Mario Party 10
Mario Party 10 is a game for the Wii U. It is the tenth home console installment in the Mario Party series, and features many reused gameplay elements from its predecessor. The game features a standard Party Mode (similar in gameplay to the Party Mode from Mario Party 9), and a new mode called Bowser Party, in which one player controls Bowser using the GamePad, and exclusive minigames can be played. Mini Stars return in normal party, as well as vehicles in all modes. The game is also compatible with amiibo.[1]
Gameplay
Mario Party 10 offers three basic modes of play: Mario Party, Bowser Party, and amiibo Party each with their own unique styles of play.
Mario Party
Mario Party is the gameplay similar to Mario Party 9, where the characters have to get to the end of the path with the most Mini Stars. Characters move around in vehicles taking turns being the "captain", or rolling the dice. The Mini Stars are thus returning from Mario Party 9. There will be some obstacles on the path, like a Whomp blocking it, like in Perilous Palace Path from Mario Party: Island Tour. Also, item shops return, this time in the form of Toad Houses. All players are required to use Wii Remotes, as the Wii U GamePad is incompatible with this game mode.
Free Play
A mode to play minigames.
Coin Challenge
Four characters play minigames and win coins according to their place in the minigames. After 7 minigames, the character with the most coins is announced as the winner.[2]
Bowser Party
Bowser Party is a new mode of gameplay featuring Bowser. There will be five players instead of four. Up to four players control Mario and his friends with Wii Remotes, with the fifth player playing against them by using the GamePad to control Bowser. Mini Stars are replaced by Hearts. The goal of Bowser is to deplete all the other players hearts, whilst the goal of the other players is to make it to the end of the course with at least one heart between them. Bowser rolls multiple dice, corresponding to the number of other players available. If Bowser catches up to the other players, he forces them to play a randomly selected "Bowser Minigame", where hearts are lost if the players are attacked. If all of the hearts from all four players should be completely depleted, Bowser wins.
amiibo Party
Another new mode is the amiibo Party[3]; players can scan in any amiibo based on a playable character and play on small boards designed for that character with up to three other amiibo figurines. Computer players are represented by cardboard cutouts instead of amiibo. It is similar to the Mario Party playstyle prior to Mario Party 9.
amiibo Bonus
The player gets surprises once a day when using an amiibo.[4]
Bonus Games
Badminton Bash
Jewel Drop
Bowser Jr. minigames
The player can play the two Bowser Jr. minigames: Bowser Jr.'s Clobber Cage and Bowser Jr.'s Bonk Bash.
Minigame Tournament
A tournament by rounds where eight characters participate. Each round is a minigame, and characters who remain 1st and 2nd in the minigames make it to the next round.[5]
Bowser Challenge
The player, as Bowser, has to play all ten Bowser minigames, trying to take the highest quantity of hearts. After ending the minigames, Bowser Jr. qualifies Bowser.[6]
Toad's Room
Toad's Room is an extra mode, featuring a shop, a photo booth and a challenges mode.[7]
Shop
Players can buy characters, master difficulty for the COM, vehicles for the boards, music, and models of characters and backgrounds to use them on the Photo Booth.
Challenge List
Players see the challenges completed and yet uncompleted.[8] [9]
Photo Booth
Players can take photos with the models of characters and backgrounds bought on the shop.
Music
Players can listen to the songs bought on the shop.
Staff credits
Miiverse
Characters
A total of 13 playable characters are playable in Mario Party 10. Of these characters, 3 (Rosalina, Bowser, and Spike) are fully playable for the first time in the series (although Bowser is not playable in the Mario Party mode, instead acting as a NPC), and 2 (Toadette and Spike) are unlockable through the Shop in Toad's Room. Also, Donkey Kong makes his first full playable appearance in the series since Mario Party 4.
Playable characters
| Mario | Luigi | Peach | Toad | Yoshi | |
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| The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario never hesitates to jump into action – especially when there’s a party happening! | He may have spent his fair share of time in his brother Mario’s shadow, but Luigi’s never one to shy from the shining spotlight. | This regal ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom always throws her crown into the ring when Mini-Stars are at stake! | Loyal, lovable, lively: Toad’s list of qualities is longer than he is tall, and he’ll use every one of his abilities to come out on top. | The green gobbler has attended every Mario Party to date, and Flutter Jumps back into the fun this time around. | |
| Wario | Waluigi | Daisy | Rosalina* | Donkey Kong** | |
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| Driven by a greed for all things shiny and valuable, Wario can’t wait to get his hands on more Mini-Stars and Coins. | Wild of moustache and every bit as devious as his accomplice Wario, the purple-garbed Waluigi returns for more mischief. | Never one to turn down an invitation, this Sarasaland princess’s tomboyish streak stands her in good stead for the hustle and bustle of Mario Party. | With all her experience in the Comet Observatory, Rosalina’s sure to have her eye on those Mini-Stars in her Mario Party debut. | He’s finally back to kick some tail! After a break on the sidelines, the swinging king of the jungle is rolling out the barrel as a playable character once again. | |
| Toadette** | Spike* | Bowser* | |||
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| Unlockable character This character must be bought in Toad's Room with 600 Mario Party Points. |
Unlockable character This character must be bought in Toad's Room with 600 Mario Party Points. |
The big, bruising king of the Koopas makes his playable Mario Party debut, wreaking havoc on Team Mario in the brand new Bowser Party mode! | |||
| *Newcomer **Returning cut veteran Note: Bowser is playable by the GamePad player in the Bowser Party, Bowser Challenge, and amiibo Party modes only. | |||||
amiibo Party
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Rosalina |
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Donkey Kong |
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Bowser* |
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| *Use of the Bowser amiibo will cause his minigames to be played instead of the normal minigames. Bowser Spaces also will not cause negative effects on this amiibo. Note: Use of the golden edition Mario amiibo will turn the Mario figure that appears on the board into Gold Mario, although he is not present in the minigames. | |||||
Bosses
- Mega Goomba
- Petey Piranha
- Mega Sledge Bro[10]
- King Boo
- Mega Cheep Chomp[10]
- Mega Blooper[11]
- Mega Monty Mole[10]
- Kamek[12]
- Mega Mechakoopa [10]
- Bowser/Dry Bowser[10]
Other
- Amps
- Ball 'n' Chains
- Banzai Bills
- Bees
- Big Amps
- Big Cheep Cheeps
- Big Fuzzies
- Big Urchins
- Bloopers
- Bob-ombs
- Bomps[10]
- Boos
- Bowser Jr. - Runs the Bowser Jr. Space. May also occasionally appear to give Bowser extra dice blocks in Bowser Party.[13]
- Bullet Bills[14]
- Cheep Cheeps
- Clampies
- Charvaarghs[13]
- Dragoneel[3]
- Dry Bones[15]
- Fish Bones[16]
- Flipruses[10]
- Foos[10]
- Fuzzies
- Galoombas[17]
- Goombas
- Goombrats[18]
- Golden Piranha Plants
- Gold Cheep Cheeps
- Grrrols[10]
- Hammer Bros.[10]
- Huckit Crabs
- Jumbo Rays[13]
- King Boo
- Koopa Troopas
- Nabbit[19] - Will steal Bowser a dice block in Bowser Party when a player falls in the -1 dice block space.
- Peepas[3]
- Piranha Plants[13]
- Podoboos[3]
- Rocket Engines
- Shy Guys
- Skull Boxes[10]
- Skewers
- Swoopers
- Toads
- Torpedo Teds[10]
- Urchins[20]
- Waddlewings[21]
- Whomp - Blocks the way and must be battled with dice blocks.
Boards
Main boards
| Name | Image | Description | Bosses |
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| Mushroom Park[22] | 
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An amusement park board with Peach's Castle and several attractions. It resembles Yoshi Park from Mario Super Sluggers. | The miniboss is Mega Goomba[23] and the final boss is Petey Piranha. [24] |
| Haunted Trail[22] | 
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A haunted board with different areas based on a graveyard, haunted woods, and swamp.[25] | The miniboss is Mega Sledge Bro[26] and the final boss is King Boo. |
| Whimsical Waters[22] | 
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A lagoon-based board that has varying levels of depth underwater.[3] | The miniboss is Mega Cheep Chomp and the final boss is Mega Blooper. [27] |
| Airship Central[22] | 
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A cloud board where players try to take down airships. It resembles Meringue Clouds from New Super Mario Bros. U.[28] | The miniboss is Mega Monty Mole and the final boss is Kamek. |
| Chaos Castle[22] | 
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A board based upon Bowser's Castle.[3] | The miniboss is Mega Mechakoopa and the final boss is Bowser/Dry Bowser. |
amiibo Boards[29]
- Rosalina Board JP Website.jpg
- Wario Board JP Website.jpg
- Donkey Kong Board JP Website.jpg
Spaces
- Dice Space - Gives the player a random Dice Block.
- Green Space - Does nothing.
- Event Space - Causes an event.
- Lucky Space - Starts a beneficial event that helps the player.
- Unlucky Space - Starts an event that harms the player.
- Minigame Space - Starts a minigame.
- Bowser Jr. Space - Spins a roulette, which acts similar when the player lands on a Bowser Space.
- Bowser Space - Spins a roulette that causes havoc to the player. They only appear if the player frees Bowser.
- Boss Battle Space - Start a boss battle minigame.
- Back Space - Makes the player go backwards.
- Dash Space - Makes the player roll again.
- Shuffle Space - Shuffles the turn order.
Board-exclusive spaces
- Boo Emblem Space
Bowser Party only
- +Health Space - Adds hearts to the player's health.
- +1 dice block for Bowser - Bowser Jr. appears and gives Bowser one extra dice block.
- -1 dice block for Bowser - Nabbit appears and steals one dice block from Bowser. These are very rare spaces, as they only appear in Whimsical Waters and Chaos Castle, and only four exist in the entire game (three in Whimsical Waters, and one in Chaos Castle).
amiibo Party[30]
- Blue Space - Gives the player coins.
- Red Space - Takes coins from the player.
- Warp Pipe Space - Warps the player to another Warp Pipe Space.
- Bowser Space - Causes Bowser to spin a roulette and cause trouble to the player.
- Star Space - Allows the player to buy a Star/Stars.
- Event Space - Triggers a board-exclusive event.
- Dice Block Space - Gives the player a special dice block.
Minigames
- Main article: List of Mario Party 10 minigames
Items
Dice Blocks
- 0-1 Dice Block
- 1-2-3 Dice Block
- 1-2-3 Slow Dice Block
- 4-5-6 Dice Block
- Dice Block
- Double Dice Block
- Negative Dice Block
- Slow Dice Block
Other/Mode-Exclusive Items
Tokens
In amiibo Party, tokens can be used. The player can save them to their amiibo to use in another party. There are also tokens with a picture of the character, which changes a part of the board to the person on the token.
Gallery
- WiiU MarioParty10 pkg.jpg
North American box art
The first/beta logo (shown at E3 2014)
The second/final official logo
Key character artwork
Beta elements
During the Nintendo Treehouse Event at E3 2014, it was claimed that Nabbit would appear to give Bowser extra dice blocks during Bowser Party. However, this was likely a beta element, as only Bowser Jr. gives Bowser extra dice, and Nabbit appears to take Dice Blocks away from Bowser. Also in the E3 demo of Mario Party 10, the characters used Mario Party 9 winning and losing animations.
References to other games
- Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong's sprite form from this game appears on his amiibo board.
- Super Mario Bros.: In the amusement park board, sprites of Goombas and Koopa Troopas from this game appear as merry-go-round carriages. Additionally, Mario's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Super Mario Bros. ground theme and Peach's sprite from this game appears in her amiibo board.
- Super Mario Bros. 3: Toad's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Toad House music from this game.
- Wario Land series: The right half of the Wario amiibo board displays many elements from the Wario Land series, such as Wario's hard hat and the Wario Car. Also, Wario's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Stonecarving City music from Wario Land: Shake It!.
- Donkey Kong Country series: Various elements from the series appear on Donkey Kong's amiibo board, including a Barrel Cannon, bananas, and a Mine Cart and rails. Also, Donkey Kong's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Jungle Hijinxs music from Donkey Kong Country. The sprite form of Donkey Kong is based on its cameo in Donkey Kong Country Returns, though it now lacks the Wii Remote it held in that game.
- Super Mario 64: Peach's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Peach's Castle music from this game, and Bowser's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Bowser's Road music from this game.
- Yoshi's Story: Yoshi's amiibo Party theme is a remix of music originating from this game.
- WarioWare series: The left half of the Wario amiibo board features many elements from the WarioWare series, such as Wario's biker helmet and the Wario Bike.
- Luigi's Mansion: Luigi's amiibo Party theme is a remix of this game's main theme.
- New Super Mario Bros. series: The fortresses and castles on the boards are based on their appearance in the games from this series. Stone-heads and Nabbit return from New Super Mario Bros. U, the former in the minigame Fruit Scoot Scurry and the latter as an ally to Team Mario in Bowser Party. The airship design from this game also appears in the sky board. In the minigame Bowser's Tank Terror, Bowser falls in the lava which makes him reduced into Dry Bowser, resembles how he fell in the lava and reduced into his skeletal version in World 1-Castle of the first game of New Super Mario Bros. series.
- Mario Party 8: Donkey Kong's artwork is taken from this game.
- Super Mario Galaxy: Rosalina's amiibo board features several elements from this game and its sequel, including a Launch Star, Lumas, the red Starshroom, Star Bits, and several planetoids. Also the entrance portals to any boss resemble black holes from this game. Additionally, Rosalina's amiibo Party theme is a remix of the Comet Observatory theme.
- Mario Kart 7: Daisy's artwork is taken from this game.
- Mario Party 9: The core gameplay mechanics in this game: Mini Stars and Mini Ztars, travelling around in a car, and fighting minibosses and bosses at the middle and end of the board return.
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon: The Luigi amiibo board appears based on this game, having a model of the Gloomy Manor and a sign with a Greenie on it on the board.
- Super Mario 3D World: Many of the Bowser minigames are placed in World Bowser, Clear Pipes appear in a special minigame mode.[31]
Trivia
- Mario Party 10 is the first game in the Mario Party series to be given a 7+ age rating by PEGI as opposed to a 3+ rating, although this game was provisionally rated 3+ when announced at E3 2014.
- Mario Party 10 is the first game in the Mario Party series since Mario Party 4 to feature Donkey Kong as a major playable character, and the first since Mario Party 5 to feature Donkey Kong as a playable character at all (with him being playable exclusively in the Super Duel Mode of Mario Party 5).
- It is also the first game since Mario Party 4 to feature Bowser as a playable character, even though Bowser was only playable in the Beach Volley Folley minigame.
- While Rosalina's former voice actress, Kerri Kane, was listed in the voice credits (misspelled as Kerry Kane), this was a mistake, as she did not provide the clips used in Mario Party 10.[32]
- Birdo is the only playable Mario Party 9 character to not appear in this game.
- Mario Party 10 is the second game in the Mario Party series to use Dice Blocks in the event of a tie in minigames, the first being Mario Party: Island Tour.
External links
References
- ^ http://e3.nintendo.com/amiibo/
- ^ https://youtu.be/j-OY7zLCRuQ?t=45m55s
- ^ a b c d e f https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L69Z39bgdU4
- ^ https://youtu.be/SaDczHuIWh4?t=1h21m17s
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCKabmUiQWQ
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpGtunBEOv0
- ^ http://marioparty10.com/#overview-highlights
- ^ http://youtu.be/kKapqtmoC5w?t=7m55s
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=790877590986977
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/abaj/index.html
- ^ [http://nintendoeverything.com/scans-roundup-bravely-second-mario-party-10-mario-vs-donkey-kong-more/ "Scans Roundup." Nintendo Everything. Retrieved 13 April, 2015.
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.jp/任天堂-マリオパーティ10/dp/B00S66U7YE
- ^ a b c d Mario Party 10 - Overview Trailer (Japanese). Posted to YouTube by GameXplain on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57BLaja-dP8
- ^ http://mariopartylegacy.com/2015/01/lots-of-new-screens-for-upcoming-mario-titles/
- ^ http://mariopartylegacy.com/2015/01/new-board-revealed-for-mario-party-10/
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.jp/任天堂-マリオパーティ10/dp/B00S66U7YE
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.jp/任天堂-マリオパーティ10/dp/B00S66U7YE
- ^ https://youtu.be/vIsts77M1Xw?t=40m33s
- ^ http://mariopartylegacy.com/2015/02/three-new-minigames-revealed-for-mario-party-10/
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c d e "Talking about the boards, there are five in total and that are two less than the previous entry. You have your standard grass land in Mushroom Park, a spooky environment with Haunted Trail, an underwater world called Whimsical Waters, a sky high experience with Airship Central and your lava finale in the Chaos Castle." Daan Koopman (February 26, 2015). Hands-on Preview: The Trails and Tribulations of Mario Party 10. Nintendo Force Magazine. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvjbm6xBDw&index=1&list=PLclj7cdNufow4rBYUMUz1Rfp5GkuLu4pG
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlcJuo9oBrU
- ^ http://mariopartylegacy.com/2015/01/new-board-revealed-for-mario-party-10/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llPpSuFfWrI
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJlJ-bMsm0
- ^ http://mariopartylegacy.com/2014/06/new-mario-party-10-footage-new-board-revelead/
- ^ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/abaj/party/amiibo.html
- ^ Koczwara, Michael (February 20, 2015). Over 30 Minutes of Footage of Mario Party 10. Mario Party Legacy. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ http://youtu.be/kKapqtmoC5w?t=16m4s
- ^ While the credits of Mario Party 10 listed "Kerry[sic] Kane" as providing vocal work for the game, in an email, Kerri Kane explained that it was not in fact her work: "I do know it’s not me in this game however, as when I recorded for Miss Rosalina my script contained mostly "sounds" Like when you throw an object or when you are hit by one. Lots of Hoo's and Ha's, Yeahs and Yahs, things like that, some Alrights. I think the only long [...] sentence I recorded was something like "Hmmm, Not bad" So again a sound, but with a couple words. My script didn’t have a "Here I go" or the "Let's go" that I hear from Rosalina in MP10." (March 17, 2015)
