Mario Party 4
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |   October 21, 2002 November 3, 2002 November 8, 2002 November 29, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
| Media | 1 × GameCube Optical Disc |
Mario Party 4 (マリオパーティ 4 Mario Pāti Fō?) is the fourth in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released on the Nintendo GameCube in North America on October 21, 2002 strangely before the Japanese release on November 8, 2002. It was released on November 29, 2002 in Europe, being heavily criticised for being 'Nintendo's big GameCube Game' for Christmas 2002 as Metroid Prime was delayed until March 2003.
Mario Party 4 is the first Mario Party that was released on the Nintendo GameCube. Each board had its own host, including Toad, Goomba, Shy Guy, Koopa, and Boo. Mario Party 4 also contains some characters new to the franchise; Thwomp and Whomp. Klepto, Dolphin, Lakitu, and Star, along with two completely new characters named Genie of the Lamp and Ztar, are included as well. Mario Party 4 retains the Story Mode found in Mario Party 3.
The game, as usual, contains a standard party mode in which up to four players play through a board, trying to collect as many Stars as possible. The Star Space would appear randomly on the board, and players would have to reach it before anyone else. However, the Stars carry a price tag of 20 coins, and player has to earn those coins by winning minigames, which take place at the end of each turn (after all the players have rolled the Dice Block, which will always roll a number from one to ten).
Battle minigames are like the 4-player games, but generally (with many exceptions) a little more elaborate. Battle games are usually tense because every player has to put a certain number of coins (from 5 - 50) into a pot. First place gets 70% of the pot, second place gets 30%, and a random player gets any coins lost in rounding.
Every Mario Party contains 60 to 80 minigames of a few different types. Four-player games are a free-for-all in which all players compete against each other. 2-on-2 and 1-on-3 minigames put players in groups, so they have to cooperate in the minigame to win, even though they are against each other in the main game. In most situations, winners of these games make 10 coins each.
A new addition to the Mario Party series was the Bowser mini-games. Players play in a very elaborate mini-game that ends when one player is eliminated in various ways. (See Bowser mini-game section below) The loser loses a pre-specified item, usually coins, items and even a whole star.
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[edit] Playable Characters
[edit] Playable in Beach Volley Folley
The characters mentioned above are immediately playable once you unlock Beach Volley Folley. However, you can unlock more characters (below) if you complete its Battle Mode once.
[edit] Non-Playable Characters
[edit] Spaces
There is various spaces in the game. The following is a list of them, and what they do.
- Blue Space - The player gets three coins. Also, there is a special feature on this game called Hidden Blocks, in which a star or coins may be hidden on random blue spaces.
- Red Space - The player loses three coins.
- Happening Space - A special board event takes place.
- Warp Space - The player is sent to the same space as an opponent. A spinner chooses which opponent's space he or she will warp to.
- Mushroom Space - Two boxes will appear (one big and one small). The player chooses one, and is given either a Mini Mushroom or a Mega Mushroom.
- Battle Space - A battle minigame will start in which players put a chosen amount of coins into a pot. The better the player finishes in the minigame, the more coins he or she will get back from the pot. Any coins remaining are distributed randomly.
- Bowser Space - Bowser may steal items from players or a Bowser minigame may begin.
- Fortune Space - A reversal of fortune begins, in which players may have to give coins or stars to others. The player who landed on it plays a game like pinball that chooses the two players involved as well as what will be given, taken, or swapped.
[edit] Minigames
As with all Mario Party games, Mario Party 4 has many of minigames. The controls range from alternating buttons to moving around. The item mini games and Game Guy mini games do not return in this or any future games. In Bowser games, all players must try not to be the loser. In Story games, 2 players face off in a 1 on 1 battle. They are divided into 4-player, 1 vs. 3, 2 vs. 2, Bowser, Story and Etc.
[edit] Voice Artists
- Charles Martinet as Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi
- Jen Taylor as Peach, Daisy and Toad
- Richard Yearwood as Donkey Kong
- Kazumi Totaka as Yoshi
- Scott Burns as Bowser
[edit] Trivia
- Mario Party 4 marks the last Mario Party game where Donkey Kong is a playable character. Starting with Mario Party 5, he got his own space like Bowser.
- The Mega and Mini Mushrooms eventually appeared in New Super Mario Bros. They generally function the same way as they did in this game, but the Mushrooms themselves were redesigned.
- This is the last game in which Stars can be found inside Hidden Blocks.
- This is also the last game in which Stars are bought from the host of the board.
- This is the first game to use Yoshi's regular voice instead of the voice used in Mario Party 1, 2 and 3, which sounds much different.
[edit] External links
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Mario Party series
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