Editing Star Exchange

{{move|Star Exchange}}
{{space infobox
|image=[[File:MP10 SpaceStar.png|110px]]
|purpose=The Star (or its bearer) rests here. Whoever passes it has the opportunity to trade a number of coins for a Star. It usually moves around the board after someone purchases a Star.
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Party]]'' ([[List of games by date#1998|1998]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|To get a {{color link|gold|Star (Mario Party series)|Star}}, reach its {{color|gold|Star Space}} with {{color|green|20 coins}}. The next {{color|gold|Star}} will then pop up somewhere else!|MC Ballyhoo|Mario Party 8}}

A '''Star Exchange''',<ref>"''At a Star Exchange... Purchase stars at half the cost.''" – [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s [[Jamboree Buddy]] ability description, ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''</ref> originally known as a '''Star Space''' (or '''star space'''), a '''Star Spot''' in ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', and generically a '''Star''' in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'', is a special [[Space (Mario Party series)|space]] that appears in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. If a character passes by one, the [[guide]] (or, in some cases, the [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]'s bearer) asks them if they will trade a certain number of [[coin]]s for a certain number of Stars (typically one). How many coins they have to trade depends on the [[board (Mario Party series)|board]]. Traditionally, the character has to trade 20 coins for a Star, but on certain boards, the Star may cost as little as five coins or as much as 40. While in most games players only need to pass the Star Exchange to buy a Star, Partner Party mode in ''[[Super Mario Party]]'' requires a player to land on the exact space due to the mode's free movement.

After the character gets the Star, the Star Exchange moves to a different location on the map. On certain boards, such as [[Faire Square]] from ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' and [[DK's Stone Statue]] from ''Mario Party DS'', the Star Exchange's location remains stationary. Up until ''Mario Party 6'', when the Star Space moves to a different location, there is a small chance that the new Star Space appears directly where a character is standing. However, this character is unable to buy the Star and must loop around the board in order to do so.

In ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'', if Party Rules are being played, there is an option to choose the [[Last Five Turns Event|Homestretch]] event to allow there to be two Star Exchanges at once with the "Add one Star Exchange" option. This can happen on all boards, with the exception of [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]] due to that board having a fixed Star position.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mppeachcake.png|''[[Mario Party]]'' (below [[Princess Peach|Peach]])
MP2StarSpace.png|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
Dark Star Space MP2.png|''Mario Party 2''
MP3 Wario On A Star Space.png|thumb|left|A Star Space in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. The Star appeared directly on [[Wario]].
MP3 Starspace.png|Sprite of a Star Space in ''Mario Party 3''
Star Space MP4.png|''[[Mario Party 4]]''
SpaceStarMP5.png|The appearance of a Star Space in ''Mario Party 4'' and ''[[Mario Party 5]]''
SpaceStar.png|''[[Mario Party 6]]''
MPABB StarSpace.png|''[[Mario Party Advance]]''{{'}}s [[Bonus Board]]
Star Space DK's Treetop Temple.png|''[[Mario Party 8]]''
MPDS Star Space.png|''Mario Party DS''
MP10 SpaceStar.png|''Mario Party 10''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スタースペース
|JpnR=Sutā supēsu
|JpnM=Star Space
|Chi=星星格
|ChiR=Xīngxīng gé
|ChiM=Star Space
|Fre=Case étoile
|FreM=Star Space
|Ger=Stern-Feld
|GerM=Star Space
|Spa=Espacio Estelar<br>Casilla Estelar
|SpaM=Star Space
|Ita=Spazio Stella/Spazio con la Stella<br>Borsa stellare (''Mario Party Superstars'')
|ItaM=Star Space<br>Star bag/Star stock exchange
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Mario Party 3'', all potential Star Spaces have a patch of light next to them.
*In ''Mario Party DS'', the Star Spot itself is never explicitly mentioned during gameplay, except on DK's Stone Statue, where it is called the '''Star Splurge Space'''.

==References==
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