Mario Party: Island Tour

Mario Party: Island Tour is an upcoming title for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the thirteenth in the main series (seventeenth in Japan) in the Mario Party series and the third installment for a handheld console.

Gameplay
Not much is shown at the moment, but it seems that this Mario Party game uses the traditional independent four player gameplay as opposed to Mario Party 9, except players still hit a six-sided Dice Block numbered 1-6 instead of a Dice Block numbered 1-10 in the first eight installments. Like Mario Party 9, players appear to move along a linear board, though in this game it appears to be a race to the end. However, the Spaces appear similar in function to those from Mario Party 9. It is also shown that the players can use special cards to hinder their opponents, similar to Orbs from previous Mario Party installments. It will also have Local Multiplayer. It has been seen that players may verse shadowy versions of the other playable characters in minigames.

Playable

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Yoshi
 * Boo
 * Toad
 * Bowser Jr. (new)

Other

 * Birdo
 * Blooper
 * Bowser
 * Bubble clones of characters
 * Chain Chomp
 * Cheep Cheep
 * Dry Bones
 * Flomps
 * Flutter
 * Goombas
 * Hammer Bro.
 * Kamek
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Lakitu
 * Lumas
 * Monty Mole
 * Rosalina
 * Shy Guys
 * Toads
 * Thwomp
 * Whomp
 * Goomba Tower
 * Banzai Bill
 * Koopa Paratroopa
 * Paragoomba
 * Whittle
 * Stone Spike
 * Jumbo Rays
 * Scaredy Rat
 * Blue Toad
 * Peepas
 * Penguins
 * Piranha Plants
 * Wigglers
 * Mr. Blizzard
 * Spiky Plants
 * Mattermouths
 * Tox Boxes
 * King Bob-omb
 * Spinies
 * Pokeys
 * Cheep Chomps
 * Dry Bowser

Boards
As the title suggests, the boards are split between various themed islands. Seven gameboards have been confirmed in the game.


 * Perilous Palace Path
 * Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain - A board that resembles World 6 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and features Scaredy Rats and Banzai Bills. Players can choose to either hide away safely, or risk being sent back if a player rolls a Banzai Bill. The map has one Green Space, nine Blue Spaces, twelve Red Spaces, and a finish space. . The board's ratings are 2/5 for strategy, 5/5 for luck, and 2/5 for minigames.
 * Star-Crossed Skyway
 * Rocket Road
 * Kamek's Carpet Ride
 * Shy Guy's Shuffle City

Spaces

 * "+3," "+4," and "+5" Spaces, most likely allowing the player to advance farther.
 * Card Spaces
 * Green Spaces
 * Bowser Spaces
 * Event Spaces - In this game they appear in both blue and red colors, possibly denoting whether the event is beneficial or not.
 * Free-for-All Spaces
 * Item Spaces
 * Piranha Plant Spaces
 * Blue and Red Spaces on Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain indicating safe and dangerous areas.
 * Rocket Spaces (appears only on Rocket Road)

Cards
As stated above, the items in this game appear to be cards, most likely obtained from the card spaces also shown. The cards appear to be face-down until used, which reveals the item on it.
 * Bullet Bill - Knocks a selected player back several spaces.
 * Lakitu - Allows the player to steal a card from an opponent.
 * Shy Guy - Unknown, but it is confirmed as Luigi holds some in the box art.

Other

 * Mini Stars
 * Mini Ztars
 * Roulette Block
 * Custom Dice Block - Allows the player to roll any number he or she wants
 * Super Star - Doubles the player's Dice Block roll
 * Mushroom - Add three spaces to the player's Dice Block total
 * Golden Mushroom - Add five spaces to the Dice Block total

Trivia

 * For a time the Nintendo 3DS eShop mistakenly stated Mario Party: Island Tour to be a title on the Nintendo Entertainment System.