DK Space

"Now this is a DK Space. Land on it and Donkey Kong will show up and do something good for you!"

- MC Ballyhoo

DK Spaces are spaces in the Mario Party series, in which if a character lands on one, Donkey Kong shows up and causes a positive effect. DK Spaces mainly serve as a counter to Bowser Spaces. Many show either Donkey Kong's mugshot (facing sideways or directly forwards) or the DK Symbol.

Mario Party 5
The space first appears in Mario Party 5, which is also the first Mario Party game where Donkey Kong leaves the playable roster until his appearance in Mario Party 10 where he returns as a fully playable character. The space is always placed on a random spot on the board and landing on it made Donkey Kong do one of three events:
 * DK Bonus: Donkey Kong lets the player roll a Dice Block to get coins equal to the amount shown.
 * DK Minigame: All players participate in a Minigame where they collect bananas. At the end, Donkey Kong gives everyone coins equal to the amount of bananas that they got by once, twice, or even thrice.
 * DK Roulette: Donkey Kong and the player roll a Dice Block. If the player rolls a higher number, Donkey Kong will give them a free Star. If the player rolls higher and wins, Donkey Kong gives them a free star; if they roll lower or if Donkey Kong gets a "10" (which is an automatic loss), they lose and get nothing.

On Story Mode, if Koopa Kid lands on a DK Space, Donkey Kong reduces Koopa Kid's coins by half. If the player lands on a DK Space, they earn 10 coins from Donkey Kong.

Mario Party 6
In Mario Party 6, more DK Spaces are placed on the board, but they are only around during the day, as they are replaced with Bowser Spaces at night. The DK Roulette event has been removed, however, the player now has a chance of gaining a Star from the DK Bonus event. The DK Bonus now involves a Dice Block shaped like a barrel called a "Dice Barrel", and in addition to displaying a Star, the event has a higher coin output in general.

Mario Party 7
In Mario Party 7, the bonus and roulette events are gone. Players can only earn their prizes from the DK Spaces by minigames alone. In this game, there are two types of Minigames &mdash; single-player and multiplayer. In single-player, players have to beat Donkey Kong to the goal in order to earn 10 coins, 20 coins, 30 coins, or even a Star. Multiplayer works the same as it did in the last two Mario Parties.

Mario Party 8
In Mario Party 8, whenever someone lands on the space, Donkey Kong appears to do something helpful, with a different method for each board, usually the opposite of whatever that board's Bowser Space will do. In this game, the DK Space alternates with the Bowser Space, meaning that when one lands on the DK Space, after the event is over, it will be replaced with a Bowser Space and vice-versa. Also, the shape of the space is different with each board, including the tutorial. Donkey Kong does the following on each board.
 * DK's Treetop Temple: Tosses the player directly to the Star. However, the player (if the star is earned this way), will still have to trade 20 coins for the star.
 * Goomba's Booty Boardwalk: Tells the player to deposit 5 coins into a DK Barrel. The player then shakes the barrel as much as they can within a few seconds to earn back more coins (the player can earn back 11 to 25 coins). If the player has no coins, Donkey Kong hands them 10 coins.
 * King Boo's Haunted Hideaway: Covers all of the pitfalls with special platforms. The first player to reach a pitfall will receive a free Star from Donkey Kong before being sent back to the Start. The platforms will also disappear once King Boo shuffles the house, or whenever someone lands on a Bowser Space. If the star is earned this way on Star Battle Arena, the star from Donkey Kong from the DK Space counts as one of their two stars (even though the star from Donkey Kong is free); since the player or opponent needs to get two stars to win. This is an alternate way to get a star; the player or opponent can get a star from Donkey Kong instead of King Boo (the host of this board that the player must trade 10 coins to, in order to get a star from him).
 * Shy Guy's Perplex Express: Donkey Kong's Barrel Train will overtake the current locomotive. Donkey Kong will then give a free Star to the first player that reaches him. He doubles the player's coin total in Star Battle Arena (dependent on the number of coins that the player has when they reach him) and then leaves. But if the player has zero coins, Donkey Kong will give them 10 coins. The Barrel Train will also leave if someone lands on a Bowser Space.
 * Koopa's Tycoon Town: Deposits 20 coins into one of the five main hotels (three on Star Battle Arena) on the player's behalf.
 * Bowser's Warped Orbit: Gives the player a free star (a free piece of candy in Star Battle Arena).

Mario Party 9
In Mario Party 9, DK Spaces appear only on the board DK's Jungle Ruins. When landed upon, the Bananas and Z-Bananas rotate around the stage in an event called Banana Spin Wheel. The bananas rotate until the captain presses. When this happens, the captain can keep any bananas that flies past after the rotation is stopped.