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General information Platform: Nintendo 64 Developed by Hudson Soft Published by Nintendo Players: 1-4 |
GAME INFORMATION
Overview / Mini-Game List
Tensions mount for Mario and pals as each declares himself to be the one true Super Star of Mario Land. Face your friends and family in a contest of strength, wits and agility as you explore 6 thrilling Adventure boards. Reveal new levels of gaming excitement as you customize your boards with speed blocks, warp blocks and other speciality items. Jam-packed with all the electricity of an entire arcade, the action comes alive for up to four players. So grab your friends and get ready for a wild ride because this party never ends!
Mario Party is a board-game style title for the Nintendo 64. Players can choose from one of six playable characters as below:-
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Mario
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Luigi
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Yoshi
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Princess Toadstool
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Wario
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Donkey Kong
The game can be played in one of two modes
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Party mode - Four players will play on a board-game style setup, taking it in turns to roll a dice which decides
how many spaces their player will move around the board. Once everyone has taken a turn a randomly selected mini game will begin. Players
continue rolling and playing mini games until time runs out. -
Mini-game mode - in this mode the player can select up to seven mini-games to play back to back and customise the settings of the mini-games as required.
Shoot for the stars in 2-on-2. 3-on-1 or 4-player free-for-all action. Bash, bump and bully your way through 56 dizzying Mini-games. 9 World Maps provide a challenging single-player quest on Mini-Game Island.
Mario Party is a compilation of fifty-six Mini-Games comprising; ten single-player Mini-Games, five two-v-two Mini-Games, ten 3-v-1 Mini-Games and twenty-four four player Mini-Games.
Single-player Mini-Games Ghost Guess Ground Pound Knock Block Tower Limbo Dance Memory Match Pedal Power Shell Game Slot Machine Teetering Towers Whack-a-Plant
Two v Two player Mini-Games Bobsled Run Deep Sea Divers
Three v One Mini-Games Bash 'n' Cash Bowl Over Coin Block Bash Coin Shower Flower Crane Game Paddle Battle Pipe Maze Piranha's Pursuit TightRope Treachery Tug o' War |
Four player Mini-Games Balloon Burst Bombs Away Box Mountain Mayhem Bumper Balls Buried Treasure Cast Aways Coin Block Blitz Crazy Cutter Face Lift Grab Bag Hammer Drop Hot Bob-omb Hot Rope Jump Key-pa-Way Mario Bandstand Mushroom Mix-up Musical Mushroom Platform Peril Running of the Bulb Shy Guy Says Skateboard Scamper Slot Car Derby Tipsy Tourney Treasure Divers |
Mini Game Playthroughs
A playthrough of each game board in Mario Party is below:-
The playlist order is as below list, but
1. Donkey Kong's Jungle Adventure
2. Peaches Birthday Cake
3. Yoshi's Tropical Island
4. Wario's Battle Canyon
5. Luigi's Engine Room
6. Mario's Rainbow Castle
You can skip to a board of your choice by clicking in the top left of the playlist and choosing a different video:-
Interesting Facts
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Once the game is completed the tune playing while the credits are scrolling is actually a heavily remixed version of the Mario Bros. Tune.
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The second Mario game (to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) allowing you to buy items
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The second Mario game to allow up to 4 players, the first was Mario Kart 64
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Long after the release of Mario Party, infact even after the release of Mario Party 2, Nintendo bought out a Mario Party glove.
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This glove was given away free and was intended for gamers who played a lot not to blister their hands due to the way the n64 controls were, Nintendo required proof of purchase of the Mario Party games to send these gloves out. The gloves were not logo bearing and had no Mario Characters on.
Some of the mini games names are puns, such as below:-
Name | Pun of |
Bombsketball | Basketball |
Bumper Balls | Bumper cars |
Hot Bob-omb | Hot Potato |
Key-pa-Way | Keep away |
Musical Mushroom | Musical Chairs |
Shy guy says | Simon Says |
Whack-a-plant | Whack a mole |
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