Mario Party 6 is the sixth title in the popular Mario Party sub-series. The game features an installment of voice controlled mini-games using a packaged microphone (a first in the Mario Party series).
Playable Characters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Princess Peach
- Yoshi
- Wario
- Princess Daisy
- Waluigi
- Toad
- Boo
- Koopa Kid/Mini Bowser
- Toadette (New Character) (Unlocked after purchasing her for 30 Stars in the Star Bank)
Note: This is the last Mario Party game in which Koopa Kid is playable.
Gameplay
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Mario Party 6 Bundle.
In Mario Party 6 up to four players take turns moving on board game-style stages, often playing multiplayer minigames to earn coins and stars. While the object of the game is to amass the most coins and stars before completing a set number of turns, the focus is on the competition itself more than the outcome.
Orbs
Orbs are special items players can either collect on the board or buy with coins. They can be used in many ways to give a player an advantage, such as stealing coins from rivals, hampering a rival's progress, or quickly obtaining stars. In Mario Party 5, these were called capsules.
Day & Night
On multiplayer boards the sun will periodically set or rise (every three turns), producing different effects. Changes include spaces moving, different characters appearing, and changes to minigames. This is reflected in two new characters, Brighton and Twila. This day and night system is reminiscent of Horror Land from Mario Party 2.
Solo Mode
Solo mode is where a single player embarks on a special single-row board with a set number of spaces to collect minigames. The dice block for Solo Mode only has the numbers 1-6 on it. At the end of the board, there is an exclusive rare Mini-Game space, where the player, as the name states, gets a rare Mini-Game without needing to play it. If the player goes past the rare Mini-Game space, they fall off the board and lose all of the mini games they have acquired. So to win, the player must land on the rare Mini-Game space. Solo Mode is one of the most efficient ways to get both Mini-Games and Stars.
Boards
There are 6 boards in Party Mode and 3 boards in Solo Mode. Some of the boards in Mario Party 6 have different objectives and goals to earn stars. The boards in Party Mode are:
- Towering Treetop- Players must move across this large board and try to get to a randomly placed star first. Once the star has been bought for 20 coins, the star moves to another location. Day and night changes the paths along the board, making them longer or shorter. The tree at the top of the board changes at night. In the day, if a player lands on the happening space all players will get some coins, however; at night all players will lose some coins.
- Faire Square- Players have to move around this board to reach the star space. There is only one star space that will never change locations, but players can buy up to five stars at a time if they have enough coins. The price of a star is always 20 coins during the day, but the price at night could be 5, 10, 30, or 40 coins.
- E. Gadd's Garage- Players must move across this board and try to get to a randomly placed star first. Once the star has been bought for 20 coins, the star moves to another location. There are many gadgets and machines to experiment with in this board.
- Snowflake Lake- All players start with 5 stars and then they must pay Chain Chomps coins to ride them and steal stars from other players in the process. When a player reaches a Chain Chomp's house, the player can pay it coins (20 coins for one dice block during the day, 10 for one dice block, 20 for two, and 30 for three at night) to ride it. After a player has paid the Chain Chomp, they can roll a dice block (or two or three if they pay for them at night) and move that many spaces from the "house". For every player that the Chain Chomp passes, a star is stolen from the victim and is given to the player riding the Chain Chomp.
- Castaway Bay- Players must travel across the board to reach the end of the board. At the end of the board is either Donkey Kong or Bowser. If a player reaches the end of the board while Donkey Kong is present, then that player is given the opportunity to buy a star for 20 coins, the player is taken back to the "Start" space, and Donkey Kong switches positions with Bowser. If a player reaches the end of the board while Bowser is present, then the player gets a star taken away from him or her by Bowser. If the player doesn't have a star, then the player loses 20 coins. There are many spaces on the board that can switch Bowser's and DK's positions. This board is similar to Mario's Rainbow Castle from the original Mario Party in the sense of how you gain stars (however this time Toad is replaced by DK).
- Clockwork Castle (unlockable for 100 stars at the star bank) - Players have to chase Donkey Kong around the board during the day to buy a star. The unique aspect of this board is that after all four players have moved, DK will roll a dice block (Two if he eats a banana) and move that many spaces. If a player catches up to or if DK catches up to a player, then the player is given the opportunity to buy a star for 20 coins. At night, DK is replaced by Bowser. The movement on the board is reversed at night, and Bowser now chases the players (He uses two dice blocks when he breathes out fire). If Bowser catches up to or if a player runs into Bowser, then the player will lose a star. If the player doesn't have a star, then Bowser will steal 20 coins. Warp pipes are placed around the board so that players can move closer to DK or run away from Bowser.
Other Features
- Star Bank: The Star Bank allows players to trade their stars to unlock special in-game bonuses, including unlockable characters, game tips, and Miracle Book pages.
- Harder Difficulty: 30 Stars
- Brutal Difficulty: 30 Stars
- Toadette Character: 30 Stars
- Clockwork Castle Stage: 100 Stars
- Credit Roll: 100 Stars
- Character Taunts: 10 Stars Each
- Mic Secrets: 10 Stars Each
- Mini Game Secrets: 10 Stars Each
- Mushroom Bus: 30 Stars
- Miracle Book (Includes Page 1): 10 Stars
- Page 2-6: 10 Stars Each
- Page 7-13: 20 Stars Each
- Page 14-20: 30 Stars Each
- Miracle Book Secret: 10 Stars
- Miracle Book: The Miracle Book is an in-game pop-up book functioning as a reward for players. Pages in the book are interactive, and after buying all of them the epilogue is available.
- Microphone: The microphone is used as a controller device to answer quiz questions and give orders to characters.
Mini-Game List
- 4-player
- Smashdance
- Freeze Frame
- Granite Getaway
- Catch You Letter
- Odd Card Out
- What Goes Up…
- Circuit Maximus
- Snow Whirled
- Daft Rafts
- Treasure Trawlers
- Mowtown
- Note To Self
- Tricky Tires
- Memory Lane
- Cannonball Fun
- Same Is Lame
- Lift Leapers
- Trap Ease Artist
- Money Belt
- Throw Me a Bone
- Blooper Scooper
- Pokey Punch-Out
- Sunday Drivers
- 1 vs. 3
- Cash Flow
- Snow Brawl
- Surge and Destroy
- Stage Fright
- Sink or Swim
- Ball Dozers
- Pop Star
- Conveyor Bolt
- Crate and Peril
- Ray of Fright
- Dust ‘Til Dawn
- 2 vs. 2
- Garden Grab
- Slot Trot
- Light Breeze
- Mole-it!
- Pixel Perfect
- Gondola Glide
- Body Builder
- Cashapult
- Jump The Gun
- Clean Team
- Rocky Road
- Burnstile
- Battle
- Hyper Sniper
- Stamp By Me
- Strawberry Shortfuse
- Insectiride
- Wrasslin’ Rapids
- Control Shtick
- Duel
- Light Up My Night
- Black Hole Boogie
- Sumo of Doom-O
- Pitifall
- Cog Jog
- Full Tilt
- O-Zone
- Mass Meteor
- Lunar-Tics
- Asteroad Rage
- Boonanza!
- Something’s Amist
- T Minus Five
- Boo’d Off The Stage
- Trick or Tree
- DK
- Tally Me Banana
- Pier Factor
- Banana Shake
- Bowser
- Dark n’ Crispy
- Pit Boss
- Dizzy Rotisserie
- Rare
- Seer Terror
- Lab Brats
- Block Star
- Dunk Bros
- Mic
- Star Sprint – 3 courses
- Mic Mini Games
- Verbal Assault
- Shoot Yer Mouth Off
- Talkie Walkie
- Word Herd
- Fruit Talktail
- Mic Mini Games
- Total number of games (85)
- 4 player (23)
- 1 vs 3 (11)
- 2 vs 2 (12)
- Battle (6)
- Duel (15)
- DK (3)
- Bowser (3)
- Rare (4)
- Mic (8)
Trivia
General
- Mario Party 6 was the last Mario Party game to feature Koopa Kid as a playable character. In Mario Party 7, he got his own space like Bowser and DK did.
- Mario Party 6 and Mario Party 7 have very similar boards, such as Mario Party 6's Snowflake Lake and Mario Party 7's Pyramid Park.
- Toadette's voice is a higher pitched version of Toad's voice, unlike the unique voice given to her in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
- In Mario Party 1-4, Wario had a long sleeved shirt, but in Mario Party 5-8 Wario has a short sleeved shirt to show off his muscles.
- The windmill in Pokemon Channel foreshadows the windmill in Mario Party 6.
- Pixel Perfect is also the name of a Disney Channel Original Movie.
Puns
4-Player minigames
- Catch You Letter is a pun on the phrase "Catch you later".
- Mowtown is a pun on Motown.
- Blooper Scooper is a pun on pooper scooper.
- Trap Ease Artist is a pun on trapeze artist.
- What Goes Up... is a reference to the phrase "What goes up must come down." This is reflected in the game because, during the day, the objective is to reach the highest altitude, and at night, you must descend the fastest.
1 vs. 3 minigames
- Snow Brawl is a pun on snowball.
- Surge and Destroy is a pun on the phrase "search and destroy".
- Conveyor Bolt is a pun on conveyor belt.
- Ray of Fright is a pun on "ray of light".
- Dust 'til Dawn is a pun on the phrase "From dusk 'til dawn".
2 vs. 2 minigames
- Pixel Perfect is a pun on the phrase "picture perfect", a lot like the Mario Party 3 game Picture Imperfect.
- Burnstile is a pun on turnstile.
- Cashapult is a pun on catapult.
- Mole-It! is a pun on mullet.
Battle minigames
- Stamp By Me is a pun on the song and movie Stand By Me.
- Strawberry Shortfuse is a pun on Shortcake.
- Control Shtick is a pun on control stick.
- Insectiride is a pun on insecticide.
Duel minigames
- O-Zone is a pun on ozone.
- Trick or Tree is a pun on the phrase "trick-or-treat".
- Pitifall is a pun on the words "pitiful" and "Pitfall!", the vine-swinging arcade game.
DK minigames
- Pier Factor is a pun on the term fear factor.
Rare Minigames
- Seer Terror is a pun on the phrase "sheer terror."
- Lab Brats is a pun on lab rats.
Mic Minigames
- Talkie Walkie is a pun on walkie talkie.
- Fruit Talktail is a pun on fruit cocktail.