Bowser's Gnarly Party
| Bowser's Gnarly Party | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 4 | ||
| Difficulty | ★★★ | ||
| Availability | Unlocked by winning on the board in Story Mode | ||
| Description | "A hard map plotted by Bowser." | ||
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- “Welcome to Bowser's Gnarly Party! I'm a Koopa Kid. It's my board. I do what I want! I built this board to celebrate Master Bowser's greatness! You'll love it, or I'll tell on you! Master Bowser is the best! If you don't see him now, you'll certainly see him later! Bwaha!”
- —Koopa Kid, Mario Party 4
Bowser's Gnarly Party is a board in Mario Party 4. It is hosted by Koopa Kid, who built it in honor of Bowser. A giant scorched Bowser Shell is in the center of the board, surrounded by a building resembling the Colosseum. There is a stone bridge that gradually breaks as players cross it, and after three times, a different one appears instead, headed the other direction. Bowser always awaits players somewhere on the board, changing his position after a Star is bought from Koopa Kid. Bowser takes away half of a player's coins when they pass him, but gives them fifty if they have none. Bowser uses his fire breath to send a Mini player to a different starting point with two Bowser Spaces and a Fortune Space. Bowser challenges a Mega player to either Bowser Wrestling or Panels of Doom. The player can always get 50 coins from Bowser while wearing a Bowser Suit. Every few turns, Bowser shrinks every player to Mini form for the entire turn. There are tiny pipes that lead to Happening Spaces with a Bowser head statue destroying a player's item.
The board has two unique minigames: the Item Minigame is Koopa Kid Shuffle (Mini-Bowser Shuffle in British English), where the player chooses all three boxes, only receiving the final one from Koopa Kid as the other two become locked; and the Coin Minigame, Brake Bullet Bill, where the player mashes 
to slow the Bullet Bill that a Koopa Kid is riding, earning a number of coins depending on how much the button was pressed.
After winning the board in Story Mode, the player unlocks the board and is challenged to The Final Battle! before clearing Story Mode.
Spaces[edit]
| Type of Space | Number of Spaces |
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 Blue Spaces |
56 |
 Red Spaces |
4 (0 during the last five turns if the Red Spaces turn into either Bowser Spaces or Fortune Spaces) |
 Happening Spaces |
6 |
 Mushroom Spaces |
16 |
 Warp Spaces |
2 |
 Battle Spaces |
4 |
 Bowser Spaces |
4 (8 during the last five turns if the Red Spaces turn into Bowser Spaces) |
 Fortune Spaces |
2 (6 during the last five turns if the Red Spaces turn into Fortune Spaces) |
| Total of Spaces | 94 |
Gallery[edit]
Artwork from the board selection screen
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | クッパパーティ[?] Kuppa Pāti |
Bowser Party | |
| French | Bowser Méga Teuf[?] | Bowser's Mega Party (teuf is a slang word for party) | |
| German | Bowsers Krawall-Kirmes[?] | Bowser's Riot Fair | |
| Italian | L'Arena di Bowser[?] | Bowser's Arena | |
| Spanish | El cráter de Bowser[?] | Bowser's crater |
