Bowser's Clawful Climb

Bowser's Clawful Climb
Appears in	Mario Party 10
Type	Bowser minigame
Time limit	10 seconds
Music track	Bowser's Punishment 5
Music sample

Bowser's Clawful Climb is a Bowser minigame appearing in Mario Party 10. While it does not appear at normal times, it appears as a special minigame triggered by angry Bowser or Big Bad Bowser Mode.

Introduction

Bowser chases Team Mario along a stone pathway high in the sky. The members of Team Mario leap onto a large wall with a chain-link surface, climbing out of Bowser's reach as he roars at them. They scream and briefly climb more rapidly as Bowser jumps onto the wall himself, ready to continue the chase.

Gameplay

The players' objective is to climb as fast as possible; Team Mario wants to escape, while Bowser wants to catch up. Both sides must press buttons in order to climb the wall; Team Mario players can alternately press and once per turn to move, while Bowser's player requires five presses of 's shoulder buttons ( and ) for each turn. While this means that Team Mario can move more consistently than Bowser, Bowser covers much more distance per turn. If a member of Team Mario is caught by Bowser's claws (denoted as them being on the same "panel" of the wall when Bowser grabs it), they lose three hearts before being blown a good distance up the wall, giving them a chance to climb out of range before Bowser catches up again. If the hit depletes their remaining hearts, they are blown right off the screen instead. As with all other Bowser minigames in Mario Party 10, Bowser wins by completely depleting Team Mario's hearts; if anyone survives the climb until time expires, the game continues as normal.

Controls

Team Mario

• – Lift left hand
• – Lift right hand

Bowser

• – Lift left hand (press five times each)
• – Lift right hand (press five times each)

In-game text

• Bowser: "Alternately press and the number of times shown to chase the climbers!"
• Team Mario: "Alternately tap and repeatedly to climb away from Bowser!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クッパのれんだタワー[?] Kuppa no renda tawā	Bowser's Multi-hitting Tower
Dutch	Bowsers Kille Klim[?]	Bowser's Cold-Hearted Climb
French	Tour d'escalade de Bowser[?]	Bowser's Climbing Tower
German	Bowsers Klauenkletterei[?]	Bowser's Claw Climbing
Italian	Scalata a colpi d'artiglio[?]	Claw strike climb
Portuguese	Escalada Infernal[?]	Infernal Climb
Russian	Погоня по вертикали[?] Pogonya po vertikali	Vertical chase
Spanish	Al borde del abismo[?]	On the Edge of the Abyss