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|image=[[File:MP3 Marios Puzzle Party.png|260px]]<br>''Mario Party 3''
|image=[[File:MP3 Marios Puzzle Party.png|260px]]
|type=4-Player minigame (''Mario Party 3'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'')<br> Puzzle minigame (''Mario Party DS'')<br> Sports & Puzzles minigame (''Mario Party Superstars'')
|type=4-Player minigame (''Mario Party 3'')<br> Puzzle minigame (''Mario Party DS'')<br> Sports and Puzzles minigame (''Mario Party Superstars'')
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 3]]''<br>''[[Mario Party DS]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 3]]''<br>''[[Mario Party DS]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|track=On Your Toes (''Mario Party 3'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'')<br>Think It Out (''Mario Party DS'')
|track=On Your Toes / Come On, Chop-Chop! (''Superstars'')<br>Think It Out (''Mario Party DS'')
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''Mario Party DS'':[[File:MPDS Think It Out.oga]]
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|record=40 points (''Mario Party DS'')
|record=40 points (''Mario Party DS'')
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'''Mario's Puzzle Party''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', a Puzzle minigame in ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', and a Sports & Puzzles minigame in ''Mario Party Superstars''. In ''Mario Party 3'', a similar minigame in principle, [[Mario's Puzzle Party Pro]], can be unlocked in the [[Game Guy Room]] after the game's story mode has been beaten as a Miracle Star. This minigame takes place in the sky with big clouds and a rainbow.
'''Mario's Puzzle Party''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', a Puzzle minigame in ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', and a Sports and Puzzles minigame in ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''. ''Mario Party 3'' also includes a similar variation titled [[Mario's Puzzle Party Pro]].


==Gameplay==
==Overview==
The player has to break the colored blocks by connecting two or more blocks to get [[point]]s. [[Brick Block|Brick]]s occasionally fall to obstruct the player (they can be broken by making combos around them, however), while [[Thwomp]]s occasionally drop and crush the blocks underneath them to half-size, which can aid the player in scoring combos. The player who reaches 100 points first wins. If any player runs out of space in the grid to place the blocks, that player's game ends. The last-man-standing rule can also decide the winner—if everyone's game but one player's ends, the player who is still running wins, regardless of how many points that player got compared to the others.  
[[File:Mario's Puzzle Party - Mario Party Superstars.png|thumb|left|Four-player version in ''Mario Party Superstars'']]
Players earn [[point]]s by connecting blocks of the same color. [[Brick Block|Brick]]s serve a purpose akin to [[Garbage Block]]s, while [[Thwomp]]s squish the blocks on the field. The first player to achieve 100 points wins, though this can be changed in 100-point increments up to 1,000 in Free Play Room. If a player cannot place any more blocks, they are disqualified, and if this happens to three players, the last player remaining wins.


In ''Mario Party 3'', when this minigame is played in Free Play Room, the score limit can be set from 100 to 1,000 in 100-point increments—once one player reaches that score, the minigame ends and that player wins. In any other mode, the score limit is locked at 100.
The ''Mario Party DS'' version is played from the Touch Screen. A lot of the changes make it more similar to Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, but the two-player version is closer to the original Mario's Puzzle Party. The character icons use their designs from ''Mario Party 3'', as do the Thwomps. The top screen now indicates when Thwomps appear. If the player clears their screen, they receive 1,000 points. The player can also drop pieces instantly. The minigame also features levels, the highest being 99,{{ref needed}} with each level increasing the speed of gameplay and the number of points earned. The player gets one [[Mario Party Point]] per every forty points.


The ''Mario Party DS'' version has a few changes to the minigame. In fact, it functions similarly to Mario's Puzzle Party Pro. The top screen reminds the player about the Thwomps, while the bottom screen shows the gameplay. When the player manages to clear the screen of blocks, they are awarded 1,000 points. Dropping pieces in this version is also instantaneous, where the piece immediately drops to the bottom after the appropriate button is pressed. In addition to this, there are levels, which speed the game up and increase points earned the higher they are. The highest level one can get to is 99. Every 40 points the player gets equals one [[Mario Party Point]]. The two-player version, however, plays more like the original Mario's Puzzle Party.
''Mario Party Superstars'' features three versions. For one, the four-player version from ''Mario Party 3'' is retained, but without the ability to change the number of target points in Free Play. The second involves two or three players and is played from Vs. Puzzles mode, but players can change the target score (but it is always 300 points online). The third is part of Score Attack, and it is essentially a port of Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, as the player tries to get as many points within three minutes, and Bricks fall on stage for every 100 points.
 
''Mario Party Superstars'' has three versions of this minigame. The first is the four-player version like the original version in ''Mario Party 3'', though this time, there is no option to extend the target number of points beyond 100 in Free Play. The second, which is played with two players as with ''Mario Party DS'', is found in the Vs. Puzzles mode and is similar to the four-player version, except that players can change the target score and, unless players are playing by themselves, computer players do not participate (although when this minigame is played in a ranked game against another player online, the target score is always 300 points). The third version of this minigame is played under Score Attack, which, like Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, allows the player to get as many points as possible under three minutes. The player must survive three minutes to record their score. Like in the aforementioned minigame, Brick Blocks fall into the playing field after every 100 points is reached. Characters now cheer whenever they score points, and they also provide disappointed vocals if their board falls.


==Controls==
==Controls==
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===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|switch|stick}} (Left and Right) &ndash; Move
*{{button|switch|stick}} (Left and Right) &ndash; Move
*{{button|switch|stick}} (Down) &ndash; Quick Drop
*{{button|switch|stick}} (Down) &ndash; Quick drop
*{{button|switch|stick}} (Up) &ndash; Instant Drop
*{{button|switch|stick}} (Up) &ndash; Instant drop
*{{button|switch|jc-right}} &ndash; Flip Block
*{{button|switch|jc-right}} &ndash; Flip block


==In-game text==
==In-game text==
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===''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*''"Break blocks by connecting two or more of the same color. <span style="color:orange">Thwomps</span> will occasionally fall and squash blocks for you."''
*''"Break blocks by connecting two or more of the same color. {{color|orange|Thwomps}} will occasionally fall and squash blocks for you."''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Mario's Puzzle Party Brick Block.png|Brick Block
Mario's Puzzle Party Brick Block.png|Brick Block
Mario's Puzzle Party MPDS.png|''Mario Party DS''
Mario's Puzzle Party MPDS.png|''Mario Party DS''
File:Mario's Puzzle Party - Mario Party Superstars.png|''Mario Party Superstars''
Mario's Puzzle Party 1P - Mario Party Superstars.jpg|''Mario Party Superstars'' (one player)
Mario's Puzzle Party 2P - Mario Party Superstars.jpg|''Mario Party Superstars'' (two players)
Mario's Puzzle Party 3P - Mario Party Superstars.jpg|''Mario Party Superstars'' (three players)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドッスンパズル
|Jpn=ドッスンパズル
|JapR=Dossun pazuru
|JpnR=Dossun pazuru
|JapM=Thwomp Puzzle
|JpnM=Thwomp Puzzle
}}
}}


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{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Fre=Mario Puzzle Party
|Fre=Mario Puzzle Party
|FreM=-
|Ger=Marios Puzzle-Party
|Ger=Marios Puzzle-Party
|GerM=Mario's Puzzle Party
|GerM=Mario's Puzzle Party
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===''Mario Party DS'' / ''Mario Party Superstars''===
===''Mario Party DS'' / ''Mario Party Superstars''===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Chi=
|ChiS=咚咚益智游戏
|ChiR=
|ChiSR=Dōngdōng Yìzhì yóuxì
|ChiM=
|ChiSM=Thwomp Puzzle Game
|ChiT=咚咚益智遊戲
|ChiTR=Dōngdōng Yìzhì yóuxì
|ChiTM=Thwomp Puzzle Game
|Dut=Pletblok
|Dut=Pletblok
|DutM=Squash block
|DutM=Squash block
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|KorM=Thwomp Puzzle
|KorM=Thwomp Puzzle
|Por=Quebra-Corbeça
|Por=Quebra-Corbeça
|PorM=Pun on ''quebra-cabeça'' (puzzle) and ''cor'' (color)
|PorM=Pun on ''quebra-cabeça'' ("puzzle") and ''cor'' ("color")
|Rus=Головоломка Марио
|Rus=Головоломка Марио
|RusR=Golovolomka Mario
|RusR=Golovolomka Mario
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}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Notes==
*In ''Mario Party 3'', the winning mugshots of the six characters who have been playable since the first ''[[Mario Party]]'' (and are playable in both Party Mode and Story Mode) are reused from ''[[Mario Party 2]]''. However, [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] and [[Waluigi]], who can be used only in Party Mode, are the only two characters whose winning mugshots from ''Mario Party 3'' are used, due to this game being their first appearances in the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series.
*In ''Mario Party 3'', the mugshots of every returning character are reused from ''Mario Party 2''.
*In the ''Mario Party DS'' version of the minigame, the icons for the characters are changed back to the icons from ''Mario Party 2'' and ''Mario Party 3''; this includes [[Princess Peach|Peach]] and Daisy, who revert to their pre-[[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] designs. [[Toad]]'s icon is the only new one, replacing [[Donkey Kong]]'s; however, he uses an [[:File:Toad_Start_MP5.png|in-game render]] from ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' rather than artwork from the [[Nintendo 64]] era. Furthermore, Thwomps return to their ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' design, making this minigame and a cameo appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (specifically, one of [[Kirby]]'s Stone transformations) that design's only two appearances in any game originally for a seventh-generation or later console.


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Mario's Puzzle Party
Screenshot of Mario's Puzzle Party.
Appears in Mario Party 3
Mario Party DS
Mario Party Superstars
Type 4-Player minigame (Mario Party 3)
Puzzle minigame (Mario Party DS)
Sports and Puzzles minigame (Mario Party Superstars)
Initial record 40 points (Mario Party DS)
Music track On Your Toes / Come On, Chop-Chop! (Superstars)
Think It Out (Mario Party DS)
Music sample
Mario Party 3:

Mario Party DS:

Mario Party Superstars:

Mario's Puzzle Party is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 3, a Puzzle minigame in Mario Party DS, and a Sports and Puzzles minigame in Mario Party Superstars. Mario Party 3 also includes a similar variation titled Mario's Puzzle Party Pro.

Overview[edit]

Mario's Puzzle Party from Mario Party Superstars
Four-player version in Mario Party Superstars

Players earn points by connecting blocks of the same color. Bricks serve a purpose akin to Garbage Blocks, while Thwomps squish the blocks on the field. The first player to achieve 100 points wins, though this can be changed in 100-point increments up to 1,000 in Free Play Room. If a player cannot place any more blocks, they are disqualified, and if this happens to three players, the last player remaining wins.

The Mario Party DS version is played from the Touch Screen. A lot of the changes make it more similar to Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, but the two-player version is closer to the original Mario's Puzzle Party. The character icons use their designs from Mario Party 3, as do the Thwomps. The top screen now indicates when Thwomps appear. If the player clears their screen, they receive 1,000 points. The player can also drop pieces instantly. The minigame also features levels, the highest being 99,[citation needed] with each level increasing the speed of gameplay and the number of points earned. The player gets one Mario Party Point per every forty points.

Mario Party Superstars features three versions. For one, the four-player version from Mario Party 3 is retained, but without the ability to change the number of target points in Free Play. The second involves two or three players and is played from Vs. Puzzles mode, but players can change the target score (but it is always 300 points online). The third is part of Score Attack, and it is essentially a port of Mario's Puzzle Party Pro, as the player tries to get as many points within three minutes, and Bricks fall on stage for every 100 points.

Controls[edit]

Mario Party 3[edit]

  • Control Stick – Move cursor
  • A Button or B Button – Rotate blocks
  • Z Button – Drop blocks

Mario Party DS[edit]

  • +Control Pad – Move
  • A Button – Flip
  • R Button – Drop

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • Control Stick (Left and Right) – Move
  • Control Stick (Down) – Quick drop
  • Control Stick (Up) – Instant drop
  • Single Joy-Con Right Button – Flip block

In-game text[edit]

Mario Party 3[edit]

  • Game Rules – "Break blocks by connecting 2 or more of the same color. Thwomps will occasionally fall and squash blocks for you."
  • Advice – "Garbage blocks will break when the colored blocks touching them are broken."

Mario Party DS[edit]

  • Rules (1 player) – "Connect two or more of a similar block type to clear them. Use Thwomps that occasionally fall to squash the blocks down to half size."
  • Rules (2 players) – "Connect two or more of a similar block type to clear them. Whoever reaches 100 points first wins."
  • Tips – "The next block to fall is displayed on the right of the screen. Stack the blocks strategically!"

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

  • "Break blocks by connecting two or more of the same color. Thwomps will occasionally fall and squash blocks for you."

Gallery[edit]

  • Background in Mario Party 3

    Background in Mario Party 3

  • Blue block

    Blue block

  • Red block

    Red block

  • Green block

    Green block

  • Yellow block

    Yellow block

  • White block

    White block

  • Black block

    Black block

  • Brick Block

    Brick Block

  • Mario Party DS

    Mario Party DS

  • Mario Party Superstars (one player)

    Mario Party Superstars (one player)

  • Mario Party Superstars (two players)

    Mario Party Superstars (two players)

  • Mario Party Superstars (three players)

    Mario Party Superstars (three players)

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドッスンパズル[?]
Dossun pazuru 		Thwomp Puzzle

Mario Party 3[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Mario Puzzle Party[?] -
German Marios Puzzle-Party[?] Mario's Puzzle Party
Spanish Puzzle Mario Party[?] Mario Party Puzzle

Mario Party DS / Mario Party Superstars[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (simplified) 咚咚益智游戏[?]
Dōngdōng Yìzhì yóuxì 		Thwomp Puzzle Game
Chinese (traditional) 咚咚益智遊戲[?]
Dōngdōng Yìzhì yóuxì 		Thwomp Puzzle Game
Dutch Pletblok[?] Squash block
French (NOA) Casse-tête de Mario[?] Mario's Puzzle
French (NOE) Thwompuzzle[?] Portmanteau of Thwomp and puzzle
German Steinblocks Schacht[?] Thwomp Shaft
Italian Blocchi Twomp[?] Thwomp Blocks
Korean 쿵쿵 퍼즐[?]
Kungkung Peojeul 		Thwomp Puzzle
Portuguese Quebra-Corbeça[?] Pun on quebra-cabeça ("puzzle") and cor ("color")
Russian Головоломка Марио[?]
Golovolomka Mario 		Mario's Puzzle
Spanish (NOA) Don Pisotón al ataque[?] Thwomp attack
Spanish (NOE) Roca Picuda al ataque[?] Thwomp attack

Notes[edit]

  • In Mario Party 3, the mugshots of every returning character are reused from Mario Party 2.
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Minigames from Mario Party 3
4-Player minigames Aces High • Awful Tower • Bounce 'n' Trounce • Cheep Cheep Chase • Chip Shot Challenge • Curtain Call • Frigid Bridges • Ice Rink Risk • Mario's Puzzle Party • Messy Memory • M.P.I.Q. • Parasol Plummet • Picture Imperfect • Pipe Cleaners • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • The Beat Goes On • Toadstool Titan • Treadmill Grill • Water Whirled
1-vs-3 minigames Boulder Ball • Coconut Conk • Crazy Cogs • Hand, Line and Sinker • Hide and Sneak • Ridiculous Relay • River Raiders • Spotlight Swim • Thwomp Pull • Tidal Toss
2-vs-2 minigames Baby Bowser Broadside • Cosmic Coaster • Eatsa Pizza • Etch 'n' Catch • Hyper Hydrants • Log Jam • Picking Panic • Puddle Paddle • Pump, Pump and Away • Slot Synch
Battle minigames All Fired Up • Eye Sore • Locked Out • Merry-Go-Chomp • Slap Down • Stacked Deck • Storm Chasers • Three Door Monty
Duel minigames Baby Bowser Bonkers • Bowser Toss • Crowd Cover • End of the Line • Fowl Play • Motor Rooter • Popgun Pick-Off • Silly Screws • Tick Tock Hop • Vine With Me
Item minigames Bobbing Bow-loons • Dorrie Dip • Hey, Batter, Batter! • Swinging with Sharks • Swing 'n' Swipe • Winner's Wheel
Rare minigames Dizzy Dinghies • Mario's Puzzle Party Pro • Stardust Battle
Game Guy's minigames Game Guy's Lucky 7 • Game Guy's Magic Boxes • Game Guy's Roulette • Game Guy's Sweet Surprise
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Minigames from Mario Party DS
4-Player minigames All Geared Up • Big Blowout • Boo Tag • Boogie Beam • Call of the Goomba • Camera Shy • Cheep Cheep Chance • Cherry-Go-Round • Crater Crawl • Cyber Scamper • Domino Effect • Dress for Success • Dust Buddies • Get the Lead Out • Goomba Wrangler • Hedge Honcho • Hot Shots • Parachutin' Gallery • Pedal Pushers • Raft Riot • Rail Riders • Roller Coasters • Shortcut Circuit • Soap Surfers • Soccer Survival • Study Fall • Sweet Sleuth • Tidal Fools • Trace Cadets • Trash Landing • Twist and Route • Whomp-a-thon
1-vs.-3 minigames Fast Food Frenzy • Flash and Dash • Gusty Blizzard • Nothing to Luge • Peek-a-Boo • Penny Pinchers • Plush Crush • Power Washer • Rotisserie Rampage • Rubber Ducky Rodeo • Shuffleboard Showdown • Track Star
2-vs.-2 minigames Airbrushers • Book It! • Crazy Crosshairs • Cube Crushers • Cucumberjacks • Double Vision • Hanger Management • Memory Mash • Mole Thrill • Shorty Scorers • Soil Toil • Sprinkler Scalers • Toppling Terror
Battle minigames Cheep Chump • Chips and Dips • Globe Gunners • Short Fuse • Star Catchers
Duel minigames All Geared Up • Big Blowout • Boogie Beam • Call of the Goomba • Camera Shy • Cheep Cheep Chance • Cherry-Go-Round • Crater Crawl • Cucumberjacks • Cyber Scamper • Domino Effect • Dust Buddies • Get the Lead Out • Goomba Wrangler • Hanger Management • Hedge Honcho • Hot Shots • Pedal Pushers • Raft Riot • Rail Riders • Roller Coasters • Shortcut Circuit • Soap Surfers • Soccer Survival • Study Fall • Sweet Sleuth • Tidal Fools • Toppling Terror • Trace Cadets • Trash Landing • Twist and Route • Whomp-a-thon
Boss minigames Book Bash • Bowser's Block Party • Feed and Seed • Hammer Chime • Hexoskeleton
Puzzle minigames Block Star • Bob-omb Breakers • Mario's Puzzle Party • Piece Out • Stick and Spin • Triangle Twisters
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Minigames from Mario Party Superstars
Mario Party Bobsled Run • Bombs Away • Cast Aways • Crazy Cutters • Face-Lift • Hammer Drop • Handcar Havoc • Mushroom Mix-Up • Piranha's Pursuit • Shy Guy Says • Tipsy Tourney • Tug o' War
Mario Party 2 Archer-ival • Balloon Burst • Bowser's Big Blast • Bumper Balloon Cars • Bumper Balls • Cake Factory • Dizzy Dancing • Dungeon Dash • Hammer Slammera • Hot Rope Jump • Honeycomb Havoc • Look Away • Mecha Marathon • Quicksand Cache • Roll Call • Roll Out the Barrelsa • Sky Pilots • Slot-Car Derby • Sneak 'n' Snore • Speed Hockey • Tread Carefully
Mario Party 3 Bobbing Bow-loonsa • Boulder Ball • Bounce 'n' Trounce • Cheep Cheep Chase • Chip-Shot Challenge • Coconut Conk • Eatsa Pizza • Etch 'n' Catch • Hide-and-Sneak • Ice-Rink Risk • Mario's Puzzle Party • Messy Memory • Motor Rooter • Mush Pit • Parasol Plummet • Picking Panic • Puddle Paddle • River Raiders • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Spotlight Swim • Storm Chasers • Swinging with Sharksa • Ticktock Hop • Tidal Toss • Vine with Me • Winner's Wheela
Mario Party 4 Beach Volley Folly • Booksquirm • Dungeon Duos • GOOOOOOOAL!! • Money Belts • Paths of Peril • Revers-a-Bomb • Trace Race
Mario Party 5 Bill Blasters • Coney Island • Dinger Derby • Ice Hockey • Later Skater • Leaf Leap • Night-Light Fright • Pushy Penguins • Squared Away • Tube It or Lose It
Mario Party 6 Block Star • Burnstile • Cashapult • Catch You Letter • Dark 'n' Crispy • Mass Meteor • Pit Boss • Rocky Road • Snow Whirled • Trap Ease Artist • What Goes Up... • X-Ray Payday
Mario Party 7 Monty's Revenge • Pokey Pummel • Pogo-a-Go-Go • Stick and Spin • Spin Doctor • The Final Countdown
Mario Party 8 Paint Misbehavin' • Winner or Dinner
Mario Party 9 Goomba Spotting • Manor of Escape • Shell Soccer • Tackle Takedown
Mario Party 10 Flash Forward • Rapid River Race • Skewer Scurry
a Item minigame, unnamed
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