Mario Party DS

Template:Infobox Mario Party DS is the eleventh installment in the Mario Party series (thirteenth in Japan), the second for the handheld consoles (the other being Mario Party Advance for the Game Boy Advance), and the only one for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on November 8, 2007, in the United States on November 19, 2007, in Europe on November 23, 2007, and in Australia on December 6, 2007. This Mario Party game is unique for having the characters be shrunken down to microscopic size and competing in a "mega world" for the majority of the game. It includes more than seventy new minigames and five new game boards. Its functions include touch control, microphone control and dual-screen challenges. It is possible for up to four players to play in wireless mode. It was the last Mario Party title before the series went on a 5-year hiatus, with the series' next installment, Mario Party 9, not being released in 2012.

Story

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Mario seeing a Sky Crystal fall from the sky.

The story begins with a night in the Mushroom Kingdom, where five shining objects in the sky fall to the land. One falls near Mario, who discusses it with his friends the next day. Kamek interrupts when he drops an invitation down to the gang. Bowser sent it, and it says that he is inviting them to his castle for a big feast, as apology for his evil deeds. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong get an invitation as well.

The crew sets off for the castle, but they find that, as one may suspect, it was a trick. Bowser and Bowser Jr. trap Mario and friends in a cage, at which point Bowser uses a magic wand called the Minimizer to shrink them all down to the size of chess pieces, and they are literally thrown out. This leaves Bowser to look for the five shining objects, the Sky Crystals, in peace. The gang decides to get back at Bowser and heads back to the castle. To be the one Superstar that defeats Bowser causes the eight friends to pit themselves against each other for the great title.

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Mario and his friends after falling for Bowser's trap.

Early in their journey, Wiggler begs the small heroes for help, as a nasty Piranha Plant has infested his garden. The plant was defeated when its own Bomb Seeds were fed to itself by the heroes. A grateful Wiggler rewards them with a Sky Crystal, which landed in his garden. Shortly after, Toadette came to the heroes for help, asking them to defeat a Hammer Bro that was abusing her instruments. The Hammer Bro was defeated in a drum-off, at which point Toadette found a Sky Crystal and gave it to the gang. Having two now, they set off for the jungle, where they find their monkey friend Diddy Kong. The anxious spider monkey shows the heroes that Donkey Kong was turned to stone by Dry Bones. The friends faced off against Dry Bones on his arena, where magic hexes were used to destroy him. Donkey Kong was restored, and quickly remembered the free food promised at Bowser's Castle. He and Diddy rush off, but not before Diddy hands over a Sky Crystal.

At this point, Bowser's Castle is in the sight of the gang. However, they find a Koopa Troopa asking for help, as Kamek has trapped his grandfather, Koopa Krag, in one of his many library books. The heroes fight Kamek after surviving a long hallway, at which point Koopa Krag is saved, and gives them a Sky Crystal. After Kamek's defeat, they finally find Bowser's Castle, where they are stuffed in a pinball machine that Bowser Jr. uses to mess them up. The one who collected the most Stars in the pinball machine broke out and got ready to fight Bowser. Bowser threatened to shrink them once again (probably to the size of a ant), but just then Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong arrived.

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The cast enjoying a game of Triangle Twisters.

DK, frantic for the free food, runs around, bumping into Bowser (due to the fact he didn't see him) and causing him to drop the Minimizer. DK trips on the Minimizer, breaking it and returning the Mario gang to normal size. Bowser reveals one more surprise, however - the Mega Morph Belt. The device transforms Bowser into Blockhead Bowser, and the heroes fight him by punching the weak spot, a golden Bowser Block.

Upon the Koopa King's defeat, Bowser and his son were tied up, and Mario took the final Sky Crystal from him. They formed to make a crystal DS, which was made exclusively for the fun challenge, Triangle Twisters. Bowser admits that he wanted the Sky Crystals just so that he could play the game. After hearing this, Mario decides to untie the two, and they all play Triangle Twisters together, thus ending the story. As for DK and Diddy, they eat the entire feast by themselves, and are quite satisfied.

Characters

Playable characters

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gold	purple	limegreen	red
	File:WaluigiMPDS.jpg	File:MPDSYosh.png

Board Hosts/Bosses

Wiggler's Garden	Toadette's Music Room	DK's Stone Statue	Kamek's Library	Bowser's Pinball Machine
Board Host			Board Host/Boss
gold	magenta	brown	blue	orange
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Boss
red	limegreen	gray
	File:Hammer Bro.png	File:MP7 DryBones.jpg

Supporting Cast

• Diddy Kong (Found in DK's Stone Statue)
• Koopa (Found in Kamek's Library)
• Koopa Krag (Found in Kamek's Library)
• Bowser Jr. (Found in Bowser's Pinball Machine)

Minigame Enemies

• Goomba
• Scuttle Bug
• Cheep Cheep
• Boo
• Shy Guy
• Whomp
• Bob-omb
• Monty Mole

Team Names

In Tag Team Mode, each combination of playable characters create one unique Team Name. The list of possible results are shown below:

	Mario	Luigi	Peach	Daisy	Wario	Waluigi	Yoshi	Toad
Mario		Mario Bros.	Fan Favorites	Flower Players	Foe Bros.	'Stache Stars	Old Buddies	Fungus Friends
Luigi	Mario Bros.		Green Peaches	Shy Sidekicks	'Stache Clashers	Lean Meanies	Green Machines	Green Mushrooms
Peach	Fan Favorites	Green Peaches		Power Princesses	Rotten Peaches	Black Peaches	Sweetie Pies	Peachy 'Shrooms
Daisy	Flower Players	Shy Sidekicks	Power Princesses		Wilted Flowers	Skinny Stars	Cutie Pies	Button Mushrooms
Wario	Foe Bros.	'Stache Clashers	Rotten Peaches	Wilted Flowers		Bad Boys	Unlikely Pals	Poison Mushrooms
Waluigi	'Stache Stars	Lean Meanies	Black Peaches	Skinny Stars	Bad Boys		Purple Dinos	Bad Mushrooms
Yoshi	Old Buddies	Green Machines	Sweetie Pies	Cutie Pies	Unlikely Pals	Purple Dinos		Star Supporters
Toad	Fungus Friends	Green Mushrooms	Peachy 'Shrooms	Button Mushrooms	Poison Mushrooms	Bad Mushrooms	Star Supporters

Modes

• Story Mode (1 Player) - In this solo mode, the story is as mentioned. As players make their way to Bowser’s castle, they must win first place on each game board, then beat the Boss Minigame for each board.
• Party Mode (1-4 Players) - Compete against players or system-controlled players on a party board in a Battle Royale, Tag Battle or Duel Battle.
• Minigame Mode (1-4 Players) - Play six games that draw upon the pool of all minigames for challenges that don’t take place on the game boards: Free Play, Step It Up, Battle Cup, Score Scuffle, Boss Bash and Rocket Rascals.
• Puzzle Mode (1-2 Players) - Play six puzzle-action games, which include five classics from previous Mario Party games. This mode also includes the new touch-controlled Triangle Twisters, which has two play modes. In Frenzy Mode, players clear the field by twisting triangles so they connect with those of the same color. In Focus Mode, they twist them to build complex shapes, like turtles and pinwheels. The music in this mode during a minigame is a fusion of puzzle minigame music from the previous Mario Parties.
• Multiplayer (2-4 Players) - Using one game card, players can wirelessly share Party Mode and Minigame Mode (2-4 players), plus Puzzle Mode (2 players) and the download-only Extras Mode with nearby friends who have a Nintendo DS.
• Extras Mode - Includes games that are designed for two-player gaming: cooperative Pen Pals and competitive Desert Duel.
• Gallery- Includes 150 prizes, which includes figures, music and cut-scenes.

Spaces

• Blue Space
• Red Space
• ? Space
• Friend Space
• Duel Space
• Bowser Space
• Star Space

Items

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The Item Shop of Mario Party DS

Mario Party DS introduces two types of items that are used during board gameplay: Normal items and new items called Hexes. The normal items are those that the players may use on themselves, to gain an advantage; they can only be bought at an Item Shop. Alternatively, Hexes can only be found at Hex Areas and are placed on the board to trip up another player for the gain of the one who set it. The Hex the player obtains when passing a Hex Area is determined at random. Each player may only carry three items/hexes at one time.

Normal Items

Item	Image	Description	Shop Price
Double Dice Set		Allows the player to roll two Dice Blocks.	3 coins
Triple Dice Set		Allows the player to roll three Dice Blocks.	7 coins
Halfway Dice Block		Allows the player to roll a Dice Block with the numbers 1 through 5.	1 coin
Warp Dice Block		Causes the player to warp to a random space on the board, then roll.	2 coins
Snag Bag		Allows the player to steal a random item from an opponent of their choice.	8 coins
Star Pipe		Causes the player to warp to the Star Space, allowing them to buy the Star if they wish and if they have enough coins, then roll.	15 coins.
Block Sensor		Causes the next space the player lands upon to contain a Hidden Block.	20 coins
Grab Bag		Removes all the player's current items and hexes, but gives them a Star Pipe, Block Sensor, and Triple Dice Set.	25 coins

Hexes

Daisy about to pass a Hex Area.

Name	Image	Description
10-Coin Hex		Causes the player who lands on the hex to give ten coins to the one who set it.
20-Coin Hex		Causes the player who lands on the space to give twenty coins to the player who placed the hex.
Coin Swap Hex		Causes the player who set the hex and the player that lands on it to swap coin totals.
1-Star Hex		The player who lands on this hex must give one star to the player who set it.
2-Star Hex		The player who sets this hex steals two stars from the player that lands on it.
Space Swap Hex		Both the player who lands on the hex and the one who placed it swap positions on the board.
Star Block		The player who lands on this hex can hit a block with a 1 through 3 on it to gain that many stars.
Coin Block		The player that lands on this hex is able to hit a block containing coins to gain as many as possible in ten seconds.

Game Boards

Picture	Name	Description	Boss	Boss Mini-Game
	Wiggler's Garden	The player must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Once the player claims the star, it will go to another location.	Piranha Plant	Feed and Seed
	Toadette's Music Room	Players must find the Music Notes and buy stars from them for 5-30 coins.	Hammer Bro.	Hammer Chime
	DK's Stone Statue	The star on this board is always located on the second-to-last space. Players can buy multiple stars at once on this stage depending on how many coins they have at the time.	Dry Bones	Hexoskeleton
	Kamek's Library	On this board there are three magic jars to find. The player will need to pay 10 coins to open a magic jar. One contains a star, one 5 coins and the other sends them back to start. This is completely random and will change once someone finds the star.	Kamek	Book Bash
File:MPDSPinballBoard.PNG	Bowser's Pinball Machine	Players must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Afterwards, the star moves to a different space.	Bowser	Bowser's Block Party

Minigames

Main article: List of minigames in Mario Party DS

Staff

Main article: List of Mario Party DS staff

Collection

Main article: List of Collectibles from Mario Party DS

Beta Elements

Main article: List of Mario Party DS beta elements

Trivia

• This is the first Mario Party since Mario Party 5 to not have any Donkey Kong spaces.
• The manual has a mistake on Page 26. It states that during a 2 Player game (the player vs a CPU opponent or another player), only Battle or Boss minigames can be chosen. In reality, during a 4 Player match (the player vs 3 CPU opponents or human players), 4 Player, 1 vs 3, 2 vs 2, Duel and Boss minigames can be chosen.
  • The title screen to the game also has a mistake. It is supposed to have a registered trademark instead of the regular trademark.
• This is the only Mario Party game in which there are no Bonus Stars given out in the Story Mode.

External Links

• Mario Party DS Official US Site
• Mario Party DS Official Japanese Site
• Mario Party DS Official European Site