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This article is about the series. For information of the first game in the series, see Mario Party (video game).
Mario Party
File:MP3DSlogo.png
Logo of Mario Party
Genre(s)Party game
Developer(s)Hudson Soft (1998–2007)
Capcom (arcade release)
Nd Cube (2012–present)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
First releaseMario Party
December 18, 1998 (December 18, 1998)
Latest releaseMario Party: The Top 100
November 10, 2017 (November 10, 2017)
Spin-offsWii Party

Mario Party (Japanese: マリオパーティ, Hepburn: Mario Pāti) is a party video game series featuring Mario franchise characters in which four human- or computer-controlled characters compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. The series was developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo; the arcade version was developed by Capcom. The series is known for its party game elements, including the often-unpredictable multiplayer modes that allow play with up to four (and sometimes eight) human players.

After the development of Mario Party 8, several of Hudson Soft's key designers left to work for Nintendo subsidiary Nd Cube, developers of Wii Party.[1] Starting in 2012 with Mario Party 9, Nd Cube has taken over development of the series from Hudson Soft. The latest title in the series, Mario Party: Star Rush, was released in 2016 for the Nintendo 3DS.

The series currently holds the record for the longest-running minigame series.[2] As of December 2014, Nintendo reported cumulative worldwide sales of 39.6 million game copies in the Mario Party franchise.[3]

Gameplay

Over the course of the Mario Party series, gameplay has changed to suit the technology of the hardware. There are several modes available for play in each game, each of which provides its own rules and challenges.

Party Mode

Every game in the main series has a standard Party Mode in which up to four players play through a board, trying to collect as many stars as possible. In every turn, each player rolls a die and progresses on the board, which usually has branching paths. Coins are primarily earned by performing well in a minigame played at the end of each turn. On most boards, players earn stars by reaching a star space and purchasing a star for a certain amount of coins. The star space appears randomly on one of several pre-determined locations and moves every time a star is purchased, usually occupying a blue space.

Every Mario Party contains at least 50 to 90 minigames with a few different types. Four-player games are a free-for-all in which players compete individually. In 2-on-2 and 1-on-3 minigames, players compete as two groups, cooperating to win, even though they are still competing individually in the main game. Some minigames in Mario Party are 4-player co-op, even though it doesn't say it. In most situations, winners earn ten coins each.

Battle minigames first appeared in Mario Party 2. These games are like the 4-player games, but instead of winners earning ten coins each, each player contributes a randomly selected number of coins (or all coins if the player falls short of the pot amount). The winner of the minigame receives approximately 70% of the pot, the second-place winner receives the other 30%, and a random player occasionally gets coins left over from rounding.

Duel minigames debuted in Mario Party 2, and were omitted in Mario Party 4 (though the Story minigames are all duels), but return again in Mario Party 5. Duel games pit two players against each other. In Party Mode, one player initiates the duel, wagering coins or even a star against another player. The winner of the duel receives all coins or stars wagered. Starting with Mario Party 7, the player no longer chooses the wager in a duel, rather, the duel takes place and the prize to the winner, if any, is randomly determined.

Bowser minigames are introduced in Mario Party 4 in which players try to avoid being burned by Bowser's fire breath if they lose. When that happens, players must give up coins, stars or items. In Mario Party 7, a single-player version of the games were introduced and only one person can play.

Mario Party 9 introduced a new set of minigames entitled Bowser Jr. minigames. Here, Bowser Jr. challenges two players to compete in a minigame with him. If they successfully defeat him, both players will receive five Mini Stars. If not, then Bowser Jr. will take five from each player.

At the end of the game, bonus stars can be awarded to players. Three specific stars are awarded in Mario Party through Mario Party 6. All later games have six possible bonus stars, but only three of those stars are awarded per game. These stars add to the player's overall total.

Minigame Mode

In addition to Party mode, every Mario Party has a minigame mode in which minigames are played without the board game. Minigame modes vary from game to game, but later games have many different variations. In one such example from Mario Party 5, each player tries to fill a board with as many spaces as possible in his or her color by winning minigames. In Mario Party 6 and onward, there is one game in Minigame mode intended for single-player.

Games

Release timeline
1998Mario Party
1999Mario Party 2
2000Mario Party 3
2001
2002Mario Party 4
2003Mario Party-e
Mario Party 5
2004Mario Party 6
2005Mario Party Advance
Mario Party 7
2006
2007Mario Party 8
Mario Party DS
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012Mario Party 9
2013Mario Party: Island Tour
2014
2015Mario Party 10
2016Mario Party: Star Rush
2017Mario Party: The Top 100

Main series

Game Year System MG Notes
Mario Party 1998 Nintendo 64 53 First entry in the series. Six characters are playable: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach (referred to as Peach), Donkey Kong (referred to as DK), Yoshi, and Wario.
Mario Party 2 1999 Nintendo 64, Wii Virtual Console[4] 65 Introduces items to the series.
Mario Party 3 2000 Nintendo 64 71 Adds Daisy and Waluigi as playable characters. The only game in the Mario Party series to contain duels where two characters can battle each other using main enemies, such as Goombas and Koopa Troopas.
Mario Party 4 2002 GameCube 62 Last game where Donkey Kong can be fully playable until Mario Party 10. Introduces the Team Battle feature to the series.
Mario Party 5 2003 GameCube 75 Released in 2004 to Japanese arcades as Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (Super Mario: The Mysterious Rolling Party) by Capcom. Donkey Kong is restricted to having a special "DK Space". Koopa Kid, Toad, and Boo are now playable, bringing the total number of playable characters to ten.
Mario Party 6 2004 GameCube 82 First game to make use of GameCube's microphone peripheral, packaged with the game. Adds Toadette as an unlockable playable character, making this the first game in the series to have unlockable characters.
Mario Party 7 2005 GameCube 88 Support for up to eight players with eight-player joystick only game. Continues use of microphone peripheral. Adds Birdo and Dry Bones as unlockable playable characters.
Mario Party 8 2007 Wii 81 Minigames utilize Wii Remote's capabilities. Adds Blooper and Hammer Bro. as unlockable playable characters.
Mario Party 9 2012 Wii 82[5] Introduces two new types of stars called Mini Stars and Mini Ztars.[6] Players do not travel around the board individually but instead in one vehicle. Adds Koopa as a default playable character, and Shy Guy and Kamek (Magikoopa in NA regions) as unlockable playable characters.
Mario Party 10 2015 Wii U 73 Introduces two new modes of play: Bowser Party and Amiibo Party. Adds Rosalina as a default playable character, Spike as an unlockable playable character, Bowser as a playable character (only in Bowser Party and Amiibo Party), and Donkey Kong returns as a playable character for the first time since Mario Party 4.

Other games

Mario Party-e

See also: Nintendo e-Reader § Other

Mario Party-e is a card game that makes optional use of the Nintendo e-Reader and was released on February 7, 2003. Many of these cards contain "dot-codes" that, when scanned into the e-Reader, allow players to play minigames similar to those found in the regular Mario Party series.[citation needed] The Mario Party-e contains a Play Mat, an instruction book and a pre-constructed deck consisting of sixty-four cards. An extra card was included as a promotion in an issue of GamePro.[citation needed]

Mario Party Advance

Main article: Mario Party Advance

Mario Party Advance was released for the Game Boy Advance on March 28, 2005. It is the first Mario Party game on a handheld gaming system.

Mario Party DS

Main article: Mario Party DS

Mario Party DS was released on November 19, 2007 for the Nintendo DS in North America. Many of the 74 minigames featured utilize the capabilities of the DS's touch screen and microphone, in addition to traditional minigames using the directional pad and control buttons.

Mario Party: Island Tour

Main article: Mario Party: Island Tour

Mario Party: Island Tour is an iteration of Mario Party for the Nintendo 3DS that was announced via a Nintendo Direct on April 17, 2013 and was released in North America on November 22, 2013.[7] In addition to traditional controls, many of the game's 82 minigames[8] utilize the touch screen and other unique features of the system. It adds Bowser Jr. as an unlockable playable character.

Mario Party: Star Rush

Main article: Mario Party: Star Rush

Mario Party: Star Rush is the second iteration of Mario Party for the Nintendo 3DS that was announced at Nintendo's Treehouse Live! during Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016.[9] The game was the first to be Amiibo compatible,[9] and was released in Japan, Europe, and Australia in October 2016, and in North America in November 2016.[10]

Mario Party: The Top 100

Main article: Mario Party: The Top 100

Mario Party: The Top 100 is the third iteration of Mario Party for the Nintendo 3DS that was announced during a Nintendo Direct in September 2017. Unlike traditional Mario Party titles, the game is a compilation of various 100 remastered mini-games originally featured in the past ten entries of the main series. The game was released in North America in November 2017, and will be released in Japan, Europe and Australasia in December 2017.[11][12]

Playable characters

Default sorting is by first appearance, then by number of appearances. For alphabetical order, click on "Character".

Character 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Advance DS Island Tour Star Rush The Top 100
Mario Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Luigi Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Princess Peach Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Yoshi Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Wario Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Donkey Kong Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY4 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
Princess Daisy Red XN Red XN Green tickY2 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Waluigi Red XN Red XN Green tickY2 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Toad Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY3 Green tickY2 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN
Boo Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY3 Green tickY2 Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY7 Red XN
Koopa Kid9 Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY3 Green tickY2 Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Koopa Troopa Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY3 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Shy Guy Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY3 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY12 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Bowser10 Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY3 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY6 Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY7 Red XN
Toadette Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY1 Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
Birdo Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Dry Bones Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Blooper Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Hammer Bro. Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Mii Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY5 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Kamek8 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY12 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Rosalina Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Green tickY
Spike Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Bowser Jr. Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY1 Green tickY7 Red XN
Diddy Kong Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN

Notes

  1. ^ Is an unlockable character
  2. ^ Is only playable in Party Mode
  3. ^ Is only playable in the Beach Volley Folley minigame in 4
  4. ^ Is only playable in the Super Duel Mode in 5
  5. ^ Is only playable in the Extra mode in 8
  6. ^ Is only playable in the Bowser Party, Bowser Challenge, and amiibo Party modes in 10
  7. ^ Is only playable in the Mario Shuffle mode in Star Rush
  8. ^ In NA regions, Kamek is called "Magikoopa"
  9. ^ In PAL regions, Koopa Kid is called "Mini Bowser"
  10. ^ In JPN regions, Bowser is called "Koopa"

Reception

Aggregate review
Game Metacritic[13]
Mario Party 79/100
Mario Party 2 76/100
Mario Party 3 74/100
Mario Party 4 70/100
Mario Party 5 69/100
Mario Party 6 71/100
Mario Party Advance 54/100
Mario Party 7 64/100
Mario Party 8 62/100
Mario Party DS 72/100
Mario Party 9 74/100
Mario Party: Island Tour 60/100
Mario Party 10 67/100
Mario Party: Star Rush 68/100


Controversy

In Mario Party, certain minigames required players to rotate the controller's analog stick, including one in which the player is challenged to wind up Fly-Guy at the minigame house. Some players used the palms of their hands, rather than their thumbs, to rotate the analog stick. As a result, they would often endure blisters. In an act of contrition, Nintendo gave away free gaming gloves to the victims of these blisters.[14] Some wore away the stick because it was not very durable. The analog stick rotation has no longer been used since Mario Party 2. The exceptions are the mini-game in Mario Party 5 in which the player only needs to rotate it once and the mini-game in Mario Party 3 in which players throw Bowser in a manner similar to Super Mario 64 and do not need to use the palm of their hand to move the analog stick. Mario Party: Island Tour resumed using these types of minigames because players can spin the Nintendo 3DS' analog stick safely.

In July 2007, Mario Party 8 for the Wii was withdrawn from United Kingdom game stores shortly after its release date.[15] This was allegedly caused by Kamek using the word "spastic." Complaints were raised from consumers because the term is used to refer to an intellectually disabled person and is considered offensive in the United Kingdom. In August 2007, Nintendo re-released the game, replacing "spastic" with the word "erratic".[16]

References

  1. ^ "What Wii Party And Mario Party Have In Common". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  2. ^ Guinness World Records 2011 - Gamer's Edition. Guinness World Records Ltd. 2010. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4053-6546-8.
  3. ^ "Bring along your amiibo as your party plus-one from 20th March in Mario Party 10". Nintendo of Europe. February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "Nintendo". Nintendo. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. ^ "List of minigames in Mario Party 9 - Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia". Mariowiki.com. 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  6. ^ "– Mario Party 9 – Game Info". Nintendo.com. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  7. ^ "Mario Party Coming To Nintendo 3DS". Cinemablend.com. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  8. ^ "Mario Party 3DS - Nintendo 3DS". IGN. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  9. ^ a b "Mario Party: Star Rush - Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 2016". YouTube. 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  10. ^ "Nintendo Gives Players Unprecedented Freedom of Adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". GoNintendo.com. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  11. ^ Joshi, Arjun (14 September 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 Will Combine The Best Of The Series On 3DS". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Mario Party: The Top 100 release date brought forward to December 22 in Europe". Gematsu. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  13. ^ "Search Results". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  14. ^ "Nintendo to hand out gaming gloves". BBC News. 2000-03-09. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  15. ^ Richards, Jonathan (2007-07-17). "Nintendo withdraws game that taunts spastics". The Times. London. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  16. ^ Sliwinski, Alexander (2007-07-27). "Non-'spastic' Mario Party 8 returns Aug. 8 to Europe". Weblogs, Inc. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
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