Some cards include minigames played with the e-Reader, which can either allow the player to use the card for free (rather than needing Coin cards), provide a roulette result, or enable a duel between two players. Other types of cards can be used to benefit the player or hinder opponents. Mario Party-e ( Game Boy Advance e-Reader, 2003): A physical card game in which the goal is to collect the Superstar's Hat, Clothes, and Shoes and then play the Superstar card to win.It also introduces the option to play party boards in a 2vs2 fashion. Mario Party 4 ( GameCube, 2002): This game's theme is "parties and celebrations", and has unique "hosts" for each board, like a Toad or a Goomba.Hosting duties are shared between two new characters: The Millennium Star, a star that only shines once a millennium, and Tumble, a magical die that was brought to life by the Millennium Star. Mario Party 3 (Nintenote 2001 outside Japan): This game's theme is "storybooks", and the game has a kind of pop-up book aesthetic to it.Mario Party 2 (Nintenote 2000 outside Japan Wii Virtual Console, 2010): The theme is "costumes" and "theme parks", as every level sees you dress up in a new outfit and take part in a sort of play.
Mario Party 10 is compatible with 9 figures in total: The first six, plus Rosalina, Donkey Kong, and Wario. This set includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, and Toad. figures, but there is also a new set of figures dedicated to Mario Party 10. The game is confirmed to have amiibo functionality: The game is compatible with Super Smash Bros. Whoever plays as him can ruin the other players' days. Mario Party 10 retains 9's changes, but its star is Bowser, who is playable for the first time (not counting a bonus game in 4 and Super Duel Mode from 5). The basic format of the game has mostly remained the same: Four players (computers filling in if there aren't enough human players) take turns rolling dice to move across one of several themed boards, with the ultimate goal of obtaining Stars, which are classically obtained by a player who reaches a Star Space and buys a star for 20 Coins, after which the Star Space is moved to a random location on the board. About a dozen Mario Party games have been released so far: eleven on home consoles, one on the Game Boy Advance, one for the e-Reader (actually a non-collectible card game with included minigames), one on the Nintendo DS, two in arcades, and three on the Nintendo 3DS.
are playable characters in the Mario Party series. Besides Mario, Luigi, and their friends, some of the enemies from Super Mario Bros. The series combines a digital board game with various competitive mini-games. The series also created arcade adaptations, which are developed by Capcom. It started off developed by Hudson Soft and CAProduction, though Hudson's acquisition by Konami led to 9 and later games being developed by NDcube note which also contains some ex-Hudson Soft developers, developers of Wii Party. Mario Party is Nintendo's long-running series of multiplayer games for the Nintendo 64, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Wii, DS, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch.