Mario Party 4

Template:Infobox Mario Party 4 is the fourth game in the Mario Party series, and the first for the Nintendo GameCube. It follows the original style of board-game-esque gameplay, as well as the use of many items and mini-games. The game's goal, as with most of the others, is to collect stars. It is also the first Mario Party game to allow players to team up.

Playable Characters

• Mario - Red
• Luigi - Blue
• Yoshi - Green
• Peach - Pink
• Wario - Purple
• Donkey Kong - Brown
• Daisy - Yellow
• Waluigi - Black

Plot

Toad, Koopa Troopa, Goomba, Boo and Shy Guy all found the odd, mystical Party Cube. According to the instruction booklet, they have invited all of the game characters to celebrate the birthday of a character (the character is chosen by the player). However, instead of just giving the character the presents, they make the characters win the presents themselves. Eventually, Bowser enters to ruin things with his own board, hosted by Koopa Kid (known in PAL regions as Mini-Bowser).

Boards

• Toad's Midway Madness
• Koopa's Seaside Soiree
• Goomba's Greedy Gala
• Boo's Haunted Bash
• Shy Guy's Jungle Jam
• Bowser's Gnarly Party

Items

	Item	Description
File:Mega Mushroom.JPG	Mega Mushroom	The Mega Mushroom causes players to grow tremendous and also allows another dice block to get rolled. When players pass anyone, they steal ten coins from the player they crush. However, this item bypasses most board events; Ex.: players cannot purchase any stars while giant.
File:Mini Mushroom.JPG	Mini Mushroom	The Mini Mushroom causes players to grow smaller. It also restricts the dice block; instead of rolling 1-10, it only rolls 1-5. However, the Mini Mushroom can cause players to play Mini Mini-games; plus, they can move through Gates.
File:Super Mega Mushroom.JPG	Super Mega Mushroom	A Super Mega Mushroom has generally the same effects as a Mega Mushroom except that players roll three dice blocks instead of two.
File:Super Mini Mushroom.JPG	Super Mini Mushroom	A Super Mini Mushroom has generally the same effects as a Mini Mushroom except that players roll two 1-5 dice blocks instead of just one.
File:Warp Pipe.JPG	Warp Pipe	When players use a Warp Pipe, a roulette that has three heads of the other characters appears. An arrow spins and players can stop the arrow. When the arrow stops on a character's head, the player swaps places with that character.
File:Swap Card.JPG	Swap Card	The Swap Card randomly choose another player via roulette and the player who used it swaps items with the chosen player.
File:Mini-Mega Hammer.JPG	Mini-Mega Hammer	When players use a Mini-Mega Hammer, they may choose another player. Then, the character that player chooses either feels the effects of a Mega Mushroom or a Mini Mushroom on the next turn, though the effects are randomly chosen.
File:Chomp Call.JPG	Chomp Call	If a Chomp Call is used, four small Chain Chomps appear and scare the host that holds the star in the star space. Afterward, the location of the star space changes.
File:Boo's Crystal Ball.JPG	Boo's Crystal Ball	When a Boo Crystal Ball is used, a Boo appears and does either of the following: A) The Boo steals coins from a selected player with a five-coin fee. The victim can fight back and lose less coins by repeatedly pressing A. B) The Boo steals a star from another player with a 50 coin fee. The victim cannot fight back. However, if the victim has a Gaddlight, the victim is protected.
File:Gaddlight.JPG	Gaddlight	The Gaddlight automatically protects the player from Boo attacks by another player trying to steal either coins or a star.
File:Sparky Sticker.JPG	Sparky Sticker	When players use a Sparky Sticker, they place it directly below where they are standing. If any player tries to pass it, the player loses 10 coins plus the effects of a Mega Mushroom or a Mini Mushroom.
File:Item Bag.JPG	Item Bag	The effects of an Item Bag activate as soon as players purchases this item. They receive three random items. If they already has one or two items, the items found in the bag get discarded.
File:Genie Lamp.PNG	Magic Lamp	When players uses this, they summon a Mushroom Genie. The Mushroom Genie then transports them to the star space. However, they still must pay 20 coins for the star.
File:Bowser Suit.JPG	Bowser Suit	Players can only acquire this from Bowser while they are landing on a Bowser Space. If they use this, they go in a Bowser Suit. If they pass anyone else, they steal 30 coins.

Spaces

	Space	Description
File:Blue Space4.JPG	Blue Space	If the player lands on this space, they will receive three coins. On the last five turns, the coins received may double if the losing player hits the roulette wheel and has that event as a result.
File:Red Space4.JPG	Red Space	If the player lands on this space, they will lose three coins. On the last five turns, the coins lost may double if the losing player hits the roulette wheel and has that event as a result.
File:Happening Space4.PNG	Happening Space	If the player lands on this space, they will trigger an event. The event varies within the board. The event may help or hinder one or more players.
File:Bowser Square.PNG	Bowser Space	If the player lands on this space, either a Koopa Kid/Mini-Bowser or Bowser will appear. The Koopa Kid can take coins from either the player who landed on it or from everyone. If Bowser appears, he can cause the following events: Bowser Revolution, which he divides everyone's coins equally; Bowser Minigame where he forces everyone to play his minigames; Bowser Shuffle, which he randomly swaps places with all of the players; or Bowser Suit, which he gives the player a Bowser Suit. The latter event is rare.
File:Chance Time4.JPG	Fortune Space	If the player lands on this space, an event will occur and the player uses the Reversal of Fortune, which resembles a pinball machine. The results may vary such as the player swapping stars with another or the player giving coins to the other.
File:Mushroom Space4.JPG	Mushroom Space	If the player lands on this space, two boxes will appear; one small, one large. The player chooses one box and may receive a Mega Mushroom or a Mini Mushroom, regardless the size of the box.
File:Warp Space.JPG	Warp Space	If the player lands on this space, an arrow spins on a roultette, showing the other three character's heads. The player can stop the roulette. If the arrow is pointing to one of the character's head, the space, which is actually a spring, will launch the character to the chosen character.
File:Battle Space4.JPG	Battle Space	If the player lands on this space, a Bob-omb will appear and start a battle minigame. The player who landed on the Battle Space may choose one of the two battle minigames shown.

Other Modes

Thwomp and Whomp have a room full of bonus mini-games. These mini-games could be played on two bonus boards. Their mini-games are:

One Player (Whomp's Basement Brouhaha)

• Jigsaw Jitters
• Barrel Baron
• Mushroom Medic
• Doors of Doom
• Bob-omb X-ing
• Goomba Stomp

Multiplayer (Thwomp's Backroom Ball)

Thowmp's Backroom Ball is like the rest of the game modes except it doesn't feature mini-games, therefore the player has to stay on the game board for the entire time.

• Mega Board Mayhem
• Mini Board Mad-Dash
• Challenge Booksquirm
• Panel Panic

Other

Also featured was a bonus volleyball game, hosted by Ztar, an odd dark version of the Power Star. Finally, players are able to access the Present Room, which allows them to view all the presents that he or she has accumulated throughout the Story Mode for each character.

Mini-Games

Main article: List of mini-games in Mario Party 4

Staff

Main article: Mario Party 4/Staff

Puns

4-Player minigames

• Booksquirm is a pun on bookworm.
• Domination is dominoes mixed into domination.
• Long Claw of the Law is a pun on "Long Arm of the Law"

1 vs. 3 minigames

• Blame it on the Crane is a pun on a song named "Blame it on the Rain".
• Fish n' Drips is a pun on fish n' chips.
• Hide and Go BOOM! is a pun of "Hide and go Seek".

2 vs. 2 minigames

• Right Oar Left? is a pun on "right or left?".

Story Mode minigames

• Archaeologuess is a pun on archeologist.

Artwork

• Mario4.jpg

  Mario
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  Luigi
• MP4Peach.jpg

  Princess Peach
• Yoshi4.jpeg

  Yoshi
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  Wario
• Mp4dk.jpg

  Donkey Kong
• MP5Art.jpg

  Princess Daisy
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  Waluigi

Solo Pictures (Supporting Cast)

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  Toad
• Shyguy 1134306477.jpg

  Shy Guy
• Koopaparty.jpg

  Koopa Troopa
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  Goomba
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  Boo

Miscellaneous

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  Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi
• MP4groupart.png

  Yoshi, Peach, Daisy and Waluigi

Trivia

• Mario Party 4 is notable for being the first Mario Party game to actually have a plot revolving around an actual party.
• The game is also notable for being the only one in the Mario Party series that does not feature the Piranha Plant in any board, mini-game, item or any other place at all. The Piranha Plant only makes a brief cameo in the background of the Option Room.
• This is the first Mario series installment overall to have Princess Peach and Princess Daisy in their current main dresses, as well as Princess Daisy's hair being short.
• This is the last Mario Party title to have Donkey Kong as a main playable character.

External links

• Official Mario Party 4 website
• Official Mario Party 4 Japanese website