Talk:Homestretch

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Should this be rewritten or should we create a page for each formula of the "Last Five Turns Event" of the Mario Party series, because the name of the article and the above text make no mentioned of all the formula that appear in the Mario Party series (there is Chump Charity, Almost There!-Homestretch!, Final 5 Frenzy! and Last Four Turns Event). I found this a little ambiguous.--^(TALK) 23:51, 22 January 2016 (EST)

I don't see the issue with this page at all. The events included in this page function similarly, which is a good enough reason to me to keep the page as it is. RandomYoshi^{(Talk • PMs • C)} 08:10, 23 January 2016 (EST)

I know the above discussion is roughly four-and-three-quarter years out of date, but I think that "Almost There!"/"Homestretch!" should probably be split seeing as how it's triggered differently; on top of that, it seems to stray from the actual subject of the article. Thoughts? ^(T|C) 20:53, October 20, 2020 (EDT)

Agreed, this page should only contain events that are actually triggered when the last 5 turns have been reached. -- Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 20:58, October 20, 2020 (EDT)

Mario Party: The Top 100

Mario Party The: Top 100 also has an event from the last 5 turns, we should add it to this page
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 37.8.230.240 (talk).

Split Homestretch! from this article

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split 8-0
See above discussion. The "Almost There!"/"Homestretch!" event from Mario Party 9 and Mario Party 10 is distinct in that it's triggered differently. It also appears to deviate from the actual subject of the article, which strictly appears to be about what happens during the fifth-to-last turn in a standard Mario Party game.

Proposer: Archivist Toadette (talk)
Deadline: March 14, 2022, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Archivist Toadette (talk) Last place, pick up the pace.
2. Waluigi Time (talk) Per proposal.
3. Ray Trace (talk) Chump Charity for more articles.
4. RHG1951 (talk) Per proposal.
5. WildWario (talk) It's different, so per proposal.
6. Somethingone (talk) While MP9 and MP10 do have distinct overall gameplay mechanics(meaning that homestretch's activation difference isn't that big), I still think it should be split due to the deviation point Toadette the Archivist mentioned above. Per proposal's second point.
7. TheFlameChomp (talk) Per all.
8. BBQ Turtle (talk) Per all.

Re-Merge Homestretch! to this Page?

Now that the Last 5 Turns Event has officially been renamed "Homestretch" in Jamboree, it seems a bit counter-intuitive that this page contains information on a "Homestretch" and then there's another page on the wiki named "Homestretch!" After all, while the above proposal was stringent for this page to cover the "event that occurs in the 5th-to-last turn", looking at the more modern games, we see this event covering all sorts of trigger conditions: Last 4 Turns (7), almost-Last 2 turns (10 amiibo Party), Last 3 Turns (Star Rush and Super), and when the last boss appears (Star Rush). I think we can all agree that a broader definition of the "event that occurs nearing the end of the game" perfectly describes all the Last 5 Turns Events on this page as well as the Homestretch! events from 9 and 10. Whether we should rename this page to "Homestretch" or not is a different matter, but seeing two different pages covering the topic of "Homestretch" when the topics are basically the same in concept, trigger, and result just doesn't seem right to me. (I would start a proposal but I'm not familiar with setting one up.) MarioComix (talk) 19:07, January 12, 2025 (EST)

Honestly, yeah, just having the article cover the overall "Game is almost over" event from Mario Party as a whole sounds better. The above proposal had more merit before the last 5 turn event was given the Homestretch title in Jamboree. Tails777 Talk to me!

I think it makes sense to merge too. especially when other Mario Party articles cover spaces or other elements with varying effects based on the game they appear in such as the Mushroom Space, which has a totally different effect in all three games, yet continues to have one page. The different "Game is almost over" events do differ in certain ways across the series, but they have general consistent throughlines and overlapping names. Marioguy (talk) 14:53, March 1, 2025 (EST)

At first, I had Mario Party 9 in my head, thinking why should we merge those two. Until I remember yes, Homestretch is also known as a Five Turns Event in Jamboree, I do not see why not. Derekblue1(talk) 11:05, April 23, 2025 (EDT)

Reorganization

As pointed out above, this event has gone through multiple changes such as 4-7 letting the player in last place spin the wheel to get a special event as well as the fact that in some games, it doesn't take place on the Last Five Turns such as in 7 where it takes place during the last four turns. Then, there's the fact that Homestretch! was split off from this article in 2022 because of how different it was. However, SMPJB came along and called the event...Homestretch while having it be a combination of the 1-3 rules and the 4-8 stuff. As such, we really need to reorganize this article and give it a broader definition. Again, as pointed out above. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 20:52, May 28, 2025 (EDT)

Re-Merge Potential?

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Re-merge 8-0
In 2022, Homestretch! was split off from this due to a different name and mechanics. Then, SMJB comes along and calls the event Homestretch and as pointed out two sections above this, we should re-merge it as it's counterintuitive to have Homestretch split off when it's called Homestretch in another game.

Proposer: PrincessPeachFan (talk)
Deadline: December 11, 2025, 23:59 GMT Closed early on December 4, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Home Run! Support

1. PrincessPeachFan (talk) Per proposal.
2. Altendo (talk) The functions are similar, as they both mark a near-end checkpoint in the match, reward a player (in more recent games, the last place player), and often has the board change in ways that cannot be affected by otherwise normal gameplay. The Last Five Turns Event page even has situations that don't occur on the last five turns or so, and are completely different from their "main" counterparts (the Special Bonus from Mario Party 8 is a great example, and I think that Homestretch! is actually closer to the Special Bonus than the proper Chump Charity, given that it happens upon reaching a certain milestone rather than a turn). Also, while the mechanics between the two are very different, so is the gameplay of the Car-based Mario Party games, and I think that in both cases, it marks the near-end of the match based on how many more turns/spaces to the end, and that seems to be consistent with each style's gameplay. Even if the name wasn't shared, I don't think the split would have been warranted in the first place, given how other events covered in the same page also work vastly differently. It's just how it meshes with each style's gameplay. (I was also thinking if we could add information about the near-end events covered in Mario Party: Island Tour which isn't covered in either page yet...)
3. MarioComix (talk) Per all. As said above, Jamboree officially calls it Homestretch, which links all of these "near-the-end-of-the-game" events together, which feels intuitive after all.
4. Martendo (talk) Per all. Last Five Turns Event is pretty much just Homestretch! Plus, stuff in the Mario series gets renamed all the time.
5. SolemnStormcloud (talk) Per all.
6. EvieMaybe (talk) per all
7. BMfan08 (talk) Per all.
8. Jdtendo (talk) Per all.

Comments (Last Time on...)

After this, we should consider what to call the event given how many times its changed its name and the fact that ever since 7, it hasn't been on the Last Five Turns. I'm thinking we could keep it because that's the most common name being in 1-6. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 20:35, November 26, 2025 (EST)

Technically, I think the page name should be "Homestretch" as it's the most recent name given for the event? But also to clarify, it's the Last 4 Turns only in MP7, even in MP8 and DS, it's on the Last 5 Turns. MarioComix (talk) 01:29, November 27, 2025 (EST)

"Homestretch" is the latest name, just move to that. I don't see why that would need a proposal while Bomber Bill got moved for the same reason without one, it's just how the naming policy works. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 06:28, November 27, 2025 (EST)

Good refresher on the naming policy. I suppose the proposal was put up since it was a proposal that split Homestretch! off from "Last 5 Turns" in the first place, and now Jamboree confirms that the two are basically the same thing. And as a result, we now see "Homestretch" being used in a more consistent pattern in the most recent Mario Party games, which reinforces moving to the latest name. MarioComix (talk) 20:05, November 27, 2025 (EST)

To be clear, I do think the merge needs this proposal (to overturn the split proposal), but the rename shouldn't need one. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 03:39, November 28, 2025 (EST)

Sounds good, that makes it easier to know what name to put the merged article into. MarioComix (talk) 00:48, November 29, 2025 (EST)

@MarioComix: Yes, it was a proposal in 2022 that split Homestretch off and then Jamboree came along and renamed the Last Five Turns Event to Homestretch, so... PrincessPeachFan (talk) 07:08, November 29, 2025 (EST)