Mario Party 10

Mario Party 10 is a game for the Wii U. It is the tenth home console installment in the Mario Party series, and features many reused gameplay elements from its predecessor. The game features a standard Party Mode (similar in gameplay to the Party Mode from Mario Party 9), and a new mode called Bowser Party, in which one player controls Bowser using the GamePad, and exclusive minigames can be played. Mini Stars return in normal party, as well as vehicles in all modes. The game is also compatible with amiibo. Mario Party 10 is the first and thus far only Mario Party game to not feature a story or plot of any kind.

Gameplay

Mario Party 10 offers three basic modes of play: Mario Party, Bowser Party, and amiibo Party each with their own unique styles of play.

Mario Party

Mario Party is the gameplay similar to Mario Party 9, where the characters have to get to the end of the path with the most Mini Stars. Characters move around in vehicles taking turns being the "captain", or rolling the dice. The Mini Stars are thus returning from Mario Party 9. A brand new feature is that Bowser is locked in the Gamepad with dice numbers. Each time the die is rolled, the corresponding lock will be unlocked (there are six locks, one for each number on the die). The player who unlocks the last lock loses half of their mini stars and Bowser will add a lot of Bowser spaces on the board. If Bowser isn't free until the "Almost There" event, he will remain stuck there and Bowser Jr. will add Bowser Jr. Spaces instead. Also, item shops return, this time in the form of Toad Houses, giving a dice block to all players. All players are required to use Wii Remotes, as the Wii U GamePad is incompatible with this game mode.

Free Play

A mode to play minigames freely, without worrying about the competition.

Coin Challenge

Four characters play minigames and win coins according to their place in the minigames. After 3, 5, or 7 minigames, the character with the most coins is announced as the winner.

Bowser Party

Bowser Party is a new mode of gameplay featuring Bowser. There will be five players instead of four. Up to four players control Mario and his friends with Wii Remotes, with the fifth player playing against them by using the GamePad to control Bowser. Mini Stars are replaced by Hearts. The goal of Bowser is to deplete all the other players' hearts, whilst the goal of the other players is to make it to the end of the course with at least one heart between them. Bowser rolls multiple dice, corresponding to the number of other players available. If Bowser catches up to the other players, he forces them to play a randomly selected "Bowser Battle" minigame, where hearts are lost if the players are hit by his attacks. If all of the hearts from all four players should be completely depleted, Bowser wins. There is some obstacles on the path, like a Whomp blocking it, like in Perilous Palace Path from Mario Party: Island Tour.

amiibo Party

Another new mode is the amiibo Party; players can scan in any amiibo based on a playable character and play on small boards designed for that character with up to three other amiibo figurines. Computer players are represented by cardboard cutouts instead of amiibo. It is similar to the Mario Party playstyle prior to Mario Party 9.

amiibo Bonus

The player gets surprises once a day when using an amiibo including bases and bonus Mario Party Points with a Scratch Card.

Bonus Games

Bowser Jr. minigames

The player can play the two Bowser Jr. minigames: Bowser Jr.'s Clobber Cage and Bowser Jr.'s Bonk Bash.

Minigame Tournament

A tournament by rounds where eight characters participate. Each round is a minigame, and characters who remain 1st and 2nd in the minigames make it to the next round.

Bowser Challenge

The player, as Bowser, has to play all ten Bowser minigames, trying to take the highest quantity of hearts. After ending the minigames, Bowser Jr. qualifies Bowser.

Toad's Room

Toad's Room is an extra mode, featuring a shop, a photo booth and a challenges mode.

Shop

Players can buy characters, master difficulty for the COM, vehicles for the boards, music, and models of characters and backgrounds to use them on the Photo Booth.

Challenge List

Players see the challenges completed and yet uncompleted.

Photo Booth

Players can take photos with the models of characters and backgrounds bought on the shop.

Music

Players can listen to the songs bought on the shop.

Characters

Artwork of several characters.

There are a total of 13 playable characters in Mario Party 10. Of these characters, 3 (Rosalina, Bowser, and Spike) are fully playable for the first time in the series (although Bowser is not playable in the Mario Party mode, instead acting as a NPC), and 2 (Toadette and Spike) are unlockable through the Shop in Toad's Room. Also, Donkey Kong makes his first full playable appearance in the series since Mario Party 4.

Playable characters

Mario	Luigi	Peach	Toad	Yoshi
The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario never hesitates to jump into action – especially when there’s a party happening!	He may have spent his fair share of time in his brother Mario’s shadow, but Luigi’s never one to shy from the shining spotlight.	This regal ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom always throws her crown into the ring when Mini-Stars are at stake!	Loyal, lovable, lively: Toad’s list of qualities is longer than he is tall, and he’ll use every one of his abilities to come out on top.	The green gobbler has attended every Mario Party to date, and Flutter Jumps back into the fun this time around.
Wario	Waluigi	Daisy	Rosalina*	Donkey Kong
Driven by a greed for all things shiny and valuable, Wario can’t wait to get his hands on more Mini-Stars and Coins.	Wild of moustache and every bit as devious as his accomplice Wario, the purple-garbed Waluigi returns for more mischief.	Never one to turn down an invitation, this Sarasaland princess’s tomboyish streak stands her in good stead for the hustle and bustle of Mario Party.	With all her experience in the Comet Observatory, Rosalina’s sure to have her eye on those Mini-Stars in her Mario Party debut.	He’s finally back to kick some tail! After a break on the sidelines, the swinging king of the jungle is rolling out the barrel as a playable character once again.
Bowser**	Toadette	Spike*
The big, bruising king of the Koopas makes his playable Mario Party debut, wreaking havoc on Team Mario in the brand new Bowser Party mode!	Unlockable character This character must be bought in Toad's Room with 600 Mario Party Points.	Unlockable character This character must be bought in Toad's Room with 600 Mario Party Points.
*Newcomer **Appeared in Mario Party 4's Beach Volley Folley minigame but is still a newcomer.

amiibo Party

Character	Compatible amibo
	Super Mario	Super Smash Bros.	Other
Mario		File:AMIIBODEMARIO.png
Luigi		File:AMIIBODELUIGI.png
Peach		File:AMIIBOPEACH.png
Toad
Yoshi		File:AMIIBODEYOSHI.png
Wario		File:AMIIBODEWARIO.png
Rosalina		File:AMIIBODEROSALINA.png
Donkey Kong		File:AMIIBODEDK.png
Bowser*		File:AMIIBODEBOWSER.png
*Use of the Bowser amiibo will cause his minigames to be played instead of the normal minigames. Bowser Spaces also will not cause negative effects on this amiibo. Note: Use of the golden edition Mario amiibo will turn the Mario figure that appears on the board into Gold Mario, although he is not present in the minigames.

Bosses

Mushroom Park:

• Mega Goomba
• Petey Piranha

Haunted Trail:

• Sledge Bro
• King Boo

Whimsical Waters:

• Mega Cheep Chomp
• Mega Blooper

Airship Central:

• Mega Monty Mole
• Kamek

Chaos Castle:

• Mega Mechakoopa
• Bowser / Dry Bowser

Other

• Amps
• Ball 'n' Chains
• Banzai Bills
• Bees
• Big Amps
• Big Cheep Cheeps
• Big Fuzzies
• Big Urchins
• Bloopers
• Bob-ombs
• Bomps
• Boos
• Bowser Jr.
• Brambles
• Bullet Bills
• Chain Chomps
• Cheep Cheeps
• Clampies
• Charvaarghs
• Dragoneel
• Dry Bones
• Fire Bars
• Fish Bones
• Flipruses
• Foos
• Fuzzies
• Galoombas
• Goombas
• Goomba Towers
• Goombrats
• Gold Cheep Cheeps
• Gold Piranha Plants
• Greenies
• Grrrols
• Hammer Bros.
• Huckit Crabs
• Jumbo Rays
• King Boo
• Koopa Troopas
• Nabbit
• Peepas
• Piranha Plants
• Podoboos
• Rocket Engines
• Shy Guys
• Skull Boxes
• Skewers
• Spiked Balls
• Swoopers
• Toads
• Torpedo Teds
• Urchins
• Waddlewings
• Whomp

Boards

Main boards

Name	Image	Description	Bosses
Mushroom Park		An amusement park board with Peach's Castle and several attractions. It resembles Yoshi Park from Mario Super Sluggers.	The miniboss is Mega Goomba and the final boss is Petey Piranha.
Haunted Trail		A haunted board with different areas based on a graveyard, haunted woods, and swamp.	The miniboss is Mega Sledge Bro and the final boss is King Boo.
Whimsical Waters		A lagoon-based board that has varying levels of depth underwater.	The miniboss is Mega Cheep Chomp and the final boss is Mega Blooper.
Airship Central		A cloud board where players try to take down airships. It resembles Meringue Clouds from New Super Mario Bros. U.	The miniboss is Mega Monty Mole and the final boss is Kamek.
Chaos Castle		A board based upon Bowser's Castle.	The miniboss is Mega Mechakoopa and the final boss is Bowser / Dry Bowser.

amiibo Boards

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  Mario Board

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  Luigi Board

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  Peach Board

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  Toad Board

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  Yoshi Board

• Wario Board JP Website.jpg

  Wario Board

• Rosalina Board JP Website.jpg

  Rosalina Board

• Donkey Kong Board JP Website.jpg

  Donkey Kong Board

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  Bowser Board

Minigames

Main article: List of Mario Party 10 minigames

Spaces

• Dice Space - Gives the player a random Dice Block.
• Green Space - Does nothing.
• Event Space - Causes an event.
• Lucky Space - Starts a beneficial event that helps the player.
• Unlucky Space - Starts an event that harms the player.
• Minigame Space - Starts a minigame.
• Bowser Jr. Space - Spins a roulette, which acts similar when the player lands on a Bowser Space.
• Bowser Space - Spins a roulette that causes havoc to the player. They only appear if the player frees Bowser.
• Boss Battle Space - Start a boss battle minigame.
• Back Space - Makes the player go backwards.
• Dash Space - Makes the player roll again.
• Shuffle Space - Shuffles the turn order.

Board-exclusive spaces

• Boo Space
• Dragoneel Space

Bowser Party only

• +Health Space - Adds hearts to the player's health.
• +1 dice block for Bowser - Bowser Jr. appears and gives Bowser one extra dice block.
• -1 dice block for Bowser - Nabbit appears and steals one dice block from Bowser. These are very rare spaces, as they only appear in Whimsical Waters and Chaos Castle, and only four exist in the entire game (three in Whimsical Waters, and one in Chaos Castle).

amiibo Party

• Blue Space - Gives the player coins.
• Red Space - Takes coins from the player.
• Warp Pipe Space - Warps the player to another Warp Pipe Space.
• Bowser Space - Causes Bowser to spin a roulette and cause trouble to the player.
• Star Space - Allows the player to buy a Star/Stars.
• Event Space - Triggers a board-exclusive event.
• Dice Block Space - Gives the player a special dice block.

Items

Dice Blocks

• 0-1 Dice Block
• 1-2-3 Dice Block
• 1-2-3 Slow Dice Block
• 4-5-6 Dice Block
• Dice Block
• Double Dice Block
• Negative Dice Block
• Slow Dice Block

Other/Mode-Exclusive Items

• Coins
• Mega Mushroom
• Mini Star
• Mini Ztar
• Star
• Super Mushroom

Tokens

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In amiibo Party, tokens can be used. The player can save them to their amiibo to use in another party. There are also tokens with a picture of the character, which changes a part of the board to the person on the token.

Pre-release and unused content

During the Nintendo Treehouse Event at E3 2014, it was claimed that Nabbit would appear to give Bowser extra dice blocks during Bowser Party. However, this was likely an early idea, as only Bowser Jr. gives Bowser extra dice, and Nabbit appears to take Dice Blocks away from Bowser. Also in the E3 demo of Mario Party 10, the characters used Mario Party 9 winning and losing animations.

The fireballs in Bowser's Bad Breath had a different appearance, also in Bowser's High Dive it was originally made to have to the Wii U Gamepad tilt left and right, when the game was released it used the Gamepads touch screen to move left and right. Additionally in an early gameplay of Bowser Party, the meter that showed the amount of spaces Bowser was from catching up with the Mario Team, and the bar that showed Team Mario's health both had a different appearance.

Gallery

• WiiU MarioParty10 pkg.jpg

  North American box art

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  The logo shown at E3 2014

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  The final logo

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  Key character artwork

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Staff

Main article: List of Mario Party 10 staff

References to other games

• Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong's sprite form from this game appears on his amiibo board.
• Super Mario Bros.: In the amusement park board, sprites of Goombas and Koopa Troopas from this game appear as merry-go-round carriages. Additionally, Mario's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Super Mario Bros. ground theme and Peach's sprite from this game appears in her amiibo board.
• Super Mario Bros. 3: Toad's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Toad House music from this game.
• Wario Land series: The right half of the Wario amiibo board displays many elements from the Wario Land series, such as Wario's hard hat and the Wario Car. Also, Wario's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Stonecarving City music from Wario Land: Shake It!.
• Donkey Kong Country series: Various elements from the series appear on Donkey Kong's amiibo board, including a Barrel Cannon, bananas, and a Mine Cart and rails. Also, Donkey Kong's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Jungle Hijinxs music from Donkey Kong Country. The sprite form of Donkey Kong is based on its cameo in Donkey Kong Country Returns, though it now lacks the Wii Remote it held in that game.
• Super Mario 64: Peach's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Peach's Castle music from this game, and Bowser's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Bowser's Road music from this game.
• Yoshi's Story: Yoshi's amiibo Party theme is a remix of music originating from this game.
• Donkey Kong 64: A verse from the DK Rap, originating from the said game, is used for Donkey Kong's description on the Mario Party 10 official website (see the description above, in the "Playable characters" section).
• WarioWare series: The left half of the Wario amiibo board features many elements from the WarioWare series, such as Wario's biker helmet and the Wario Bike.
• Luigi's Mansion: Luigi's amiibo Party theme is a remix of this game's main theme.
• New Super Mario Bros. games: The fortresses and castles on the boards are based on their appearance in the games from this series. Stone-heads and Nabbit return from New Super Mario Bros. U, the former in the minigame Fruit Scoot Scurry and the latter as an ally to Team Mario in Bowser Party. The airship design from this game also appears in the sky board. In the minigame Bowser's Tank Terror, Bowser falls in the lava which makes him reduced into Dry Bowser, resembles how he fell in the lava and reduced into his skeletal version in World 1-Castle of the first game of New Super Mario Bros. series.
• Mario Party 8: Donkey Kong's artwork is taken from this game.
• Super Mario Galaxy: Rosalina's amiibo board features several elements from this game and its sequel, including a Launch Star, Lumas, the red Starshroom, Star Bits, and several planetoids. Also the entrance portals to any boss resemble black holes from this game. Additionally, Rosalina's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Comet Observatory theme.
• Mario Kart 7: Daisy's artwork is taken from this game.
• Mario Party 9: The core gameplay mechanics in this game: Mini Stars and Mini Ztars, travelling around in a car, and fighting minibosses and bosses at the middle and end of the board return.
• Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon: The Luigi amiibo board appears based on this game, having a model of the Gloomy Manor and a sign with a Greenie on it on the board.
• Mario Party: Island Tour: After a battle minigame or a boss battle in the event of a tie the player fights for the position with a Dice Block, also in Bowser Party the player has to roll a Dice to defeat the Whomp blocking the path.
• Super Mario 3D World: Many of the Bowser minigames are placed in World Bowser, Clear Pipes appear in a special minigame mode.

Trivia

• Mario Party 10 is the first game in the Mario Party series to be given a 7+ age rating by PEGI as opposed to a 3+ rating, although this game was provisionally rated 3+ when announced at E3 2014.
• Mario Party 10 is the first game in the Mario Party series since Mario Party 4 to feature Donkey Kong as a major playable character, and the first since Mario Party 5 to feature Donkey Kong as a playable character at all (with him being playable exclusively in the Super Duel Mode of Mario Party 5).
  • It is also the first game since Mario Party 4 to feature Bowser as a playable character, even though Bowser was only playable in the Beach Volley Folley minigame.
• While Rosalina's former voice actress, Kerri Kane, was listed in the voice credits (misspelled as Kerry Kane), this was a mistake, as she did not provide the clips used in Mario Party 10.
• Mario Party 10 is the second game in the Mario Party series to use Dice Blocks in the event of a tie in minigames, the first being Mario Party: Island Tour.

External links

• Official North American website
• Official Japanese website
• Official European website