marioparty.com
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| Release date |  1999[1] |
| Language | English (United States) |
| URL | https://marioparty.com/ |
marioparty.com was the official website for Mario Party, published by Nintendo in 1999. The website would later also serve as a mirror of the websites of Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, and Mario Party 7, as well as providing a link to the official website for Mario Party Advance. The website was later turned into a redirect, which initially [2] redirected to nintendo.com/sites/mp8. The target was later changed[3] to marioparty9.nintendo.com, and marioparty.nintendo.com[4] before being temporarily brought back online[5] as a promotional website for Mario Party: Star Rush. This site did not feature any unique content, instead simply featuring details on the game. Following this, the site was again turned into a redirect to marioparty100.nintendo.com[6] and supermarioparty.nintendo.com,[7], before being turned back into a redirect to marioparty.nintendo.com.[8] The site presently redirects to nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-party-jamboree-switch/.
Details[edit]
Upon loading the site, the player could choose which character they wanted to "party" with. Clicking on one of the characters brought players to a page mimicking the rule selection screen in Mario Party, as it depicts Toad falling down a Warp Pipe.[9] Toad states that the player is to try to collect coins as they navigate the site, and that they will be entered in the site's "Hall of Fame" if they collect a large amount. Toad then gives the player ten coins to start. To collect coins, players are to simply visit as many different pages on the site as they can.
Players who collected the most coins were displayed on the site's homepage in a section called "Top 5 Party Animals",[10] which showed their username and the amount of coins that they collected. A separate section[11] was also available, which showed the top 20 players with the highest coin counts. While navigating the website, players had the opportunity to receive 25 additional coins from Toad.[12] Additionally, Bowser could steal 25 coins from the player.[13] it is unknown how either of these events were triggered.
The majority of the site featured general details pertaining to Mario Party, including overviews of the game's minigames, an overview of the game's hub area, the game's playable characters, the game's boards, and the game's rules. The section featuring an overview of the boards (referred to by the site as "Adventure Worlds"[14]) also features a difficulty rating for each board, as well as a "Power Tip". All of the Power Tips are listed below.
| Board | Tip |
|---|---|
| Mario's Rainbow Castle | Chance Time! You can actually exercise some control over this game. Since the blocks turn slowly at first, you can choose the first two parts of the game's outcome. The third block spins too quickly, though. |
| DK's Jungle Adventure | Check Your Map When you reach an intersection, be sure to count out what space you will land on for each path. Pressing the B Button activates a scrolling map that will show you the immediate vicinity of your character. |
| Yoshi's Tropical Island | Bowser's Space Usually, landing on Bowser's pad is bad luck. But sometimes he will challenge you to a mini-game that you can use to your advantage. The winners of Bowser's rigged games often win zero, but the losers must part with a lot of coins. |
| Peach's Birthday Cake | Keep The Change Collecting coins is the main goal of every board, so do your best at every mini-game. Without enough coins, you will be unable to purchase a star and have to travel around the board again to have another chance. |
| Wario's Battle Canyon | Help From Boo Stopping by Boo's space can really put a crimp in your opponent's style. He will steal coins from other players for free, but for 50 coins, a Boo will steal one star. |
| Luigi's Engine Room | Watch Your Friends Your actions can affect how good of a time your opponents have at the party, so constantly keep on eye on their positions. Pressing the R Button will display a full map and show whether or not you need to try to alter the board. |
The website also contained a "Fun & Games" section, which linked to the Maestro Mario, Wario's Whack Attack, and Mario's Memory Madness Adobe Shockwave games. Additionally, players could access the Desktop Themes from this section, though they had to choose whether their computer had a MAC or Windows operating system before they could download them. The bottom of the site also linked to Party Cards, which were Adobe Flash-based e-cards themed after the game's playable characters.
References[edit]
- ^ Earliest web archive
- ^ MP8 redirect capture
- ^ MP9 redirect capture
- ^ MPIT redirect capture
- ^ MPSR capture
- ^ MPTT100 redirect capture
- ^ SMP redirect capture
- ^ MPS redirect capture
- ^ Toad explanation page (archived)
- ^ "Top 5 Party Animals" (archived)]
- ^ "Top 20 Party Animals (archived)
- ^ Bonus coins page (archived)
- ^ Bowser coins page (archived)
- ^ "Adventure Worlds" graphic (archived)
