Mario Party: Island Tour

Mario Party (tentative title) 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. 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.

Non Playable

 * Rosalina
 * Luma
 * Koopa
 * Shy Guy
 * Monty Mole
 * Goomba
 * Toads
 * Chain Chomp
 * Lakitu
 * Cheep Cheep
 * Fuzzy
 * Scaredy Rat
 * Bullet Bill
 * Banzai Bill
 * Bowser

Boards
Seven gameboards are confirmed in the game.


 * A town inhabited by Toads similar to Toad Town from Paper Mario.
 * A grassland that resembles Toad Road and features a Chain Chomp.
 * A board that resembles World 6 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and features Scaredy Rats and Banzai Bills.
 * A space theme featuring elements from Super Mario Galaxy. It appears to be a race, as seen when Mario reaches the end.

Minigames
There are 81 minigames confirmed.

4-Player Minigames

 * 早押しガンマン (literally "Fast-Pressing Gunman"): A minigame in which players must shoot paintballs at the command target.
 * スペースジャンプ (literally "Space Jump"): A minigame taking place above a moon-like planet, where players must jump on several platforms.
 * お宝ホール (literally "Treasure Hall"): A minigame where players jump into holes to collect diamonds.
 * A minigame in which players must ground pound lit sections on a cube floating in space.
 * A minigame where players must aim and shoot darts at Fuzzies.
 * A sliding puzzle game in which players must rearrange tiles to form the correct image.
 * A minigame similar to Bumper Balls, in which players must roll around on a drum collecting musical notes.
 * A minigame that has players drawing images of various enemies shown on the top screen on the touch screen.
 * A minigame that features players racing against each other on sleds.
 * A puzzle game featuring players lining up various icons of items to get matches.
 * A minigame resembling Parachutin' Gallery, featuring players diving from above and shoving each other aside to land on several blocks below.
 * A minigame that has players fishing Cheep-Cheeps.
 * A minigame where players must catch Goombas with lassos.
 * A minigame that uses the AR card functionality of the 3DS. It shows players climbing a tower inside a pool of lava.