Editing Mario Party DS

{{game infobox

|developer=[[Hudson Soft]]<br>[[CAProduction]]<br>[[Nintendo SPD Group No.4]]

|release='''Nintendo DS:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|November 8, 2007|ROC|November 8, 2007|USA|November 19, 2007|Mexico|November 19, 2007<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (MX) issue 192, page 55.</ref>|Europe|November 23, 2007|Australia|December 6, 2007|South Korea|May 22, 2008|South Africa|July 2009<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/en-za/Games/Nintendo-DS/Mario-Party-DS-271540.html</ref>}} '''Virtual Console (Wii U):'''<br>{{flag list|USA|April 21, 2016|Europe|April 21, 2016<ref>{{cite|author=nintendaan|url=gonintendo.com/stories/256092-this-week-s-european-downloads-april-21-star-fox-mario-party|title=THIS WEEK'S EUROPEAN DOWNLOADS - APRIL 21 (''STAR FOX'', ''MARIO PARTY'' AND MORE)|date=April 18, 2016|publisher=GoNintendo|accessdate=May 21, 2024}}</ref>|Australia|April 22, 2016|Japan|April 27, 2016}}

|languages={{languages|en_us=y|es_es=y|fr_fr=y|de=y|it=y|jp=y|kr=y}}

|genre=[[Genre#Party|Party]]

|modes=Single-player, Multiplayer (single card)

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'''''Mario Party DS''''' is the fourteenth installment in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], the third for handheld consoles, and the only one for the [[Nintendo DS]]. This is the last ''Mario Party'' game to be developed by [[Hudson Soft]], with future entries being developed by [[Nintendo Cube]] starting in [[Mario Party 9|2012]]. This ''Mario Party'' game is unique for having the characters to be shrunken down to a very small size and competing in a "mega world" for the majority of the game. It includes more than 70 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 using only one game card. This would be the only handheld installment to feature the traditional ''Mario Party'' gameplay and the last installment overall to feature it until ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] (which is both a home console and a handheld console) eleven years later.

[[File:MPDS SkyCrystal.png|thumb|150px|Mario seeing a Sky Crystal fall from the sky]]

'''From the instruction booklet:'''<ref>Screenshot of ''Mario Party DS'' North American manual, page 4. https://i.imgur.com/Gxpl1xd.png</ref>

<blockquote>The Mario crew's adventure begins late one night when five Sky Crystals fall to earth. Mario finds one, then shows it to all of his friends!

 

 

 

 

 

Curious, the crew sets off for the castle, but upon their arrival, they find it was a trick as [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]] drop a cage on Mario and his friends when they enter. With the group trapped, Bowser steals Mario's Sky Crystal then uses a magic wand called the [[Minimizer]] to shrink them all down to the size of chess pieces, and they are thrown out to a distant location by Kamek. With Mario and company out of the way, this leaves Bowser to look for the four remaining Sky Crystals in peace. Displeased by the outcome, the gang wakes up outside and decides to head for the castle to settle the score with Bowser. The desire to be the one Superstar that defeats Bowser and his cronies causes Mario and his other seven friends to pit themselves against each other for the title along the way.

Reluctant to give up, Bowser reveals one more surprise: the [[Megamorph Belt]]. The device transforms Bowser into [[Blockhead Bowser]], and the aforementioned Superstar does battle with him. Upon Bowser's defeat, Bowser and his son are tied up, Mario taking back the final Sky Crystal he initially found from them. Now in close proximity of each other, they are magically formed together to make a crystal DS, allowing play of [[Triangle Twisters]], the fun challenge mentioned by Bowser, whose desire to have the Sky Crystals being to try the fun challenge. After hearing this, Mario decides to untie the two, and they all play Triangle Twisters together, thus ending the story. Nearby, it is revealed that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have eaten the entire feast by themselves, being quite satisfied.

==Gameplay==

Unlike other handheld ''Mario Party'' games, ''Mario Party DS'' features the same gameplay style as the series' home console entries. Up to four players take turns to roll a [[Dice Block]] that shows numbers from 1-10, which decides how far players move across boards. The goal is to acquire the most [[Star (Mario Party series)|Stars]] through the conditions decided on each of the boards. After all players have had their turn, the type of [[minigame]] is determined by what color space the player lands on (red or blue). If the player landed on a green, duel or friend space, the player's color is randomly red or blue. Landing on a Bowser space results in the player's color turning red. For instance, if one player lands on a red space while three other players land on a blue space, a 1 vs. 3 minigame is held, with the red player on the solo side and the three players on the other side. The players then engage in a minigame, and whoever wins the minigame earns 10 coins.

When a Battle Minigame occurs, all players pay a certain number of Coins into a "pot" before the minigame, with any players who have insufficient Coins only paying what they have on them. After the minigame, each player gets back 65, 30, 5, or 0 percent of the Coins in the pot, depending on where they rank in the minigame. If the Coins cannot be divided up equally, the leftovers are awarded to a random player. The number of Coins a player must pay is determined by the formula [current turn number × 2]; for example, if the Battle Minigame is triggered in Turn 7, all players must pay 14 Coins.

 

The turn ends afterward, the process repeating until the set number of turns have passed. The game ends once the set number of turns have passed, and the total number of Stars and coins the players have collected are tallied, Stars being the primary factor for rankings while coins are the tie-breakers.

 

When there are five turns remaining, Bowser helps the player who is in last place in an event called the [[Last Five Turns Event#Mario Party DS|Final 5 Frenzy]]. That player is given a prize determined by spinning a roulette. For the remaining five turns, all [[Friend Space]]s are changed to [[Duel Space]]s.

 

At the end of a Party Mode game, [[Bonus Star]]s may be rewarded to the players who have excelled the most at certain criteria. If there is a tie between three or less players, the Stars are awarded to all of the tied players. Three of these six bonuses are chosen at random:

*Mini-Game Star - Awarded to the players who have won the most minigames.

*Running Star - Awarded to the players who have moved the most spaces using [[Dice Block]]s.

 

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|[[File:MPDSBlueSpace.png|64px]]

|[[Blue Space]]

|align=left|Players gain three coins from landing on this. The amount of coins received is doubled in the last five turns. This space is the most common space on all boards, and is the only space a [[Hidden Block (Mario Party series)|Hidden Block]] can appear.

|[[File:MPDSRedSpace.png|64px]]

|[[File:MPDSHappSpace.png|64px]]

|Semi-common

|[[File:MPDSDuelSpace.png|64px]]

|[[Duel Space]]

|[[File:MPDSBowserSpace.png|64px]]

|[[File:MPDS Star Space.png|64px]]

===Items===

Alongside normal items seen in earlier ''Mario Party'' console titles, ''Mario Party DS'' introduces a new type of item that is also used during board gameplay: [[Hex]]es. The normal items are most often acquired through purchase at an [[Item Shop (Mario Party series)|Item Shop]], and may be used by players to gain an advantage. Alternatively, Hexes can be found only at [[Hex Area]]s and can be placed on the board to usually hinder the player who lands on the space where it was set. Each player may only carry three items/hexes at one time.

 

====Normal items====

 

{{Shop inventory

|image1=[[File:Item-Double.png]]

|name3=[[Halfway Dice Block]]

|notes3=Allows the player to roll a Dice Block with the numbers 1 through 5.

|price3=1 Coin

|image4=[[File:Item-Warp.png]]

|image5=[[File:Item-Snag.png]]

|name5=[[Snag Bag]]

|image6=[[File:Item-Star.png]]

|image7=[[File:Item-Sensor.png]]

|notes7=Causes the next space the player lands upon to contain a [[Hidden Block (Mario Party series)|Hidden Block]].

|notes8=Removes all of the player's current items and hexes and gives them a Star Pipe, Block Sensor, and Triple Dice Set.

 

Hexes are items that typically act as traps when placed on spaces, similarly to [[Character Space]]s from previous ''Mario Party'' titles. They only obtainable by passing through a [[Hex Area]]. Most Hexes negatively affect the character who lands on it (unless they are its owner), but the Coin Block and Star Block allow for anyone to gain coins or stars respectively. Hexes can be replaced by other hexes, and they expire after being landed on.

 

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|[[File:Hex-10.png|64px]]

|[[10-Coin Hex]]

|align=left|Causes the player who lands on the Hex to give 10 coins to the one who set it.

|[[File:Hex-20.png|64px]]

|[[File:Hex-Coin.png|64px]]

|[[Coin Swap Hex]]

|align=left|Causes the player who set the Hex and the player that lands on it to swap coin totals.

|[[File:Hex-1S.png|64px]]

|[[1-Star Hex]]

|[[File:Hex-2S.png|64px]]

|[[2-Star Hex]]

|align=left|Causes the player who lands on the Hex to give 2 Stars to the one who set it.

|[[File:Hex-Space.png|64px]]

|-

|[[File:Block-Star.png|64px]]

|[[Star Block (Mario Party DS)|Star Block]]

 

 

 

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!style="width: 18%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Wiggler's Garden]]

!style="width: 18%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[DK's Stone Statue]]

!style="width: 19%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Kamek's Library]]

|align="center"|[[File:WigglerMPDS.png|130px]]

|align="center"|[[File:ToadetteMPDS.png|90px]]

|align="center"|[[File:DiddyKongMPDS.png|80px]]

|align="center" rowspan=3|[[File:KamekMPDS.png|120px]]

|align="center" rowspan=3|[[File:BowserMPDS.png|140px]]

|[[File:PiranhaPlantMPDS.png|110px]]

|[[File:HammerBro.MPDS.png|90px]]

|[[File:DryBonesMPDS.png|80px]]

*[[Donkey Kong]] (appears in [[DK's Stone Statue]])

*[[Koopa (Mario Party DS)|Koopa]] (appears in [[Kamek's Library]])

*[[Koopa Krag]] (appears in [[Kamek's Library]])

*[[Bowser Jr.]] (appears in [[Bowser's Pinball Machine]])

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!{{color|red|Mario}}<br>[[File:Mario Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|darkgreen|Luigi}}<br>[[File:Luigi Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|magenta|Peach}}<br>[[File:Peach Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|orange|Daisy}}<br>[[File:Daisy Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|gold|Wario}}<br>[[File:Wario Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|purple|Waluigi}}<br>[[File:Waluigi Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|limegreen|Yoshi}}<br>[[File:Yoshi Mugshot MPDS.png]]!!{{color|crimson|Toad}}<br>[[File:Toad Mugshot MPDS.png]]

|'''{{color|purple|Waluigi}}'''<br>[[File:Waluigi Mugshot MPDS.png]]||'Stache Stars||Lean Meanies||Black Peaches||Skinny Stars||Bad Boys||||Purple Dinos||Bad Mushrooms

|'''{{color|limegreen|Yoshi}}'''<br>[[File:Yoshi Mugshot MPDS.png]]||Old Buddies||Green Machines||Sweetie Pies||Cutie Pies||Unlikely Pals||Purple Dinos||||Star Supporters

|'''{{color|crimson|Toad}}'''<br>[[File:Toad Mugshot MPDS.png]]||Fungus Friends||Green Mushrooms||Peachy 'Shrooms||Button Mushrooms||Poison Mushrooms||Bad Mushrooms||Star Supporters||

A single-player mode that follows the storyline of the game. It puts the player through the five [[Board (Mario Party series)|board]]s of the game, requiring them to win a Battle Royal on each board and defeat the [[List of bosses|boss]] of it in a [[minigame]] to progress. CPU characters are chosen at random, each board lasts for 10 turns, and [[Bonus Star]]s are not awarded. If a CPU player wins the board, they attempt to face the boss, but lose, and the player has to play the board again. If the player and a CPU are tied for 1st place, the player wins. Completing the mode unlocks the expert difficulty for CPU players.

{{quote|Be first to reach the top of the steps! Minigame victories get you there!|In-game description|Mario Party DS}}

|Jpn=かちぬきバトル

|JpnR=Kachinuki Batoru

|JpnM=Tournament Battle

|SpaE=Poco a poco

|SpaEM=Little by little

|SpaA=Escalera hacia el éxito

|SpaAM=Stair to success

|Fre=Montée des marches

|FreM=Staircase run

{{quote|Welcome to Battle Cup! In Battle Cup, you'll play five preselected [[minigame]]s in order... And whoever wins the most of them is the victor!|Narrator|[[Mario Party DS]]}}

Battle Cup is a minigame competition playable only by four players. The objective is to win as much of the Cup Course, a collage of five consecutive minigames that the human player either selects manually or lets the game choose five randomly, as possible. Despite only 4-player and Battle minigames being playable in this contest, multiple victors are allowed at the end of each minigame, however, ties between all four players result in no one getting the minigame win. If multiple players end up winning the most minigames at the end of the Cup Course, the players roll [[Dice Block]]s to decide the real winner, the highest roller being declared the winner.

"''Choose a specific minigame course, then battle to come out ahead!''"

|Jpn=バトルカップ

|JpnR=Batoru Kappu

|JpnM=Battle Cup

|KorM=Battle Cup

}}

{{quote|Welcome to Score Scuffle! In Score Scuffle, you'll blast through 10 minigames. Results will be converted to points. The player with the highest final score wins!|Narrator|[[Mario Party DS]]}}

"''Compete in a series of minigames to earn as many points as possible!''"

|Jpn=スコアアタック

|JpnR=Sukoa Atakku

|JpnM=Score Attack

|KorM=Score Attack

}}

[[File:Mario Party DS - Boss Bash.png|thumb|[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] playing Boss Bash]]

{{quote|Welcome to Boss Bash! You're going to battle five bosses! How quickly can you defeat them? Bash them fast to win!|Narrator|[[Mario Party DS]]}}

"''Take on the boss minigames to get the best time you can!''"

|Jpn=ボスタイムアタック

|JpnR=Bosu Taimu Atakku

|JpnM=Boss Time Attack

|KorM=Boss Time Attack

}}

[[File:Rocket Rascals.png|thumb|Rocket Rascals]]

{{quote|Welcome to Rocket Rascals! Reach the rocket first! Build a bridge to the center before your rivals do!|Narrator|[[Mario Party DS]]}}

Rocket Rascals is a four-player minigame competition. The players must win minigames to acquire and place bridge pieces on the square 5x5 grid. The first to make a path from their corner of the grid to the rocket with the bridge parts is the winner. If multiple players have paths to the rocket made at the same time by a third party, the players roll [[Dice Block]]s to decide who actually wins, the highest roller winning. If one of the multiple players finished the bridge, then the one who did wins without a Dice Block roll. Additionally, the game ends in a tie if 20 turns pass without anyone making a route to the rocket.

At the start of each turn, a roulette randomly decides which bridge piece is up for grabs in the next minigame, which gets decided by a minigame roulette. The player who wins the minigame gets the previously shown bridge piece and can place it on any unoccupied space of the 5x5 grid, and the turn ends afterwards, the cycle repeating until someone makes a path to the rocket. If the minigame ends with multiple winners, or if nobody wins, nobody gets the piece. If a player has all ways of reaching the rocket prevented for them, the blocking pieces are removed.

Occasionally, [[Bowser Jr.]] may show up after a bridge part is decided and does one of the following, as decided through a roulette spin:

*'''Crosspiece Crisis:''' Every minigame, the player plays for a Crosspiece.

*'''Turnaround  Madness:''' Bowser Jr. scatters the pieces in different areas.

*'''Final 5 Frenzy:''' The game is skipped to the last five turns.

"''Build a bridge to a rocket! Win your pieces by playing minigames!''"

|Jpn=ミニゲームブリッジ

|JpnR=Minigēmu Burijji

|JpnM=Minigame Bridge

|KorM=Minigame Bridge

}}

A mode where the player can play six puzzle-action games, the majority being classics from previous ''Mario Party'' games.

 

This mode introduces the new touch-controlled puzzle game, [[Triangle Twisters]], which offers two play modes, Frenzy Mode and Focus Mode. Additionally, the player can pit themselves against another human-controlled player in the Multiplayer version of this mode.

Using one game card, players can use DS Download Play to wirelessly play together in Party Mode, Minigame Mode (2-4 Players), Puzzle Mode and Extra Mode (2 Player) with nearby Nintendo DS users.

==Collection==

{{main|List of Mario Party DS collectibles}}

''Mario Party DS'' features a wide variety of collectible items. These range between figurines of the many characters in the game, features of the five boards played on in the game, trophies related to the bosses defeated in the game and various badges one of which the player being allowed to equip. There are 30, 71, 25 and 30 of these respectively, each particular collectible with a different requirement to unlock.

==Quotes==

{{main|List of Mario Party DS quotes}}

*''"The [[Mario]] crew's adventure begins late one night."'' - In-game text

*''"I need help! That grouchy [[Piranha Plant]] is making a mess of my [[Wiggler's Garden|garden]]!"'' - [[Wiggler]]

*''"That dumb [[Hammer Bro]] is beating up my music instruments! Get rid of him!"'' - [[Toadette]]

*''"Get a load of this spell. I call it Kamek Spell No. 8!"'' - [[Kamek]]

*''"Here's my Hammer Bro drum solo! HA! My music's so MOVING!"'' - [[Hammer Bro]]

*''"Watch ME play, Dad! I'm the big pinball pro in these parts!"'' - [[Bowser Jr.]]

*''"OK, I got this great gadget for our [[Bowser's Block Party|final fight]]! Cower before the power of my new [[Megamorph Belt]]!"'' - [[Bowser]]

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!colspan="4"style="font-size:120%; text-align:center; background-color:silver;"|Reviews

|"''Mario Party DS is an outright blast when played with other people, and since you need only one cartridge to enjoy everything, the odds are good that you'll be able to entice your DS-owning friends to play with you. As a solo endeavor, challenging the computer opponents does get old eventually. However, between all of the different minigames, play modes, and puzzle games, it'll be a while before you condemn the cartridge to your storage shelf.''"

|Nintendo DS

|"''Decent visuals and bonus puzzle games aren't enough to make Mario Party DS worth a purchase. It suffers from the same problems as the other games in the series. The mini-games, on the whole, are badly designed and boring. Watching other players take turns round the board is tedious. Even if you win every single mini-game, the stupid star system means you could still lose overall. It would seem there are plenty of gamers who are happy to put up with all this, however - after all, Nintendo wouldn't keep churning out Mario Parties if people didn't keep buying them. If you're one of those who has enjoyed the series on console, you'll enjoy it on DS. Otherwise, steer clear.''"

|Nintendo DS

|"''After ten years of playing board games with mini-games, it's honestly very difficult to get excited for yet another Mario Party; even though it's the first time it's been made for the Nintendo DS system. What's here is a solid multiplayer mini-game experience with a lot of the flaws of the previous versions. It doesn't do anything truly special than create a bunch of touch screen and microphone-centric minigames (and even then we've seen variations of them in other DS titles), but it at least comes together as a better title than the last console Mario Party design.''"

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[[File:Beta Toad.jpg|thumb|"X"s in Coin and Star totals and gold colored number gains/losses]]

Players used to have their own boxes at the top screen that have the "X" in the Coins storage and the Stars storage. In the final version, it was removed, because Coins can reach over 100. Also, the color used for the numbers that appear after earning or losing [[coin]]s/[[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s were gold instead of blue or red.

A debug menu can be accessed through Action Replay codes. The debug menu is displayed in the touch screen.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|url=tcrf.net/Mario_Party_DS/Debug_Menu|title=Mario Party DS debug menu|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=May 21, 2024}}</ref>

Mario Artwork MPDS.png|[[Mario]]

Peach Artwork MPDS.jpg|[[Princess Peach]]

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*''[[Mario Party 3]]'': [[Mario's Puzzle Party]] returns as a Puzzle minigame, and the character icons for Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Daisy, and Waluigi are reused in it as well. The sheet music visible in [[Toadette's Music Room]] contains the melody of the minigame theme "Let's Get a Move On".

*''[[Mario Party 4]]'': [[Bob-omb Breakers]] returns as a Puzzle minigame, and all the characters' victory and losing animations are recycled. The place markers are reused from this game.

*''[[Mario Party 5]]'': [[Piece Out]] returns as a Puzzle minigame. The winning and losing mugshots are also reused.

*''[[Mario Party 6]]'': [[Block Star (Mario Party series)|Block Star]] returns as a Puzzle minigame. Also, Peach and Daisy's artwork are recycled from this game.

*''[[Mario Party 7]]'': [[Stick and Spin]] returns as a Puzzle minigame. Also, Toadette and Dry Bones' artwork are recycled from this game.

*''Mario Party 4'' to ''Mario Party 7'': Animations from these games are recycled.

*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'': Toad and Kamek's artwork are recycled from this game.

 

*''[[Mario Party 9]]'': The minigame mode Step It Up and boss minigames return. Some voice clips are reused.

*''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree ]]'': Items which look and function similarly to [[hex]]es appear.

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|JpnM=Mario Party DS

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|Ita=''Mario Party DS''

|ChiT=瑪利歐派對DS<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/mario/history/index.html|title=Official Chinese website for the ''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary|accessdate=October 23, 2020|publisher=Nintendo HK}}</ref>

*This is the last Nintendo-published ''Super Mario'' game to use the [[:File:Nintendo - Obsolete logo.svg|signature red Nintendo logo]] on the cover/packaging.

**Despite this, the Nintendo DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' uses the red logo for the packaging, making its last appearance in a ''Super Mario'' release overall.

*The North American manual has a mistake on Page 27. It states that during a 2 Player game (the player vs a CPU opponent or another player) in Free Play, only Battle or Boss minigames can be chosen. In reality, during a 2 Player match in Free Play, only Duel and Boss minigames can be chosen. This was fixed in the European manual.

*''Mario Party DS'' was the subject of [[List of rumors and urban legends#Mario_Party_DS_anti-piracy_measures|a 2020 internet hoax regarding an alleged anti-piracy screen]]. No files pertaining to anti-piracy measures are found in ''Mario Party DS''.

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