Mario Party: Star Rush is a game for the
Nintendo 3DS. It is the second
Mario Party game released for the system after
Mario Party: Island Tour, and the fifteenth game overall (twenty-second if arcade games are counted). 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. This concept is retained in
Mario Party: The Top 100, in the Minigame Match mode. The game is compatible with
amiibo, which have various different uses depending on the mode that is played on. The game requires 3018 blocks for a digital download from the
Nintendo eShop.
