Surf's Way Up

This article is about the minigame from Mario Party 8. For the level from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! for the Game Boy Advance, see Surf's Up.

Surf's Way Up is a Duel minigame in Mario Party 8, as well as a single-player minigame in Test for the Best. Its name is a pun on the phrase "surf's up."

Introduction

The two players find themselves standing on jetboards, hovering over a short road-like expanse. When they reach the end of the expanse, the players are surfing openly through outer space. In the background, Earth can be seen.

Gameplay

The goal is to go through colored circular point goals with different point values. However, the player must watch out for the Bowser goals with his emblem shown on them, or else their score will instantly drop to zero. Whoever has more points at the end of the minigame wins.

Ending

The winning player performs their victory pose, and launches far ahead of the losing player on their jetboard and out of sight as the losing player sulks on their jetboard behind them. If both players have the same number of points, both players will perform their losing poses and the jetboards will not speed ahead.

Test for the Best

In Test for the Best, the player plays alone in this minigame and must go through as many circular point goals as possible, avoiding the Bowser goals, to earn as many points as possible. The scores required to earn a certain point total are as follows:

Grade	Points earned	Required in minigame
A+	1,000	800 points
A	900	680 points
B	800	560 points
C	700	440 points
D	600	320 points

Controls

• Wii Remote: Move
• Buttons
  • / – Boost

In-game text

• Rules – "Steer your space sled through the point goals to rack up the highest score."
• Hint – "Avoid the Bowser goals. If you pass through one, your score will drop to zero!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゲットだ！ポイントボール[?] Getto da! Pointo bōru	Get them! Point balls
German	Surfen im Weltall[?]	Surfing in Outer Space
Italian	Surf Siderale[?]	Stellar Surf
Spanish	Carrera espacial[?]	Space Race

Trivia

• This minigame is similar to Target Tag from Mario Party 7, except that there are only two players instead of four.