Mario Party-e

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Mario Party-e
Mario Party-e boxart
North American box art
Developer indieszero[1]
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
Release date USA February 17, 2003[2]
Canada February 17, 2003[2]
Language(s) English
Genre Party
Mode(s) 2–4 players
Format
Game Boy Advance:
e-Reader card
[note 1]
Input
Game Boy Advance:
Serial code(s) USA PES-MPAE

Mario Party-e is a board game released on February 17, 2003 in North America only.[2] It is compatible with the e-Reader accessory for the Game Boy Advance. The game makes use of artwork and characters from Mario Party 4.

Gameplay[edit]

The game includes 64 cards, a playboard, and an instruction booklet. A 2-player game involves 58 cards as well as removing two of the superstar item cards from the deck set; a 3-player game features 51 and only one less Item card from the deck set; and 4-player uses all 64 cards. The cards are first shuffled before each player gets five, the number they are required to have each turn, while the others are face-down. A player draws a card for their turn before either using one, placing it face-up, or putting it into the discard pile. After a card is used, it is put into the discard pile. A player wins by getting the three Item cards before placing the Superstar Card.

Certain cards require players to play a minigame by scanning the card in the e-Reader. If they cannot, the winner is determined by a coin toss instead.

Card types[edit]

  • Coin Cards: These are required for certain cards, and each have a small coin icon determining how much it costs to use. There are 24 in total.
  • Item Cards: They are the Superstar’s Shoes, Superstar’s Clothes and Superstar’s Hat, and each cost two coins to play. Playing an Item Card requires the player to discard two Coin Cards. There are 12 in total.
  • Superstar Cards: When using it, the Item Card can be put in-play (capitalized In-Play for Mario Party-e), and an opponent's Item Card can also be taken. There are 4 in total.
  • Blocker Cards: For a coin, a player can use one to stop an opponent for stealing their card in-play or in their hand. There are 5 in total.
  • Search Cards: The player can trade some of their cards from the deck or discard pile. They require one Coin Card to play except for the LAKITU card. There are 4 in total.
  • Chaos Cards: Used for taking or exchanging cards with other players. The Yoshi card costs 2 coin-cards. If the player does not have enough coin-cards to play, the player may play a Free-Challenge Minigame on the e-Reader by using the card. There are 10 in total.
  • Duel Cards: They are used to battle another player in one of the e-Reader minigames for one of their cards either in their hand or in-play. The SUPER WARIO card and SUPER WALUIGI card can require a Coin Card to use. If the player does not have an e-Reader, the duel can be decided by a coin toss to battle each other. There are 5 in total.
  • Free Challenge Cards: The player can decide to either trade cards with an opponent or from the deck or discard piles. Discarding the necessary Coin Cards is first necessary before using a Free Challenge Card, though a player can do a "Free Challenge," where they are required to win a minigame on the e-Reader before they can use their card. If the player loses, they try to discard their Free Challenge Card. There are four in total.
  • Wonder Challenge Cards: The player plays a roulette on the e-Reader by scanning the card, followed by an outcome determined by the wheel. There are 2 in total.
  • Duel Challenge Cards: Like the Duel Cards but with the involvement of an e-Reader, though without one a coin toss determines the winner. There are 5 in total.

Characters[edit]

Playable[edit]

  • Mario (in Cast Away Mario!, Mario's Mallet, Bolt from Boo, Time Bomb Ticks!, and Waluigi's Reign)
  • Yoshi (in Fast Feed Yoshi!)
  • Wario (in Wario's Bluff, appears as the balloon in Balloon Burst!)
  • Waluigi (in Time Bomb Ticks!, appears as an NPC in Waluigi's Reign)
  • Princess Daisy (in Daisy's Rodeo)

Non-playable[edit]

  • Luigi (appears in Mario's Mallet)
  • Goomba (appears in Mario's Mallet)
  • Donkey Kong (cameo on the game board)
  • Bowser (appears in Spinister Bowser, appears as the mechanical bull in Daisy's Rodeo!)
  • Big Boo (appears in Bolt from Boo)
  • Princess Peach (appears in Cast Away Mario! and Mario's Mallet)
  • Cheep Cheep (appears in Cast Away Mario!)
  • Blurp (appears in Cast Away Mario!)
  • Rip Van Fish (appears in Cast Away Mario!)
  • Sidestepper (appears in Cast Away Mario!)
  • Shy Guy (appears in Fast Feed Yoshi!)
  • Lakitu (appears in Lakitu's Luck)

Minigames[edit]

Free Challenge

Daisy's card
Daisy's Rodeo! card

Wonder Challenge

Duel Challenge

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Mario Party-e staff

Reception[edit]

Reviews of the card game are decently positive. IGN's Craig Harris rated the game 8.0, saying that the game is "easy to pick up and play", while suggesting that if Nintendo made booster packs that maximize the fun by adding more challenges, and utilizing the e-Reader, it would be a welcome addition. [3]

Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

Cards[edit]

Game board[edit]

Sprites[edit]

Box art[edit]

Media[edit]

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Mario Party-e media.
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Notes[edit]

  • Mario and Yoshi are the only characters playable in Mario Party-e and every other title of the Mario Party series, as it is the only game where Peach and Luigi are not playable, let alone the only game where Daisy is playable but not Peach.
  • Mario Party-e is not listed on the "history" section of the official Mario Portal website,[4] possibly because it was only released in the West.

Footnotes and references[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Required specifically for any of the 11 minigames.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario Party-e(北米地域のみ). indieszero (Japanese). Archived March 27, 2023, 08:42:50 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c 2003年2月17日. indieszero (Japanese). Archived March 27, 2023, 08:42:50 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Harris, Craig (February 25, 2003). Mario Party-e Review. IGN (English). Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  4. ^ History. Mario Portal website (English). Retrieved August 9, 2024.

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