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In Mario Party, minigame descriptions treat being eliminated merely as being out of the game, except for Bumper Balls, which drastically shifts the tone by stating the winner is the last one left alive. This implies that while other minigames might be for fun, Bumper Balls is to the death.
![In Mario Party, the descriptions for minigames involving characters being hurt or eliminated use neutral language, such as characters being "knocked off" or "poked", and the winner being "the last one standing". However, the tone shifts drastically for Bumper Balls, the Mini-Game Island description of which states that the winner is the "last one alive".
[Screenshot of Toad explaining the rules:
Game Rules
Ride on your ball and bump the others into the ocean.
Clear the game by being the last one alive.]
Source: image: Reddit user "SuperLuigi128", info: donkeykonghistory.bsky.social](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreicpnosx6tlwrtsatpt4aa6ownnkq757h4u35wecdugmmekgyiivvm)
![[A screenshot of the Nintendo Australia website flash intro from 1998. A number of official artwork renders are used for the buttons. The Yoshi button is labeled "HELP" and is altered to have smaller pupils than usual.]
Source: image: https://web.archive.org/web/19980530120304fw_/http://www.nintendo.com.au/flash_index.html, info: Bluesky user @vghistory.bsky.social](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreic3huv5htthejt6diuk7jwv7ebftw7wwvqunyc5f32ujguq4wx424)
![[RGB] 3D render in the style of 1990s CG, formatted like a magazine advert. It depicts Donkey Kong sitting at a table in his treehouse. On the desk, an SGI Indigo and monitor are propped up. The latter is displaying a yellow wireframe of a banana. Donkey Kong is turning toward the viewer and giving a thumbs-up.
Headlining text reads "SEAL OF APE-ROVAL". Body reads "And unless arguing against 800 pounds of fully rendered muscle sounds like a good weekend plan (hey, not judging!), you'll find that INDIGO™ gets yours, too. 64-bit processing and 96 MEGS only scratch the surface of what's possible with the greatest 3-D imaging machines in the world, but you don't have to take our word for it... let the man, err... ape himself clue you in."
The SiliconGraphics logo in the footer, with a dotted line leading tp a slogan reading "See what's possible"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:alymxulxdjtcw54ly4susoou/bafkreihknmws4qsko5os7zym73eyd3jr4rgefhqypwxb7houp7g5qgfftm)
![[CMYK] 3D render in the style of 1990s CG, formatted like a magazine advert. It depicts Donkey Kong sitting at a table in his treehouse. On the desk, an SGI Indigo and monitor are propped up. The latter is displaying a yellow wireframe of a banana. Donkey Kong is turning toward the viewer and giving a thumbs-up.
Headlining text reads "SEAL OF APE-ROVAL". Body reads "And unless arguing against 800 pounds of fully rendered muscle sounds like a good weekend plan (hey, not judging!), you'll find that INDIGO™ gets yours, too. 64-bit processing and 96 MEGS only scratch the surface of what's possible with the greatest 3-D imaging machines in the world, but you don't have to take our word for it... let the man, err... ape himself clue you in."
The SiliconGraphics logo in the footer, with a dotted line leading tp a slogan reading "See what's possible"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:alymxulxdjtcw54ly4susoou/bafkreietr2wka3yfwgjp5hepnhfwod4k7ccnr7ya5t3xgvg5ahvgaj73ie)
