Editing Boss Battle Space

{{space infobox
|image=[[File:MP10 SpaceBossBattle.png|104px]]
|purpose=Triggers a Boss [[minigame]].
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Party 9]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'' ([[List of games by date#2016|2016]])
}}
A '''Boss Battle Space''' is a [[space (Mario Party series)|space]] that appears twice on each board in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. Like [[Captain Event Space]]s, these spaces are mandatory spaces, meaning that the Captain always stops on these spaces regardless of how many spaces they have left to move, and leftover moves are ignored. Whenever this space is passed/landed on, a [[Minigame#Boss Battles|Boss Minigame]] triggers. This space later returns in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' and ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''.

==History==
===''Mario Party 9''===
The first Boss Battle Space usually appears in the first third or half of the board, outside a [[Fortress|fort]]. Here, [[Bowser Jr.]] will either taunt the players and force them to fight the miniboss of the area if playing Solo Mode, or allow the captain to choose a miniboss from three miniboss minigames, including the one that would normally occur on the space in Solo Mode, if playing Party Mode. After the miniboss minigame, the Captain who landed on the space always gets rewarded with a Captain Bonus, getting a few extra Mini Stars than anyone else. The players often encounter a new element of the stage after beating the miniboss here.

The second Boss Battle Space always appears at the end of the board, marked by a [[Bowser Gate]]. When players reach the gate, they will emerge from their vehicle and be confronted by [[Bowser]] himself. As with his son, the Koopa King will force players to play a boss minigame (although he lets the captain pick in Party Mode). After the boss is defeated, the final results and the Superstar are announced.

The Boss minigame triggered at any given Boss Battle Space depends on the board in Solo Mode. In Party Mode, the Captain is able to choose from three boss minigames, including the one that would normally occur on the space in Solo Mode.

After the boss minigame ends, the player who landed on the space as the Captain will be rewarded with a Captain Bonus, getting a few extra Mini Stars than anyone else.

However, in Bowser Station, the mid-boss is always [[Bowser Jr.]], while the stage boss is always [[Bowser]], who, after Bowser Jr. is defeated, creates a boss battle space and Bowser Gate at the beginning of the board. Likewise, in DK's Jungle Ruins, [[Diddy Kong]] is always the mid-boss, while [[Donkey Kong]] is always the stage boss.

===''Mario Party 10''===
In this game, Boss Battle Spaces appear at a [[Fortress]] where the miniboss will be battled. They also appear at a [[Castle]] where the end-stage boss will be battled.

The first time a board is played, the game automatically select the boss of the corresponding board. When the board is played again, the Captain chooses between 3 choices like in Mario Party 9 for the miniboss and the player in last position chooses between 3 choices for the final boss. If a CPU player lands on the space, the boss minigame is instead chosen randomly.

Unlike in ''Mario Party 9'', Captain Bonuses are no longer awarded at the end of the minigame. Instead, the player who stops on this space wins a set of Mini Stars (five for the Fortress and ten for the Castle).

===''Mario Party: Star Rush''===
The Boss Battle Space makes a third appearance in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'' in Toad Scramble, but with the design of a spiky [[Warp Pipe]] on it. The players that land on it get 5 bonus coins and enter the boss fight. If [[Bowser]] is the boss of the board, after someone lands on the space, whoever is the furthest away from him will get a penalty. After the battle starts, everyone else must race to it from the space they were currently on by mashing {{button|3ds|A}} to join the fight.

==Boss Battles==
===''Mario Party 9''===
{{br|left}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%; margin: 0 auto;"
!colspan="7" stile"background-color: #e5e5e5;"|Board
|-
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Toad Road]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Bob-omb Factory]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Boo's Horror Castle]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Blooper Beach]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Magma Mine]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Bowser Station]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[DK's Jungle Ruins]]
|-
!colspan="7" style="background-color: #e5e5e5;"|First Boss Minigame to be played
|-
|[[Sock It to Lakitu]]
|[[Whomp Stomp]]
|[[Deck Dry Bones]]
|[[Cheep Cheep Shot]]
|[[Spike Strike]]
|[[Bowser Jr. Breakdown]]
|[[Diddy's Banana Blast]]
|-
!colspan="7" style="background-color: #e5e5e5;"|Second Boss Minigame to be played
|-
|[[Wiggler Bounce]]
|[[Bombard King Bob-omb]]
|[[King Boo's Puzzle Attack]]
|[[Blooper Barrage (minigame)|Blooper Barrage]]
|[[Chain Chomp Romp]]
|[[Bowser's Block Battle]]
|[[DK's Banana Bonus]]
|}

===''Mario Party 10''===
{{br|left}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%; margin: 0 auto;"
!colspan="7" stile"background-color: #e5e5e5;"|Board
|-
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Mushroom Park]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Haunted Trail]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Whimsical Waters]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Airship Central]]
!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Chaos Castle]]

|-
!colspan="7" style="background-color: #e5e5e5;"|First Boss Minigame to be played
|-
|[[Mega Goomba's Ladder Leap]]
|[[Sledge Bro's Card Chaos]]
|[[Mega Cheep Chomp's Shell Shock]]
|[[Mega Monty Mole's Maze Mischief]]
|[[Mega Mechakoopa's Swing & Stomp]]

|-
!colspan="7" style="background-color: #e5e5e5;"|Second Boss Minigame to be played
|-
|[[Petey's Bomb Battle]]
|[[King Boo's Tricky Tiles]]
|[[Mega Blooper's Bubble Battle]]
|[[Kamek's Rocket Rampage]]
|[[Bowser's Tank Terror]]
|}
===''Mario Party: Star Rush''===
*[[Mega Goomba's Bad Dream]]
*[[King Bob-omb's Boom D'état]]
*[[King Boo's Light Smite]]
*[[Petey Piranha's Shell Smackdown]]
*[[Mega Blooper's Bayside Bop]]
*[[Mega Dry Bones's Femur Fever]]
*[[Mega Monty Mole's in the Hole]]
*[[Kamek's Card Tricks]]
*[[Bowser Jr.'s Pound for Pound]]
*[[Bowser's Space Race]]
*[[Bowser's Shocking Slipup]]
*[[Bowser's Hit-or-Missile Mania]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MP9 Boss Space.png|''Mario Party 9''
MP10 SpaceBossBattle.png|''Mario Party 10''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ボスバトルマス
|JpnR=Bosu Batoru Masu
|JpnM=Boss Battle Space
|Spa=Casilla de jefe
|SpaM=Boss space
|Fre=Case boss
|FreM=Boss space
|Chi=首領對戰格
|ChiR=Shǒulǐng Duìzhàn Gé
|ChiM=Leader Battle Space
|Ita=Spazio scontro con il boss
|ItaM=Clash with the boss space
}}

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