Mario Party DS: Difference between revisions

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''Mario Party DS'' was re-released for the [[Wii U]] through the [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] on April 21, 2016 in North America and Europe, in Australia on April 22, 2016, and in Japan on April 27, 2016. It is the third and final ''Mario Party'' game to be rereleased for the Wii U's Virtual Console; the others being ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''.

Soon after, [[Toadette]] finds and requests the group to defeat a [[Hammer Bro]] that was abusing her instruments in her [[Toadette's Music Room|music room]]. The Hammer Bro is defeated in a drum-off by the Superstar, and Toadette gives a Sky Crystal she found to the gang as her thanks.

Afterwards, they set off for the jungle, where they find Diddy Kong, who shows the heroes that Donkey Kong was turned to [[DK's Stone Statue|stone]] by a [[Dry Bones]]. The Superstar manages to defeat Dry Bones in his arena, leading to Donkey Kong's restoration and Diddy Kong rewarding them with a Sky Crystal he found. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong quickly recall the free food promised at Bowser's Castle, and eagerly head off towards the castle.

Reluctant to give up, Bowser reveals one more surprise: the [[Megamorph Belt]]. The device transforms Bowser into [[Blockhead Bowser]], and the aforementioned Superstar does battle with him. Upon Bowser's defeat, Bowser and his son are tied up, Mario taking back the final Sky Crystal he initially found from them. Now in close proximity of each other, they are magically formed together to make a crystal DS, allowing play of [[Triangle Twisters]], the fun challenge mentioned by Bowser, whose desire to have the Sky Crystals being to try the fun challenge. After hearing this, Mario decides to untie the two, and they all play Triangle Twisters together, thus ending the story. Nearby, it is revealed that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have eaten the entire feast by themselves, being quite satisfied.

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==Gameplay==

Unlike other handheld ''Mario Party'' games, ''Mario Party DS'' features the same gameplay style as the series' home console entries. Up to four players take turns to roll a [[Dice Block]] that shows numbers from 1-10, which decides how far players move across boards. The goal is to acquire the most [[Star (Mario Party series)|Stars]] through the conditions decided on each of the boards. After all players have had their turn, the type of [[minigame]] is determined by what color space the player lands on (red or blue). If the player landed on a green, duel or friend space, the player's color is randomly red or blue. Landing on a Bowser space results in the player's color turning red. For instance, if one player lands on a red space while three other players land on a blue space, a 1 vs. 3 minigame is held, with the red player on the solo side and the three players on the other side. The players then engage in a minigame, and whoever wins the minigame earns 10 coins.

The turn ends afterward, the process repeating until the set number of turns have passed. The game ends once the set number of turns have passed, and the total number of Stars and coins the players have collected are tallied, Stars being the primary factor for rankings while coins are the tie-breakers.  

===Spaces===

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|The most common space, the Blue Space gives players three coins if they land on it. There is also a small chance of a [[Hidden Block (Mario Party series)|Hidden Block]] appearing. It gives their section in the heads up display a blue color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames.

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|A fairly common space, the Red Space takes three coins from players that land on it. It gives their section in the heads up display a red color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames.

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|This space causes certain events to happen that can benefit the player, harm the player, benefit a number of players, or harm a number of players. It gives the player's section in the heads up display a green color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames. In this case, the green color eventually flashes to red or blue.

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|When they land on this space in Battle Royale, players can select one opponent to be a friend. Both then receive 5 coins. In Team Battle, the player and one of the two opponents get 5 coins. It gives the player's section in the heads up display a green color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames.

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|Engages with an opponent of the player's choice into a duel minigame. The winner gets to use a roulette that determines the reward from the opponent. It gives the player's section in the heads up display a green color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames. It replaces the Friend Space in the [[Last Five Turns Event|Final 5 Frenzy]].

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|Any players that land here causes Bowser to arrive. Bowser causes a series of events that harms usually whoever landed on the space. It gives their section in the heads up display a red color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames. Bowser can cause these events:

*'''Gimme Coins!:''' The player gives 20 coins to Bowser.

*'''Gimme Equality!:''' Bowser redistributes every player's coins so they all have the same amount. This is the only event that can potentially benefit the player.

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|Once players reach this space, they can pay 20 coins to receive a Star. Other boards may have different conditions players need to fulfill to earn a Star. Unlike other spaces, this space cannot be landed on (unless a Star spawns directly on a player), and this space does not subtract from the dice roll.

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==Modes==

===Story Mode (1 Player)===

===Party Mode (1-4 Players)===

====Step It Up====

[[File:Mario Party DS - Step It Up.png|thumb|215px|Step It Up in ''Mario Party DS'']]

Step It Up is a minigame competition playable only by four players. The aim of this challenge is to see who can be the first to win 3, 5 or 7 minigames, depending on the options chosen, and after each minigame played the characters who win the minigame get to climb one step of the staircase. Minigames are chosen randomly, and the first player to win 3, 5, or 7 minigames wins the mode. This contest is a reincarnation of a competition that has appeared in previous installments in the [[Mario Party (series)|series]].

====Battle Cup====

[[File:Mario Party DS - Battle Cup.png|thumb|Battle Cup]]

Battle Cup is a minigame competition playable only by four players. The objective is to win as much of the Cup Course, a collage of five consecutive minigames that the human player either selects manually or lets the game choose five randomly, as possible. Despite only 4-player and Battle minigames being playable in this contest, multiple victors are allowed at the end of each minigame, however, ties between all four players result in no one getting the minigame win. If multiple players end up winning the most minigames at the end of the Cup Course, the players roll [[Dice Block]]s to decide the real winner, the highest roller being declared the winner.

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====Score Scuffle====

[[File:Mario Party DS - Score Scuffle.png|thumb|Score Scuffle]]

Score Scuffle is a minigame competition playable only by four players. The players play ten specific minigames consecutively, converting the results for each player to points after each minigame and adding it to each player's current score. The player with the most points after the ten minigames is the winner. The highest amount a player can get in a minigame is 1000 points, with the exception of [[Get the Lead Out]] (whose highest amount is 999 points). As such, the maximum amount of points a player can have after the ten minigames is 9,999 points. The default high score for Score Scuffle is 0 points.

====Boss Bash====

Boss Bash is a single-player minigame challenge, where the player must face in the following order: the [[Piranha Plant]], the [[Hammer Bro]], the [[Dry Bones]], [[Kamek]] and [[Bowser]] in their respective boss minigames. The aim is to do so as quickly as possible to try and beat the current best times, as the minigames are timed in this challenge. If the player is defeated in any of the minigames, the challenge ends and the times for minigames the player did beat are not recorded. The default best times for the five bosses are 5:00:00, while the default overall best time is 25:00:00.

====Rocket Rascals====

[[File:Rocket Rascals.png|thumb|Rocket Rascals]]

Rocket Rascals is a four-player minigame competition. The players must win minigames to acquire and place bridge pieces on the square 5x5 grid. The first to make a path from their corner of the grid to the rocket with the bridge parts is the winner. If multiple players have paths to the rocket made at the same time by a third party, the players roll [[Dice Block]]s to decide who actually wins, the highest roller winning. If one of the multiple players finished the bridge, then the one who did wins without a Dice Block roll. Additionally, the game ends in a tie if 20 turns pass without anyone making a route to the rocket.

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[[File:Beta Toad.jpg|thumb|"X"s in Coin and Star totals and gold colored number gains/losses]]

Players used to have their own boxes at the top screen that have the "X" in the Coins storage and the Stars storage. In the final version, it was removed, because Coins can reach over 100. Also, the color used for the numbers that appear after earning or losing [[coin]]s/[[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s were gold instead of blue or red.

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*''[[Mario Party 3]]'': [[Mario's Puzzle Party]] returns as a Puzzle minigame, and the character icons for Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Daisy, and Waluigi are reused in it as well. The sheet music visible in [[Toadette's Music Room]] contains the melody of the minigame theme "Let's Get a Move On".

*''[[Mario Party 4]]'': [[Bob-omb Breakers]] returns as a Puzzle minigame, and all the characters' victory and losing animations are recycled.

*''[[Mario Party 6]]'': [[Block Star (Mario Party series)|Block Star]] returns as a Puzzle minigame. Also, Peach and Daisy's artworks are recycled from this game.

*''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'': Yoshi's artwork is a modified version of his artwork from this game, which depicts him holding [[Mario's Cap]] over his head.

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==Trivia==

*The North American manual has a mistake on Page 27. It states that during a 2 Player game (the player vs a CPU opponent or another player) in Free Play, only Battle or Boss minigames can be chosen. In reality, during a 2 Player match in Free Play, only Duel and Boss minigames can be chosen. This was fixed in the European manual.

*''Mario Party DS'' was the subject of [[List of rumors and urban legends#Mario_Party_DS_anti-piracy_measures|a 2020 internet hoax regarding an alleged anti-piracy screen]]. No files pertaining to anti-piracy measures are found in ''Mario Party DS''.

==External links==

*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/a8tj/index.html Official Japanese website]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150101130705/http://www.marioparty-ds.com/ Official North American website]