Editing Mystery Land

{{board infobox
|image=[[File:Mystery Land Map Overview.png|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 2]]''
|difficulty=★★
|availability=Default
|description=''"Become archaeologists in search of answers to the mysterious artifacts."''
|sample=[[File:MP2 Mystery Land.oga]]
}}
{{quote|The map is divided by the four ancient relics, and each time you land on a [[Event Space|? Space]], you are warped to a different area. Cast the slow curse on rivals to limit their [[Dice Block]] to the numbers 1 through 3.|''Mario Party 2'' instruction booklet<ref>{{cite|url=https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/USA/NMWE/NMWE_E.pdf|title=''Mario Party 2'' instruction booklet|page=20}}</ref>}}
{{quote|We’re here, everyone! This is Mystery Land!!! These are hidden jungle paths. Countless mythical artifacts tower over these mysterious pathways. As archeologists, search for the stories behind the artifacts. Your objective this time, is to defeat [[Bowser|Bowser Sphinx]], a legendary monster that poses riddles to all travelers it meets. Whatever it takes, defeat Bowser to become the Super Star of Mystery Land!|Toad|Mario Party 2}}
[[File:MP2 Mystery Land Logo.png|thumb|left|Mystery Land logo]]
'''Mystery Land''' is a [[Board (Mario Party series)|board]] set in some ancient ruins in [[Mario Land (Mario Party 2)|Mario Land]] in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', and features several ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''-based parodies of real-life cryptozoological and historical mysteries. It is divided into four areas, to which people warp to each time they land on a Happening Space. They can also pay 10 [[Coin]]s to have a [[Bob-omb]] UFO take them to another area, but sometimes the UFO will malfunction and take the player to a small area with ruins resembling [[King Bob-omb]]. Other interesting features on this board include the [[Shy Guy]]'s Curse House, where a player can pay 5 Coins to curse themselves or another player to reduce the number on their dice block to 1-3, rather like the [[Cursed Mushroom]]s and [[Cursed Dice Block]]s from later ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' games. The [[Minigame#Item_minigames|Item Minigame]] is [[Mallet-Go-Round]], and the [[Minigame#Duel_minigames|Duel Minigame]] is [[Psychic Safari]].

At the end of the game when [[Toad]] is about to announce the winner, he is interrupted by a red [[Koopa Troopa]] who comes and alerts the players that the treasure has been found. A cutscene then shows a green Koopa with a golden Bob-omb statue. Then the villain of the board, the Bowser Sphinx, comes to challenge the Koopa to guess a figure shrouded in shadow. The Koopa guesses incorrectly, saying that it is a cow, and Bowser curses the Koopa by trapping him in a rock. Then, the winner of the game comes to confront him. The winner guesses Bowser's shadow riddle correctly, saying that the figure is him. The Bowser Sphinx disappears, a consequence of having his riddle guessed, and the statue breaks to reveal a [[Bob-omb Buddy]] that was trapped inside. The other Bob-omb Buddies come to take their rescued comrade away on their spaceship and takes Bowser in their custody. The winner of the board is then congratulated by the other players, Toad, Koopa, and a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]].
===Areas===
====Bottom right area====
This is where the players start. This area contains a Shy Guy's Curse House, a [[Koopa Bank]], and a spot where the player can summon a Bob-omb UFO to take them to the top left area. It is the only one of the four main areas without a [[Bowser Space]]. A crashed airplane with a [[Goomba]] on the tail can be seen here.

====Bottom left area====
This area is Egyptian-themed and features a pyramid, some pillars, and a {{wp|Nazca Lines|Nazca Line}}-esque imprint of a [[Blooper|Bloober]]. The [[Item Shop (Mario Party series)|Item Shop]] is here, and there is a door which allows players to willingly access the upper left or bottom right area if they have a [[Skeleton Key]]. It is the only one of the four main areas without an [[Item Space]].

====Upper left area====
This area features a Koopa Bank, [[Boo]], and a spot where the player can summon a Bob-omb UFO to take them to the bottom right area. It is the only one of the four main areas without a [[Battle Space]]. [[Dorrie]] can be seen above this area, in a parody of the {{wp|Loch Ness Monster}}.

====Upper right area====
[[File:Mp2peachscastle.png|thumb|194px|Princess Peach's Castle in the upper right area]]
{{wp|Moai}}s can be seen in this area, as well as a monument resembling {{wp|Stonehenge}} with a limbless [[Whomp]] on top. This area contains a [[Miracle Space|Chance Time Space]] and a Shy Guy's Curse House. There is another Skeleton Key door here, which serves the same purpose as the one in the bottom left area. In the forest, [[Peach's Castle]] is somewhat visible through the fog.

====King Bob-omb ruins area====
This small area is not normally accessible, but a player may be randomly sent here after summoning a Bob-omb UFO. It consists of nothing but [[Red Space|Red Spaces]] and Happening Spaces. A statue of King Bob-omb can be seen in the central sinkhole.

==Spaces==
The following table shows how many [[Space (Mario Party series)|spaces]] there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:BlueSpace MP1.png]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|37
|-
![[File:RedSpace MP1.png]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|9
|-
![[File:MP2 Happening Space.png]]<br>[[Event Space|Happening Space]]s
|18
|-
![[File:BattleSpace_MP2.png]]<br>[[Battle Space]]s
|3
|-
![[File:ChanceTimeSpace MP2.png]]<br>[[Miracle Space|Chance Space]]s
|2
|-
![[File:ItemSpace MP2.png]]<br>[[Item Space]]s
|6
|-
![[File:MP2 Bank Space.png]]<br>[[Bank Space]]s
|2
|-
![[File:BowserSpace MP1.png]]<br>[[Bowser Space]]s
|4
|-
!Total of Spaces
|81
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mystery Land MP2 Preview.png
Mystery Land Introduction.png
Goomba Barrack Mystery Land.png
Mystery Land Southeastern Koopa Bank.png 
Mystery Land Northwestern Koopa Bank.png
Mystery Land Item Shop.png
MP2 Mystery Land Koopa Abduction.png|A Koopa Troopa being abducted
MP2 Mystery Land Start.png|The introduction's background
Mystery Land intro.png|Toad introduces the Bowser Sphinx
MP2 Bowser Sphinx sign.png
MP2 Mystery Land Map.png|Map of Mystery Land
Mystery Land beamed up.png|[[Yoshi]] being beamed up
MarioMP2 Mystery Land 65.jpg|[[Mario]] is dropped off in the King Bob-omb ruins area.
MP2 Mystery Land DK.png|[[Donkey Kong|DK]] in the board's second area
MP2 Mystery Land Yoshi Boo.png|Yoshi near this board's Boo
Mystery Land Ruins BG.png
Mystery Land Ruins Entrance BG.png
Golden Bob-omb Statue MP2.png
Koopa found statue.png
Mystery Land riddle wrong.png|A Koopa Troopa guesses the Bowser Sphinx's riddle incorrectly.
Mystery Land Koopa cursed.png|The Koopa Troopa is cursed.
Mystery Land riddle solved.png|[[Luigi]] (the winner of the board) solves the riddle.
Sphinx Bowser Defeat BG.png
Bowser riddle cleared.png|The Bowser Sphinx falls victim to his own curse
Mystery Land Bowser defeated.png|The Bowser Sphinx is defeated, breaking his curse.
Mystery Land Bob-ombs saved.png|The Bob-ombs thank Luigi for saving them.
Bob-omb UFO face.png
UFO flies off.png|Mario watching the UFO depart.
Mystery Land Results logo.png|The board results logo
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ミステリーランド
|JpnR=Misuterī rando
|JpnM=Mystery Land
|Fre=Pays Mystère
|FreM=Country of Mystery
|Ita=Misteri Land
|ItaM=Mysteries Land
|Ger=Mystery-Land
|GerM=Mystery Land
|Spa=Mundo Misterioso
|SpaM=Mysterious World
}}

==Notes==
*Wario's outfit for this board somewhat resembles his normal form from ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. This is because the player wears an archaeologist attire complete with a sun helmet, whereas Wario is seen wearing such a helmet in said game.
**On a similar note, Mario's outfit for Mystery Land resembles the outfit Mario wore in ''[[Mario's Picross]]''.
**Also, Bowser's Sphinx costume for this board somewhat resembles his Koop Tut alter ego from ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode, "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]".
**In the ending for the board, when Sphinx Bowser gives a riddle, Koopa's (incorrect) answer was a cow, with the actual answer being Bowser himself. This was a subtle reference to Bowser's design process, where Shigeru Miyamoto initially envisioned him as an ox, but ultimately worked with Takashi Tezuka to mix both turtle and ox designs for his final design.
*The menu icon for this board resembles the condor figure at the {{wp|Nazca Lines}}. 
*Despite the fact that this board has the fewest spaces of all boards in the game, Mystery Land has more Happening Spaces than any other board.

==References==
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