Sand Trap is a Bowser Jr. minigame in Mario Party 9.
Opening[]
Bowser Jr. is standing in the top-right corner of the field. Both characters ground-pound, and Bowser Jr. narrowly escapes as the block he was standing on disappears. He then taunts the players from a different square.
Gameplay[]
The two characters must try to get Bowser Jr. to fall by removing the square he is standing on, which they can do by ground-pounding switches simultaneously. One of the characters can highlight rows, and the other one can highlight columns. The sand block where a glowed row and column intersect disappears. If a character is not properly aligned with the switch for the row or column, it is not highlighted. A square stops being highlighted after one second. Bowser Jr. can be trapped and made easier to remove by eliminating all of the squares surrounding the one he is on. The two characters win when Bowser Jr. falls into the pit below, but if he does not fall within 30 seconds, the two characters lose.
Ending[]
If the characters win, Bowser Jr. struggles in midair for a second before screaming and falling, then the characters perform their respective victory poses. If the characters lose, Bowser Jr. performs his victory pose and laughs.
Flavor text[]
- Rules: Drop Bowser Jr.! Ground-pound a switch to highlight a row of blocks. Do it at the same time as your teammate to make a block disappear where your two rows intersect.
- Controls: Hold the Wii Remote sideways. Press
to move, 
to jump, and while jumping to perform a ground pound.
