Whomp-a-Thon

Whomp-a-Thon is a 4-player and duel minigame included in Mario Party DS. It is a relatively simplistic survival minigame where the characters roam around in the pit surrounded by Whomps, who will take turns toppling down the ground to crush them.

Setting
The game takes place in a rectangular sandpit within a dense region of grass and flowers. The minigame itself is shown directly from a 2D bird's eye perspective, but it can be assumed that as the characters are shrunk, the Whomps surrounding each corner are in their own natural, gigantic size.

Gameplay
The goal of the game is simple - move around the pit with the control pad and avoid being crushed by the Whomps who will each take turn flattening down the ground. Before going down, the Whomp will signal itself by shaking as a warning for the players to step out of its way.

Getting crushed by the Whomp ultimately results in a loss and the victim's crushed body remaining on the ground, which is represented as a black shadow of the character that the others have to move around.

The game continues until the last player is standing or the time limit expires. It is a relatively simple affair until the last 10 seconds of the game, when multiple Whomps start shaking at the same time to trick the players who are still battling. Only one Whomp will go down at a time in spite of this, so pay particular attention as to which Whomp has shook first, and move away from it.