Battle Space

The Battle Space is a special space that first appeared in Mario Party 2.

When a player lands on this space, Goomba comes by, gets a certain amount of coins from each player (it chooses the amount randomly in this game and then chooses by roulette in the rest of the series) and a Battle minigame begins. Players attempt to battle each other to get the jackpot that the Goomba took. If the total jackpot is not a multiple of 10, all coins but one will be distributed in this manner, and the remaining coin goes to a random player. In Mario Party 4, Goomba becomes the host of his own board, and its role as Battle minigame host is filled by Bob-omb.
 * 1st Place - 70%
 * 2nd Place - 30%

In Mario Party 5, Mario Party 7, Mario Party 8 and Mario Party DS, Battle Spaces are dropped from gameplay. In these games, Battle minigames periodically appear in lieu of the usual end-of-turn minigame, although it happens entirely by chance.

In Mario Party 6, these spaces are changed entirely, having a violet B on them (a lightning bolt in the PAL version), and are only found in Solo Mode. Landing on one of these makes the player play a Battle minigame against the Koopa Kids.

Battle Spaces return in Mario Party 9. Hammer Bro. and Fire Bro. now co-host the Battle minigames, and one will appear whenever a Battle Space is landed on, with Hammer Bro. appearing more frequently. Hammer Bro. will take three Mini Stars from each player before starting the minigame, while Fire Bro. will instead take ten from whoever places last, and split them between the winners. The captain will then pick the game that gets played, unless the group has already passed Toad, in which case the player in last gets to pick.

After the minigame,

Hammer Bro:
 * 1st Place - 6 Mini Stars (50%)
 * 2nd Place - 4 Mini Stars (33.3%)
 * 3rd Place - 2 Mini Stars (16.7%)

Fire Bro:
 * 1st Place: +5 Mini Stars (50%) ; +6 if two players finish last or 2nd ; +9 Mini Stars if three players finish last
 * 2nd Place: +3 Mini Stars (30%) ; +4 if two players finish last or 1st
 * 3rd Place: +2 Mini Stars (20%)
 * Last Place: -10 Mini Stars ; -5 for tie ; -3 for 3-way tie

However, if everybody ends up in first place, the Fire Bro. will not give or take any Mini Stars away from any players.

If only two players are present, however, then there won't be any Battle Spaces on the board.

Either Bro. will provide extra Mini Stars if at least one player does not have enough Mini Stars.