Editing Mario Party DS

|release='''Nintendo DS:'''<br>{{release|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}} '''Virtual Console (Wii U):'''<br>{{release|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}}

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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]], which was succeeded by [[NDcube]] 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.

 

''Mario Party DS'' was re-released for the [[Wii U]] through the [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] on April 21, 2016 in North America and Europe, in Australia on April 22, 2016, and in Japan on April 27, 2016. It is the third and final ''Mario Party'' game to be rereleased for the Wii U's Virtual Console; the others being ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''.

'''From the instruction booklet:'''

Of course, they're all suspicious! But free eats can't be can't be beat, so everyone goes to Bowser's Castle to get first crack at the snacks. And, of course, it's a trap! Bowser steals the Sky Crystal, then shrinks everyone with his new Minimizer. So tiny in such a big world!

One night in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], five [[Sky Crystal]]s in the sky fall to the land. One falls near [[Mario]], who explains it to his friends the next day. Suddenly, [[Kamek]] flies overhead the gang, dropping invitations to a feast in [[Bowser's Castle]] to apologize for his bad behavior. Unintentionally, [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] get invitations as well.

 

Curious, the crew sets off for the castle, but upon their arrival, they find it was a trick as [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]] trap Mario and his friends in a cage when they enter. With the group trapped, Bowser 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. This leaves Bowser to look for the five shining objects, the [[Sky Crystal|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.

 

[[File:Characters caged MPDS opening.png|thumb|150px|Bowser drops a cage on Mario and friends.]]

At the beginning of their journey, [[Wiggler]] begs the crew for help, as a [[Piranha Plant]] has infested [[Wiggler's Garden|his garden]]. The Piranha Plant is eventually defeated by the character who becomes the Superstar, leading to Wiggler rewarding them with a Sky Crystal that landed in his garden.

 

Soon after, [[Toadette]] finds and requests the group to defeat a [[Hammer Bro]] that was abusing her instruments in her [[Toadette's Music Room|music room]]. The Hammer Bro is defeated in a drum-off by the Superstar, and Toadette gives a Sky Crystal she found to the gang as her thanks.

 

Afterwards, they set off for the jungle, where they find Diddy Kong, who shows the heroes that Donkey Kong was turned to [[DK's Stone Statue|stone]] by a [[Dry Bones]]. The Superstar manages to defeat Dry Bones in his arena, leading to Donkey Kong's restoration and Diddy Kong rewarding them with a Sky Crystal he found. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong quickly recall the free food promised at Bowser's Castle, and eagerly head off towards the castle.

 

Upon nearing the castle, the crew find a [[Koopa (Mario Party DS)|Koopa Troopa]] from [[Kamek's Library|a library]] asking for help, as Kamek has trapped his grandfather, [[Koopa Krag]], in one of his library books. The Superstar defeats Kamek at the end of a long hallway, and Koopa Krag is freed from the book, giving them a Sky Crystal as thanks.

 

Eventually, they reach Bowser's Castle, where they are promptly stuffed in a [[Bowser's Pinball Machine|pinball machine]] by Bowser and Bowser Jr., the latter using it to mess with them. The one revealed to be the Superstar is taken from the pinball machine to be shrunk again and crushed by Bowser, but Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong arrive, the former unintentionally smashing the Minimizer by knocking it out of Bowser's hands and stepping on it afterwards, the actions reverting the playable characters back to their original states.

[[File:MPDS group ending.png|thumb|150px|left|The cast enjoys a game of Triangle Twisters.]]

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.

[[File:MPDS Story Map.png|200px|thumb|left|Each of the boards in Story Mode.]]

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.  

 

*Green Star - Awarded to the players who have landed on the most ? Spaces.

*Hex Star - Awarded to the players who laid down the most hexes.

*Friendship Star - Awarded to the players who landed on the most Friend Spaces.

 

===Spaces===

|image1=[[File:MPDSBlueSpace.png]]

|name1='''[[Blue Space]]'''

|description1=The most common space, the Blue Space gives players three coins if they land on it. There is also a small chance of a [[Hidden Block (Mario Party series)|Hidden Block]] appearing. It gives their section in the heads up display a blue color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames.

|image2=[[File:MPDSRedSpace.png]]

|name2='''[[Red Space]]'''

|description2=A fairly common space, the Red Space takes three coins from players that land on it. It gives their section in the heads up display a red color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames.

|image3=[[File:MPDSHappSpace.png]]

|name3='''[[Event Space|Green Space]]'''

|description3=This space causes certain events to happen that can benefit the player, harm the player, benefit a number of players, or harm a number of players. It gives the player's section in the heads up display a green color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames. In this case, the green color eventually flashes to red or blue.

|image4=[[File:MPDSFriendSpace.png]]

|name4='''[[Friend Space]]'''

|description4=When they land on this space in Battle Royale, players can select one opponent to be a friend. Both then receive 5 coins. In Team Battle, the player and one of the two opponents get 5 coins. It gives the player's section in the heads up display a green color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames.

|image5=[[File:MPDSDuelSpace.png]]

|name5='''[[Duel Space]]'''

|description5=Engages with an opponent of the player's choice into a duel minigame. The winner gets to use a roulette that determines the reward from the opponent. It gives the player's section in the heads up display a green color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames. It replaces the Friend Space in the [[Last Five Turns Event|Final 5 Frenzy]].

|image6=[[File:MPDSBowserSpace.png]]

|name6='''[[Bowser Space]]'''

|description6=Any players that land here causes Bowser to arrive. Bowser causes a series of events that harms usually whoever landed on the space. It gives their section in the heads up display a red color, which is used to determine pairings in minigames. Bowser can cause these events:

*'''Gimme Coins!:''' The player gives 20 coins to Bowser.

**If the player has less than 10 coins, Bowser takes all of the player's coins anyway.

*'''Gimme Stars!:''' Bowser takes one star from the player.

*'''Gimme Charity!:''' Bowser forces the player to give 10 coins to all opponents.

**In Battle Royale, the player loses a total of 30 coins. If less than 30, the highest amount divisible by three would be the basis (depending on how many coins the player has that can be given out to the other players equally).

**In Duel and Team Battle, 10 Coins is all the player has to give away. If less than 10, the player has to forfeit all coins.

*'''Gimme Equality!:''' Bowser redistributes every player's coins so they all have the same amount. This is the only event that can potentially benefit the player.

|image7=[[File:MPDS Star Space.png]]

|name7='''[[Star Space]]'''

|description7=Once players reach this space, they can pay 20 coins to receive a Star. Other boards may have different conditions players need to fulfill to earn a Star. Unlike other spaces, this space cannot be landed on (unless a Star spawns directly on a player), and this space does not subtract from the dice roll.

}}

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.

''Mario Party DS'' is the first ''Mario Party'' game to have standard items since ''[[Mario Party 4]]''. These items function like (and are based on) the standard items from the first four installments in the series. They can be bought at shops on each board, run by a Monty Mole. In addition, for the first time in the series, players can purchase more than one item in one stop.

{{Shop inventory

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

|name1=[[Double Dice Set]]

|price1=3 Coins

|notes1=Allows the player to roll two Dice Blocks.

|image2=[[File:Item-Triple.png]]

|name2=[[Triple Dice Set]]

|notes2=Allows the player to roll three Dice blocks.

|price2=7 Coins

|image3=[[File:Item-Half.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]]

|name4=[[Warp Dice Block]]

|notes4=Causes the player to warp to a random space on the board, then roll.

|price4=2 Coins

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

|name5=[[Snag Bag]]

|notes5=Allows the player to steal a random item from an opponent of their choice.

|price5=8 Coins

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

|name6=[[Star Pipe]]

|notes6=Warps the player directly to the [[Star Space]], allowing them to buy the Star if they wish and if they have enough coins, then roll.

|price6=15 Coins

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

|name7=[[Block Sensor]]

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

|price7=20 Coins

|image8=[[File:Item-Grab.png]]

|name8=[[Grab Bag (item)|Grab Bag]]

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

|price8=25 Coins

}}

{{content description

|image1=[[File:Hex-10.png]]

|name1=[[10-Coin Hex]]

|description1=Causes the player who lands on the Hex to give 10 coins to the one who set it.

|image2=[[File:Hex-20.png]]

|name2=[[20-Coin Hex]]

|description2=Causes the player who lands on the Hex to give 20 coins to the one who set it.

|image3=[[File:Hex-Coin.png]]

|name3=[[Coin Swap Hex]]

|description3=Causes the player who set the Hex and the player that lands on it to swap coin totals.

|image4=[[File:Hex-1S.png]]

|name4=[[1-Star Hex]]

|description4=Causes the player who lands on the Hex to give one Star to the one who set it.

|image5=[[File:Hex-2S.png]]

|name5=[[2-Star Hex]]

|description5=Causes the player who lands on the Hex to give 2 Stars to the one who set it.

|image6=[[File:Hex-Space.png]]

|name6=[[Space Swap Hex]]

|description6=Both the player who lands on the Hex and the one who placed it swap positions on the board.

|image7=[[File:Block-Star.png]]

|name7=[[Star Block (Mario Party DS)|Star Block]]

|description7=The player who lands on this Hex can hit a block with a 1 through 3 on it to gain that many stars.

|image8=[[File:Block-Coin.png]]

|name8=[[Coin Block (Mario Party DS)|Coin Block]]

|description8=The player who lands on this Hex is able to hit a block containing coins, by pressing the A button repeatedly, to gain as many as possible in 10 seconds.

}}

File:MarioMPDS.png|[[File:Mario Select MPDS.png|link=Mario]]

File:LuigiMPDS.png|[[File:Luigi Select MPDS.png|link=Luigi]]

File:WarioMPDS.png|[[File:Wario Select MPDS.png|link=Wario]]

File:MPDSYoshi.png|[[File:Yoshi Select MPDS.png|link=Yoshi]]

File:Princess Peach Artwork - Mario Party 6.png|[[File:Peach Select MPDS.png|link=Princess Peach|Peach]]

File:DaisyMP6.png|[[File:Daisy Select MPDS.png|link=Princess Daisy|Daisy]]

File:Waluigi Artwork - Mario Party DS.png|[[File:Waluigi Select MPDS.png|link=Waluigi]]

File:Super Mario Galaxy Toad Artwork.png|[[File:Toad Select MPDS.png|link=Toad]]

!style="width: 2%; background-color: #ddd;"|

!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Wiggler's Garden]]

!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Toadette's Music Room]]

!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[DK's Stone Statue]]

!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Kamek's Library]]

!style="width: 5%; background-color: #ddd;"|[[Bowser's Pinball Machine]]

|align="center"|[[File:WigglerDS.png|100px]]

|align="center"|[[File:Toadette111.png|90px]]

|align="center"|[[File:MPDS Diddy Kong Artwork.png|100px]]

|align="center" rowspan=3|[[File:Magikoopa Artwork - Super Mario Galaxy.png|120px]]

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

|[[File:PiranhaPlantDS.png|90px]]

|[[File:NSMBDS Hammer Bro Artwork.png|120px]]

|[[File:Dry Bones Artwork - Mario Party 7.png|90px]]

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

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

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

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

!width=15%|Picture

!width=20%|Description

|The player must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Once the player claims the star, it goes to another location.

|Players must find the Music Notes and buy stars from them for 5-30 coins.

|The star on this board is always located on the second-to-last space. Players can buy up to 99 stars at once on this stage, depending on how many coins they have at the time. A star always costs 20 coins.

|On this board, there are three magic jars to find. The player needs to pay 10 coins to open a magic jar. One contains a star, one 5 coins, and the other sends them back to the start. This is completely random and changes once someone finds the star.

|The player must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Once the player claims the star, it goes to another location.

For the Tag Battle setting in Party Mode, each combination of playable characters create one unique team name. The list of possible results are shown below:

|'''{{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.

The main mode of the game, where the player competes against several human-controlled or computer-controlled players on a party board in either a Battle Royale, Tag Battle or Duel Battle.

A mode where the player can play six games that use the pool of minigames available in a variety of challenges that don’t take place on the game boards, those being Free Play, Step It Up, [[Battle Cup]], [[Score Scuffle]], [[Boss Bash]] and [[Rocket Rascals]]. The player can pit themselves against up to three other human-controlled players in the Multiplayer version of this mode.

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

Step It Up is a minigame competition playable only by four players. The aim of this challenge is to see who can be the first to win 3, 5 or 7 minigames, depending on the options chosen, and after each minigame played the characters who win the minigame get to climb one step of the staircase. Minigames are chosen randomly, and the first player to win 3, 5, or 7 minigames wins the mode. This contest is a reincarnation of a competition that has appeared in previous installments in the [[Mario Party (series)|series]].

 

The player can choose to play only 4-player, 1-vs-3 and 2-vs-2 minigames, or a randomized mix of all three. For 1-vs-3 and 2-vs-2 minigames, teams are chosen at random each time when the player chooses the random minigame type setting, unless the player specifically chooses either minigame type, where the teams would be decided at the start of the competition.

|Jap=かちぬきバトル

|JapR=Kachinuki Batoru

|JapM=Tournament Battle

|SpaE=Escalera hacia el éxito

|SpaEM=Stairs towards the success

|SpaA=Poco a poco

|SpaAM=Bit by bit

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.

;In-game description

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

|Jap=バトルカップ

|JapR=Batoru Kappu

|JapM=Battle Cup

Score Scuffle is a minigame competition playable only by four players. The players play ten specific minigames consecutively, converting the results for each player to points after each minigame and adding it to each player's current score. The player with the most points after the ten minigames is the winner. The highest amount a player can get in a minigame is 1000 points, with the exception of [[Get the Lead Out]] (whose highest amount is 999 points). As such, the maximum amount of points a player can have after the ten minigames is 9,999 points. The default high score for Score Scuffle is 0 points.

|Jap=スコアアタック

|JapR=Sukoa Atakku

|JapM=Score Attack

Boss Bash is a single-player minigame challenge, where the player must face in the following order: the [[Piranha Plant]], the [[Hammer Bro]], the [[Dry Bones]], [[Kamek]] and [[Bowser]] in their respective boss minigames. The aim is to do so as quickly as possible to try and beat the current best times, as the minigames are timed in this challenge. If the player is defeated in any of the minigames, the challenge ends and the times for minigames the player did beat are not recorded. The default best times for the five bosses are 5:00:00, while the default overall best time is 25:00:00.

|Jap=ボスタイムアタック

|JapR=Bosu Taimu Atakku

|JapM=Boss Time Attack

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.

|Jap=ミニゲームブリッジ

|JapR=Minigēmu Burijji

|JapM=Minigame Bridge

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

 

Those minigames and the order in which they are showcased are as follows:

*[[Mario's Puzzle Party]]

*[[Bob-omb Breakers]]

*[[Piece Out]]

*[[Block Star (Mario Party series)|Block Star]]

*[[Stick and Spin|Stick & Spin]]

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.

A multiplayer exclusive mode that includes games designed for two: the cooperative [[Pen Pals]] and the competitive [[Desert Duel]].

''Mario Party DS'' features 73 minigames (71 in the Korean version, as two minigames, [[Shuffleboard Showdown]] and [[Chips and Dips]], were removed possibly because of the gambling themes present in both of them) from seven different categories. There are 32 4-player minigames (29 of which are also Duel minigames), 12 1-vs-3 minigames (11 in the Korean version), 13 2-vs-2 minigames (three of which are also Duel minigames), 32 Duel minigames (29 of which are 4-player minigames and three of which are 2-vs-2 minigames), five Battle minigames (four in the Korean version), five Boss minigames and six Puzzle minigames. Of these, 58 are unique, 4 are minigames with the goal of collecting coins, and 11 are specialized.

Includes over 120 collectibles that can be viewed at the player's discretion when unlocked. This mode also allows them to listen to the game's music and watch the cutscenes seen in Story Mode when viewed at least once in it.

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

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

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

*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'': Hammer Bro.'s artwork is recycled from this game.

*''[[Mario Party 8]]'': The character select images are recycled from this game. Also, some voice clips have been reused.

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

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

|Jap=マリオパーティＤＳ

|JapR=Mario Pāti DS

|JapM=Mario Party DS

==Trivia==

 

*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''.