Mario Party DS

Template:Infobox Mario Party DS is the eleventh installment in the Mario Party series (thirteenth in Japan), the second for the handheld consoles (the other being Mario Party Advance for the Game Boy Advance), and the first for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on November 8, 2007, in the United States on November 19, 2007, in Europe on November 23, 2007, and in Australia on December 6, 2007. It includes more than seventy new minigames and five new game boards. Its functions include touch control, microphone control and dual-screen challenges. It is possible for up to four players to play in wireless mode.

Story

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Mario seeing a Sky Crystal fall from the sky.

The story begins with a night in the Mushroom Kingdom, where five shining objects in the sky fall to the land. Mario spots one, and discusses it with his friends the next day. Kamek interrupts when he drops an invitation down to the gang. Bowser sent it, and it says that he is inviting them to his castle for a big feast, as apology for his evil deeds. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong get an invitation as well.

The crew sets off for the castle, but they find that, as one may suspect, it was a trick. Bowser and Bowser Jr. trap Mario and friends in a cage, at which point Bowser uses a magic wand called the Minimizer to shrink them all down to the size of chess pieces, and they are literally thrown out. This leaves Bowser to look for the five shining objects, the Sky Crystals, in peace. The gang decides to get back at Bowser and heads back to the castle. To be the one Superstar that defeats Bowser causes the eight friends to pit themselves against each other for the great title.

Early in their journey, Wiggler begs the small heroes for help, as a nasty Piranha Plant has infested his garden. The plant was defeated when its own Bomb Seeds were fed to itself by the heroes. A grateful Wiggler rewards them with a Sky Crystal, which landed in his garden. Shortly after, Toadette came to the heroes for help, asking them to defeat a Hammer Bro that was abusing her instruments. The Hammer Bro was defeated in a drum-off, at which point Toadette found a Sky Crystal and gave it to the gang. Having two now, they set off for the jungle, where they find their monkey friend Diddy Kong. The anxious spider monkey shows the heroes that Donkey Kong was turned to stone by Dry Bones. The friends faced off against Dry Bones on his arena, where magic hexes were used to destroy him. Donkey Kong was restored, and quickly remembered the free food promised at Bowser's Castle. He and Diddy rush off, but not before Diddy hands over a Sky Crystal.

At this point, Bowser's Castle is in the sight of the gang. However, they find a Koopa Troopa asking for help, as Kamek has trapped his grandfather, Koopa Krag, in one of his many library books. The heroes fight Kamek after surviving a long hallway, at which point Koopa Krag is saved, and gives them a Sky Crystal. After Kamek's defeat, they finally find Bowser's Castle, where they are stuffed in a pinball machine that Bowser Jr. uses to mess them up. The one who collected the most Stars in the pinball machine broke out and got ready to fight Bowser. Bowser threatened to shrink them once again (probably to the size of a ant), but just then Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong arrived.

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The cast is enjoying a game of Triangle Twisters.

DK, frantic for the free food, runs around, bumping into Bowser (due to the fact he didn't see him) and causing him to drop the Minimizer. DK trips on the Minimizer, breaking it and returning the Mario gang to normal size. Bowser reveals one more surprise, however - the Mega Morph Belt. The device transforms Bowser into Blockhead Bowser, and the heroes fight him by punching the weak spot, a golden Bowser Block.

Upon the Koopa King's defeat, Bowser and his son were tied up, and Mario took the final Sky Crystal from him. They formed to make a crystal DS, which was made exclusively for the fun challenge, Triangle Twisters. Bowser admits that he wanted the Sky Crystals just so that he could play the game. After hearing this, Mario decides to untie the two, and they all play Triangle Twisters together, thus ending the story. As for DK and Diddy, they eat the entire feast by themselves, and are quite satisfied.

Characters

This is a table of the major and minor Characters in Mario Party DS, along with their status in the game, as well as locations (if applicable).

Character Picture	Name	Status	Location
	Mario	Playable Character	None
	Luigi	Playable Character	None
File:Princess Peach.jpg	Princess Peach	Playable Character	None
	Princess Daisy	Playable Character	None
File:MPDSYosh.png	Yoshi	Playable Character	None
File:SMG Toad.jpg	Toad	Playable Character	None
File:WarioMPDS.jpg	Wario	Playable Character	None
File:WaluigiMPDS.jpg	Waluigi	Playable Character	None
	Wiggler	Board Host	Wiggler's Garden
	Toadette	Board Host	Toadette's Music Room
	Donkey Kong	Board Host	DK's Stone Statue
Not Pictured	Diddy Kong	Supporting Character	DK's Stone Statue
File:SMG Magikoopa.jpg	Kamek	Board Host/Boss	Kamek's Library
Not Pictured	Koopa	Supporting Character	Kamek's Library
Not Pictured	Koopa Krag	Supporting Character	Kamek's Library
	Bowser	Board Host/Boss	Bowser's Pinball Machine
Not Pictured	Bowser Jr.	Supporting Character	Bowser's Pinball Machine
	Piranha Plant	Boss	Wiggler's Garden
File:NSMB HammerBrother.jpg	Hammer Bro.	Boss	Toadette's Music Room
File:MP7 DryBones.jpg	Dry Bones	Boss	DK's Stone Statue
Not Pictured	Goomba	Minigame Foe	None
Not Pictured	Scuttle Bug	Minigame Foe	None
Not Pictured	Cheep Cheep	Minigame Foe	None
Not Pictured	Boo	Minigame Foe	None
Not Pictured	Shy Guy	Minigame Foe	None
Not Pictured	Whomp	Minigame Foe	None
Not Pictured	Bob-omb	Minigame Foe	None

Team Names

In Tag Team Mode, each combination of playable characters create one unique Team Name. The list of possible results are shown below:

	Mario	Luigi	Peach	Daisy	Wario	Waluigi	Yoshi	Toad
Mario		Mario Bros.	Fan Favorites	Flower Players	Foe Bros.	'Stache Stars	Old Buddies	Fungus Friends
Luigi	Mario Bros.		Green Peaches	Shy Sidekicks	'Stache Clashers	Lean Meanies	Green Machines	Green Mushrooms
Peach	Fan Favorites	Green Peaches		Power Princesses	Rotten Peaches	Black Peaches	Sweetie Pies	Peachy 'Shrooms
Daisy	Flower Players	Shy Sidekicks	Power Princesses		Wilted Flowers	Skinny Stars	Cutie Pies	Button Mushrooms
Wario	Foe Bros.	'Stache Clashers	Rotten Peaches	Wilted Flowers		Bad Boys	Unlikely Pals	Poison Mushrooms
Waluigi	'Stache Stars	Lean Meanies	Black Peaches	Skinny Stars	Bad Boys		Purple Dinos	Bad Mushrooms
Yoshi	Old Buddies	Green Machines	Sweetie Pies	Cutie Pies	Unlikely Pals	Purple Dinos		Star Supporters
Toad	Fungus Friends	Green Mushrooms	Peachy 'Shrooms	Button Mushrooms	Poison Mushrooms	Bad Mushrooms	Star Supporters

Modes

• Story Mode (1 Player) - In this solo mode, the story is as mentioned. As players make their way to Bowser’s castle, they must win first place on each game board, then beat the Boss Minigame for each board.
• Party Mode (1-4 Players) - Compete against player or system-controlled players on a party board in a Battle Royale, Tag Battle or Duel Battle.
• Minigame Mode (1-4 Players) - Play six games that draw upon the pool of all minigames for challenges that don’t take place on the game boards: Free Play, Step It Up, Battle Cup, Score Scuffle, Boss Bash and Rocket Rascals.
• Puzzle Mode (1-2 Players) - Play six puzzle-action games, which include five classics from previous Mario Party games. This mode also includes the new touch-controlled Triangle Twisters, which has two play modes. In Frenzy Mode, players clear the field by twisting triangles so they connect with those of the same color. In Focus Mode, they twist them to build complex shapes, like turtles and pinwheels.
• Multiplayer (2-4 Players) - Using one game card, players can wirelessly share Party Mode and Minigame Mode (2-4 players), plus Puzzle Mode (2 players) and the download-only Extras Mode with nearby friends who have a Nintendo DS.
• Extras Mode - Includes games that are designed for two-player gaming: cooperative Pen Pals and competitive Desert Duel.
• Gallery Mode- Check out 150 prizes, which includes figures, music and cut-scenes.

Spaces

• Blue Space
• Red Space
• ? Space
• Friend Space
• Duel Space
• Bowser Space

Items

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The Item Shop of Mario Party DS

Mario Party DS introduces two types of items that are used during gameboard gameplay: Normal items and new items called Hexes. Items are basically items that the player can use by itself; they can be purchased in Item Shops. Hexes are new items that players use to place them on spaces; they can be obtained by passing a Hex Area.

Normal Items

• Double Dice Set
• Triple Dice Set
• Halfway Dice Block
• Warp Dice Block
• Snag Bag
• Star Pipe
• Block Sensor
• Grab Bag

Hexes

• 10-Coin Hex
• 20-Coin Hex
• Coin Swap Hex
• 1-Star Hex
• 2-Star Hex
• Space Swap Hex
• Star Block
• Coin Block

Game Boards

Picture	Name	Description	Boss	Boss Mini-Game
	Wiggler's Garden	The player must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Once the player claims the star, it will go to another location.	Piranha Plant	Feed and Seed
	Toadette's Music Room	Players must find the Music Notes and buy stars from them for various amounts of coins.	Hammer Bro.	Hammer Chime
	DK's Stone Statue	The star on this board is always located on the second-to-last space. Players can buy multiple stars at once on this stage depending on how many coins they have at the time.	Dry Bones	Hexoskeleton
	Kamek's Library	On this board there are three chests to find. The player will need to pay 10 coins to open a chest. One chest contains a star, one 5 coins and the other sends them back to start. This is completely random and will change once someone finds the star.	Kamek	Book Bash
File:MPDSPinballBoard.PNG	Bowser's Pinball Machine	Players must find the star and buy it for 20 coins. Afterwards, the star moves to a different space.	Bowser	Bowser's Block Party

Mini-Games

Main article: Mario Party DS (mini-games)

4P Minigames

• Goomba Wrangler is somewhat based on Pokémon Ranger.
• Dress for Success is a term meaning one should be dressed for their best work.
• Camera Shy is a term used for people who are shy to have their picture taken.
• Hedge Honcho is a pun on "head honcho".
• Study Fall is a pun on "study hall".
• Cherry-Go-Round is a pun on "merry-go-round".
• Trace Cadets is a pun on "space cadets".
• Hot Shots is a term used for a person who's really good at shooting.
• Call of the Goomba is a pun on "Call of the Wild".
• Roller Coasters comes from the same name of a carnival ride.
• Shortcut Circuit is a pun on "short circuit".
• Trash Landing is a pun on "crash landing".
• Whomp-a-thon is a pun on "marathon".
• Twist and Route is a pun on the song "Twist and Shout".
• Parachutin' Gallery is a pun on "shooting gallery".
• Dust Buddies is a pun on "dust bunnies".
• Sweet Sleuth is a pun on "sweet tooth".
• Tidal Fools is a pun on "tidal pools".
• Raft Riot is a pun on "laugh riot".

1 vs. 3 Minigames

• Peek-a-Boo comes from a game parents play with babies.
• Flash and Dash is a pun on "crash and dash".
• Nothing to Luge is a pun on "nothing to lose.

2 vs. 2 Minigames

• Cucumberjacks is a pun on "lumberjacks" and "cucumber".
• Hanger Management is a pun on "anger management".
• Book It! is a pun on the expression of the same name.

Battle Minigames

• Globe Gunners is a pun on "Globe Runners".

Boss Minigames

• Hexoskeleton is a pun on "exoskeleton", "hex", and "hexagon".

Staff

Main article: Mario Party DS/Staff

Collection

Main article: List of Collectibles from Mario Party DS

Beta Elements

For a list of this game beta elements, see here.

Trivia

• This is the second Mario Party without Koopa Kid (also known as Mini Bowser) at the Bowser spaces; the first was Mario Party 8.
• Bowser Jr. makes his first appearance in a Mario Party game.
  • This is also Diddy Kong's first appearance in a Mario Party game.
• The characters Hammer Bro, Birdo, Blooper, Dry Bones, Boo and Toadette were playable in Mario Party 8, but not in Mario Party DS. Many of them are currently supporting characters. However, Birdo and Blooper never appeared in the game, but as references; the Birdo Egg in Memory Mash, and Blooper's name mentioned in the description of the item Kamek's Inkwell.
• This is the first Mario Party since Mario Party 4 to not have any Donkey Kong spaces.
• One of Yoshi's artworks is based off his Super Mario 64 DS version. There, Yoshi is depicted holding Mario's Cap.
• Kamek's artwork is the same as both Magikoopa's and Kamek's (who appeared as a cameo in the beginning) in Super Mario Galaxy.
• The song that plays in the Puzzle mini-games is a mixture of the song that plays in the Piece Out minigame from Mario Party 5.
• In Mario's Puzzle Party, if one were to play as Peach or Daisy (more notably Daisy) the artwork of that character would be that of Mario Party 3, with them is their classic dresses (and Daisy's classic hair). Also, Toad is the only playable character to not have his artwork from Mario Party 3 on that game, probably since he's the only character not playable in Mario Party 3.
• The manual has a mistake on Page 26. It states that during a 2 Player game, (the player vs a CPU opponent or another player), only Battle or Boss minigames can be chosen. During a 4 Player match (the player vs 3 CPU opponents or human players), 4 Player, 1 vs 3, 2 vs 2, Duel and Boss minigames can be chosen.
• This is the only Mario Party game in which there are no Bonus Stars given out in the Story Mode.
• In every minigame where the player can jump and punch, he/she can also kick. However, the game only shows the player how to kick in one minigame.
• Petey Piranha was suppose to take the place of Wiggler owning a board. However, that was changed to the thought of Petey Piranha being troubled by Bowser's minions (even though he is an antagonist in the Mario series, making it unlikely for him to need help by protagonists). Template:Refneeded
• The title screen to the game also has a mistake. It supposed to have a registered trademark, instead of the regular trademark.

External Links

• Mario Party DS Official US Site
• Mario Party DS Official Japanese Site
• Mario Party DS Official European Site