What a Racket
WhataRacket SuperMarioParty.png
Appears in Super Mario Party
Type 1-vs.-3 minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Swing for the Fences!

What a Racket is a 1-vs.-3 minigame appearing in Super Mario Party. The name is a play on a term referring to a loud noise or clamor.

IntroductionEdit

A single bomb parachutes and explodes in the middle of the court. The camera zooms out to show the players.

GameplayEdit

The solo player holds a giant badminton racket, while the team players each hold a smaller racket. To win the minigame, the players must rally parachuting bombs onto the other side to earn points. Only one bomb at a time can be rallied by the team players to the solo side, but the solo player can rally as many as four bombs to the team side. Once time runs out, the side with more points wins.

EndingEdit

Everyone's racket disappears, and the screen zooms in on the player(s) that won. They then do their victory animation(s).

ControlsEdit

  •   – Move
  •   – Swing racket

In-game textEdit

  • Lob bombs into the rival court!
  • Use   to control your character's movement.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ボムミントン
Bomuminton
Portmanteau of "badminton" and "bomb"

Chinese 炸弹羽球 (Simplified)
炸彈羽球 (Traditional)
Zhàdàn Yǔqiú
Bomb Badminton

Dutch Badminbommen
Portmanteau of "badmintonnen" (to play badminton) and "bommen" (bombs)
French Boumminton
Portmanteau of "badminton" and "boum" (boom)
German Bombminton
From Japanese name
Italian Bomb-minton
From the Japanese name
Korean 폭탄민턴
Poktanminteon
Portmanteau of "폭탄" (poktan, bomb) and "badminton"

Spanish Bádminton explosivo
Explosive Badminton