Mario Party: Island Tour

Mario Party: Island Tour is an upcoming title for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the thirteenth in the main series (seventeenth in Japan) in the Mario Party series and the third installment for a handheld console.

Gameplay
Not much is shown at the moment, but it seems that this Mario Party game uses the traditional independent four player gameplay as opposed to Mario Party 9, except players still hit a six-sided Dice Block numbered 1-6 instead of a Dice Block numbered 1-10 in the first eight installments. Like Mario Party 9, players appear to move along a linear board, though in this game it appears to be a race to the end. However, the Spaces appear similar in function to those from Mario Party 9. It is also shown that the players can use special cards to hinder their opponents, similar to Orbs from previous Mario Party installments. It will also have Local Multiplayer. It has been seen that players may verse shadowy versions of the other playable characters in minigames.

Playable

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Yoshi
 * Boo
 * Toad
 * Bowser Jr. (new)

Other

 * Birdo
 * Blooper
 * Bowser
 * Bubble clones of characters
 * Chain Chomp
 * Cheep-Cheep
 * Dry Bones
 * Flomps
 * Flutter
 * Goombas
 * Hammer Bro.
 * Kamek
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Lakitu
 * Lumas
 * Monty Mole
 * Rosalina
 * Shy Guys
 * Toads
 * Thwomp
 * Whomp
 * Goomba Tower
 * Banzai Bill
 * Koopa Paratroopa
 * Paragoomba
 * Whittle
 * Stone Spike
 * Jumbo Rays
 * Scaredy Rat
 * Blue Toad
 * Peepas
 * Penguins
 * Piranha Plants
 * Wigglers
 * Goomba Tower
 * Mr. Blizzard
 * Spiky Plants
 * Mattermouths
 * Blooper
 * Tox Boxes
 * King Bob-omb

Boards
As the title suggests, the boards are split between various themed islands. Seven gameboards have been confirmed in the game.


 * Perilous Palace Path
 * Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain - A board that resembles World 6 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and features Scaredy Rats and Banzai Bills. Players can choose to either hide away safely, or risk being sent back if a player rolls a Banzai Bill. The map has one Green Space, nine Blue Spaces, twelve Red Spaces, and a finish space. . The board's ratings are 2/5 for strategy, 5/5 for luck, and 2/5 for minigames.
 * Star-Crossed Skyway
 * Rocket Road
 * Kamek's Carpet Ride
 * Shy Guy's Shuffle City

Spaces

 * "+3," "+4," and "+5" Spaces, most likely allowing the player to advance farther.
 * Card Spaces
 * Green Spaces
 * Bowser Spaces
 * Event Spaces - In this game they appear in both blue and red colors, possibly denoting whether the event is beneficial or not.
 * Free-for-All Spaces
 * Piranha Plant Spaces
 * Blue and Red Spaces on Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain indicating safe and dangerous areas.
 * Rocket Spaces (appears only on Rocket Road)

Cards
As stated above, the items in this game appear to be cards, most likely obtained from the card spaces also shown. The cards appear to be face-down until used, which reveals the item on it.
 * Bullet Bill - Knocks a selected player back several spaces.
 * Lakitu - Allows the player to steal a card from an opponent.
 * Shy Guy - Unknown, but it is confirmed as Luigi holds some in the box art.

Other

 * Mini Stars
 * Mini Ztars
 * Roulette Block

Minigames
There are 81 minigames confirmed.

4-player minigames

 * Slow G – A minigame taking place above a moon-like planet, where players must jump on several platforms.
 * Ka-Goomba! – A minigame using the AR card functionality of the 3DS involving the players earning points by shooting Goombas; normal ones are worth one point and Gold Goombas are worth three.
 * Slip Not – A minigame in which players must steer a raft down a river while avoiding falling off the track using the 3DS' built-in gyroscope; players who fall off automatically lose the minigame.
 * Buzz a Fuzzy – A minigame where players must aim and shoot darts at Fuzzies. The minigame has three rounds that last 15 seconds.
 * Choicest Voice – A minigame involving players using the Nintendo 3DS microphone to try to copy various character voices (the character voice the player must try to copy is decided by a roulette wheel) in three rounds. The results are judged by a Shy Guy, a Dry Bones, a Koopa Troopa, Birdo, and a Goomba. The winner of the minigame is the player who scores the most points from the judges after all three rounds.
 * Rope a Slope – A minigame involving the players repelling down a cliff, jumping over bushes along the way.
 * Drive for Show – A golfing minigame in which players swipe a ball on the touch screen in the direction of the desired target on the top screen to earn points.
 * Grid Is Good – A puzzle minigame in which players place shapes on a grid over desired point values in ten seconds; players earn no points if a value is selected by two players. The minigame goes for three rounds, and three shapes are provided, one to be used during each round.
 * Mad Ladders – A minigame in which players must climb up a series of ladders, avoiding dead ends and Stone Spikes' Spiked Balls.
 * Spin the Bubble – A minigame in which players must tilt the 3DS screen to rotate a toy inside a bubble so that it matches the orientation shown on the bottom screen.
 * Match Faker
 * Bumper Thumper
 * Color Correction
 * Sinking Feeling – A minigame that uses the AR card functionality of the 3DS involving the players having to climb a tower above a pool of lava; players must climb the tower, using the 3DS to control the camera as the tower sinks into the lava..
 * Xylophone Home
 * Claiming the Cube – A minigame in which players must ground pound lit sections on a cube floating in space.
 * Musical Snares – A minigame in which players must roll around on a drum collecting musical notes.
 * Tanks a Lot – A minigame similar to Shell Shocked from Mario Party 2, and Cannonball Fun from Mario Party 6.
 * Fisticlouds – A minigame involving knocking the other players off of a floating platform as sections shift and the platform rotates over time.
 * Paddle Skedaddle – A minigame where characters race in canoes through rapids.
 * Slip 'n' Slip – A minigame taking place in an icy area with Penguins.
 * Great Bars of Fire – A minigame where players must duck or jump over Firebars.
 * Kabob and Weave – A minigame involving Spike Pillars.
 * Tragic Carpet Ride – A minigame involving characters on a carpet and Mattermouths that eat it.
 * Flip Out – A minigame where the characters race across floating platforms and Flomps.
 * Hop Till You Drop – A platforming minigame.
 * Trounce 'n' Bounce – A minigame resembling Parachutin' Gallery, featuring players diving from above and shoving each other aside to land on several blocks below.
 * Quickest Cricket – A minigame where players ride mechanical crickets and race to the finish while avoiding rocks, Piranha Plants and Wigglers.
 * Rat-a-tat Flat – A minigame involving Scaredy Rats.
 * Bumper Thumper – A minigame with the players in hovercrafts on a circular platform.
 * Stretch Run – A minigame where the players have to stretch a rubber band to launch their cart without going over the edge of a wooden platform. The minigame has two rounds.
 * Fuel Me Once – A minigame involving a gauge.
 * Sub Trouble – A minigame where players are piloting submarines while avoiding stalks of rocks.
 * Slow Glide – A minigame where players use hang gliders to pop balloons.
 * Pool Buoy – A minigame where the players are inside floating spheres in a pool.
 * Spin and Bear It – A minigame with the players on a roulette.
 * Git Along, Goomba – A minigame where players must catch Goombas with lassos. This minigame can act as a 1-vs-1 minigame.
 * Meteor Melee – A minigame with the players in a forest clearing trying to collect stars while avoiding meteors. They can be seen falling on the top screen.
 * Truckin' and Cluckin' – A minigame involving the players in a coop trying to hold onto a chicken as long as possible as it lays eggs. The player with the most eggs collected wins.
 * No-Traction Action - A minigame that features players racing against each other on sleds.
 * Point 'n' Shoot – A minigame involving the players having to take pictures of enemies.
 * Match Faker – A minigame that has players trying to remember which tile the enemy is on. The player can write or draw notes on the touch screen to help them remember in what order the enemies are located. There are 3 rounds in selecting the enemy.
 * Get Reel – A minigame similar to Picture This where the player has to wind the film reel backwards or forwards to match the picture on the touch screen. There are 3 rounds.
 * Hide 'n' Splat – A minigame where the players try to avoid being squashed by the Tox Boxes for as long as possible.
 * Squish You Were Here – A minigame where the players have to hide in gaps between the walls to avoid getting squished as they come towards the middle of the area.
 * A sliding puzzle game in which players must rearrange tiles to form the correct image.
 * A puzzle game featuring players lining up various icons of items to get matches.
 * A minigame that has players fishing Cheep-Cheeps.
 * A minigame where players race against each other with bumper balls.
 * A minigame where players are skating avoiding a block-paved road, while avoiding Snake Panel walls.
 * A minigame where players must lead a trail of Goombas through a patch of Spiky Plants.
 * A minigame where players jump into holes to collect diamonds.
 * A minigame in which players must shoot paintballs at the command target.

Boss minigames

 * Goomba Tower Takedown – A boss minigame where the player has to throw red nuts at the Goomba Tower to knock it down and again at the fallen Goombas.
 * Chain Chomp's Lava Lunge – A boss minigame where the player has to lure the Chain Chomp so that when it jumps it lands on a metal grate and gets hurt by the lava underneath.
 * Mr. Blizzard's Snow Slalom – A boss minigame reminiscent of Snowball Slalom where the player rolls a snowball down a hill and tries to get it as big as possible before flinging it at Mr. Blizzard.
 * King Bob-omb's Court of Chaos – A boss minigame where players have to slide conveyor belt panels to create a path to cannon that will shoot bombs back at King Bob-omb.
 * Dry Bowser's Brain Bonk – A boss minigame where players have to send bones back at Dry Bowser by pressing buttons on screen.

Trivia

 * For a time the Nintendo 3DS eShop mistakenly stated Mario Party: Island Tour to be a title on the Nintendo Entertainment System.