7, except that there are only two players instead of four.