Block Star (Mario Party series)

Template:Minigame-infobox Block Star is a Rare minigame in Mario Party 6, a Puzzle minigame in Mario Party DS, a Special minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100, and a Sports & Puzzles minigame in Mario Party Superstars. Its name is a pun on "rock star."

Introduction

The minigame starts with four rows of blocks rising from the bottom.

Gameplay

Block Star's gameplay is similar to that of Tetris Attack. A stack of blocks rises from the bottom of the screen, and the player must make five or more blocks of the same color touch to clear them. In order to clear each level, the player must clear all of the blocks with stars on them in each level. If a stack of blocks gets too high (past the lowest bar of the gate, which is indicated by a red line in Superstars), the timer drains more quickly. The game ends if the timer reaches zero. The player can add fifteen seconds to their time by matching blocks with a clock on them. This minigame is one of the three single-player minigames in Mario Party 6 and is unique in this category in having a two-player mode. In the Mario Party DS version, a Mario Party Point is earned for every ten points earned in the game.

In the multiplayer version of this minigame, both players have a five-second time limit. The timer does not start counting down until the stack gets too high; the players must keep the stack below the lowest bar of the gate to keep the timer from counting down. The player who still has time left is the winner. There are blocks with up- and down-facing arrows. Matching blocks with up-facing arrows causes a row of Brick Blocks to appear at the bottom of the opponent's stack, while matching blocks with down-facing arrows causes three Brick Blocks to appear on top of the opponent's stack. In The Top 100 and Superstars, the effects are reversed, and only one Brick Block will appear on the top if an up-facing arrow block is matched. Brick Blocks can be cleared by making a match adjacent to them, or by touching them. In both modes, the music speeds up if a player's stack is too high.

Ending

In single-player mode, the gate closes once time runs out. The player does their winning pose if they got a new record; otherwise, they do their losing pose. In multiplayer mode, the losing player's gate closes (both gates close in The Top 100 and Superstars). The players then do their winning and losing poses.

Controls

Mario Party 6

or – Move the cursor
Press and hold – Carry block
Release – Drop block
– Raise stack

Mario Party DS

– Move hand
– Send piece to top of the stack
– Lift stack

Mario Party: The Top 100

: Move cursor
Hold : Carry block
Release : Place block on top
: Move block up

Mario Party Superstars

– Move Cursor
jc-right – Send Block Up
+ jc-right – Carry Block
jc-bottom – Raise Blocks