Home-Run Contest
The Home Run Contest is a minigame where the point is to damage a character known as sandbag, and then hit him as far as you can. You only have 10 seconds to rack up damage, so you have to be quick. The most effective technique for getting a lot of damage really fast is known as Bat dropping.
You start on a platform with a sandbag in the center, and you about 1/3 of the way from the left of the platform facing right. Slightly to you left is a bat, which can be used to hit the bag really far. If you hit with the end of the bat, known as a tipper, it goes farther than a mid hit, which goes farther than a close hit.
If you hit with the handle of the bat, you can do what is known as a no-ping hit. A no-ping hit is used to hit the Sandbag a lot farther than a regular bat hit at damage percentages lower than about 120%. Using a no-ping hit when the Sandbag is only at 35% damage will send the Sandbag over 1000 feet (304.8 meters). It will always do 8% damage. Pichu, Pikachu, and G&W can do a no-ping hit by walking next the bag, turning away from the bag, and swinging. The rest of the characters need the bat to be in the air to perform a no-ping hit. Characters that can't do a no-ping hit or it doesn't go farther than the baseball bat: Dr. Mario, Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, C. Falcon, and Ganondorf.
Notes
- Approximately 50 feet to the left of the platform is a wall that the bag can bounce off of.
- If you change the game language to Japanese, the HRC platform is slightly larger.
Moves that can hit farther than the bat
From SSkeeto's hrc guide
- Bowser's Fully-Charged Forward+A Smash
- Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 120% or more. Can do either 32% or 33% damage
- Peach's Bob-omb
- Press down+B with Peach to harvest a bob-omb approximately every 1/300 times. Does 38% damage to the Sandbag
- Captain Falcon's Falcon Punch
- Hits farther than the bat always. Does 27% max damage when right next to the Sandbag
- Donkey Kong's 30% Giant Punch
- Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 175% or more. Does 30% damage to the Sandbag
- Ganondorf's 30% Warlock Punch
- Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 154% or more. Does 30% damage to the Sandbag
- Pichu's Fully-Charged Skull Bash
- Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 95% or more. Does 39% damage to the Sandbag
- Jigglypuff's Rest
- Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 69% or more. Does 28% damage to the Sandbag
- Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 138% or more. Does 32% damage to the Sandbag
- Roy's Flare Blade
- 50%: Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 18% or more. Does 50% damage to the Sandbag
- 41%: Hits farther than the bat when the Sandbag is at 28% or more. Does 41% damage to the Sandbag. Hits farther than the 50% flare blade at a high percentage.
