Toad Road

Toad Road is one of the seven boards in Mario Party 9. The players ride in a mushroom car. The mini-boss that guards the Fortress is a Lakitu. The main boss, which is fought at the end of the board in a forest is a Wiggler. This board is the beginning stage of the game and is simple for beginners.

Layout
The players start out in front of a path leading through a plain. The players ride across the path, past a windmill, past a river, and up two short mountains. At the top of one the mountains is where the Fortress is and where the stage's mini-boss, Lakitu is fought. After the fortress is a large gap, which cannot be crossed due to the bridge having been destroyed at an earlier point. The path underneath the gap contains Mini Ztar Spaces, and across it are Mini Star Spaces. In order to jump the gap, each player (with the captain, who rolls last, using a 1-10 Dice Block) must roll a combined total of at least sixteen (8 when playing with three, or 6 when playing with 2) on the Dice. After the mountain and gap, the players rides the plain and reaches a forest where the Bowser Gate is and where the boss, Wiggler is fought. A lot of positive events happen on this board. One of these events is when the captain lands on a Lucky Space, upon which he or she will then climb a beanstalk to receive some Mini Stars (2 for each space they pass). The captain event for this board is that a cannon shoots the car across the river and onto 9 Island. This cannon looks the same as the special ones in New Super Mario Bros..

Lakitu Boss Battle
The name of this minigame is Sock It to Lakitu. The players are on a grassy platform above the clouds, Lakitu the hovers in front of the platform. Lakitu then throws Spinys on the platform which makes the player lose points when hit. Floating blocks are scattered on the platform. The players must hit the block when it shows a picture of a Bill Blaster. The Bill Blaster shoots a Bullet Bill at Lakitu giving the player points. Players must avoid hitting the block when it has a picture of a Spiny because it will come out of the block. Touching a Spiny will deduct one point off the player's score. After knocking Lakitu's life to half, he will throw a giant Spiny which will deduct two points off the player's score.

Wiggler Boss Battle
The name of this minigame is Wiggler Bounce. The players are in an area surrounded by trees. Wiggler soon comes out, then the players must Ground Pound on Wiggler's segments. The player will earn one point for ground pounding the purple spots, and three points for ground pounding the red spots. The players must avoid getting hit by Wiggler or various Piranha Plants that appear around the room.

Trivia

 * The car that the players ride on looks like the car on Mario Party Advance.
 * The spots on Wiggler's segments resemble a Ground Pound Switch.