Ground Pound (minigame)

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Ground Pound
The minigame Ground Pound.
Appears inMario Party
Type1-Player minigame
Time limit30 seconds
Music trackCan It be Done?
Music sample

Ground Pound is a 1-Playerminigame inMario Party.

Overview[edit]

The player observes thepegs before thebutterflies cover the top of them,[1] but some are not covered completely. In gameplay, the player tries tohip-drop every peg with a flat top, but if they do so on one with a pointed top, it stuns them briefly.

The minigame costs 50Coins to buy at theMini-Game House.

Controls[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move
  • A ButtonJump
  • A Button+Z Button – Hip Drop

In-game text[edit]

  • Game Rules"Hip Drop onto the flat-topped posts. Try to remember which are flat and which are pointy before the butterflies land."
  • Game Rules (Mini-Game Island)"Pound the flat-topped posts with Hip Drops.Clear the game by pounding all the flat-topped posts."
  • Advice"Watch carefully. Look beneath the butterflies, and you'll see parts of the posts."

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseひっこめヒップドロップ[?]
Hikkome hippudoroppu
Hip-drop Retracting
FrenchPilonna-jeu[2]Pounded game (also a pun onpapillon ("butterfly")
GermanBoden-Rammen[?]Ground-Ramming
ItalianGround Pound[3]-

Notes[edit]

  • The minigame descriptions inMario Party andMario Party 2 use the phrase "Hip Drop" despite the minigame title, whereas the move would not be called "Ground Pound" untilMario Party 3 onward.
  • When the minigame is played by a CPU character of any difficulty, they always hip-drop an incorrect peg for every correct one.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^NintendoMovies (March 21, 2016).Mario Party 1 - Ground Pound.YouTube. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  2. ^Tiplouf15 (December 20, 2011).Mario Party 1 français Episode 2 Jeux Solo et poursuite.YouTube (French). Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  3. ^1999.Mario Party European manual.Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 141.
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