Mario Party 7/1-Vs.-3 Minigames

Balloonatic

 * Rules: One player flies a hot-air balloon and tries to dodge incoming fire. The other 3 attempt to bring him down!
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player:
 * Move left and right
 * Hold to ascend
 * Team:
 * Move target reticule
 * Fire cannonball
 * Advice: Move the hot-air balloon up and down as much as possible to make yourself harder to hit.

If you're the solo player, try to move around quickly and rapidly. You only need to keep one balloon up. If you're a team player, try to aim for the area the balloon is going to be in. If you work together, you can force a balloon to pop with each volley.

Coin-op Bop

 * Rules: ''Stop the slot to get coins. One player presses 5 buttons, while 3 others press them as a team.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: : Press
 * Team: : Press
 * Advice: If you press the wrong button, a Bob-omb will fall on your head! Ouch!

If a Bob-omb falls, you'll lose time, but you'll still have to press the same button that you just missed. The order that the team players have to press buttons will change randomly.

Easy Pickings

 * Rules: Smash the rock to find gems! One player has a big pickax, while the other three have smaller ones.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player:
 * Move
 * Swing pickax
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Swing pickax
 * Advice: The big pickax can smash a rock in one swing, but the small ones take three swings. You can't break certain rocks.

Try to work in one direction as much as possible. If you have a small pickax, make sure to hit each rock three times.

Flashfright

 * Rules: One player tries to shine a flashlight on the other 3 while they attempt to run and hide.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: : Move
 * Team: : Move
 * Advice: If you're being chased, run around the Shy Guy statues to keep your opponent guessing!

If you have the flashlight, focus on one opponent at a time. If you're running away, try circling the center bridge instead of the Shy Guy statues.

La Bomba

 * Rules: One player Ground Pounds to drop Bob-ombs while the other 3 flee.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player:
 * Move
 * Jump
 * →: Ground Pound
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Advice: The brightly colored crates hold more Bob-ombs than the small gray ones.

Gray boxes drop a single fast Bob-omb. Green boxes hold two slower Bob-ombs. Orange boxes hold four even slower Bob-ombs. If you're the solo player, you have to ground pound the square holding a box to open it. Try to drop Bob-ombs on the heads of the other players to knock them out immediately. If you're a team player, try not to get surrounded. When a Bob-omb turns red, run away from it. If you touch one of the spikes, you'll be sent out as if you were blown up.

Pogo-a-Go-Go

 * Rules: One player spins the stage in an attempt to make the 3 players on pogo sticks fall through a hole.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: : Spin stage
 * Team: : Move
 * Advice: The stage turns clockwise and counterclockwise. Look out!

The speed of rotation is directly related to how far the shoulder buttons are depressed. Spin the stage at full tilt in one direction until all remaining team members have shown an ability to cope with that direction. Then turn the stage the other direction to throw them off balance. If you get down to one opponent and you don't have much time left, spin the stage in an apparently random manner. If you're on a pogo stick, try not to stray too far from the red arrow lines.

Spinner Cell

 * Rules: One player controls 2 spinning machines and uses them to attack the other players.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player:
 * Move the large spinner
 * Move the small spinner
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Jump
 * Advice: The small machine stuns you, but the large one knocks you out of the ring.

Focus on the clumps of players. Use the small spinner to keep them in one spot while you bring in the big spinner. If you're dodging, you can jump over the small spinner.

Spray Anything

 * Rules: Three players fire water balls at the line player, who must try to avoid being soaked!
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: : Move
 * Team:
 * Circle the ring
 * Fire water ball
 * Advice: If you are firing water balls and an ally hits you, you'll be stunned. Check your fire!

If you're in the center, try not to run in front of a water cannon. If you're on the outside, work together and fire simultaneously.

Think Tank

 * Rules: One player drives a big tank while the other 3 team up in smaller tanks. Last team standing is the winner!
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player:
 * Move
 * Fire
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Fire
 * Advice: The players in small tanks must work together, or the big tank will crush them!

If you're in the big tank, pick off the small tanks one at a time. Knock out the hardest opponent first. If you're in a small tank, keep firing at the big tank. Dodging attacks will just waist time.

1-vs.-3 microphone minigames
If you have a microphone plugged in or the microphone settings set to "use controller," you can play these minigames. The solo player will use the Mic and the team will use their controllers.

Wheel of Woe

 * Rules: One player uses the Mic to unleash enemies on the other 3 players. Last one standing is the winner!
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: Say: "Chain Chomp" "Shy Guy" "Bullet Bill"
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Jump
 * Advice: If a Bullet Bill is on your tail, jump on it to make it crash.

The Chain Chomps alternate which side they come from. The Shy Guy swaps the direction the floor is rotating. The Bullet Bills always come in pairs. Watch the cannons to see where they will go. If you touch an enemy or fall through a hole, you're toast.

Boxing Day

 * Rules: One player uses the Mic to guide the robot arms, while the other players try to Ground Pound the tiles.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: Say: "Right" "Left" "Double punch" "Rotate" "Rocket punch"
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Jump
 * →: Ground Pound
 * Advice: The robot must complete one full attack before you can give it another command.

You can jump over the arms, but you can't jump over the fists. The two squares closest to the solo player are safe from "right" "left" and "rocket punch." "Rocket punch" takes the longest time to complete.

Be My Chum!

 * Rules: Use the Mic to attack the underwater swimmers. If you're in the water, dodge everything!
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: Say: "Cheep Cheep" "Lakitu" "Blooper" "Sushi"
 * Team: : Move
 * Advice: If you're swimming, keep a close eye on the Cheep Cheeps! They're tricky!

Try to cycle through the commands to get the best spread. You can only have one Lakitu and one Sushi at a time, but you can have multiple sets of Bloopers or Cheep Cheeps.

StratosFEAR!

 * Rules: One Player moves the platform up and down in an attempt to make Bullet Bills hit the other players.
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: Say: "Move up" "Move down"
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Jump
 * Advice: ''If a Bullet Bill is headed your way, jump an it to make it crash.

If you just say "Move," the platform will go to the other side.

Number Crunchers

 * Rules: ''One player speaks commands into the Mic to drop Thwomps while the other players try to avoid being smashed!
 * Controls:
 * Solo Player: Say: "1" "2" "3" "Square" "Circle"
 * Team:
 * Move
 * Jump
 * Advice: Once dropped, Thwomps must rise completely off the screen before they can be dropped again.

Say "circle" or "square" at the beginning. Don't fall in the lava!