Pool Buoy

Pool Buoy
Appears in	Mario Party: Island Tour
Type	General minigame
Time limit	Aproximately 40 seconds

Pool Buoy (known as Beach Ball Bedlam in British English) is one of the General minigames from Mario Party: Island Tour. The American English name is a pun on the term, "pool boy".

Gameplay

The players are inside beach balls in a circular swimming pool. They can move by sliding the on the ball on the bottom screen. A Lakitu keeps roaming above them throwing flag buoys for them to collect. Red buoys are worth one point, while golden buoys are worth three. The player with the most points wins the game.

Controls

American English

• – Roll the ball to move

British English

• – Slide the ball to move.

In-game text

• Rules – American English "Race around the pool, and collect as many flag buoys as possible."
• Rules – British English "Collect the flags Lakitu throws."

See also

• Bumper Bugs

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	プールでフラッグあつめ[?] Pūru de furaggu atsume	Collect Flags at the Pool
Dutch	Lakitu's Ballenbad[?]	Lakitu's Ball Bath
German	Schwimmbad-Rolleo[?]	?
Italian	All'ultima boa[?]	To the last buoy
Portuguese	Bolas Flutuantes[?]	Floating Balls
Russian	Буря в бассейне[?] Burya v bacceyne	Storm at the pool. "Буря" is a pun on "буй" (buoy).
Spanish	¡Balones al agua![?]	Balls In the Water!