Mario Party

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Mario Party
Some people accidentally thought that this game was the third in the series on the account that the block has a three on it.
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	December 18, 1999 February 8, 1999 March 9, 1999
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64
Followed by	Mario Party 2
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Mario Party is a game that was released on the Nintendo 64, and is the first game in the "party" genre. In the game, players go across a board filled with themes and events, once all the players have moved, then a mini game will start, whom ever wins will get a certain amount of coins. The goal of the game is to get the most stars, which can be bought with coins.

The game included six playable characters, which include Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Wario. All of the characters other than Donkey Kong have been playable characters in all of the other Mario Party games (with the exception of Mario Party Advance, where Wario wasn't playable).

The minigames are the highlight of the game. The game has 50 minigames. Each mini game can be found here.

[edit] Boards

There are plenty of boards on the game. Six of the eight boards are based on the playable characters in the games.

• Mario's Rainbow Castle - This is set way up in the clouds. There are ? mark spaces that, when pressed, will switch the Star granting Toad with Bowser, and vice-versa.
• Yoshi's Tropical Island - An island owned by Yoshi. The object of the game board is to reunite the blue Yoshi with the pink Yoshi.
• DK's Jungle Adventure - This course is owned by Donkey Kong. Obstacles include large rolling boulders that make the character about half way around the board to the other side, and Whomps.
• Peach's Birthday Cake - A large cake with a lottery that has two faces on it - Bowser's and Toad's. If you get Bowser's, you have to go to Bowser, which isn't good. If you get Toad's, you go in the direction of the star.
• Wario's Battle Canyon - A canyon owned by Wario with multiple cannons.
• Luigi's Engine Room - A complicated maze type of level owned by Luigi.