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{{italic title|''Mario Party: Island Tour''}}

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|developer=[[Nd Cube]]<br> [[Nintendo SPD Group No.4]]

|released='''Original release'''<br>{{released|USA|November 22, 2013<ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/28/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-and-mario-party-island-tour-hit-3d/]</ref>|HK|January 10, 2014<ref>Nintendo. [http://www.nintendo.com.hk/3ds/eshop/downloadtable.html 能夠下載的軟體]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved April 17, 2017.</ref>|ROC|January 10, 2014|Europe|January 17, 2014<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/mario_party_island_tour_gets_the_dice_rolling_on_17th_january_in_europe]</ref>|Australia|January 18, 2014<ref>http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=news&nid=3075&pageID=6</ref>|Japan|March 20, 2014|South Korea|March 20, 2014}} '''[[Nintendo Selects]] Release'''<br>{{released|Europe|October 16, 2015|USA|March 11, 2016|Australia|May 26, 2016}}

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'''''Mario Party: Island Tour''''' is a game for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], released first in the Americas in November 22, 2013, and the second ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' game to be developed by [[Nd Cube]]. It is the twelfth main installment (nineteenth overall) in the ''Mario Party'' series, the third installment for a handheld console, and the first ''Mario Party'' to be developed for the Nintendo 3DS. ''Mario Party: Island Tour'' has gameplay objectives unique to it compared to other entries in the ''Mario Party'' series. Rather than traveling around a board to obtain the most quantity of a particular item, either separately or together on a vehicle, players need to race their opponents to the finish in a linear, one-way board, with certain objectives in the race differing depending on the board played on. The game additionally retains several key elements from other ''Mario Party'' titles &mdash; namely, obtaining and using items to gain an advantage over opponents, and playing a wide variety of [[minigame]]s.  

After a relaxing day around [[Peach's Castle]], [[Mario]] and the gang notice a strange letter in a bubble saying they are happily invited to the Party Islands. The gang then cheers about it but then the letter suddenly traps the gang in bubbles to carry them though the sky to the Party Islands.

While Mario and the gang are partying and playing games, [[Bowser]] shows up, feeling jealous about why Mario and his friends are invited, so he builds [[Bowser's Tower]], saying that anyone can join him at his evil party. He begins locking all the fun from the Party Islands in bubbles. He also puts evil magic in the bubbles made by the bubble machine to make [[bubble clone]]s of the gang to guard the tower. The player's selected character and a green [[Toad (species)|Toad]] advance up the tower and defeat the bubble clones as well as various bosses. After defeating Bowser in [[Bowser's Sky Scuffle]], the player's character then defeats the [[Mario]] bubble clones guarding the bubble machine and then destroys the bubble machine with a ground pound. Shortly afterward, Bowser reappears and boots the player's character and the green Toad out of the tower, inviting them to challenge him any time and that he won't be done.

Unlike the direct preceding game, ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', where all four players travel together through a vehicle and aim to obtain the most [[Mini Star]]s, ''Mario Party: Island Tour'' uses the traditional independent four-player gameplay as seen in previous ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' entries. The ultimate goal of the game in most of the boards is to race opponents on a linear-designed board to the finish line, unlike other ''Mario Party'' games, where players are required to amass the most amount of a certain item to win in all boards. In order to advance through the board, players roll a [[Dice Block]] numbered from 1 to 6 to dictate their movement. Each board has its own play style with different rules from another: one board, [[Star-Crossed Skyway]], requires players to amass the most Mini Stars, while [[Kamek's Carpet Ride]] requires players to land exactly on a particular space, called a [[Just-Right Space]], by using numbered cards. Another feature of these boards is to replace the "6" on the Dice Block with another feature, such as a [[Banzai Bill]] icon on [[Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain]] that causes players to fall back to the halfway point or the start of the board or a 0 in [[Rocket Road]], meaning the player cannot move at all. Prior to starting out, a yellow [[Toad (species)|Toad]] explains the board's play style, and after players are done viewing the rules, they roll a Dice Block to determine their turn order; players who roll a higher number than others will move earlier. In this game, a Round, similar to turns from earlier ''Mario Party'' titles, is taken once every player has rolled a Dice Block and moved accordingly, and while in earlier ''Mario Party'' titles had a limited amount of turns to take until the game ends, ''Mario Party: Island Tour'' proceeds until all players have reached the end goal. When starting their own round, players can either opt to use an item if an item is available for use or look around the map to plan out movement. If players end the game in a tie, a Dice Block roll determines who wins the game. At the end of the game, various stats are recorded such as how many spaces a player has landed on, a line graph depicting the players' progress, and other recordings depending on the board the players were playing on.

There are a total of 10 playable characters in ''Mario Party: Island Tour'', consisting of 9 default characters and 1 unlockable character ([[Bowser Jr.]]).

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![[Luma (species)|Luma]]

|rowspan=4 style="background:darkorange"|[[File:BanzaiBill'sMadMountainIntro.jpg|250px|link=Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain]]<br>'''{{color-link|Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain|black}}'''

|rowspan=4 style="background:pink"|[[File:Star-CrossedSkywayIntro.jpg|250px|link=Star-Crossed Skyway]]<br>'''{{color-link|Star-Crossed Skyway|black}}'''

|rowspan=4 style="background:blue"|[[File:RocketRoadIntro.jpeg|250px|link=Rocket Road]]<br>'''{{color-link|Rocket Road|white}}'''

|[[Back Space (fixed)|Back Space]]<br>[[File:MPIT SpaceBack.png]]

|align=left|''Land here to get one [[Booster (item)|booster]]''.

|[[Advance Space|Dash Space]]<br>[[File:MPIT SpaceDash.png]]

|[[Warp Space (Mario Party 4)|Warp Space]]<br>('''Event Space''' in the British English version)<br>[[File:MPIT SpaceWarp.png]]

|[[Booster (item)|Booster]]<br>[[File:MPIT-BoosterIcon.png]]

''Mario Party: Island Tour'' was developed by [[Nd Cube]] and published by [[Nintendo]]. This is the second ''Mario Party'' game Nd Cube has worked on, after ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', and the first handheld installment that they developed for. The game was directed by Yukio Umematsu, who would later work under planning for the next ''Mario Party'' installment, ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. The game's sound was directed by [[Ichiro Shimakura]], known for directing the sound in other ''Mario Party'' installments, while the soundtrack was directed by Rei Kondoh, who would later compose music for ''Mario Party 10''.

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*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': The main theme is rearranged in the minigames [[Xylophone Home]] and [[Goomba Tower Takedown]]. In [[Amp My Style]], a rearrangement of the underground theme appears. In Perilous Palace Path, while in the Bowser Zone, a rearrangement of the castle theme appears. Also, the Starman theme is used for the Perilous Palace Path board whenever a player uses a [[Super Star]].

*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'': The song "Slowly Bubble Up" sounds similar to the Card Game/Spade Bonus music. Also, part of the athletic theme is remixed into "Hurry Up", one of the minigame themes.

*''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'': The "Koopa's Road" theme is rearranged for parts of Bowser's Peculiar Peak. King Bob-omb appears as a boss in this game as he did here, and Bowser makes a reference to his interest with his moustache from the remake saying, "My next guard has an even more formidable moustache than Mario!"

*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'': The minigame [[Blown Hover]] features [[Flip Panel (platform)|Flip Panel]]s and the square mountains from [[World 4-5 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 4-5]] from this game. Also, Dry Bowser's voice clips are borrowed from this game. [[Para-Biddybud]]s also make some cameos. The background of [[Fuel Me Once]] is very similar to [[World 1-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 1-1]].

*''[[Mario Party 9]]'': The voices of the characters and minigame announcer are borrowed from this game. Music such as the minigame intro and results screen are rearranged from this game. [[Mini Star]]s and [[Mini Ztar]]s return in Star-Crossed Skyway.

*''[[Super Mario Party]]'': Bowser Jr.'s and Boo's victory and losing animations are recycled into this game.

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