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Contents

  • Essentials
    • How to Play
      • Introduction
      • Game Modes
      • Let's Party!
  • Walkthrough
    • Game Boards
      • Toad Road
      • Bob-omb Factory
      • Boo's Horror Castle
      • Blooper Beach
      • Magma Mine
      • Bowser Station
      • DK's Jungle Ruins
    • Minigames
      • Free-for-All Minigames
      • 10 to Win
      • Ballistic Beach
      • Billistics
      • Bomb Barge
      • Buddy Bounce
      • Bumper Bubbles
      • Card Smarts
      • Chain Event
      • Don't Look
      • Flinger Painting
      • Funghi Frenzy
      • Goomba Bowling
      • Goomba Spotting
      • Goomba Village
      • Growing Up
      • Jigsaw Jumble
      • Launch Break
      • Logger Heads
      • Magma Mayhem
      • Manor of Escape
      • Mecha Choice
      • Peak Precision
      • Painta Pool
      • Pier Pressure
      • Pinball Fall
      • Piranha Patch
      • Pit or Platter
      • Pizza Me, Mario
      • Player Conveyor
      • Plunder Ground
      • Polar Extreme
      • Ring Leader
      • Skipping Class
      • Skyjinks
      • Smash Compactor
      • Snow Go
      • Speeding Bullets
      • Thwomper Room
      • Toad and Go Seek
      • Tuber Tug
      • Tumble Temple
      • Twist Ending
      • Upward Mobility
      • Urn It
    • 1-vs.-Rivals Minigames
      • 1vs. Rivals Minigames
      • Block and Roll
      • Hazard Hold
      • Hole Hogs
      • Line in the Sand
      • Mob Sleds
      • Pix Fix
      • Ruins Rumble
      • Spike-n-Span
      • Tackle Takedown
      • Weird Wheels
    • Bowser Jr. Minigames
      • Bowser Pop
      • Bumper Sparks
      • Cage Match
      • Crossfire Caverns
      • Double Pounder
      • Mecha March
      • Pair of Aces
      • Pedal to the Paddle
      • Sand Trap
      • Zoom Room
    • Boss Battle Minigames
      • Boss Battle Minigames Introduction
      • Blooper Barrage
      • Bombard King Bob-omb
      • Bowser Jr. Breakdown
      • Bowser's Block Battle
      • Chain Chomp Romp
      • Cheep Cheep Shot
      • Deck Dry Bones
      • Diddy's Banana Blast
      • DK's Banana Bonus
      • King Boo's Puzzle Attack
      • Sock It to Lakitu
      • Spike Strike
      • Whomp Stomp
      • Wiggler Bounce
    • Minigame Modes
      • Introduction
      • Free Play
      • Step It Up
      • Garden Battle
      • Choice Challenge
      • High Rollers
      • Time Attack
      • Boss Rush
    • Extras
      • Castle Clearout
      • Shell Soccer
      • Goomba Bowling
      • Perspective Mode
    • Museum Goodies
      • Party Points
      • The Museum

Mario Party 9 Guide › Walkthrough › Minigame Modes

Choice Challenge

Choice Challenge is a gameshow-style minigame mode for up to four players. Each contestant secretly picks three of the five random Free-for-All minigames that are presented to them.

Players will only participate in minigames that they’ve secretly chosen, and points are awarded based on who wins each game. The player with the most points at the end of the show wins the grand prize!

One hundred points are awarded to the player who finishes in first place after each minigame; 50 points go to the second-place finisher, and 30 points are doled out to the player who ends up in third.

Finishing dead last isn’t ideal, but you do get a small consolation prize of 10 points to keep you in the runnings!

Because each player gets to pick the games they want to play, some games will only be contested between two or three players, even when a full panel of four contestants is playing Choice Challenge.

You can’t win any points if you’re not involved in a game, so just sit back and enjoy the show.

If only two or three players are involved in an event, only the top prizes will be doled out. For example, in a two-player showdown, one player will win 100 points, and the other will win 50.

It’s therefore wise to pick difficult minigames that you think your rivals won’t choose to play, because you’ll have a better chance of scoring big!

Note

If only one player picks a particular minigame, that player will instantly win the top prize without even having to play!

Note

If an entire group of COM (computer-controlled) players is involved in a minigame, the event will be automatically resolved so that the real action can quickly continue.

One of the five random minigames will always be showcased as the Chance Minigame. This special event lets the first-place finisher score 150 points, making Chance Minigames potential game-changers.

The other prizes for a Chance Minigame remain the same: 50 points for second place, 30 points for third, and 10 points for last place.

Note

Chance Minigames are always played as the final event in Choice Challenge, but you’re informed as to which game will be the Chance Minigame before making your picks.

Be sure to toss your hat in the ring for these pivotal events!

Anything can happen in Choice Challenge, so don’t be discouraged if you don’t fare well in the first game or two.

Play hard and do your best to come out on top in every minigame, and you’ll do just fine!

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