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{{quote|Beyond [[Space|space]]! Beyond time! And beyond decency! We're in the blackest hole of all. Bowser's Warped Orbit! It's seriously sick and twisted!|MC Ballyhoo|Mario Party 8}}
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[[File:BWO.png|thumb|The map of '''Bowser's Warped Orbit'''.]]
|image=[[File:BWO.png|300px]]
[[File:Mp8-warped-orbit.JPG|left|thumb|A view of the entire board.]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 8]]''
'''Bowser's Warped Orbit''' is [[Bowser]]'s board in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. In order to have it playable in Party Mode, one must unlock it by completing the [[Star Battle Arena]] once.  
|availability=Unlocked by completing Star Battle Arena
|description=Hunt...and be hunted! Go on the Star attack in Bowser's twisted realm!
|sample=[[File:MP8 Warped Orbit.oga]]
}}
{{quote|Beyond space! Beyond time! And beyond decency! We're in the blackest hole of all. Bowser's Warped Orbit! It's seriously sick and twisted! We're in Bowser territory now. And you'll play by HIS rules. So you'll start with 5 Stars... Then earn more the Bowser way: Stealing! Steamrolling! Savagery! You'll need two kinds of Candy... Bowser Candy and Bullet Candy! Chow down on these to steal Stars from each player you pass! Bowser Candy lets you smack 2 Dice Blocks, and you'll steal 2 Stars from each victim! Bullet Candy lets you blast farther! You'll get 3 Dice Blocks, but steal only 1 Star per victim. Study where foes are before chowing! Which will steal you more Stars? A short rampage? Or a long snipe?|MC Ballyhoo|Mario Party 8}}
'''Bowser's Warped Orbit''' is [[Bowser]]'s board in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. In order to have it playable in Party Tent mode, the player must unlock it by completing the [[Mario Party 8#Star Battle Arena|Star Battle Arena]] once.
 
[[File:MP8 Bowser's Warped Orbit Logo.png|left|thumb|280px|The Bowser's Warped Orbit logo.]]
Unlike boards themed around Bowser in previous ''Mario Party'' games, this board does not have a [[Lava|lava]] theme. Instead, this board is a space station located above a star. Additionally, [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] and [[Toady|Toadies]] appear in shops and board events, rather than underlings like [[Goomba]]s and [[Koopa Kid]]s which appeared on Bowser's boards in previous games. The objective here is to steal [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s. Each player starts out with five (ten Stars for each team on Tag Battle mode), but the handicap setting can add more starting Stars.
 
This board is similar to [[Snowflake Lake]] from ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' and [[Pyramid Park]] from ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. However, instead of [[Chain Chomp]]s to steal Stars, players must use special [[Candy (Mario Party 8)|Candy]] to steal from their opponents: [[Bowser Candy]] and [[Bullet Candy]], both of which are found only on this board. The Bullet Candy lets the player roll three Dice Blocks and steal one Star, while the Bowser Candy lets the player roll two Dice Blocks and steal two Stars.
 
[[File:BowserWarpedOrbit (Star Battle Arena).png|left|thumb|250px|Star Battle Arena layout.]]
Landing on a [[DK Space]] causes [[Donkey Kong]] to appear on a [[Iron Barrel|Steel Barrel]] satellite, and give the player a free Star (a piece of Candy in Star Battle Arena). This adds the Star to the circulation. Landing on the [[Bowser Space]] causes Bowser to come down from his observation tower to steal a Star from the player (although if the player has no Stars, Bowser will give them ten [[Coin]]s instead). This usually removes the Star DK added to the circulation, except if Bowser provided coins.
 
Landing on the [[Lucky Space]] takes the player to Shy Guy's Space Buffet, which has a path of Blue Spaces, each with three coins, and the player also gets three free pieces of Candy, which can either be Bullet Candy or Bowser Candy.
 
One of the [[Event Space|? Space]]s on the board causes Bowser to come down and chase the player all around the board in a complete loop. Anyone that is in their path will also get chased down (this essentially just moves all the players involved to the same space). The ? Space next to [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] makes him use his magic to shuffle everyone's Candies around, like he did back in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''. The ? Spaces (arrow spaces in Duel Battle mode) next to the Warp Tube<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Mario Party 8'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=50|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=May 25, 2007|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-5618-4}}</ref> (underneath the observation tower) causes players to travel through the tube and reach to the other side of the board, always collecting twenty Coins along the way (but nothing in [[Mario Party 8#Star Battle Arena|Star Battle Arena]] because the tube is part of the board's path, not a shortcut). All the other ? Spaces make Bowser reverse the direction of the flow of the board.


This is Bowser's most unique board in the entire [[Mario Party (series)|series]], for it is a space station in outer space. However, it still goes by the laws being a "lava" board, as it is located above the [[sun]]. Another difference is that [[Magikoopa]]s and [[Toady|Toadies]] work here, and not the usual underlings like [[Goomba]]s and [[Koopa Kid]]s. The objective here is to steal [[Power Star]]s, with each player starting out with five. Instead of [[Chain Chomp]]s that were utilized in [[Snowflake Lake]] from ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' and [[Pyramid Park]] from ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', players must use special candy to steal from their opponents: [[Bowser Candy]] and [[Bullet Candy]].
Another feature of the board is the three directional buttons (two in Duel Battle), which players encounter when the path splits into two. When a player steps on one, it makes the player go in a random direction: left or right.


Landing on a [[DK Space]] causes [[Donkey Kong]] to appear on a steel-keg satellite, and give the player a free Power Star (a piece of candy in Duel Mode). Landing on the [[Bowser Space]] causes Bowser to come down from his observation tower to steal a Power Star from the player (although if the player has no Power Stars, Bowser will give them ten [[coin]]s instead).
In [[Mario Party 8#Star Battle Arena|Star Battle Arena]], the winning conditions are to steal Stars from their opponent via the Bowser and Bullet Candies until their opponent has zero Stars. Players start with three Stars each. During the Star Battle Arena, if the player defeats [[Blooper]] or [[Hammer Bro]], they will get to [[Superstar Showdown|fight Bowser]] in a void-like arena. Also, the player will unlock Hammer Bro or Blooper, depending on who they fought. The opponent is random unless the player is using one of those two characters, in which case the other one will forcibly be the opponent.  


One of the [[? Space]]s on the board causes Bowser to come down and chase the player all around the board in a complete loop. Anyone that is in their path will also get chased down (this essentially just moves all the players involved to the same space). The ? Space next to [[Kamek]] makes him use his magic to shuffle everyone's candy around, just like he did back in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''. The ? spaces (arrow spaces in Duel mode) next to the warp tube (underneath the observation tower) causes players to travel through the tube and reach to the other side of the board, always collecting twenty coins along the way (but nothing in Duel Mode because the tube is part of the board's path, not a shortcut). All the other ? Spaces make Bowser reverse the direction of the flow of the board.
The change of direction in this board resembles the gimmick of [[Backtrack]], a duel board in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''.


In Duel mode, the winning conditions are to steal all of the Power Stars from the opponent via the Bowser and Bullet candies. Players started with three Power Stars each. During the Star Battle Arena, if the player defeats [[Blooper]] or [[Hammer Brother]], they will get to [[Superstar Showdown|fight Bowser]] in a void-like arena. Also, the player will unlock Hammer Brother or Blooper, depending on who they fight.  The opponent is random unless the player is using one of those two characters, in which case the other one will be the opponent.  Therefore, to ensure unlocking both, the player should use the first villain unlocked during his or her second play.
In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', there is a similar board to Bowser's Warped Orbit called [[Bowser Station]], as both boards are owned by Bowser and are in space.


The change of direction in this board is similar to [[Backtrack]], a duel board in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''.
==Shy Guy's Space Buffet==
[[File:Shy guy orbital buffet.png|thumb|left|[[Yoshi]] at Shy Guy's Space Buffet]]
Shy Guy's Space Buffet is the Lucky Space area of Bowser's Warped Orbit. [[Captain Shy Guy (Mario Party 8)|Captain Shy Guy]] flies the player here upon them landing on the Lucky Space. This area is quite small, mostly consisting of a few Blue Spaces, each with three coins. Unlike on all other boards with a Lucky Space, Shy Guy's Space Buffet does not lead to a free Star; instead, players get to collect three free pieces of Candy by passing [[Candy Area]]s, all of which are either Bullet Candy or Bowser Candy. Once the player makes it to the end, Captain Shy Guy takes them back to the Lucky Space.
==Spaces==
The following tables show how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.
===Battle Royale / Tag Battle===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:Blue Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|32
|-
![[File:Red Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|8
|-
![[File:Green Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
|10
|-
![[File:Lucky Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Lucky Space]]s
|1
|-
![[File:DK Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]][[File:Bowser Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space|DK]] or [[Bowser Space]]s
|2
|-
!Total of Spaces
|53
|}


It slightly resembles [[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
===Duel Battle / Star Battle Arena===
==Names in Other Languages==
{|class="wikitable"
{{Foreignname|
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:Blue Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|14
|-
![[File:Red Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|4
|-
![[File:Green Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
|4
|-
![[File:Vs. Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Duel Space|Vs. Space]]s
|1
|-
![[File:Challenge Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[Challenge Space]]s
|1
|-
![[File:DK Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]][[File:Bowser Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space|DK]] or [[Bowser Space]]s
|2
|-
!Total of Spaces
|26
|}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bowser's Warped Orbit Panel.gif
Bowser's Warped Orbit Intro MP8.png
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッパのスペースコロシアム
|Jap=クッパのスペースコロシアム
|JapR=Kuppa no Supēsu Koroshiamu
|JapR=Kuppa no Supēsu Koroshiamu
|JapM=Bowser’s Space Colosseum
|JapM=Bowser's Space Colosseum
|Fra=Station Mirobolante de Bowser
|Fre=Station Mirobolante de Bowser
|FraM=Bowser's Whopping Station
|FreM=Bowser's Whopping Station
|Ger=Bowsers Stahlstern
|Ger=Bowsers Stahlstern
|GerM=Bowser’s Steel Star
|GerM=Bowser's Steel Star
|Spa=Galaxia Bowser
|Spa=Galaxia Bowser
|SpaM=Bowser's Galaxy
|SpaM=Bowser Galaxy
|Ita=La stazione orbitante di Bowser
|Ita=La stazione orbitante di Bowser
|ItaM=Bowser's Orbit Station
|ItaM=Bowser's Orbit Station
|Kor=쿠파의 스페이스콜로세움
|KorR=Kupa-ui Seupeiseu Kollose'um
|KorM=Bowser's Space Colosseum
}}
}}
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:25, December 18, 2024

Bowser's Warped Orbit
BWO.png
Appears in Mario Party 8
Availability Unlocked by completing Star Battle Arena
Description Hunt...and be hunted! Go on the Star attack in Bowser's twisted realm!
Music sample
“Beyond space! Beyond time! And beyond decency! We're in the blackest hole of all. Bowser's Warped Orbit! It's seriously sick and twisted! We're in Bowser territory now. And you'll play by HIS rules. So you'll start with 5 Stars... Then earn more the Bowser way: Stealing! Steamrolling! Savagery! You'll need two kinds of Candy... Bowser Candy and Bullet Candy! Chow down on these to steal Stars from each player you pass! Bowser Candy lets you smack 2 Dice Blocks, and you'll steal 2 Stars from each victim! Bullet Candy lets you blast farther! You'll get 3 Dice Blocks, but steal only 1 Star per victim. Study where foes are before chowing! Which will steal you more Stars? A short rampage? Or a long snipe?”
—MC Ballyhoo, Mario Party 8

Bowser's Warped Orbit is Bowser's board in Mario Party 8. In order to have it playable in Party Tent mode, the player must unlock it by completing the Star Battle Arena once.

The Bowser's Warped Orbit logo.

Unlike boards themed around Bowser in previous Mario Party games, this board does not have a lava theme. Instead, this board is a space station located above a star. Additionally, Magikoopa and Toadies appear in shops and board events, rather than underlings like Goombas and Koopa Kids which appeared on Bowser's boards in previous games. The objective here is to steal Stars. Each player starts out with five (ten Stars for each team on Tag Battle mode), but the handicap setting can add more starting Stars.

This board is similar to Snowflake Lake from Mario Party 6 and Pyramid Park from Mario Party 7. However, instead of Chain Chomps to steal Stars, players must use special Candy to steal from their opponents: Bowser Candy and Bullet Candy, both of which are found only on this board. The Bullet Candy lets the player roll three Dice Blocks and steal one Star, while the Bowser Candy lets the player roll two Dice Blocks and steal two Stars.

Star Battle Arena layout.

Landing on a DK Space causes Donkey Kong to appear on a Steel Barrel satellite, and give the player a free Star (a piece of Candy in Star Battle Arena). This adds the Star to the circulation. Landing on the Bowser Space causes Bowser to come down from his observation tower to steal a Star from the player (although if the player has no Stars, Bowser will give them ten Coins instead). This usually removes the Star DK added to the circulation, except if Bowser provided coins.

Landing on the Lucky Space takes the player to Shy Guy's Space Buffet, which has a path of Blue Spaces, each with three coins, and the player also gets three free pieces of Candy, which can either be Bullet Candy or Bowser Candy.

One of the ? Spaces on the board causes Bowser to come down and chase the player all around the board in a complete loop. Anyone that is in their path will also get chased down (this essentially just moves all the players involved to the same space). The ? Space next to Magikoopa makes him use his magic to shuffle everyone's Candies around, like he did back in Mario Party 5. The ? Spaces (arrow spaces in Duel Battle mode) next to the Warp Tube[1] (underneath the observation tower) causes players to travel through the tube and reach to the other side of the board, always collecting twenty Coins along the way (but nothing in Star Battle Arena because the tube is part of the board's path, not a shortcut). All the other ? Spaces make Bowser reverse the direction of the flow of the board.

Another feature of the board is the three directional buttons (two in Duel Battle), which players encounter when the path splits into two. When a player steps on one, it makes the player go in a random direction: left or right.

In Star Battle Arena, the winning conditions are to steal Stars from their opponent via the Bowser and Bullet Candies until their opponent has zero Stars. Players start with three Stars each. During the Star Battle Arena, if the player defeats Blooper or Hammer Bro, they will get to fight Bowser in a void-like arena. Also, the player will unlock Hammer Bro or Blooper, depending on who they fought. The opponent is random unless the player is using one of those two characters, in which case the other one will forcibly be the opponent.

The change of direction in this board resembles the gimmick of Backtrack, a duel board in Mario Party 3.

In Mario Party 9, there is a similar board to Bowser's Warped Orbit called Bowser Station, as both boards are owned by Bowser and are in space.

Shy Guy's Space Buffet[edit]

Yoshi at Shy Guy's Space Buffet

Shy Guy's Space Buffet is the Lucky Space area of Bowser's Warped Orbit. Captain Shy Guy flies the player here upon them landing on the Lucky Space. This area is quite small, mostly consisting of a few Blue Spaces, each with three coins. Unlike on all other boards with a Lucky Space, Shy Guy's Space Buffet does not lead to a free Star; instead, players get to collect three free pieces of Candy by passing Candy Areas, all of which are either Bullet Candy or Bowser Candy. Once the player makes it to the end, Captain Shy Guy takes them back to the Lucky Space.

Spaces[edit]

The following tables show how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.

Battle Royale / Tag Battle[edit]

Type of Space Number of Spaces
Blue Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Blue Spaces 		32
Red Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Red Spaces 		8
Green Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Green Spaces 		10
Lucky Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Lucky Spaces 		1
DK Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.pngBowser Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
DK or Bowser Spaces 		2
Total of Spaces 53

Duel Battle / Star Battle Arena[edit]

Type of Space Number of Spaces
Blue Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Blue Spaces 		14
Red Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Red Spaces 		4
Green Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Green Spaces 		4
Vs. Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Vs. Spaces 		1
Challenge Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
Challenge Spaces 		1
DK Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.pngBowser Space Bowser's Warped Orbit.png
DK or Bowser Spaces 		2
Total of Spaces 26

Gallery[edit]

  • Bowser's Warped Orbit Panel.gif
  • Bowser's Warped Orbit Intro MP8.png

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クッパのスペースコロシアム[?]
Kuppa no Supēsu Koroshiamu 		Bowser's Space Colosseum
French Station Mirobolante de Bowser[?] Bowser's Whopping Station
German Bowsers Stahlstern[?] Bowser's Steel Star
Italian La stazione orbitante di Bowser[?] Bowser's Orbit Station
Korean 쿠파의 스페이스콜로세움[?]
Kupa-ui Seupeiseu Kollose'um 		Bowser's Space Colosseum
Spanish Galaxia Bowser[?] Bowser Galaxy

References[edit]

  1. ^ Black, Fletcher (May 25, 2007). Mario Party 8 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-5618-4. Page 50.
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