Mario Party 4

Mario Party 4 is the fourth game in the Mario Party series, and the first for the Nintendo GameCube. It follows the original style of board-game-esque gameplay, as well as the use of many items and minigames. The game's goal, as with most of the others, is to collect stars. It is also the first Mario Party game to allow players to team up.

Plot
One day, while at Princess Peach's Castle. Toad, Shy Guy, Boo and Koopa Troopa arrive on a mysterious item called the Party Cube to celebrate your birthday. But just getting the presents would be way to easy, so they decide to challenge you for it. Once you have completed all the courses. Koopa Kid and Bowser challenge you to a duel, and you are forced to fight. Once you have defeated Bowser. Toad comes and gives you a constellation of yourself for your birthday and you're quest is over.

Playable Characters

 * Mario -  Red 
 * Luigi -  Blue 
 * Peach -  Pink 
 * Yoshi -  Green 
 * Wario -  Purple 
 * Donkey Kong -  Brown 
 * Daisy -  Yellow 
 * Waluigi -  Black 

Beach Volley Folley exclusive

 * Toad
 * Shy Guy
 * Boo
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Koopa Kid
 * Bowser

Extra Room
Thwomp and Whomp have a room full of bonus minigames. These minigames can be played on two bonus boards. Their minigames are:

One Player (Whomp's Basement Brouhaha)

 * Jigsaw Jitters
 * Barrel Baron
 * Mushroom Medic
 * Doors of Doom
 * Bob-omb X-ing
 * Goomba Stomp

Multiplayer (Thwomp's Backroom Ball)
Thowmp's Backroom Ball is like the rest of the game modes except it doesn't feature minigames, therefore the player has to stay on the game board for the entire time.
 * Mega Board Mayhem
 * Mini Board Mad-Dash
 * Challenge Booksquirm
 * Panel Panic

Other
Also featured is a bonus volleyball game, hosted by a Ztar. Finally, players are able to access the Present Room, which allows them to view all the presents that the player has accumulated throughout the Story Mode for each character.

Trivia

 * This is the first Mario series installment overall to have Princess Daisy in her current main dress. Because Princess Peach got hers in Super Mario Sunshine.
 * Also, in this installment, Daisy's voice seems to be lower pitched than to what it was in Mario Party 3.
 * This is the last Mario Party to have Donkey Kong as a full main playable character.
 * This is also the only Mario Party title to feature Bowser as a playable character.