Sock It to Lakitu

Template:Minigame-infobox Sock It to Lakitu is a boss minigame in Mario Party 9.

Introduction

A Lakitu flies from the sky, spins around, pulls out a Spiny Egg, and throws it onto the field where all the players are.

Gameplay

The players must run around the field, hitting blocks that appear in groups of three. Four images on the blocks cycle: a Bullet Bill, two Bullet Bills, three Bullet Bills, and a Spiny Egg. New blocks will not spawn until all three of the existing blocks have been hit.

The images indicate what the block will release if it is hit at that moment. Bullet Bills will be launched at Lakitu, earning the player who fired them a point for every hit, while Spiny Eggs will hatch into Spinies that wander in a random direction before falling off the edge of the field. Players who hit Spinies will lose a point.

Initially, Lakitu himself will hover out of the players' reach, occasionally throwing Spiny Eggs onto the field to try to prevent players from reaching the blocks. Once his health is halfway gone, he will start throwing larger Spiny Eggs that hatch into equally large Spinies. Not only are these supersize Spinies harder to evade, but they also deduct two points from any player who hits one.

When Lakitu's health is depleted, the player who landed the final blow gets an extra three points; if more than one player knocked him out, they will all receive the bonus. The player with the most points after the battle is the winner.

Ending

Once the last Bullet Bill hits Lakitu, he is flung into the sky with his cloud, turning into a star into the distance, as he releases a bunch of Mini Stars in Party Mode and Solo Mode.

In-game text

• Rules – "Punch the blocks when Bullet Bills appear on them to launch attacks on Lakitu. The more Bullet Bills on the block, the bigger the attack!"
• Controls – "Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press to move and to jump."

Gallery

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  Sock It to Lakitu, as any other Boss Battle minigame, has a matchup screen to announce the fight.

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  Lakitu will become enraged after he loses half of his HP.

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  During the second half, Lakitu will send giant Spinies onto the field.

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  Mario delivers the final attack.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジュゲムのアクションバトル[?] Jugemu no Akushon Batoru	Lakitu's Action Battle
Chinese	球蓋姆你丟我射[?] Qiúgàimǔ nǐ diū wǒ shè	Lakitu, You Throw, I Shoot
German	Lakitus Luftkampf[?]	Lakitu's Air Combat
Italian	Scontro con Lakitu[?]	Clash with Lakitu
Spanish	Todos contra Lakitu[?]	All against Lakitu