Mario Party: Star Rush

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Template:Justreleased Template:Infobox Mario Party: Star Rush is a party game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the second Mario Party game released for the system after Mario Party: Island Tour, and the fourteenth game overall. The game, as with most entries of the Mario Party series, is a multiplayer-oriented party game, where up to four players compete in an interactive, digital board for the most stars. What sets this game apart from its precedents in the Mario Party series is its main mode, Toad Scramble, where, instead of players using designated Mario characters from the start, take control of a color-coded member of the Toad species and collect Mario characters around the board. Also unlike other Mario Party games, all players move at one turn, streamlining the gameplay. The board designs are non-linear as well, also unlike previous boards in the Mario Party series, where players travel in a straight line around the boards. It was relased on October 7, 2016 for Europe and is scheduled for release on October 8 for Australia and New Zealand, October 20 for Japan, and November 4 for North America. The game is confirmed to be compatible with amiibo.[1] The game uses up 3018 blocks for a digital download from the Nintendo eShop.

Gameplay

File:MarioPartyStarRush-ToadScramble.jpg
Gameplay of Toad Scramble, the main mode.

Mario Party: Star Rush's board gameplay is the main focus of the game. Players traverse around a board, using a Dice Block numbered from 1-6. Due to the nature of the boards, most spaces landed on the boards in Mario Party: Star Rush do not trigger a special effect, while there are very few spaces that do: for example, specifically landing on a ? Block space grants the player a random item for use. Minigames can be collected from playing Toad Scramble and Coinathlon, with both modes having different ways play a minigame; in Toad Scramble, for example, players need to pass a Coin Balloon to trigger a minigame.

Toad Scramble is the only mode where players cannot choose a designated Mario character, instead, starting out with a colored member of the Toad species, corresponding to a player; said Mario characters can be used only when collected in the board, set as the leader, or with a use of an amiibo. In all other modes, however, players can choose and play as a specific Mario character, including Toad himself as an option if players wish to play as a Toad in other modes.

Game modes

Ten game modes are confirmed to appear in Mario Party: Star Rush.[2] At the beginning, the Toad Scramble mode is the only mode players can play, however, players unlock other modes as they play the game.

Toad Scramble

File:MarioPartyStarRush -ToadScramble2.jpg
A player acquiring Yoshi in Toad Scramble.

Up to four players can enjoy Toad Scramble[1], the central mode of Mario Party: Star Rush. Each player in the beginning starts out with a member of the Toad species, where their colors correspond to each player: red being Player 1, blue being Player 2, green being Player 3, and yellow being Player 4. Players are then notified of the appearance of a boss character in the map, as well as potential ally characters that the Toads can recruit. The goal of the game is to amass the most Stars, where players can retrieve Stars by placing first in boss minigames. Players can face off against bosses by landing on the space in front of them. Every time a boss minigame is completed, a new boss appears on the board on a different spot. Up to five bosses can appear on a board. When a player plays against a boss, other players need to tap A Button to travel to the boss space to participate as well.

When players recruit ally characters, the ally characters help out by increasing dice roll amounts with their own special Dice Blocks and helping the players earn points simultaneously in video games. Ally characters have certain field abilities unique to them as well; for example, Mario can stomp on Goombas in grass while Princess Peach can make flowers bloom. Whenever a player recruits an ally character, they can switch characters before the start of any turn in order to directly use them. Up to four ally characters can be recruited for each team, having five characters in total at play. Players can duel each others' ally characters by participating in an Ally Duel, either by landing on the same space as another player or by using a Duel Glove. When an Ally Duel is triggered, one of the several events happen. One event is a Dice Block roll: the two players roll a die; whoever rolls higher wins. Another event has players choose cards with numbers facing upside-down; whoever picks a higher numbered card wins. When players win the Ally Duel, they steal an ally from the losing player. If the losing player does not have an ally character, the winning player earns coins instead.

Dotted throughout the board are coins that can be collected by running through them. Players can land on special spaces as well, such as a ? Block, which gives players an item that can help players and hinder their opponents. Players can land on a Lakitu space, where at a fee of one coin, players can travel to another player's space.

When a player passes through a Coin Balloon, the player earns coins, as well as starting a minigame. Similar to the Battle minigame of previous Mario Party installments, the player who landed on the space can choose a minigame out of four randomly selected, rather than traditionally letting a roulette decide which minigame to play.

Coinathlon

Coinathlon from Mario Party: Star Rush
Yoshi participating in Coinathlon with two other players.

In a mode that up to four players can play, players must collect as many coins as they can in 60-second designated coin minigames to progress three laps around a map.[3][4] As players collect coins in minigames, they proceed through the map as the minigames happen. Players can earn a variety of items via collecting coins; when characters collect enough coins, a transparent box containing an item shows up. Players can retrieve the item by touching the box, and when players press X Button, they can momentarily use that item to stun their opponents. The items available are Blooper, Lava Bubble, Lightning Bolt, Kamek, Double Medal, and Money Bag.[4] Players can also retrieve a Coin Trio to help boost their coin count. Whichever player crosses the finish line first wins the game.

Coinathlon comes in two modes.[2] One mode is Free Play Mode, where players can choose the number of players, laps, and minigames available. The other mode, Rival Race, players can take on a series of challenges to try to earn 10 wins.

Mario Shuffle

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Mario Shuffle in play.

Mario Shuffle is a two-player oriented game mode that focuses on amiibo functionality.[5] Players race across a linear, one-way board to a goal with amiibo. The red team tries to make it to the very right of the board, while the blue team tries to make to the left side of the board. Players roll two dice, and allow the outcome of the dice to affect two figurines. When a player crosses an opposing piece, the player jumps over the piece, making that piece unable to move for one turn. If a player lands on an opposing piece, the player knocks the piece back to the start of the board. Players can land on spaces that either make the piece continue further or moving back, depending on the directions on the space. If players do not have amiibo, a cardboard cut-out of a player character is used instead. A total amount of six characters can be used, each split into two teams of three. The first team who makes it across the board to their goal wins the game.

Balloon Bash

Balloon Bash from Mario Party: Star Rush
Gameplay of Balloon Bash.

Players, with up to four players, must collect coins and stars on a mini board with 20 turns and minigames after a player touches a coin balloon.[3] The gameplay is very similar to Toad Scramble, except players navigate through smaller boards and are able to use designated Mario characters rather than a player Toad, and the main goal of the game is to collect the most Stars from Star Balloons that can appear in parts of the board. Players can earn Stars if they spend 10 coins on arrival with a Star Balloon. Star Balloons can come in twos or threes, and players can purchase multiple of them at once if they have the funds. When a Coin Duel is initiated, just as an Ally Duel for Toad Scramble, whichever player wins the Coin Duel earns coins.

Rhythm Recital

Rhythm Recital from Mario Party: Star Rush
Players in Rhythm Recital.

Up to four players can cooperate and play classic Mario tunes using the touchscreen. Each character has their own instrument.[3] Songs that are confirmed so far:

Challenge Tower

Challenge Tower from Mario Party: Star Rush
Luigi in Challenge Tower.

A single player game where a player climbs a tower with LED spaces on it.[9] Players need to pay attention to the color of the spaces as they ascend, while also avoiding Amps on their way up the tower.[2] Blue spaces are safe, yellow, red and purple spaces mean danger is on a neraby space. Black spaces are spaces not climbed on at the moment. X spaces means that space cannot be climbed on.[10] Players can also attempt to complete the 500-floor Master Tower, the hardest tower difficulty.[2]

Boo's Block Party

Boo's Block Party from Mario Party: Star Rush
Boo's Block Party.

A puzzle game that involves spinning sides of a number block to earn points. Points are earned when 3 or more sets of numbers match.[2] When players break enough blocks, the blocks get sent to the opponent's screen. The game ends when the blocks reach the top of the screen. In single-player mode, players can face off against Boo in an endless mode to compete for a high score.

Character Museum

Main article: Character Museum
Character Museum from Mario Party: Star Rush
Viewing Princess Peach in the Character Museum.

The character museum allows players to view characters collected in the game. The playable characters can be chosen as the hub character. amiibo options are also found here: when players use amiibo, they unlock stamps.[3][2]

Minigames

Players can play Free-For-All, Boss, Bowser, and Coinathlon minigames in this mode.[3]

Multiplayer

Players can use the Nintendo 3DS's Download and Local Play features to play with their friends.[3] The following table illustrates which features are available in each mode, leaving out Challenge Tower, as Challenge Tower is a single-player only game.[2]

Play modes
Mode Local Play Download Play
Toad Scramble Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Coinathlon Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Balloon Bash Check mark.svg Check mark.svg
Mario Shuffle Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Rhythm Recital Check mark.svg X mark.svg
Boo's Block Party Check mark.svg X mark.svg

However, new to the Mario Party handheld titles is the Mario Party: Star Rush - Party Guest feature.[11] Similar to Download Play, it enables up to four players to play the game with only one game cartridge, but it gives players who do not have a copy of Mario Party: Star Rush to play with modes that only Local Play users have access to. Players need to download the Mario Party: Star Rush - Party Guest app off the Nintendo eShop into an available SD card slot and then hook up with systems that have a copy of Mario Party: Star Rush to enjoy. Additionally, progress such as unlocked characters and minigames are saved, and if players buy a full Mario Party: Star Rush copy, they can transfer the data into the copy.

amiibo features

amiibo can be used in Mario Party: Star Rush for the benefit and bonuses of the player, with each game mode supporting the Super Mario line-up of amiibo figures as well as the Mario characters in the Super Smash Bros. line up of amiibo.[12] amiibo can be used to unlock locked characters as well. However, each mode has different effects for each amiibo when used on, as described in the following table.[13]

amiibo effects
Image Mode Effect
amiibo usage in Toad Scramble in Mario Party: Star Rush Toad Scramble The character on the figure becomes an ally first turn.[6] They are more powerful than characters encountered regularly during play. The amiibo character cannot be snatched from other players via Ally Duel, nor can they abandoned if the character roster gets full. They are the leader by default, but players can switch to Toads if they wish. The character also brings a special Dice Block with them. If Mario Party 10 data is saved on it, players receive a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Dice Block depending what is saved on the amiibo.
amiibo usage in Coinathlon in Mario Party: Star Rush Coinathlon Players can use the character on the figure as well as using two items instead of one.
amiibo usage in Balloon Bash in Mario Party: Star Rush Balloon Bash Players can use the character on the figure. The amiibo grants a special Dice Block at the start of the game. If Mario Party 10 data is saved on it, players receive a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Dice Block depending what is saved on the amiibo.
amiibo usage in Mario Shuffle in Mario Party: Star Rush Mario Shuffle The character joins the game as part of the player's team, giving the player a special Dice Block. Players cannot use more than one of the same character, however. If Mario Party 10 data is saved on it, players receive a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Dice Block depending what is saved on the amiibo. Tapping the Boo, Bowser, and Bowser Jr. amiibo allows players to use them.[6]
Rhythm Recital Tapping the Dr. Mario amiibo unlocks a new music track that can be played.
amiibo usage in Challenge Tower in Mario Party: Star Rush Challenge Tower The character on the amiibo continues the moment the player has failed. Players can use the same character only once per day, however.
Boo's Block Party Tapping the Boo amiibo causes Boo to appear in the background.
Character Museum Players can unlock stamps. Each character comes with a different stamp design.

Compatible amiibo

Characters

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Character select screen, with Mario Party 10 data being detected within an amiibo and thus rewarding the player.

The following characters confirmed via Nintendo's Treehouse Live stream at E3 2016[1] as well as Gamescon 2016 and the 9/1 Nintendo Direct.

Playable (Toad Scramble)

Other playable characters

These characters can be collected in Toad Scramble, but are the main playable characters in other modes. In addition to these characters, the Red Toad with a blue vest is also playable in other modes. The four unlockable characters, Toadette, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong are unlocked by playing through the game. However, if players have an amiibo of the character, they can unlock the character by tapping them in.

Mario Shuffle playable characters

In addition to the above playable characters, these characters are exclusively playable in the Mario Shuffle mode when players tap their amiibo in.[6]

Abilities and Dice Blocks

In Toad Scramble mode, each character has a unique ability and Dice Block.

Character Ability Dice Block Numbers
Sprite of Toad from Mario Party: Star Rush
Toads 		Recruits a friend. The Standard Dice Block from Mario Party: Star RushThe Standard Dice Block from Mario Party: Star RushThe Standard Dice Block from Mario Party: Star RushThe Standard Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Standard Dice Block[1] 		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sprite of Mario from Mario Party: Star Rush
Mario 		Stomps on Goombas in grass. The Super Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Super Dice Block[1] 		0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
Sprite of Luigi from Mario Party: Star Rush
Luigi 		Stomps on Goombas in grass. The Jumpy Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Jumpy Dice Block[1] 		1, 1, 1, 5, 6, 7
Sprite of Princess Peach from Mario Party: Star Rush
Princess Peach 		Causes flower buds to bloom. The Speedy Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Speedy Dice Block[1] 		0, 2, 4, 4, 4, 6
Sprite of Princess Daisy from Mario Party: Star Rush
Princess Daisy 		Causes flower buds to bloom. The Friendly Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Friendly Dice Block[1] 		3, 4, 5, ?, ?, ? (? = characters in party)
Sprite of Wario from Mario Party: Star Rush
Wario 		Smashes rocks that have hidden coins. File:DiceBlock-Wario.png - 1 coin, - 1 coin, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sprite of Waluigi from Mario Party: Star Rush character select screen.
Waluigi 		Smashes rocks that have hidden coins. File:DiceBlock-Waluigi.png
Risky Dice Block 		- 2 coins, - 2 coins, 6, 6, 6, 6
Sprite of Yoshi from Mario Party: Star Rush
Yoshi 		Loves fruit! The Flutter Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Flutter Dice Block[1] 		0, 1, 3, 5, 5, 7
Sprite of Toadette from Mario Party: Star Rush
Toadette 		Causes flower buds to bloom. File:DiceBlock-Toadette.png
Cutie Dice Block 		3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4
Sprite of Rosalina from Mario Party: Star Rush
Rosalina 		Mysteriously crushes glowing rocks. The Wondrous Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Wondrous Dice Block[1] 		5, 6, ?, ?, ?, ? (? = current rank)
Sprite of Donkey Kong from Mario Party: Star Rush
Donkey Kong 		Breaks barrels. The Brawny Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Brawny Dice Block[1] 		0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 10
Sprite of Diddy Kong from Mario Party: Star Rush
Diddy Kong 		Breaks barrels. The Triple 7 Dice Block from Mario Party: Star Rush
Triple 7 Dice Block 		0, 0, 0, 7, 7, 7

Bosses

Other

Board features

Boards

Mario Party: Star Rush features 15 boards, the most boards out of any Mario Party game in the series.[6] The names of the boards are based off levels in various Mario platformers.

Items

Item Function
Dash Mushroom from Mario Party: Star Rush
Dash Mushroom 		Adds +3 to your roll, which lets you move an extra three spaces.
Golden Dash Mushroom from Mario Party: Star Rush
Golden Dash Mushroom 		Adds +5 to your roll, which lets you move an extra five spaces.
Poison Mushroom from Mario Party: Star Rush
Poison Mushroom 		Subtracts -2 from a rival's Dice Block roll.
Warp Box from Mario Party: Star Rush
Warp Box 		Warps you to the location of a rival.
File:MPSRItem -Duel Glove.png
Duel Glove 		Lets you select a rival to challenge to an Ally Duel.

Minigames

Free-for-All

There will be 26 Free-for-All minigames.[25]

Boss Battle

There's 12 Boss Battles.

Coin Chaos[36]

There's 12 Coin Chaos minigames.

Bowser's Gauntlet[36]

There will be 3 Bowser's Gauntlet minigames.

Gallery

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Staff

Main article: List of Mario Party: Star Rush staff

Names in other languages

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External links

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