Mario Party 10

Mario Party 10 is an upcoming game for the Wii U. It is the tenth home console installment in the Mario Party series, and features many reused gameplay elements from its predecessor. It is confirmed that the game has a standard Party Mode (similar in gameplay to the Party Mode from Mario Party 9), and a new mode called Bowser Party, in which one player controls Bowser using the GamePad, and exclusive minigames can be played. Mini Stars return in normal party, as well as vehicles in all modes. The game is also planned to be compatible with amiibo.

Gameplay
For the first time in the series, Mario Party 10 offers three basic modes of play: Mario Party, Bowser Party, and amiibo Party.

Mario Party
Mario Party is the normal gameplay, where the characters have to get to the end of the path with the most Mini Stars. Characters move around in vehicles taking turns being the "captain", or rolling the dice. The Mini Stars are thus returning from Mario Party 9. There will be some obstacles on the path, like a Whomp blocking it, like in Perilous Palace Path from Mario Party: Island Tour. Also, item shops return from Mario Party 7. At least one of them will be shaped like a Toad House.

Bowser Party
Bowser Party is the new mode from this game. There will be five players instead of four. Up to four players control Mario and his friends with Wii Remotes, with the fifth player playing against them by using the GamePad to control Bowser. Mini Stars are replaced by Hearts. The goal of Bowser is to deplete all the other players hearts, whilst the goal of the other players is to make it to the end of the course with at least one heart between them. Bowser rolls multiple dice, corresponding to the number of other players available.

amiibo Party
In amiibo Party, players can scan in amiibo from the Mario collection and play on small boards designed for that character with 3 other amiibo figurines.

Returning playable characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Yoshi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Toad
 * Donkey Kong

New playable characters

 * Rosalina
 * Bowser (Bowser Party only)

Others

 * Magikoopa
 * Spike

Non-playable

 * Amps
 * Bees
 * Bloopers
 * Bob-ombs
 * Boos
 * Bowser Jr. - Can be seen floating around the mid-tower and runs the Bowser Jr. Space
 * Bullet Bills
 * Cheep Cheeps
 * Dragoneel
 * Goombas
 * Nabbit - Will sometimes give Bowser extra dice blocks (Bowser Party).
 * Peepas
 * Podoboos
 * Shy Guys
 * Toads
 * Waddlewings
 * Whomp - Blocks the way and must be battled with dice blocks.

Bosses

 * Petey Piranha (Amusement park board)
 * Mega Goomba

Boards

 * An amusement park with Peach's Castle and several attractions. It resembles Yoshi Park from Mario Super Sluggers.
 * A board in the sky where players try to take down airships. It resembles Meringue Clouds from New Super Mario Bros. U.
 * A lagoon-based board that has varying levels of depth underwater
 * A lava-based board that has a walkway outside of a castle an a porion where players climb up a wall

Spaces

 * Blue Space - Gives the player a random Dice Block
 * Green Space - Does nothing
 * Event Space - Causes an event.
 * Lucky Space - Starts a beneficial event that helps the player.
 * Unlucky Space - Starts an event that harms the player.
 * Minigame Space - Starts a minigame
 * Bowser Jr. Space - Role unconfirmed.
 * Back Space - Makes the player go backwards
 * Dash Space - Makes the player roll again.
 * Shuffle Space - Shuffles the turn order.

Bowser Party only

 * +Health Space - Adds hearts to the player's health.

Minigames

 * Fruit Scoot Scurry - A minigame in which players need to collect as much fruit as possible in a Layer-Cake Desert type area.
 * Beeline Shrine - A minigame in which players must jump to avoid bees.
 * Cheep Cheep Leap - A minigame in which players (in their invincible form) must jump to hit Cheep Cheeps.

Boss Battle Minigames

 * Petey's Bomb Battle - A Boss minigame in which the players must throw Bombs at Petey Piranha.

Bowser vs. All

 * Bowser's Bad Breath - A Bowser Minigame where the GamePad player move the gamepad to angle Fireballs to shoot at others.
 * Bowser's Fire Bar Fury - A game where the GamePad player tilts the gamepad to move Firebars to hit players.
 * Bowser's Painball - A game where the GamePad player plays a pinball machine with the other players inside.
 * Bowser's Wicked Wheel - A game where the GamePad player controls the speed of a spinning wheel to knock players into a pair of Amps.
 * Another minigame (shown in the trailer) where there are two platforms which players can switch from and Bowser can pick which one to Ground Pound.

References to other games

 * Super Mario Bros.: In the amusement park board, sprites of Goombas and Koopa Troopas from this game appear as merry-go-round carriages. And in the Bowser Painball minigame, a remix of the Super Mario Bros. Overworld theme plays.
 * Mario Party DS: The Bowser's Painball minigame resembles the board Bowser's Pinball Machine.
 * Mario Super Sluggers: The amusement park board resembles Yoshi Park, one of the fields in this game. The Wiggler roller coaster and swinging ship from this field also return on the board.
 * Mario Party 9: The core gameplay mechanics in this game: Mini Stars, travelling around in a car, and fighting a boss at the end of the board return.
 * New Super Mario Bros. series: The fortresses and castles on the boards are based on their appearance in the games from this series. Stone-heads and Nabbit return from New Super Mario Bros. U, the former in the minigame Fruit Scoot Scurry and the latter as an ally to Bowser in Bowser Party. The airship design from this game also appears in the sky board.