Mario Party (series)

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Template:Series-infobox The Mario Party series is a virtual board game in which the player may choose from a cast of prominent Mario characters, some of which have been Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, and many more, created by Hudson Soft, with each game featuring variations on the cast and storyline. The series is intended for four players, but computer controlled players may be selected as well. All of the games share similar gameplay in which the primary objective requires the player to move his or her character across the selected stage to gather a Star. Usually, the player must then pay a fee of twenty coins to the host, a non-playable character such as Toad. After each player has completed his or her turn, a minigame then begins, in which the player may be awarded coins, based on their performance.

Mario Party 2 artwork.
The original six playable characters.

At the end of the game, Stars and Bonus Stars will be tallied. The person with the most stars at the end of the game becomes the winner, or in this case, the Superstar. If Stars are tied between players, other statistics will be applied. These include the amount of coins collected, mini-game victories, and so on.

The Mario Party series amasses eleven games, across the Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and Wii consoles, as well as the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. The series even sports a card game that works with the e-Reader peripheral. The cast of characters, character cameos, and minigames, are numerous. Thus far, the series has been very commercially successful, and looks to continue its success.

List of Games

Playable Characters

Playable characters are introduced in the first Mario Party. During the first two Mario Party games, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong are the only playable characters in the series. Starting in Mario Party 3, the game introduces new playable characters in debut, the new playable characters are only playable in the Party Mode; the previous new characters that appear in the next game are now playable in the Story Mode. There are some exceptions in games like Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS do not introduce new characters.

There are some exceptions of removing playable characters in later games; Donkey Kong is removed starting in Mario Party 5 because he now owns a space called a DK Space which he hosts, although Donkey Kong is playable in the Special Duel Mode in Mario Party 5. Another playable character named Koopa Kid (Mini Bowser in PAL regions) appeared in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party 6; he was removed after the last appearance because he now owns a space called the Koopa Kid Space.

In the game Beach Volley Folley that appeared in Mario Party 4 and then Mario Party 5, there are exceptionally playable characters that can not be played as on the normal boards but are able to participate in this game.

The Mario Party series included many characters in various installments. Below is a list of all of them and what games they appear in.

MP MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6 MP7 MP8 MPA MPDS
Birdo File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Blooper File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Boo File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png1 File:Check small.png3 File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Bowser File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png1 File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Daisy File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png3 File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png
Donkey Kong File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png2 File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Dry Bones File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Hammer Bro. File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Koopa Kid File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png1 File:Check small.png3 File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Koopa Troopa File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png1 File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Luigi File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png
Mario File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png
Mii File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png4 File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Peach File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png
Shy Guy File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png1 File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Toad File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png1 File:Check small.png3 File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png
Toadette File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:X mark.png
Waluigi File:X mark.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png3 File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png
Wario File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:X mark.png File:Check small.png
Yoshi File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png File:Check small.png
  • 1 — The character is playable only in Beach Volley Folley.
  • 2 — The character is playable only in the Special Duel Mode in the game.
  • 3 — The character is playable only in the Party Mode in the game.
  • 4 — The character is playable only in the Extra Mode.

Hosts

These characters lead each individual Mario Party game.

Spaces

Main article: Space (MP)

All the spaces in the Mario Party games.

Items

Every item, capsule, orb, and candy from the series.

List of All Minigames

The Mario Party series' popularity is due in no small part to its mini-games. Throughout its eight console titles, the list of Mario Party's mini-games has become tremendous. Below is a list of all the mini-games, separated by game. The mini-games' titles generally rhyme, use alliteration, or are puns of popular phrases.

Future

The future of the Mario Party series, for quite a while, has been shown to be uncertain. Mario Party DS (released Nov. 19 2007) was the most recent installment, not a remake (an arcade remake of Mario Party 8, titled Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher has been announced as a Japanese-exclusive). Mario Party 9 has yet to be announced.

The game Wii Party appears to be very similar to the Mario Party series in many ways, such as the use of boards with colored spaces and minigames with creative titles, except with Miis instead of Mario characters. This could mean that Wii Party is going to replace the Mario Party series, or that Mario Party's format is simply being used in other games because of its success. The latter is most likely due to Nintendo's purchase of major developers of Mario Party from Hudson Soft

Trivia

  • Luigi mentions the Mario Party series in his diary in the events of Paper Mario.
  • The Mario Party games are mentioned in one of the Coin Block/Brick Block cards in Nintendo Monopoly.
  • Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi are the only characters to be playable in every Mario Party game.
  • Only the very first Mario Party had mini-games that involved Control Stick rotation. Because there were reports of people getting blisters on their hands from rotating the Control Stick too much, the later Mario Party titles removed those kinds of mini-games.
  • Koopa Kid has appeared in every Mario Party game except Mario Party 8, and Mario Party DS.

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