Mario Party: Island Tour

Template:Justreleased Template:Infobox Mario Party: Island Tour is a party game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the thirteenth in the main series (seventeenth in Japan) in the Mario Party series and the third installment for a handheld console. It was released on November 22, 2013 in North America and will be released on January 17, 2014 in Europe and Winter 2013 in Japan.

Gameplay

Mario Party: Island Tour uses the traditional independent four player gameplay as opposed to Mario Party 9, except players still hit a six-sided Dice Block numbered 1-6 instead of a Dice Block numbered 1-10 in the first eight installments. Like Mario Party 9, players appear to move along a linear board, though in this game it appears to be a race to the end. However, the Spaces appear similar in function to those from Mario Party 9. It is also shown that the players can use special cards to hinder their opponents, similar to Orbs from previous Mario Party installments. It will also have Local Multiplayer. It has been seen that players may verse shadowy versions of the other playable characters in minigames. Also, whenever a minigame ends with a tie, there will be a Dice Block tiebreaker to determine the final results.

Characters

Playable

Mario	Luigi	Princess Peach	Princess Daisy	Wario
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Waluigi	Yoshi	Boo	Toad	Bowser Jr.
				Note: Newcomer, unlocked by completing Bowser's Tower.

Bosses

Goomba Tower

Chain Chomp

Mr. Blizzard

King Bob-omb

Dry Bowser

Bowser

Other

Birdo Bloopers Bony Beetle Bubble clones of characters Chain Chomp Cheep Cheeps Dry Bones Flomps Flutter

Goombas Hammer Bro. Kamek Koopa Troopas Lakitu Lumas Monty Moles Rosalina Shy Guys

Toads Thwomp Whomp Banzai Bill Koopa Paratroopas Paragoombas Whittles Stone Spikes Jumbo Rays

Scaredy Rats Blue Toad Peepas Penguins Piranha Plants Wigglers Spiky Plants Mattermouths Tox Boxes

Spinies Pokeys Cheep Chomps Cows Swoop Para-Biddybuds Bob-omb Buzzy Beetle Bullet Bills

Lava Bubbles Amp Fishin' Lakitu Bone Goomba Big Dry Bones Toadies Bone Piranha Plants Fly Guys

Boards

As the title suggests, the boards are split between various themed islands. Seven gameboards are included in the game.

• Perilous Palace Path
• Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain
• Star-Crossed Skyway
• Rocket Road
• Kamek's Carpet Ride
• Shy Guy's Shuffle City
• Bowser's Peculiar Peak (unlocked by playing all game boards once except for Shy Guy's Shuffle City)

Spaces

• "+3," "+4," and "+5" Spaces, most likely allowing the player to advance farther.
• Card Spaces
• Green Spaces
• Bowser Spaces
• Event Spaces
• Free-for-All Spaces
• Item Spaces
• Piranha Plant Spaces
• Safe Spaces (only on Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain)
• Danger Spaces (only on Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain)
• Banzai Bill Spaces
• Booster Spaces (appears only on Rocket Road)
• Warp Spaces
• Just-Right Spaces

Items

Dice Blocks

Dice Blocks can be won from minigames in Perilous Palace Path and Bowser's Peculiar Peak.

• Gold Dice Block - Adds 1 to 6 spaces to the player's roll.
• Silver Dice Block - Adds 1 to 3 spaces to the player's roll.
• Bronze Dice Block - Adds 1 to 2 spaces to the player's roll.
• Custom Dice Block - Allows the player to roll any number they want.
• Bowser Dice Block - Allows the player to remain where they are. (only in Bowser's Peculiar Peak)

Board-specific items

Perilous Palace Path

• Setback Shell - Knocks a selected player back two spaces.
• Backwards Bill - Knocks a selected player back five spaces.
• Blooper Chopper - Cuts an opponent's roll in half.
• Lightning Score Striker - Subtracts three from an opponent's roll.
• Lakitu Leech - Summons Lakitu to steal one item from an opponent.
• Dash Mushroom - Adds three spaces to the player's roll.
• Golden Dash Mushroom - Adds five spaces to the player's roll.
• Super Star - Doubles the player's roll.
• Crazy Kamek - Summons Kamek who switches the players' space with another player, whom is randomly chosen.

Star-Crossed Skyway

• Mini Stars
• Mini Ztars

Rocket Road

• Boosters - Multiplies the Dice Block roll.

Kamek's Carpet Ride and Shy Guy's Shuffle City

• Random Cards - Randomly decide how many spaces the player will move.
• Precision Cards - Move the player the number of spaces written on the card.
• Power Precision Cards - Move the user the number of spaces written on the card forwards, while moving all other characters backward the same amount.

Minigames

Main article: List of minigames in Mario Party: Island Tour

Reception

Mario Party: Island Tour has received mixed reviews. The game currently averages a 61 on Metacritic. IGN gave Mario Party: Island Tour a 5.5, criticizing its motion control, "uninventive" minigames, and its "poor" single-player campaign, but praising its unique board rules and use of Download Play. Destructoid gave the game an even lower score of 4.0. On the other hand, GameXPlain gave the single-player mode a 3 1/2 stars out of 5, and multiplayer a 4 1/2 out of 5.

Beta elements

Main article: List of Mario Party: Island Tour beta elements

Gallery

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  Group art

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  Mario with a Dice Block.

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  Luigi

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  Boo with a Super Mushroom

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Staff

Main article: List of Mario Party: Island Tour staff

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros. - The main theme is used in the minigame Xylophone Home and is remixed in the boss minigame Goomba Tower Takedown. Also, the Starman theme is used for the Perilous Palace Path board whenever a player uses a Super Star.
• Super Mario 64 & Super Mario 64 DS - King Bob-omb originated from Super Mario 64 but he had no personal interest with anything while in the remake he cares about his mustache which Bowser makes a reference to by saying "My next guard has an even more formidable mustache than Mario". Also, the Koopa's Road theme is remixed for Bowser's Peculiar Peak.
• Super Mario Galaxy - Rocket Road is based on this game and Rosalina appears as a cameo along with the Lumas.
• Mario Party 9 - Most of the gameplay elements, including the voices from the characters and minigame announcer are borrowed. Also, the main menu theme is a cover for this game.

Trivia

The error showing the game to be an NES game.

• For a time the Nintendo 3DS eShop mistakenly stated Mario Party: Island Tour to be a title on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
• This is the second Mario Party game not to feature Donkey Kong the first was Mario Party Advance.

External links

• Official American Website