Mario Party 7

Mario Party 7 is the seventh installment in the Mario Party series. In this game, Mario and the gang go vacationing on Mushroom World (to locales based off of the real world) using Peach's Cruiser. However, Bowser is not invited on the cruise and decides to cause trouble for Mario and his friends.

The game has a unique feature to allow up to eight players to join the party, with two players each sharing a controller.

Playable Characters
Returning Playable Characters:
 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Princess Peach
 * Yoshi
 * Wario
 * Daisy
 * Waluigi
 * Boo
 * Toad
 * Toadette

New Playable Characters (Both can be unlocked by purchasing them with 1,000 Mileage Points each at the Duty-Free Shop):
 * Birdo
 * Dry Bones

Teams
The teams that seem to be suggested are Mario and Luigi, Wario and Waluigi, Peach and Daisy, Toad and Toadette, Yoshi and Birdo, and Boo and Dry Bones.

Boards

 * Grand Canal
 * Pagoda Peak
 * Pyramid Park
 * Neon Heights
 * Windmillville
 * Bowser's Enchanted Inferno (unlockable)

Spaces

 * Blue Space
 * Red Space
 * ? Space
 * Mic Space
 * Duel Space
 * DK Space
 * Koopa Kid Space
 * Bowser Space

Orbs
There are 5 types of orbs in the game.

Self Orbs
Self Orbs have green shell and are used on self.
 * Mushroom Orb
 * Super 'Shroom Orb
 * Slow 'Shroom Orb
 * Metal Mushroom Orb
 * Flutter Orb (Grand Canal only.)
 * Cannon Orb (Pagoda Peak only.)
 * Lakitu Orb (Neon Heights only.)
 * Snack Orb (Pyramid Park only.)

Thrown Orbs
Thrown Orbs are thrown on a space. Happenings are executed only if the player lands on it. The thrown orbs' shell color is yellow.
 * Hammer Bro. Orb
 * Piranha Plant Orb
 * Spear Guy Orb
 * Kamek Orb
 * Toady Orb
 * Mr. Blizzard Orb
 * Bandit Orb (Windmillville only.)
 * Pink Boo Orb

Roadblock Orbs
Roadblock Orbs are red orbs that are thrown. They are executed when a player passes it.
 * Spiny Orb
 * Zap Orb
 * Tweester Orb
 * Thwomp Orb
 * Warp Pipe Orb
 * Bob-omb Orb (Pagoda Peak only.)

Character Orbs
Character Orbs are orbs that only can be used by a specific pair. Their shells are blue.
 * Fireball Orb (Mario and Luigi only.)
 * Flower Orb (Peach and Daisy only.)
 * Egg Orb (Yoshi and Birdo only.)
 * Vacuum Orb (Wario and Waluigi only.)
 * Magic Orb (Boo and Dry Bones only)
 * Triple 'Shroom Orb (Toad and Toadette only.)

Other Orbs
Other Orbs are orbs that automatically is thrown when somebody receives it. They're violet.
 * Koopa Kid Orb

Mini-Game Cruise
There are six ways to play mini-game cruise:
 * Free Play Sub - Pick and play a mini-game
 * Volcano Peril - win a certain amount of mini-games before your opponents
 * Waterfall Battle - take turns playing Duel mini-games, be the first to win three in a row
 * Pearl Hunt - Beat mini-games to open shells. Be the first one to open three of your own.
 * Decathlon Castle - play ten extreme mini-games to earn the most pionts.
 * King of the River (unlockable) - Solo mini-game cruise.

Trivia

 * The Zap Orb was going to appear in Mario Kart Double Dash!! as Waluigi's special item but Nintendo decided to use the Bomb-omb.