Western Land

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Western Land
Western Land
Appears in Mario Party 2
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Difficulty ★ (Mario Party 2)
★ ★ (Jamboree)
Availability Default (Mario Party 2)
Unlockable (Jamboree)
Description "Become deputies in a tiny town of the old west." (Mario Party 2)
Choo-choo! All aboard the Steamer! Get your train ticket, move around the board at full steam and don't forget to stop by Wiggler's Milk Saloon. (Jamboree)
Music sample
Mario Party 2
“We're here, everyone! This is Western Land!!! This is a pioneer town of the Old West. A steam engine's whistle echoes across the prairie. You shall become deputies. It's your job to keep the Wild West peaceful! Your objective this time, is to defeat Bowser the Brash, the scourge of this quiet town. Defeat Bowser to become the Super Star of Western Land. Good luck!”
Toad, Mario Party 2
Western Land
Western Land logo

Western Land is one of the playable locations in Mario Land in Mario Party 2. While in Western Land, players are dressed as deputies, and Toad, the host, wears a cowboy hat and plays the guitar. The main attraction is a train named Steamer, who travels around the board and stops at one of the three train stations. If a player wants to ride Steamer, they have to pay the toll of five coins. Once on, the player hits a block that decides which direction Steamer goes. If it shows Toad's head, the train moves forward and stops at the nearest station. If it shows a Goomba, the train moves backward and stops at the nearest station. The Happening Space also makes Steamer move forward to the next station. While Steamer is moving in either way, players that are in the way are knocked back to Start. There is also a Wiggler that owns a milk shop. It asks players that come by if they want to start a hootenanny for twenty coins. If the player accepts, the fee is paid, and all of the other players come to the milk shop area. The Item minigame is Give Me a Brake!, and the Duel minigame is Quick Draw Corks.

At the end of the game when Toad is about to announce the winner, he is interrupted by a red Koopa Troopa who comes and alerts the players that the board villain, Bowser the Brash, is robbing the Koopa Bank. A cutscene then shows Bowser the Brash telling the Koopa Banker to get him more coins from the bank, despite the bank having no more to give to him. Then, the superstar comes to confront Bowser. The Koopa hides in his shell as the two engage in a pop-gun quick draw. Bowser misses, shooting just above the superstar's head, and gets hit in the stomach by the superstar's cork. He faints, leaving the superstar to be congratulated by the other players, Toad, Koopa, and the Star.

Western Land returns in Super Mario Party Jamboree as an unlockable board. It is unlocked after reaching Silver Player Rank. Bank Spaces and costumes were removed, new routes were added, and the hootenanny is now activated by Event Spaces near its location.

Spaces

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

Mario Party 2

Type of Space Number of Spaces
Blue Space
Blue Spaces
72
Red Space
Red Spaces
10
Happening Space
Happening Spaces
7
Battle Space
Battle Spaces
8
Chance Time Space
Chance Spaces
2
Item Space
Item Spaces
8
Bank Space
Bank Spaces
2
Bowser Space
Bowser Spaces
5
Total of Spaces 114

Super Mario Party Jamboree

Type of Space Number of Spaces[1]
Green Space from Super Mario Party
Start Spaces
1
Blue Space
Blue Spaces
37
Red Space
Red Spaces
6
Event Space
Event Spaces
10
Chance Time Space
Chance Time Spaces
4
Item Space
Item Spaces
14
VS Space
VS Spaces
4
Lucky Space
Lucky Spaces
21
Unlucky Space
Unlucky Spaces
4
Bowser Space
Bowser Spaces
3
Total of Spaces 104

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ウエスタンランド[?]
Uesutan Rando
Western Land
Dutch Westernland[2] -
French Pays Western[?] Western Land/Country
German Western-Land[?] -
Italian Western Land[?] -
Korean 웨스턴 랜드[3]
Weseuteon Laendeu
Western Land
Portuguese Povoado Faroeste[4] Far West Village
Spanish Mundo del Oeste[5] Western World

Trivia

  • The Japanese version of Mario Party 2 depicts the superstar and Bowser in a quick draw with revolvers. In Western releases, it was changed to a quick draw with pop-guns. As a result of the change, it also makes it more obvious as to who won the gun duel (as originally, the bullets could not be seen, resulting in tense moments before it was revealed Bowser the Brash ended up shot).
  • With a total of 114 spaces, the original version of Western Land is the largest board in the Mario Party series that follows traditional gameplay.
  • If the player refuses Wiggler's hootenanny offer, it will say "Y'all come back now, y'hear?", Jed Clampett's catchphrase from the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.

References

  1. ^ https://x.com/turners064/status/1844134864913834100
  2. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree. Nintendo (Dutch). Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  3. ^ 한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (September 25, 2024). 슈퍼 마리오 파티 잼버리 소개영상 (1:20). YouTube (Korean). Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Super Mario Party Jamboree. Nintendo (Portuguese). Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  5. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/es-cl/store/products/super-mario-party-jamboree-switch/?srsltid=AfmBOorGzATHunO8kF1MOe-in5eaFBVVhawJV3aQUMq4Gds7460XJARt