Bowser Nightmare

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Bowser Nightmare
Bowser Nightmare board.png
Appears in Mario Party 5
Availability Unlocked by completing Story Mode
Description "A board born of Bowser's dreams."
Music sample
“Welcome to the Bowser Nightmare! This is a world inspired by Bowser's wicked dreams! Big bad Bowser put all kinds of traps and snares around, so be careful!”
Eldstar, Mario Party 5
The Bowser Nightmare board.
Bowser Nightmare in Story Mode

Bowser Nightmare is the largest, unlockable board in Mario Party 5, and the seventh and final board of the game. It was created from Bowser's dreams. It is first playable in a simplified variation in Story Mode. If the player defeats Bowser in Frightmare, the full version of Bowser Nightmare becomes playable in Party Mode.

Events[edit]

When players land on ? Spaces, Bowser appears and causes events that may hinder them.

  • The ? Spaces at the bottom-left and bottom-right sides cause Bowser to come out for a walk to the other side. During his stroll, he turns all Plus Spaces in his path into Minus Spaces and crushes any player in his path, making them lose 10 coins. This event lasts for at least 2 turns, after which the Minus Spaces revert back to Plus Spaces.
  • The ? Space on the top-left and top-right sides of the board cause Bowser to appear on his Koopa Clown Car, where he forces the player to hit a red block or a blue block: one sends the player back to start while the other takes half of the player's coins.
  • The ? Space at the top of the board causes Bowser to appear and take control of a flamethrower cannon. Players near the flamethrower are burned and lose their Capsules (half of their coins in Story Mode).
  • The two ? Spaces near the circle at the center of the board take players into the circle that Bowser calls "the Spin Stage" (via a red Warp Pipe) where there are Minus Spaces (and possibly Bowser Spaces, due to the random placement of Bowser Spaces in this game); Bowser appears for a moment and says "Good luck gettin' out!" to taunt the player. The two ? Spaces inside the circle take players out the circle. This is similar to the Mecha-Blooper ride from Bowser Land of Mario Party 2. If the Last Five Turns Event turns all Minus Spaces into Bowser Spaces, getting trapped in the middle results in a Bowser event every turn until the player gets out.

Spaces (Party Mode)[edit]

Type of Space Number of Spaces
Blue Space from Mario Party 4 and Mario Party 5
Plus Spaces
53 normally, 35 after Bowser takes a walk and passes over a DK Space, 34 after Bowser takes a walk without passing over a DK Space
Red Space from Mario Party 4 and Mario Party 5
Minus Spaces
12 normally, 30 after Bowser takes a walk and passes over a DK Space, 31 after Bowser takes a walk without passing over a DK Space
Event Space from Mario Party 5
? Spaces
9
Donkey Kong Space from Mario Party 5
DK Spaces
1
Bowser Space
Bowser Spaces
1 (13 during the last five turns if all Red Spaces turn into Bowser Spaces)
Total of Spaces 76

Spaces (Story Mode)[edit]

Type of Space Number of Spaces
Blue Space from Mario Party 4 and Mario Party 5
Plus Spaces
16
Red Space from Mario Party 4 and Mario Party 5
Minus Spaces
3
Event Space from Mario Party 5
? Spaces
1
Donkey Kong Space from Mario Party 5
DK Spaces
1
Bowser Space
Bowser Spaces
0
The VS Space as it appears in Mario Party 5
VS Spaces
3
Total of Spaces 24

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クッパ・ドリーム
Kuppa Dorīmu
Bowser Dream

French BowseRêve
Portmanteau of Bowser and rêve (dream)
German Bowser-Traum
Bowser Dream
Italian Incubo Bowser
Bowser Nightmare
Spanish La pesadilla de Bowser
Bowser's Nightmare