Bowser's Painball

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Not to be confused with Bowser Pinball.
Bowser's Painball
Bowser Painball from Mario Party 10.
Appears in Mario Party 10
Type Bowser minigame
Time limit 30 seconds
Music track Bowser's Punishment 2
Music sample

Bowser's Painball is a Bowser minigame appearing in Mario Party 10. "Painball" is a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "pinball."

Gameplay[edit]

The Team Mario players are in a pinball game controlled by Bowser. Bowser has 30 seconds to shoot Spiked Balls to harm players. Other elements from a real pinball machine also appear here, with overhead bumpers and a moving wall. The team players lose one heart every time they get hit. The game starts with one ball, and after about five seconds, a second ball appears from the left. If one of the balls falls in the center, the same ball will reappear after a few seconds.

The player controlling Bowser can shake the GamePad to briefly stun the other players, though this is never explained in-game.

This minigame appears in amiibo Party only if Bowser is one of the players. Each team player has two hearts in this mode, and as with all other Bowser minigames, Bowser has to eliminate all of the other players' hearts to win. If even one heart remains, Bowser loses and everyone else wins.

Controls[edit]

Team Mario[edit]

  • +Control Pad – Move

Bowser[edit]

  • ZL Button – Move left flipper
  • ZR Button – Move right flipper

In-game text[edit]

  • Bowser (American English): "Activate the flippers with ZL Button and ZR Button. Attack with the Spike Balls!"
  • Bowser (British English): "Activate the flippers with ZL Button and ZR Button. Attack with the Spiked Balls!"
  • Team Mario (American English): "Keep away from the Spike Balls!"
  • Team Mario (British English): "Keep away from the Spiked Balls!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クッパのピンボールじごく[?]
Kuppa no Pinbōru Jigoku
Bowser's Pinball Hell
Dutch Bowsers Flipperval[?] Bowser's pinball [machine] trap
French Flipper flippant de Bowser[?] Bowser's Creepy Pinball
German Bowsers Flipperfarce[?] Bowser's Pinball Farce
Italian Flipper malefico[?] Evil pinball
Portuguese Pinball Maléfico[?] Evil Pinball
Russian Пинбол Боузера[?]
Pinbol Bouzera
Bowser's Pinball
Spanish Pinball maléfico[?] Evil Pinball

Trivia[edit]

  • This was one of the minigames featured in the E3 2014 demo.