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 mini-games. 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.

Playable Characters
Note: This is the last Mario Party game in which Donkey Kong is playable.

Plot
Toad, Koopa Troopa, Goomba, Boo and Shy Guy all found the odd, mystical Party Cube. According to the instruction booklet, they have invited all of the game characters to celebrate the birthday of a character (the character is chosen by the player). However, instead of just giving the character the presents, they make the characters win the presents theirselves. Eventually, Bowser enters to ruin things with his own board, hosted by Koopa Kid (known in PAL regions as Mini Bowser).

Boards

 * Toad's Midway Madness
 * Koopa's Seaside Soiree
 * Goomba's Greedy Gala
 * Boo's Haunted Bash
 * Shy Guy's Jungle Jam
 * Bowser's Gnarly Party

Other Modes
Thwomp and Whomp have a room full of bonus mini-games. These mini-games could be played on two bonus boards. Their mini-games 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)

 * Mega Board Mayhem
 * Mini Board Mad-Dash
 * Challenge Booksquirm
 * Panel Panic

Other
Also featured was a bonus volleyball game, hosted by Ztar, an odd dark version of the Power Star.

Presents

 * Mario Room
 * Luigi Room
 * Yoshi Room
 * Peach Room
 * Wario Room
 * Donkey Kong Room
 * Daisy Room
 * Waluigi Room
 * Mini Game Room

Voice Cast

 * Charles Martinet as Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
 * Jen Taylor as Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Toad
 * Kazumi Totaka as Yoshi

Trivia

 * Mario Party 4 is notable for being the first Mario Party game to actually have a plot revolving around an actual party.


 * Mario Party 4 is also notable for being the only game in the Mario Party series that doesn't feature the Piranha Plant in any board, mini-game, item or any other place at all. The Piranha Plant only makes a brief cameo in the background of the Option Room.


 * Mario Party 4 is the only title in the series with the characters saying "Oh, I lost!" or another form of saying disappointment when losing a minigame.


 * This is the first Mario series installment to have Princess Peach and Princess Daisy in their current main dresses, as well as Princess Daisy's hair being short.