Magma Mine

Magma Mine is one of the seven boards in Mario Party 9. The players ride in a minecart inside a volcano. The mini-boss is a giant Spike, while the main boss which is fought at the end is a Chain Chomp.

Layout
The players start out at the bottom of the mine, in front of a circle of lava. The players ride around the circle to a large ramp leading up. About midway is the boss castle where the Spike is fought. After the battle, the players keep following the track, which goes in different directions (like right and left) to eventually reach the top where the Bowser Gate and Chain Chomp are located. After the mid-boss, the magma shown earlier will rise about to where the players are; it will then rise two vertical spaces each turn after that. It should be noted that, at this point, there are spaces that are exclusive to this board: Magma Spaces. This particular space increases the amount of spaces the lava will raise by the number of vertical spaces shown when landed on. The player who is captain when the lava catches up to the cart will lose half of their Mini Stars. Once the players reach the top of the volcano, the magma will stop chasing them.

Another known gimmick is when the players reach a spot where there are two ways to go (one spot is the circle of lava). Each player chooses which way they want to go (left or right). Once each player has decided, a rollout appears. If the arrow lands on a player who chose left, the cart will go left. If it lands on a character who wants to go right, the cart would go right. Another note is the strange bone-like creature beside the boss castle, it resembles a Bone Dragon from Yoshi's Story.

Technically, the point of the board is to reach the top as fast the player can so he or she will not be the victim of the lava.

Spike Boss Battle
The players are in the volcano, spike throws spiked balls to the players, they have to point to screen an select a item to throw back the spiked ball to spike and win points, the items are a Golden Hammer (3 pts.), a Normal Hammer (1 pt.), and a stick (-1 pt.).

Chain Chomp Boss Battle
The battle takes place at the peak of mine. The players start out behind minecarts with cannons on them. The Chain Chomp appears in front of the minecarts. The players must choose the correct path to reach a minecart. Once they reach the minecart, the cannon shoots hitting the Chain Chomp thus, giving the player points, 1 if is a normal cannon and 3 if is a Golden one. If the player chooses the wrong path, the Chain Chomp hurts the player and lose 1 point.

Official Description
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 * Flag of USA.png ''"A volatile volcano burns mighty hot in this stage. Watch out for the rising lava!"
 * Flag of Europe.png ''"Beware of the lava rising behind you as you ride through Magma Mine, and try to make sure you’re not behind the wheel when it finally catches up! Everyone gets a say in which path you should take to progress, but will the whole party be in agreement?"