Mario Party: The Top 100

Mario Party: The Top 100 is a party game in the Mario Party series for the Nintendo 3DS, released initially on November 10, 2017 in North America. It is the twenty-first game in the Mario Party series overall, as well as the third game in the series to be released for Nintendo 3DS. The game is a compilation of various minigames from prior home console Mario Party games, all of which have been redone with updated graphics, sound, and controls, some which have slightly altered rules from the original games. The game is compatible with local wireless play and Download Play, which allows up to four players. The game supports amiibo, which can be used in the Minigame Island mode or to unlock Minigame Packs. Being initially released approximately two months after its announcement, Mario Party: The Top 100 has one of the shortest announcement to release timelines of retail games in the entire Mario franchise.

Gameplay
Unlike other installmcents from the Mario Party series, which have a focus on boards and their gameplay, Mario Party: The Top 100 has a focus on the console series' various minigames, which serves akin to an extended minigame mode from previous installments. Mario Party: The Top 100 does not introduce any new minigames on its own, unlike the other Mario Party games, with its entire library having only minigames that appeared in previous installments. The minigames have players doing various activities in a short time limit, such as racing against opponents in a skating rink or platforming against rivals. The goal is to perform the best out of opponents within each minigame rule. Some minigames allow players to team up against opponents, either in symmetrical 2-on-2 minigames or asymmetrical 1-on-3 minigames, and some minigames have only two players competing against each other, called Duel minigames. Not limited to these general minigames are DK minigames, Bowser minigames, and boss minigames from previous installments, converted to a minigame from one of these categories. Players additionally use Nintendo 3DS capabilities to perform actions, such as tapping objects with the touch screen, blowing into the mic, or using the gyroscope to play, though most minigames use the traditional buttons and control stick format. Players can tag minigames as favorites to ease the process of selecting a minigame they wish to play in, thus creating their own pack.

Other auxiliary game modes are included in this installment aside from the main focus of playing minigames. Most notable of them is a small board mode called Minigame Match has one small board that plays similarly to the precedent installment, Mario Party: Star Rush's Balloon Bash mode, where players attempt to collect the most Star Balloons.

Playable characters
Eight characters are playable. All of said characters are available from the start of the game, thus making Mario Party: The Top 100 the first non-arcade Mario Party game since Mario Party DS to not have any unlockable characters.

Non-playable characters
Toad and Toadette are non-playable characters who serve as the game's hosts, while Bowser and Donkey Kong serve as NPCs for various minigames. The game's official website lists these characters as "Friendly Faces" and "Fierce Contenders" respectively.

Minigames
There are a total of 100 minigames in this game.

Bold indicates the minigame is unlockable.

Mario Party

 * Bombs Away
 * Desert Dash
 * Face Lift
 * Piranha's Pursuit
 * Shy Guy Says
 * Tug o' War

Mario Party 2

 * Bowser's Big Blast
 * Bumper Balls
 * Cake Factory
 * Dizzy Dancing
 * Handcar Havoc
 * Hexagon Heat
 * Honeycomb Havoc
 * Looney Lumberjacks
 * Mecha-Marathon
 * Roll Call
 * Shell Shocked
 * Slot Car Derby
 * Speed Hockey

Mario Party 3

 * Bounce 'n' Trounce
 * Chip Shot Challenge
 * Eatsa Pizza
 * Ice Rink Risk
 * Mush Pit (Toadstool Titan)
 * Rockin' Raceway
 * Snowball Summit
 * Storm Chasers
 * The Beat Goes On
 * Three Door Monty
 * Tidal Toss
 * Vine With Me

Mario Party 4

 * Beach Volley Folley
 * Blame It on the Crane
 * Booksquirm
 * GOOOOOOOAL!!
 * Hide and Go BOOM!
 * Kareening Koopas
 * Mario Speedwagons
 * Order Up
 * Paths of Peril
 * Revers-a-Bomb
 * The Final Battle!
 * The Great Deflate
 * Three Throw
 * Trace Race

Mario Party 5

 * Button Mashers
 * Cage-in Cookin'
 * Coney Island
 * Defuse or Lose
 * Dinger Derby
 * Heat Stroke
 * Hotel Goomba
 * Ice Hockey
 * Later Skater
 * Leaf Leap
 * Manic Mallets
 * Night Light Fright
 * Pushy Penguins
 * Shy Guy Showdown
 * Squared Away
 * Triple Jump
 * Tube It or Lose It

Mario Party 6

 * Block Star
 * Catch You Letter
 * Crate and Peril
 * Dizzy Rotisserie
 * Rocky Road
 * Slot Trot
 * Snow Whirled
 * Strawberry Shortfuse
 * Trap Ease Artist

Mario Party 7

 * Balloon Busters
 * Dart Attack
 * Deck Hands
 * Jump, Man
 * Monty's Revenge
 * Pogo-a-Go-Go
 * Pokey Pummel
 * Sphere Factor
 * Stick and Spin
 * The Final Countdown
 * Track & Yield
 * Vine Country

Mario Party 8

 * Aim of the Game
 * At the Chomp Wash
 * Crank to Rank

Mario Party 9

 * Bumper Bubbles
 * Don't Look
 * Goomba Bowling
 * Jigsaw Jumble
 * Logger Heads
 * Magma Mayhem
 * Peak Precision
 * Pier Pressure
 * Speeding Bullets
 * Tackle Takedown

Mario Party 10

 * Badminton Bash
 * Flash Forward
 * Jewel Drop
 * Soar to Score

Changes

 * Many minigames do not retain their original music, instead using either other tracks from the same game or different games in general. For example, Speed Hockey uses the Mario Party 3 music track "Nice and Easy", instead of the track "Keepin' on the Path".
 * Objects in minigames (i.e. the balls in Bumper Balls) no longer use the character's personal color, instead using red, blue, green and yellow based on the player number color.
 * Players can skip CPU actions in certain minigames.
 * The Piranha Plant in Piranha's Pursuit is replaced with Petey Piranha.
 * The Bowser Suit of the lone player in Tug o' War has a Bowser face attached to it, with the character's head poking out.
 * The Shy Guy in Shy Guy Says does not have a jacket or eyepatch, though his pirate hat is still retained.
 * The platforms in Hexagon Heat have different shapes imprinted on their surfaces, most likely to assist those with colorblindness.
 * The rules for Dizzy Dancing have changed. Now instead of just getting to the musical symbol to clear the game, players try to collect as many as possible.
 * Minigames from Mario Party 2 that have alternate variations only use one set variation.
 * Similarly, minigames from Mario Party 6 only take place during the day.
 * The song "Going for the Coins" from Mario Party 2 was given a new name, "Take the Coin".
 * A Mega Mushroom replaces the regular Mushroom in Toadstool Titan, which has been renamed Mush Pit. A new Mega Mushroom remix is used instead of the regular invincibility music as well.
 * The Beat Goes On starts with only two drums instead of four.
 * It can also be noted that the minigame’s signature theme has been changed.
 * A Goomba replaces Boo in Three Door Monty.
 * Piranha Plants do not appear in Vine With Me.
 * The Mario Party 3 minigame tracks are referred to by their names in the Mario Party 3 Original Soundtrack as opposed to their localised, in-game names.
 * Koopa Troopas replace Shy Guys in Blame it on the Crane.
 * Fishin' Lakitus replace Klepto in Paths of Peril.
 * The Koopa Kids in The Final Battle! have been replaced by Bowser Jr.
 * The Shy Guys in Rocky Road have been replaced by Toad and Toadette.
 * Balloon Busters now eliminates players one at a time instead of three at once, making it more similar to the Mario Party DS minigame Short Fuse.
 * The cards in Aim of the Game descend noticeably faster than in Mario Party 8.
 * The minigame victory theme from Mario Party 8 has been updated to become finite.
 * Badminton Bash can only be played in singles.