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. The first place finisher takes 70% of the collected coins, and the 2nd place finisher gets the remaining 30%. 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.

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. will reward six Mini Stars to first place, four to second, and two to third, while Fire Bro. will take ten Mini Stars from the player in last place (or a combined number of ten if multiple players place last) and distribute them based on the ranks of the other three players. 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.