Mario Party DS

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Template:Infobox Mario Party DS is the eleventh installment in the Mario Party series (thirteenth in Japan), the second for the handheld consoles (the first being Mario Party Advance for the Game Boy Advance), and the only one for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on November 8, 2007, in the United States on November 19, 2007, in Europe on November 23, 2007, and in Australia on December 6, 2007. This Mario Party game is unique for having the characters be shrunken down to microscopic size and competing in a "mega world" for the majority of the game. It includes more than seventy new minigames and five new game boards. Its functions include touch control, microphone control and dual-screen challenges. It is possible for up to four players to play in wireless mode.

Story

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Mario seeing a Sky Crystal fall from the sky.

The story begins with a night in the Mushroom Kingdom, where five shining objects in the sky fall to the land. One falls near Mario, who discusses it with his friends the next day. Kamek flies overhead the gang, spreading invitations as he rides by. The sender of them turns out to be Bowser, who states in the invitations he is inviting them to his castle for a big feast, as apology for his evil deeds. Unintentionally, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong get invitations as well.

Curious, the crew sets off for the castle, but upon their arrival, find it was a trick as Bowser and Bowser Jr. trap Mario and friends in a cage when they enter. With the group trapped, Bowser uses a magic wand called the Minimizer to shrink them all down to the size of chess pieces, and they are thrown out to a distant location by Kamek. This leaves Bowser to look for the five shining objects, the Sky Crystals, in peace. Displeased by the outcome, the gang decides to head for the castle to settle the score with Bowser. The desire to be the one Superstar that defeats Bowser and his cronies causes Mario and his other seven friends to pit themselves against each other for the title along the way.

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Mario and his friends after falling for Bowser's trap.

At the beginning of their journey, Wiggler begs the crew for help, as a Piranha Plant has infested his garden. The Piranha Plant is eventually defeated by the character who becomes the Superstar, leading to Wiggler rewarding them with a Sky Crystal that landed in his garden.

Soon after, Toadette finds and requests the group to defeat a Hammer Bro that was abusing her instruments in her music room. The Hammer Bro is defeated in a drum-off by the Superstar, Toadette giving a Sky Crystal she found to the gang as her thanks.

Afterwards, they set off for the jungle, where they find Diddy Kong, who shows the heroes that Donkey Kong was turned to stone by a Dry Bones. The Superstar manages to defeat Dry Bones in his arena, leading to Donkey Kong's restoration and Diddy Kong rewarding them with a Sky Crystal he found. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong quickly recall the free food promised at Bowser's Castle, and eagerly head off towards the castle.

Upon nearing the castle, the crew find a Koopa Troopa from a library asking for help, as Kamek has trapped his grandfather, Koopa Krag, into one of his library books. The Superstar defeats Kamek at the end of a long hallway, and Koopa Krag is freed from the book, giving them a Sky Crystal as thanks.

Eventually, they reach Bowser's Castle, where they are promptly stuffed in a pinball machine by Bowser and Bowser Jr, the latter using it to mess with them. The one revealed to be the Superstar is taken from the pinball machine to be shrunk again and crushed by Bowser, but Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong arrive, the former unintentionally smashing the Minimizer by knocking it out of Bowser's hands and stepping on it afterwards, the actions reverting the heroes back to their original states.

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The cast enjoying a game of Triangle Twisters.

Reluctant to give up, Bowser reveals one more surprise: the Mega Morph Belt. The device transforms Bowser into Blockhead Bowser, and the aforementioned Superstar does battle with him. Upon Bowser's defeat, Bowser and his son are tied up, Mario taking back the final Sky Crystal he initially found from them. Now in close proximity of each other, they are magically formed together to make a crystal DS, allowing play of Triangle Twisters, the fun challenge mentioned by Bowser, whose desire to have the Sky Crystals being to try the fun challenge. After hearing this, Mario decides to untie the two, and they all play Triangle Twisters together, thus ending the story. Nearby, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong eat the entire feast by themselves, being quite satisfied.

Characters

Mario Party DS has 8 playable characters and 6 board hosts, with a boss for each board. Other characters with little to no role are also present.

Playable characters

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Board Hosts/Bosses

Wiggler's Garden	Toadette's Music Room	DK's Stone Statue	Kamek's Library	Bowser's Pinball Machine
Board Host			Board Host/Boss
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Boss
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Supporting Cast

• Diddy Kong (Found in DK's Stone Statue)
• Koopa (Found in Kamek's Library)
• Koopa Krag (Found in Kamek's Library)
• Bowser Jr. (Found in Bowser's Pinball Machine)

Minigame Enemies

• Goomba
• Scuttle Bug
• Cheep Cheep
• Boo
• Shy Guy
• Whomp
• Bob-omb
• Monty Mole

Team Names

In Tag Team Mode, each combination of playable characters create one unique Team Name. The list of possible results are shown below:

	Mario	Luigi	Peach	Daisy	Wario	Waluigi	Yoshi	Toad
Mario		Mario Bros.	Fan Favorites	Flower Players	Foe Bros.	'Stache Stars	Old Buddies	Fungus Friends
Luigi	Mario Bros.		Green Peaches	Shy Sidekicks	'Stache Clashers	Lean Meanies	Green Machines	Green Mushrooms
Peach	Fan Favorites	Green Peaches		Power Princesses	Rotten Peaches	Black Peaches	Sweetie Pies	Peachy 'Shrooms
Daisy	Flower Players	Shy Sidekicks	Power Princesses		Wilted Flowers	Skinny Stars	Cutie Pies	Button Mushrooms
Wario	Foe Bros.	'Stache Clashers	Rotten Peaches	Wilted Flowers		Bad Boys	Unlikely Pals	Poison Mushrooms
Waluigi	'Stache Stars	Lean Meanies	Black Peaches	Skinny Stars	Bad Boys		Purple Dinos	Bad Mushrooms
Yoshi	Old Buddies	Green Machines	Sweetie Pies	Cutie Pies	Unlikely Pals	Purple Dinos		Star Supporters
Toad	Fungus Friends	Green Mushrooms	Peachy 'Shrooms	Button Mushrooms	Poison Mushrooms	Bad Mushrooms	Star Supporters

Modes

• Story Mode (1 Player) - In this mode, the story is progressed as mentioned. As players make their way to Bowser’s castle, they must win first place on each game board, then beat the Boss Minigame for each board.
• Party Mode (1-4 Players) - Compete against players or system-controlled players on a party board in a Battle Royale, Tag Battle or Duel Battle.
• Minigame Mode (1-4 Players) - Play six games that draw upon the pool of all minigames for challenges that don’t take place on the game boards: Free Play, Step It Up, Battle Cup, Score Scuffle, Boss Bash and Rocket Rascals.
• Puzzle Mode (1-2 Players) - Play six puzzle-action games, which include five classics from previous Mario Party games. This mode also includes the new touch-controlled Triangle Twisters, which has two play modes. In Frenzy Mode, players clear the field by twisting triangles so they connect with those of the same color. In Focus Mode, they twist them to build complex shapes, like turtles and pinwheels. The music in this mode during a minigame is a fusion of puzzle minigame music from the previous Mario Parties.
• Multiplayer (2-4 Players) - Using one game card, players can wirelessly share Party Mode and Minigame Mode (2-4 players), plus Puzzle Mode (2 players) and the download-only Extras Mode with nearby friends who have a Nintendo DS.
• Extras Mode - Includes games that are designed for two-player gaming: cooperative Pen Pals and competitive Desert Duel.
• Gallery- Includes 150 prizes, which also includes figures, music and cut-scenes.

Spaces

• Blue Space
• Red Space
• ? Space
• Friend Space
• Duel Space
• Bowser Space
• Star Space

Items

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The Item Shop of Mario Party DS

Mario Party DS introduces two types of items that are used during board gameplay: Normal items and new items called Hexes. The normal items are those that the players may use on themselves, to gain an advantage; they can only be bought at an Item Shop. Alternatively, Hexes can only be found at Hex Areas and are placed on the board to trip up another player for the gain of the one who set it. The Hex the player obtains when passing a Hex Area is determined at random. Each player may only carry three items/hexes at one time.

Items

Mario Party DS is the first Mario Party game in the series to have standard items since Mario Party 4, as Mario Party 5-7 have orbs, and Mario Party 8 uses candy.

Item	Image	Description	Shop Price
Double Dice Set		Allows the player to roll two Dice Blocks.	3 Coins
Triple Dice Set		Same as the Double Dice Set, but the player is able to roll three Dice Blocks.	7 Coins
Halfway Dice Block		Allows the player to roll a Dice Block with the numbers 1 through 5.	Only one Coin
Warp Dice Block		Causes the player to warp to a random space on the board, then roll.	2 Coins
Snag Bag		Allows the player to steal a random item from an opponent of their choice.	8 Coins
Star Pipe		Warps the player directly to the Star Space, allowing them to buy the Star if they wish and if they have 20 coins, then roll.	15 Coins
Block Sensor		Causes the next space the player lands upon to contain a Hidden Block.	20 Coins
Grab Bag		Removes all the player's current items and hexes and gives them a Star Pipe, Block Sensor, and Triple Dice Set.	25 Coins

Hexes

Hexes are items placed on spaces to either help or hinder players. If a character lands on their own hex, they receive 5 coins, much like landing on their own character space in other games. If the player lands on a Coin Block or Star Block they placed, they will still receive the benefit of it. Unlike character spaces, hexes go away after being landed on.

Daisy is about to pass a Hex Area.

Name	Image	Description
10-Coin Hex		Causes the player who lands on the hex to give ten coins to the one who set it.
20-Coin Hex		Causes the player who lands on the space to give twenty coins to the player who placed the hex.
Coin Swap Hex		Causes the player who set the hex and the player that lands on it to swap coin totals.
1-Star Hex		The player who lands on this hex must give one star to the player who set it.
2-Star Hex		The player who sets this hex steals two stars from the player that lands on it.
Space Swap Hex		Both the player who lands on the hex and the one who placed it swap positions on the board.
Star Block		The player who lands on this hex can hit a block with a 1 through 3 on it to gain that many stars.
Coin Block		The player that lands on this hex is able to hit a block containing coins to gain as many as possible in ten seconds.

Game Boards

Picture	Name	Description	Boss	Boss Mini-Game
	Wiggler's Garden	The player must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Once the player claims the star, it will go to another location.	Piranha Plant	Feed and Seed
	Toadette's Music Room	Players must find the Music Notes and buy stars from them for 5-30 coins.	Hammer Bro.	Hammer Chime
	DK's Stone Statue	The star on this board is always located on the second-to-last space. Players can buy multiple stars at once on this stage depending on how many coins they have at the time.	Dry Bones	Hexoskeleton
	Kamek's Library	On this board there are three magic jars to find. The player will need to pay 10 coins to open a magic jar. One contains a star, one 5 coins and the other sends them back to start. This is completely random and will change once someone finds the star.	Kamek	Book Bash
File:MPDSPinballBoard.PNG	Bowser's Pinball Machine	Players must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Afterwards, the star moves to a different space.	Bowser	Bowser's Block Party

Minigames

Mario Party DS introduces 73 new minigames. A complete list can be found at List of minigames in Mario Party DS

Staff

Main article: List of Mario Party DS staff

Collection

Mario Party DS also features collectible items, all which are characters in the game or objects seen on boards. A list of collectibles and how to unlock them can be found at List of Collectibles from Mario Party DS

Beta Elements

Main article: List of Mario Party DS beta elements

Trivia

• This is the first Mario Party since Mario Party 5 to not have any Donkey Kong Spaces.
• The manual has a mistake on Page 26. It states that during a 2 Player game (the player vs a CPU opponent or another player), only Battle or Boss minigames can be chosen. In reality, during a 4 Player match (the player vs 3 CPU opponents or human players), 4 Player, 1 vs 3, 2 vs 2, Duel and Boss minigames can be chosen.
  • The title screen to the game also has a mistake. It is supposed to have a registered trademark, but not the regular trademark.
• This is the only Mario Party game in which there are no Bonus Stars given out in the Story Mode.

External Links

• Mario Party DS Official US Site
• Mario Party DS Official Japanese Site
• Mario Party DS Official European Site