Mario's Puzzle Party

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Mario's Puzzle Party
Screenshot of Mario's Puzzle Party.
Appears in Mario Party 3
Mario Party DS
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player minigame (Mario Party 3)
Puzzle minigame (Mario Party DS)
Sports and Puzzles minigame (Mario Party Superstars)
Initial record 40 points (Mario Party DS)
Music track On Your Toes / Come On, Chop-Chop! (Superstars)
Think It Out (Mario Party DS)
Music sample
Mario Party 3:

Mario Party DS:

Mario Party Superstars:

Mario's Puzzle Party is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 3, a Puzzle minigame in Mario Party DS, and a Sports and Puzzles minigame in Mario Party Superstars. Mario Party 3 also includes a similar variation titled Mario's Puzzle Party Pro.

Overview[edit]

Mario's Puzzle Party from Mario Party Superstars
Four-player version in Mario Party Superstars

Players earn points by connecting blocks of the same color. Bricks serve a purpose akin to Garbage Blocks, while Thwomps squish the blocks on the field. The first player to achieve 100 points wins, though this can be changed in 100-point increments up to 1,000 in Free Play Room. If a player cannot place any more blocks, they are disqualified, and if this happens to three players, the last player remaining wins.

The Mario Party DS version is played from the Touch Screen. A lot of the changes make it more similar to Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, but the two-player version is closer to the original Mario's Puzzle Party. The character icons use their designs from Mario Party 3, as do the Thwomps. The top screen now indicates when Thwomps appear. If the player clears their screen, they receive 1,000 points. The player can also drop pieces instantly. The minigame also features levels, the highest being 99,[citation needed] with each level increasing the speed of gameplay and the number of points earned. The player gets one Mario Party Point per every forty points.

Mario Party Superstars features three versions. For one, the four-player version from Mario Party 3 is retained, but without the ability to change the number of target points in Free Play. The second involves two or three players and is played from Vs. Puzzles mode, but players can change the target score (but it is always 300 points online). The third is part of Score Attack, and it is essentially a port of Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, as the player tries to get as many points within three minutes, and Bricks fall on stage for every 100 points.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 3[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move cursor
  • A Button or B Button – Rotate blocks
  • Z Button – Drop blocks

Mario Party DS[edit]

  • +Control Pad – Move
  • A Button – Flip
  • R Button – Drop

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick (Left and Right) – Move
  • Control Stick (Down) – Quick drop
  • Control Stick (Up) – Instant drop
  • Single Joy-Con Right Button – Flip block

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 3[edit]

  • Game Rules"Break blocks by connecting 2 or more of the same color. Thwomps will occasionally fall and squash blocks for you."
  • Advice"Garbage blocks will break when the colored blocks touching them are broken."

Mario Party DS[edit]

  • Rules (1 player)"Connect two or more of a similar block type to clear them. Use Thwomps that occasionally fall to squash the blocks down to half size."
  • Rules (2 players)"Connect two or more of a similar block type to clear them. Whoever reaches 100 points first wins."
  • Tips"The next block to fall is displayed on the right of the screen. Stack the blocks strategically!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Break blocks by connecting two or more of the same color. Thwomps will occasionally fall and squash blocks for you."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドッスンパズル[?]
Dossun pazuru
Thwomp Puzzle

Mario Party 3[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Mario Puzzle Party[?] -
German Marios Puzzle-Party[?] Mario's Puzzle Party
Spanish Puzzle Mario Party[?] Mario Party Puzzle

Mario Party DS / Mario Party Superstars[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (simplified) 咚咚益智游戏[?]
Dōngdōng Yìzhì yóuxì
Thwomp Puzzle Game
Chinese (traditional) 咚咚益智遊戲[?]
Dōngdōng Yìzhì yóuxì
Thwomp Puzzle Game
Dutch Pletblok[?] Squash block
French (NOA) Casse-tête de Mario[?] Mario's Puzzle
French (NOE) Thwompuzzle[?] Portmanteau of Thwomp and puzzle
German Steinblocks Schacht[?] Thwomp Shaft
Italian Blocchi Twomp[?] Thwomp Blocks
Korean 쿵쿵 퍼즐[?]
Kungkung Peojeul
Thwomp Puzzle
Portuguese Quebra-Corbeça[?] Pun on quebra-cabeça ("puzzle") and cor ("color")
Russian Головоломка Марио[?]
Golovolomka Mario
Mario's Puzzle
Spanish (NOA) Don Pisotón al ataque[?] Thwomp attack
Spanish (NOE) Roca Picuda al ataque[?] Thwomp attack

Notes[edit]

  • In Mario Party 3, the mugshots of every returning character are reused from Mario Party 2.