Mario Party/Awesome

• More or less every final boss mini-game is tense enough to work as one whenever the player wins.
• The victory skits at the end of each board in Mario Party 2 has the top player heroically defeating Bowser in a way that matches the theme of the board. The one for Bowser Land takes the cake, though.
• Winning a particularly tough board or mini-game, or achieving some other great advantage to put to good use, can make a player feel awesome.
• Donkey Kong punching Bowser in Mario Party 5 on the occasion. I repeat! DK! PUNCHING! BOWSER!
• Daisy slapping Bowser into the sky in Mario Party 3.
  • Waluigi gets his turn when he beats Bowser up later on.
• The Frightmare Bowser fight in Mario Party 5, especially the last phase--and the music.
• Mario Party DS deserves a mention because unlike in the other Mario Party games, you can fight Bowser in the final mini-game with bare hands and feet instead of wands or any other items (not that they're uncool). Bowser has a magic belt and what does your character do? Beat him to a pulp of course!