Mario Party 5 is the fifth installment in the Mario Party series and the second for the Nintendo GameCube. The most notable change in this game is that the shopping system was replaced with the new Capsule system.
In the game's Story Mode, a playable character has to face Bowser and the Koopa Kids (known as Mini Bowser in PAL regions) throughout every stage. Eventually, the character will face Bowser one-on-one.
The game is notable for featuring places and characters that appeared in or resembled places and characters from Paper Mario. The most prominent of these is the Star Spirits.
From the Mario Party 5 Instruction booklet:
In the night sky, past the moon and beyond the stars, there's a dream world known as Dream Depot, where everyone's dreams come together. This is the real land of dreams... In this land, there are Star Guards who protect the dreams of everyone.
One dreamy night, the Star Guards thought of something.
"Many dreams arrive here at Dream Depot every day," they said, "so... why don't we offer those with the power of dreaming a chance to visit?"
Eventually, they decided to invite Mario and his closest friends because, when it comes to dreamers, nobody dreams bigger than they do!
The Star Guards prepared for their guests' arrival by creating many fun-filled games for them to play. And that is how this adventure for Mario and his friends both old and new began!
In Story Mode, Bowser and Koopa Kid are planning to ruin everyone's dreams, and players must stop Bowser from taking over said dreams. If players clear the five boards, they must face the Koopa Kids in Bowser Nightmare, and if they beat that board, they fight Bowser in Frightmare.
[edit] Playable Characters
The ten playable characters alongside
Eldstar.
Returning Playable Characters
New Playable Characters
The
Mario Party 5 website spoofed the
United States presidential campaigns.
[edit] New Features
This installment to the Mario Party series comes with new mini-games, characters, and maps. Toad, Boo, and Koopa Kid are now playable characters, as is Donkey Kong in Super Duel Mode once the player unlocks him. In Party Mode, he is on Donkey Kong spaces and either gives the players coins or stars, or starts a Donkey Kong mini-game which involve collecting bananas for a predetermined amount of coins.
The game is also significant for being the second in the series to introduce 3D game boards. Previous titles, all except for Mario Party 4, utilized pre-rendered backgrounds, which are static and limited in their presentation. As a result, all subsequent Mario Party titles, with the exception of Mario Party Advance on the Game Boy Advance, have employed 3D backgrounds allowing for much more dynamic fields of play.
Mario Party 5 has a few new features. First off, in Story Mode, all the Koopa Kids move at the same time, quickening game play. The point of single player mode is to deplete all of the Koopa Kids' coins by beating them in mini-games.
It also features two whole new modes: Bonus Mode, and Super Duel Mode. In Bonus Mode, players could choose one of three bonus games: Beach Volleyball, Ice Hockey, and Card Party.
[edit] Super Duel Mode
The stats for an assembled vehicle.
In Super Duel Mode, one buys vehicle parts using points received by playing mini-games and builds a battle vehicle to use in different tournaments or against friends. To unlock all the different parts, one must play all the tournaments and beat certain opponents. There are a total of 44 different parts that can be used to customize a vehicle. The last two, Bob-omb Wall and Bowser Punch, are unlocked after all other parts are purchased. There are five symbols that indicate different aspects of the vehicle's ability:
- Red Heart: Health
- Green Steering Wheel: Handling
- White Boxing Glove: Power
- Blue Vehicle Icon: Top Speed
- Yellow Vehicle Icon: Acceleration
After the player has made the vehicle, there are various options to improve the vehicle:
| Icon |
What the Icon Means |
Effect
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| Wrench |
Make improvements |
Trade the parts of the vehicle
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| Eye |
Have a Look |
See the details of the vehicle
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| Trash Can |
Delete |
Throw away the selected vehicle
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[edit] Vehicle Parts
The following is a list of all the parts the player can use:
- Body Types
| Name
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Picture
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Description
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Cost (coins)
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| Mushroom Body
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A standard body with standard abilities.
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0
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| Star Body
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A speedy body that's light and inexpensive.
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5
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| Heart Body
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A cute, heart-shaped body that's very durable.
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5
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| Choo-Choo Body
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An engine built for speed that's quite strong and durable.
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5
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| Egg Body
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A body made of shells from Yoshi's eggs with increased defensive and offensive abilities.
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7
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| Spiny Body
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A slow, spine-covered body that increases offensive abilities.
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7
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| Lakitu Cloud Body
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A fast body made of clouds with poor defensive abilities.
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10
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| Boo Body
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A fast body with low defensive abilities that's visible only to radar.
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10
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| DK Body
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A slow body made of barrels that increases defensive and offensive abilities.
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15
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| E. Gadd Body
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A hi-tech body that's very high-balanced, designed by the professor.
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15
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| Skolar Body
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A body with mostly average abilities that takes less damage from bombs and vehicle attacks.
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20
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- Tires
| Name
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Picture
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Description
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Cost (coins)
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| Mushroom Tires
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Normal tires that are great for learning.
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0
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| Star Tires
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Fast tires with poor control.
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5
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| Wiggler Tires
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Very slow tires with good control.
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5
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| Goomba Tires
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Quick tires with very quick acceleration.
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5
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| Spiny Tires
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Slower tires with great traction and decent acceleration.
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7
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| Choo-Choo Tires
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Superfast tires with super poor control.
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7
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| Super Wiggler Tires
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Very slow tires with great traction.
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10
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| Lakitu Cloud
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A cloud that hovers. It's very efficient on all terrain.
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10
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| DK Tires
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Tires made of barrels. They handle differently with each battle.
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15
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| E. Gadd Jet
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A hi-tech jet with perfect speed and handling designed by the professor.
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15
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| Skolar Tires
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Tires handmade by Skolar that are simple and balanced, even on slick surfaces.
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20
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- Engines
| Name
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Picture
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Description
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Cost (coins)
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| Mushroom Engine
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A normal engine that's great for learning.
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0
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| Star Engine
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A speedy engine with poor control.
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5
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| Wiggler Engine
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An engine that's not very fast but is easy to control.
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5
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| Goomba Engine
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An engine that's a little speedy and has decent acceleration.
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5
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| Ztar Engine
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A slow engine that's easy to control and has excellent acceleration.
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7
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| Choo-Choo Engine
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A superfast engine with super poor control.
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7
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| Super Wiggler Engine
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An easy-to-handle engine that's slow.
|
10
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| Goomba-Trio Engine
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An engine with great acceleration, some extra power, and really poor control.
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10
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| DK Engine
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An odd, banana-shaped engine that performs differently with each battle.
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15
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| E. Gadd Engine
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A hi-tech engine with great speed and control, designed by the professor.
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15
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| Skolar Engine
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An engine with well-balanced speed and control, handmade by Skolar.
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20
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- Weapons
| Name
|
Picture
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Description
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Cost (coins)
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| Mushroom Gun
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A normal gun that's good to learn with.
|
0
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| Seed Machine Gun
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A lightweight watermelon-shaped gun with weak rapid-fire abilities.
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5
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| Bob-omb Cannon
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A time-delayed, Bob-omb-firing cannon that's powerful and heavy.
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5
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| Bullet Bill Gun
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A gun with average firepower that shoots opponent-seeking Bullet Bills.
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7
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| Pokey Tower Gun
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A gun with two diagonally-moving bullets and average firepower.
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7
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| Piranha Plant
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A powerful and far-reaching gun with bullets fired from a Piranha Plant.
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7
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| Bowser Breath
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An effective Bowser-shaped flamethrower with a short range
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10
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| Mr. I Laser
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A lightweight laser with average firepower that's fired from his eye.
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10
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| DK Gun
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A banana-shaped gun that's very heavy and the most powerful of all.
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15
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| E. Gadd Cannon
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A well-balanced cannon, designed by the professor, with opponent-seeking missiles.
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15
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| Skolar Gun
|
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A good overall weapon, handmade by Skolar. Press the button to shoot and release it to detonate.
|
20
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| Bowser Punch
|
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A very effective prototype that fires short-ranged Bowser punches!
|
30
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| Bob-omb Wall
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A specialty weapon that drops a wall of bombs and increases speed.
|
30
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[edit] Super Duel Battles
The player can choose the battle from the garage menu, but only Battle Competition on easy and normal are available at the start. In order to unlock the rest, the player must complete each game as it opens on the normal or hard level. If the player loses any game, the tournament ends and the player receives no trophies.
In all competitions, there are obstacles, such as stationary Spiny Shells or Bob-ombs that detonate within a certain amount of time or upon contact. The size of an obstacle mirrors the damage it can do. Warp Pipes simply block vehicles. Mushrooms occasionally appear along the course and grant the vehicle better speed and control for a certain amount of time when collided with, as well as Poison Mushrooms, which hinder speed and control.
Terrain can vary when battling a CPU or a human player in a arena called Random Ruckus. Dirt and grass are present and do no special effects. Metal and ice make the vehicles harder to control. Lava damages and pushes away the vehicle. However, if a vehicle is equipped with Lakitu Cloud or E. Gadd Jet tires, the vehicle is not get affected by any sort of terrain.
- Battle Competition
The goal of this 90 second game is to eliminate the opponent. If nobody wins, the battle ends. The player must fire the weapon with B at the other player and keep moving to avoid opposing attacks and obstacles.
- Flag Competition
In this game, the object is to collect three flags before the opposing player does. This is also a 90 second game; the game ends if nobody collects three flags. Although hitting the opposing player slows him or her down, attacking the opposing member is not the goal of the game.
- Robo-Rabbit Competition
This time the goal is to wipe out three Robo-Rabbits before the opposing player does within the time limit of one minute and thirty seconds. Again, the player can shoot and slow down the opposing member. The Robo-Rabbits are very fast and can tunnel underground.
[edit] Story Mode
In Story Mode, the player will go on five boards facing the three Koopa Kids. The boards are much smaller boards then in Party Mode. When a player passes/lands on a Koopa Kid, they will duel them; losing costs them 5 coins while winning costs the Koopa Kid 15 coins. When the Koopa Kid passes/lands on the player, they will duel them; losing costs them 5 coins while winning costs the player 10 coins.
There is a VS Space; if there are three Koopa Kids, then this will cause a 1 vs. 3 game. Two will cause a 2 vs. 2 game (with Toad as the player's partner). One causes a duel.
When a player loses all their Coins, they are eliminated from the board. The main objective is to eliminate all three of the Koopa Kid's before they eliminate the player. After all five boards, the player faces Bowser in Frightmare.
[edit] Boards
[edit] Capsules
The items in Mario Party 5 are called capsules. They are procured by passing by Capsule Dispensers. For players to utilise a capsule, it may be thrown at a space on the board. The space can be up to ten spaces in front of the space the player currently is standing on. Another way for players to use their capsules is by directly using them on themselves. If players chose to do so, they must pay a fee. The fee depends on the capsule the player wants to use. Below is a list of all twenty-eight capsules found in Mario Party 5, and a description describing their effects.
| Item
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Description
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Fee
|
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Bubble Capsule
|
When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will be forced to move ten spaces forward. During this, the player will lose all of their capsules.
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Ten Coins.
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Cursed Mushroom Capsule
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When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will only be able to roll numbers one to three on the Dice Block.
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Five Coins.
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Klepto Capsule
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When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will be taken to another player's space. The space is chosen at random.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Mushroom Capsule
|
When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will be able to roll two Dice Blocks. The sum of the two digits rolled will be added up, resulting in the amount of steps that player may move. If the digits match (e.g., two threes), the player will receive ten Coins.
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Five Coins.
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Super Mushroom Capsule
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When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will be able to Roll three Dice Blocks. The sum of the three digits rolled will be added up, which results in the amount of steps that the player may move. Should the digits match (e.g., three nines), then the player will obtain thirty Coins.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Warp Pipe Capsule
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When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will warp with another player. The player to be warped will be chosen randomly.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Wiggler Capsule
|
When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will be taken directly to the Star Space; however, the player still has to pay the normal price of twenty Coins to purchase the Power Star.
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Twenty Coins.
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Bob-omb Capsule
|
When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will lose twenty Coins. For this capsule's effect to be initiated, the space it is tossed onto must be passed or landed on three times.
|
Free.
|
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Bullet Bill Capsule
|
When a player is effected by this capsule, the effected player will be able to steal thirty Coins from any opponent the player passes on their next roll.
|
Five Coins.
|
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Coin Block Capsule
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When a player initiates this capsule, the player will receive ten Coins from a Coin Block.
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Five Coins.
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Goomba Capsule
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When a player initiates this capsule, the player will switch Coins with another player. The other player is chosen at random.
|
Five Coins.
|
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Hammer Bro. Capsule
|
When a player initiates this capsule, the player will lose ten Coins.
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Five Coins.
|
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Koopa Bank Capsule
|
When a player throws this capsule at a space, that space will become a Bank Space. If the player uses it on themselves, they will acquire all previously deposited Coins in the bank.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Paratroopa Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates this capsule, the player will have to roll a Dice Block. The opponents will then lose the same amount of Coins as the number which the dice shows.
|
Ten Coins.
|
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Piranha Plant Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates this capsule, the player will lose half of their Coins (this also includes any eventual remainder).
|
Five Coins.
|
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Spiny Capsule
|
When a player initiates this capsule, the player gets to steal ten Coins from another player. The other player is chosen at random.
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Five Coins.
|
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Kamek Capsule
|
When a player initiates this capsule, all players' capsules are shuffled around by Kamek.
|
Ten Coins.
|
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Lakitu Capsule
|
When a player initiates this capsule, the player gets to chose an opponent. The chosen opponent will then have one of their capsules stolen, and the stolen capsule will be given to the player who initiated the capsule.
|
Ten Coins.
|
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Magikoopa Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates this capsule, the player will swap their capsules with another player's capsules. The other player is chosen at random.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Mr. Blizzard Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates this capsule, the player will lose all of their capsules.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Ukiki Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates this capsule, the player will chose another player at random. The chosen player will then lose all of their capsules. The lost capsules will then be thrown at random spaces on the board.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Bone Capsule
|
When a player is attacked by a Chain-Chomp, this capsule will activate automatically. When it is active, it will protect the player possessing it from Chain-Chomp. This capsule cannot be used on a player; it will only be discarded.
|
N/A
|
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Chain Chomp Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates the effects of this capsule, the effected player will be able to steal Power Stars or Coins from a selected player for a fee. The fee depends on the service.
|
Fifteen Coins.
|
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Chance Capsule
|
When tossed on a space, a Chance Time Space will appear. If used on a player, Chance Time will occur.
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Twenty Coins.
|
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Duel Capsule
|
When tossed on a space, a Duel Space will appear. If used on a player, a duel will occur.
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Ten Coins.
|
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Miracle Capsule
|
Unlike all other capsules, this capsule can neither be used directly on a player, nor be tossed on a space (although it can be discarded if a player wants to). When a player carries three Miracle Capsules, the three capsules will be activated automatically. When it is activated, all Power Stars that the player in first has goes to the player in last.
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N/A
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Tweester Capsule
|
Whenever a player initiates this capsule, the Star Space will be moved to another location.
|
Fifteen Coins.
|
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Bowser Capsule
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Whenever a player procures this capsule, Bowser will appear. He will then throw it at a random space. That space will then become a Bowser Space.
|
N/A
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[edit] Minigames
- Main article: List of minigames in Mario Party 5
The music in Mario Party 5 was composed by Aya Tanaka. It is somewhat significantly different from the other Mario Party games — including its sequels — in that the music sounds sophisticated and (despite being synthesized as in all Mario Party games) has the illusion of being played by a professional symphony orchestra. This may be caused by the use of sounds that sound like true instruments, especially the harpsichord. This apparently didn't catch on, however, as Aya Tanaka has not composed any other Mario Party game, and Mario Party 6 and Mario Party 7 returned to the style of Mario Party 4.
- Main article: List of Mario Party 5 staff
[edit] Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Party 5.
[edit] Trivia
- The capsule depicting a Toady is incorrectly labeled as "Magikoopa Capsule". Later Mario Party games correctly labeled it as "Toady Orb".
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