Bonus Board

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The Bonus Board is a mode in Mario Party Advance that works in conjunction with a physical paper board. It can be played with up to four players, with the goal being to collect a single Star, which wins the game. It requires cutting out the board, cutting out and assembling the character pieces and Star Piece, and using the game to roll a die, play a Gaddget, or get a chance at collecting a Star. Though the manual encourages players to create new rules themselves as they see fit, it does come with some baselines: players move around the board in an attempt to collect a Star, which can be placed on one of the four Star Spaces on the board. When a player lands on the space with the Star Piece, they can open one of six boxes in the video game, with one of them holding the Star. If they open an empty box, their turn ends; if they find the Star, they win the game.

Spaces[edit]

Space Effect
A Yellow Space in Mario Party Advance's Bonus Board
Yellow Space
Nothing happens when a player lands on it, and his or her turn ends.
An E. Gadd Space in Mario Party Advance's Bonus Board
E. Gadd Space
The players use the Gaddget Selection Screen to play with a Gaddget, which has game-specific effects.
A Star Warp Space in Mario Party Advance's Bonus Board
Star Warp Space
The Star Piece is moved to a different Star Space.
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Pipe Space
The player who lands on it moves to the corresponding space.
A Star Space in Mario Party Advance's Bonus Board
Star Space
The player who lands on it gets a chance at collecting the Star if the Star Piece is there. Otherwise, nothing happens.

Boards[edit]

Board Description Yellow Spaces E. Gadd Spaces Star Warp Spaces Pipe A Spaces Pipe B Spaces Pipe C Spaces Pipe D Spaces Star Spaces Total Spaces
The Bonus Board that comes packaged with Mario Party Advance. The base physical board included with physical copies of the game in all regions. This board has a simple layout with two paths of spaces around the perimeter of the board: an large outer path and a small inner path, which contains the four Star Spaces. Players navigate the outer path and try to land on Pipe Spaces to reach the inner path for a chance at winning. 25 17 6 2 2 2 2 4 60
A downloadable Bonus Board for the Japanese version of Mario Party Advance
Kuppa Version
An extra board available in PDF format on the official Japanese website for the game, which can be printed and played on. This board depicts Bowser and the Koopa Kids, and consists of three separate paths. It is a more compact board that contains only A and B Pipe Spaces, and is unique in having the players share a starting area. 19 15 6 3 3 0 0 2 48
Homepage Original - Mario Party Advance - Maripa Board Wide Version
Wide Version
Another extra board available on the official Japanese website. This large board is broken into quadrants that must be printed and assembled. As the layout of each quadrant is seamless, they can be arranged in any order. As well, the layouts contain different numbers of spaces, so the chosen starting area can have an element of strategy. 77 13 15 4 4 5 6 4 128

Characters[edit]

Base Game[edit]

Mario Luigi Peach Yoshi
Artwork of Mario from Mario Party Advance Luigi Princess Peach MPA Yoshi Fishing Artwork.jpg

Kuppa Version Character Pieces[edit]

A supplemental collection of additional character pieces is available on the Japanese website, which can be printed and used in the same way as those included with the Bonus Board. This features the only playable instance of several characters.

Shroomlock Mrs. Shroomlock Mr. E Mushbert Toad Toadette Professor E. Gadd
Shroomlock Mrs. Shroomlock Mr. E (MPA) Mushbert Artwork of Toad from Mario Party Advance Artwork of Toadette from Mario Party Advance Professor Elvin Gadd
Tumble Bowser Red K. Kid Green K. Kid Blue K. Kid Goomba Boo
MPA Tumble Artwork.jpg Bowser Artwork of a red Koopa Kid from Mario Party Advance A green Koopa Kid from Mario Party Advance A blue Koopa Kid from Mario Party Advance Mario Party Advance promotional artwork: A Goomba Boo

List of Bonus Board Gaddgets[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マリパボード
Maripa Board
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Mario Party Board
French Plateau Bonus[?] Bonus Board
German Bonus-Brett[?] Bonus Board
Italian Tabellone Bonus[?] Bonus Board
Spanish Tablero Extra[?] Extra Board

Trivia[edit]

  • If considered part of the Mario Party series, the supplemental Bonus Board material would mark Bowser and Goomba's first playable appearances on a Mario Party board, predating their later appearances in Mario Party 10 and Super Mario Party, respectively.

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