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, with at least one 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 any amiibo based on a playable character and play on small boards designed for that character with 3 other amiibo figurines. It is similar to the classic Mario Party playstyle.

Returning playable characters

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

New playable characters

 * Rosalina (amiibo Party)
 * Bowser (Bowser Party only)

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
 * Dry Bones
 * Galoombas
 * Goombas
 * Goombrats
 * King Boo
 * Nabbit - Will sometimes give Bowser extra dice blocks in 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
 * Magikoopa or Kamek

Unknown

 * Spike

Main 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 board based upon Bowser's Castle.

amiibo boards

 * Mario Board
 * Luigi Board
 * Peach Board
 * Yoshi Board
 * Toad Board
 * Bowser Board

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.

Free-For-All

 * 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.
 * A minigame in which the players must avoid Peepas or else be slowed down.
 * A minigame in which players must avoid Ball 'n' Chains while traveling on a narrow path.
 * A golfing-based minigame in which the player earns points by hitting their ball first.
 * A minigame in which players are balancing on balls and must roll over all the switches on the field.
 * A minigame which oversees the march of Goombas, Galoombas, and Goombrats.

2-vs-2

 * A 2-vs-2 minigame in which the teams are on opposite sides of the field and must ground pound panels across from each other to earn the coins on panels in-between.
 * A 2-vs-2 minigame in which players are sledding down a mountain collecting coins.

1-vs-3

 * A minigame in which the players must avoid being in the path of Skewers by hiding behind blocks on the field. In the Nintendo Direct trailer, Donkey Kong can be seen in the top-left corner of the screen, pressing switches that seemingly activate the Skewers.

Duel Minigames

 * A minigame similar to tetris, with the player on the side standing on a pump.

Boss Battle Minigames

 * Petey's Bomb Battle - A Boss minigame in which the players must throw Bombs at Petey Piranha.
 * A minigame in which players must defeat a giant Goomba.
 * A minigame where you flee from Kamek on a rocket shooting missles.

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.
 * A minigame where there are two platforms which players can switch from and Bowser can pick which one to Ground Pound.
 * A minigame in which players must climb up the side of a tower with Bowser climbing behind them, avoiding his claws smashing them.
 * A minigame in which players must avoid being smashed by Bowser with a hammer by moving around a track surrounding him.

Items

 * Dice Block
 * Mini Star
 * Mini Ztar

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.
 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon: The Luigi amiibo board appears based on this game, having a model of the Gloomy Manor and a sign with a Greenie on it on the board.

Trivia

 * Mario Party 10 is the first game in the Mario Party series to be given a 7+ age rating by PEGI as opposed to a 3+ rating, although this game was provisionally rated 3+ when announced at E3 2014.