Call of the Goomba

Call of the Goomba  is a four-player and duel minigame, part of Mario Party DS. It is a rhythm minigame where the player has to crank the music box in a specific tempo to attract as much Goombas from the wild to their side as possible.

Setting
The game is set out in an open space in a middle of a jungle, with a large pack of Goombas in the middle and each of the four characters situated in each corner, standing on their tree stumps with a music box.

Gameplay
The aim of the game is to attract as much Goombas as possible to the player's corner, by doing the method of cranking the music box. The minigame briefly plays out the classic Super Mario Bros. tune at the start, and you need to replicate the exact tempo the tune was played out in.

To play the tune, spin anticlockwise rings with the stylus and try to match the tempo of the tune. The closer the tempo is to the original, the more Goombas that will be attracted to your spot. Colourful notes will fly out from the box when the tempo is perfect, which will pull significant numbers of Goombas to the player.

The winner is of course, whoever has secured the largest number of Goombas from the wild.