Mario Party Advance

Mario Party Advance is a game in the Mario Party series for the Game Boy Advance. In this game, players can play minigames and Gaddgets as they travel through Party World. Unlike the console games, it is more single player oriented. It does not have a four player mode within the game itself. Instead, the game allows players to play Duel minigames against other players, or download minigames and Gaddgets to another Game Boy Advance for friends to play. The game does, however, include a Bonus Board packaged with the game, which is a physical board game that uses the Game Boy Advance game to let players play against each other in Gaddgets.

Story
It is a normal day in Party World when the player first arrives there. Toad is telling Mario about the game, when Bowser drops in and scatters all of the minigames and Gaddgets throughout Shroom City. Now, Mario must go and retrieve them all by traveling all over Shroom City and restore peace to Party World.

Playable Characters

 * Mario - Everyone's favorite Italian plumber.
 * Luigi - Mario's younger brother.
 * Yoshi - A cute green dinosaur.
 * Peach - The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Hosts

 * Tumble - Hosts the Shroom City mode. He also made an appearance in Mario Party 3.
 * Toad - Hosts Play Land and Party Land.
 * E. Gadd - Hosts the Play Land mode.
 * Toadette - Hosts Party Land and Challenge Land.

Other Notable Characters

 * Shroomlock - Shroom City's detective. Every time there is a case, Shroomlock arrives at the scene of the crime.
 * Mr. E - A mystery-loving guy. Every time the player finds something strange, Mr. E arrives to investigate. He is often revealed to be somewhat cowardly and lazy, quickly exiting or requiring the player to solve the mystery for him.
 * Mushbert - A huge fan of the TV show, Toad Force V. He can provide the player with rare Toad Force V merchandise.
 * Mrs. Shroomlock - Shroomlock's wife. When the player visits the Shroomlock House, she'll tell him/her a tip about what to do next.

Quests
The following is a list of all quests in Mario Party Advance. Once the player successfully completes a quest, he or she will earn a Gaddget.

Forest Quests
Note: The "Monkeynapping" of Ukiki was just a trick. But Ukiki was shocked to hear that Akiki was taking it so seriously that she even called Shroomlock!

Bonus Board
The Bonus Board is an extra feature added to the main game. It is also the only way to play a multiplayer game. The Bonus Board is a board made of paper which comes packaged with the game. The Game Boy Advance acts as the dice and can be used to play multiplayer Gaddget.

Reception
Mario Party Advance had generally mixed reviews. It was given a 6/10 rating from IGN. The IGN review states that the game "features a whole slew of different things to do and play, but it all seems just a bit uncreative for the first outing on the handheld system." The review also states that "there's so much text in the game because each task features a character with the gift of gab, and if you fail the task by running out of dice rolls, you have to sit through all that text again and again until you get it right." The review also complains how no mini-games "ever really reach that "wow, that was fun!" level" and how the concept of the mini-games is unoriginal. The reviewer praises "the game's not all that bad, with a nice assortment of basic one-off challenges that can be played at any time".

The game recieved a 6.5/10 rating from GameSpot. The review states that the game has "hundreds of minigames". "The story mode offers unique method of unlockables". There are also "hilarious integrations of Mario characters and settings". However, the game is criticized for having a lack of multiplayer modes and that multiplayer minigames required players to take turns. The reviewer also complains about how "graphics and audio are rather plain".

The game recieved a 1/10 rating from EuroGamer. The reviewer lambasted the game for being bland and uncreative.

Trivia

 * This is the only Mario Party not to feature Wario as a playable character.
 * In this game, Bowser claims to have an IQ of 9800.