Mario Party
Mario Party is a video game based on a board game, and the first of the expansive Mario Party series. Players choose one of six characters and move around the board. As they go around, they collect coins and various other items that can help them or hinder others in their quest to collect Stars. Twenty coins are required to buy a star.
What sets this game apart from others is the mini-games that follow each round. The players will be grouped together in groups of two, three against one, or everyone for themselves. They then compete in a game that tests their reflexes, puzzle solving skills, or plain luck. The winners will be awarded coins and the losers may lose coins.
However, being good at the game isn't enough to win. Luck is also important. It's possible to go from first to last in a single turn if another character is lucky.
Playable Characters and their colors
Boards
The original Mario Party had eight game boards, more than any other game to date (and not counting the Duel boards from Mario Party 3).
- DK's Jungle Adventure
- Peach's Birthday Cake
- Yoshi's Tropical Island
- Wario's Battle Canyon
- Luigi's Engine Room
- Mario's Rainbow Castle
- Bowser's Magma Mountain
- Eternal Star
Spaces
- Blue Space – Players will gain 3 Coins, but will gain 6 Coins for the Last 5 Turns.
- Red Space – Players will lose 3 Coins, but will lose 6 Coins for the Last 5 Turns.
- ? Space – A variety of things will happen as the surprise is half the fun.
- Star Space – When the player lands here, he will talk to Toad about getting a Star if he has at least 20 Coins, but if he has less than 20 coins, he will not get a Star.
- Mini-Game Space – The player that lands here will play a 1-Player Mini-Game.
- Chance Time Space – The player that lands here will play Chance Time and hit three blocks and at the end, the chosen players step in and a player will take the other player's Coins or Stars or they will trade Coins or Stars.
- Mushroom Space – The Mushroom Block appears and if the Mushroom appears, he will take another turn, or if the Poison Mushroom appears, he will lose his next turn.
Mini-games
Trivia
- The Dice Block that Mario is hitting on the cover of the game shows a 3, leading many gamers to mistakenly believe that this game was Mario Party 3 after the third game was released.
- Mario Kart Slot Cars, a promotion for Mario Kart DS, appear to be inspired by the Slot Car Derby mini-game.
- There are items called Event Blocks.
