Mario Party (series)

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Template:Series-infobox The Mario Party series is a virtual board game created by Hudson Soft. It features a cast of prominent Mario characters, some of which have been Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario and many more with each game featuring variations on the cast and storyline. The series is intended for four players, but computer controlled players may be selected as well. All of the games share similar gameplay in which the primary objective requires the player to move his or her character across the selected stage to gather a Star. Usually, the player must then pay a fee of twenty coins to the host, a non-playable character such as Toad. After each player has completed his or her turn, a minigame then begins, in which the player may be awarded coins, based on their performance.

Mario Party 2 artwork.
The original six playable characters in costumes from Mario Party 2.

At the end of the game, Stars and Bonus Stars will be tallied. The person with the most stars at the end of the game becomes the winner, or in this case, the Superstar. If Stars are tied between players, other statistics will be applied. These include the amount of coins collected, minigame victories, and so on.

The Mario Party series amasses eleven games, across the Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and Wii consoles, as well as the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. The series even sports a card game that works with the e-Reader peripheral. The cast of characters, character cameos, and minigames are numerous. Thus far, the series has been very commercially successful, and looks to continue its success.

List of Games

Nintendo 64

Nintendo GameCube

Wii

Game Boy Advance

Nintendo DS

Nintendo 3DS

Arcade

Boards

The Mario Party series included many boards in various installments. Below is a list of all of them and what games they appear in.

Theme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DS 3DS
Cake ✔ ✔ ?
Casino ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Castle ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Cavern ✔ ✔ ✔
Cloudy Sky ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Desert ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Factory ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Forest (Non-tropical) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Horror ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Island ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Jungle ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Library ✔ ?
Music ✔ ?
Park ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Peak ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Railway (Non-roller coaster) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Rainbow ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Ship ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Snowfield ✔ ✔ ?
Space ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Town ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Underwater ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Volcanic ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?

Mario Party

Mario Party 2

Mario Party 3

Mario Party 4

Mario Party 5

Mario Party 6

Mario Party 7

Mario Party 8

Mario Party 9

Mario Party DS

Playable Characters

Playable characters are introduced in the first Mario Party. During the first two Mario Party games, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong are the only playable characters in the series. Starting in Mario Party 3, the game introduces new playable characters in debut, the new playable characters are only playable in the Party Mode; the previous new characters that appear in the next game are now playable in the Story Mode. There are some exceptions in games like Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS do not introduce new characters.

There are some exceptions of removing playable characters in later games; Donkey Kong is removed starting in Mario Party 5 because he now owns a space called a DK Space which he hosts, although Donkey Kong is playable in the Special Duel Mode in Mario Party 5. Another playable character named Koopa Kid (Mini Bowser in PAL regions) appeared in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party 6; he was removed after the last appearance because he now owns a space called the Koopa Kid Space. In Mario Party 9, Boo, Dry Bones, Blooper, and Hammer Bro were removed and given supporting roles. Toadette was also removed, and was completely absent from the game.

In the game Beach Volley Folley that appeared in Mario Party 4 and then Mario Party 5, there are exceptionally playable characters that can not be played as on the normal boards but are able to participate in this game.

The Mario Party series included many characters in various installments. Below is a list of all of them and what games they appear in.

Character 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A DS 3DS
Birdo ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Blooper ✔ ?
Boo ✔ 1 ✔ 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Bowser ✔ 1 ?
Daisy ✔ 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Donkey Kong ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 ?
Dry Bones ✔ ✔ ?
Hammer Bro. ✔ ?
Kamek ✔ 3 ?
Koopa Kid ✔ 1 ✔ 3 ✔ ?
Koopa Troopa ✔ 1 ✔ ?
Luigi ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mario ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mii ✔ 4 ?
Princess Peach ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Shy Guy ✔ 1 ✔ 3 ?
Toad ✔ 1 ✔ 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Toadette ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Waluigi ✔ 3 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
Wario ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Yoshi ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ?
  • ✔ – Playable character
  • Blank space – Non-playable character
  • ? – characters yet to be announced to confirm or deny in the future Mario Party Series.
  • 1 — The character is playable only in Beach Volley Folley.
  • 2 — The character is playable only in the Special Duel Mode in the game.
  • 3 — The character is playable only in the Party Mode in the game.
  • 4 — The character is playable only in the Extra Mode.

Hosts

These characters lead each individual Mario Party game.

Spaces

Main article: Space (Mario Party series)

All the spaces in the Mario Party games.

Items

Every item, capsule, orb, candy, and hex from the series.

List of All Minigames

The Mario Party series' popularity is due in no small part to its minigames. Throughout the series' nine console titles, the list of minigames has become tremendous. Below is a list of all 769 minigames, separated by game. The minigames' titles generally rhyme, use alliteration, or are puns of popular phrases.

Awards

  • Longest Running Mini-Game Series - Guinness Book of World Records Gamer's Edition 2009 - 2013

Trivia

  • Luigi mentions the Mario Party series in his diary in the events of Paper Mario.
  • The Mario Party games are mentioned in one of the Coin Block/Brick Block cards in Nintendo Monopoly. Here, the player gets $50 from every player for organizing a Mario Party in the 2006 version, and $10 in the 2010 version.
  • Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi are the only characters to be playable in every Mario Party game.
  • Koopa Kid has appeared in every Mario Party game, except since Mario Party 8. He went by the name of Baby Bowser in Mario Party 1, 2 and 3. He was replaced by Bowser Jr. in Mario Party 9 and Mario Party DS and never appeared at all in Mario Party 8.
  • Goomba is the only host in Mario Party 4 who hasn't been playable in a later game. Toad was playable in Mario Party 5, Boo was also playable in Mario Party 5, Shy Guy was playable in Mario Party 9, and Koopa was also playable in Mario Party 9.
  • The Roulette Wheels that appear in games, some are not really Spin Wheels. They come in different varieties and a button must be pressed to stop the wheel.
    • A list of 3, 4, or 5 Minigames or other events appear with an Arrow or a Highlight that "Spins" downward.
    • A Screen with pictures of events rapidly scrolling (As seen in Mario Party 4-7).
    • A wheel with characters faces with a spinning arrow.
    • A rotating dart wheel was used in Mario Party 8. With the wrist strap tight on the player, he or she throws a dart to land on an event that can help them.
    • Mario Party 9 brought back the spin wheel from Mario Party 1-7. It can appear on the Spin & Bowser Spaces. A list of four events appear on the wheel.
  • Brighton, Twila, MC Ballyhoo and Big Top are the only 4 hosts in the series that not make a another appearance in others games (if we not count there Cameo Appearance as a sticker in Super Smash Bros.) Toad, Koopa, Shy Guy, Boo are playable in many Spin-Off games. The Star Spirits first appear in Paper Mario. Toadsworth appear in the Mario & Luigi (series). Yellow Toad and Blue Toad appear as playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U.

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