Dinger Derby

Template:Minigame-infobox Dinger Derby is a 4-player minigame in Mario Party 5, and is set to return in Mario Party: The Top 100. The name is a variation of the real-life Home Run Derby.

Introduction

Official art of Princess Daisy swinging a bat in Dinger Derby.

The camera is zoomed in on one of the players, and zooms out as each of them takes a practice swing, then hits a baseball.

Gameplay

The players have 30 baseballs thrown at them by a pitching machine and must hit as many of them as possible. There are four types of pitches: a standard pitch, a fast or slow ball, and a screw ball that wobbles furiously. If two balls come toward the character, it counts as one ball, since the player can hit only one of those two. If the player manages to hit a ball at one of the spectators, the spectator will be dazed for a moment.

This minigame appears as the sixth minigame in Mini-Game Decathlon. Here, the player's objective is to hit as much balls as possible to earn as much points as possible, up to a maximum of 1,000. A player can get a 1,000 if they can hit all 30 balls. The default record for this minigame in Mini-Game Decathlon is 17 points.

Ending

The camera changes angle and the bats disappear. The players then perform their victory/losing animations as the crowd cheers and confetti and balloons appear to commend the winner's/winners' success. If any player manages to hit all 30 balls, a parachute with a 30 on it will appear. There is no ending in the Mini-Game Decathlon variation; the screen fades to white before the results are shown.

Controls

• – Swing

In-Game Text

• Rules – "Swing the baseball bat and hit the pitches from the pitching machine. Whoever hits the most pitches wins."
• Advice – "Try watching the speed of the arm to predict the speed of the pitch."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハッスルバッティング Hassuru Battingu	Hustle Batting
German	Baseball-Ballerei	Baseball Shoot
Italian	A tutto baseball	Full baseball ahead
Spanish	Dale al bate	Hit to the bat

Trivia

• Daisy's artwork for this minigame is similar to another baseball-based minigame from Mario Party 3, Hey, Batter, Batter!.