FAQ/Walkthrough
Mario Party 3
Alias: The Return of Raken
[email protected]
Version 1.00
PROOFREAD
Table of Contents
I: Copyright Information
II: Introduction
III: Version History
IV: Main Controls
V: Menus
VI: Characters
VII: Items
VIII: Battle Royal Maps
IX: Mini-Games
X: Story Mode
XI: Duel Maps
XII: Duel Partners
XIII: Mini-Game Room
XIV: Game Guy Room
XV: Questions You Might Ask
XVI: Credits
XVII: Conclusion
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I: Copyright Information
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This FAQ may not be reproduced or reformatted in any way without prior
written permission from me. This FAQ is copyright 2002-2004. It may not
be used for profitable purposes, such as magazines, books, etc. It may
not be used for ads. All rights reserved.
I am not in any way associated or affiliated with any companies who
were involved in the making of this game. Copyright their respective
owners. All rights reserved.
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II: Introduction
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Hello. The primary purpose of this FAQ is to help you through the game
of Mario Party 3. You should look at this FAQ for one of the following
reasons...
1. You want to be stupid and spoil the game.
2. You are stuck on a certain point of the game, and need help.
3. You have already beaten the game, and want to read the FAQ just for
fun, or, look for things that you may have missed.
Let me explain to you how to read the Mini-Games section.
When I explain a Mini-Game, first, I will list the controls for that
specific Mini-Game. There are groups of Mini-Games. There are 4-Player
Mini-Games, 2 vs. 2 Mini-Games, 1 vs. 3 Mini-Games, Duel Mini-Games,
Battle Mini-Games, Item Mini-Games, ??? Mini-Games, and Game Guy Mini-
Games. All these will be explained in the Mini-Games section in their
respective groups.
After the controls of the Mini-Game, I will list some strategies and
things like that for the Mini-Game. Then, I will proceed to the next
Mini-Game. Here is the one site that this guide may appear on.
www.gamefaqs.com
If you would like to recommend a different site, send an e-mail to
[email protected] with the name of the site you're recommending in
the e-mail. I'll check it out to see if it's okay, then I'll get back
to you.
That done, I hope the FAQ helps you. Thank you.
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III: Version History
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Version 1.00: The initial release of this guide. Never made it online,
though.
Version 1.10: Proofread the guide. Added some stuff like...
-Took away hyphenations.
-Added the number of each type of space on the first three Board Maps.
-Added the shark torpedo thing on Deep Bloober Sea.
-Took away as many coins as you may lose like when you hit a Red Space
and just listed one number instead.
-Changed some words to different words.
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IV: Main Controls
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NOTE: All the buttons are followed by information on what they do, and
that is followed by a number. If you see a 1, then that means that this
is for In The Menu. A 2 means During Game Play.
A: Confirms a selection/goes forward a screen. 1. Hits the Dice Block,
confirms the usage of an item. Does things in certain Action Times. 2.
B: Cancels a selection/goes backward a screen. 1. Goes to the Item
Menu. Views Partners on Duel Mode. 2.
Down C: N/A. 1 and 2.
Left C: Goes to the previous item in item explanations and goes to the
previous partner in partner explanations. 1. N/A for 2.
Right C: Goes to the next item in item explanations and goes to the
next partner in partner explanations. Goes to the next part of Mini-
Game Explanations. 1. N/A for 2.
Up C: View item explanations if you are about to use an item, and view
partner explanations if you are about to play Roulette on Duel mode. 1.
N/A for 2.
R: Choose Practice for Mini-Games. 1. View Map. 2.
L: N/A. 1 and 2.
Z: Stop viewing Board on Battle Royal. 1. View Board on Battle Royal.
2.
Control Pad: N/A. 1 and 2.
Start: Confirms a selection/goes forward a screen. 1. Begins a Mini-
Game at the Explanation Screen. 2.
Control Stick: Moves the cursor. 1. Moves you in the Woody Woods Action
Time. 2.
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V: Menus
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At the beginning, push Start to display the Title Screen. Press Start
again to enter the Main Menu.
Here, you have five choices.
Files
Choose from one of the three files listed. If the treasure chest is
white, then, you will proceed to the Name Entry screen. Enter any name
with a maximum of five characters and then push A. If the treasure
chest has a starry sky, then there is already data saved on that file.
Push A on it. You will proceed to the Mode Selection Screen #1. Now,
you can choose from either Party Mode or Story Mode. Party Mode is
multiplayer fun! Story Mode is a single-player mode. Story Mode is
explained in more detail in the Story Mode section. After this, you
will proceed to the Mode Selection Screen #2.
Erase
Erase any file you wish. Please note that after a file has been erased,
its data cannot be recovered.
Copy
Copy any file's data to a different file.
Mode Selection Screen #2
There are many options here.
The Blue Star
Go to the Battle Royal Map Setup Screen. Explained later.
The Red Star
Go to the Duel Map Setup Screen. Explained later.
The Yellow Star
Go to the Mini-Game Room Setup Screen. Explained later.
The Cannon
This will only appear if data has been saved. How to save data is
explained later. This cannon will "shoot" you back to the point where
you saved.
Peach's Castle
Enter here to view and listen to some things and change one option,
Stereo or Mono sound.
Stone Images
There can be up to six of these, one of each character. Once you are
given the title of Superstar in Story Mode, the character's head that
you used will be engraved in the stone up there. You can move up to
these, and see how they did in their adventure.
Millennium Star
The Stardust Battle mini-game. This only appears after collecting all
seven Star Stamps (explained in the Story Mode section).
Millennium Star #2
He's in a star hole in the middle. He'll suggest Board Maps and Duel
Maps if you select him on Party Mode, and he'll also say which
character has won the most times on that board on this file, provided
the Board Map has been won and has a record untied for most times won.
On Story Mode, he'll explain Star Rankings. If you say No when he asks
you if you want him to explain them, he'll ask if you want to view the
Star Chart. This shows you what is required for each ranking.
Peach's Castle
There are two side doors on the bottom floor, where you can listen to
sounds and music from the game, and switch sound between Stereo and
Mono. There is a door on the top floor, where you can view records
recorded at Battle Royal Maps, Duel Maps, and Mini-Games.
That's all. The rest is explained in different sections. Know something
I forgot?
[email protected] is my e-mail.
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VI: Characters
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NOTE: Not just the characters you can play as are in here. Everybody's
here!
2nd NOTE: This is where the spoilers come, badly.
This is divided into sections...
Characters Appearing at One Battle Royal Map
Characters Appearing Anywhere
Characters Appearing at One Battle Royal Map
#1: Snowman
Yes, the snowman from Chilly Waters! The lazy one who rolls a snowball
for 5 coins, or for a prompting from one of those ? spaces. Of course,
every now and then, the snowman doesn't wake up.
#2: Baby Blooper
It's the underwater animal from Deep Bloober Sea! He gets his mommy to
move you to a space on the other side if prompted by a certain green
space that has a blue shape on it...
#3: Mommy Blooper
The one who moves you to a space on the other side.
#4: Blowing Jellyfish
Ah, yes, the long string of ? spaces! He blows if you don't swim! What
a stupid catchphrase. Anyway, this guy plays quite an insignificant
role.
#5: Guy Cactus
He is on Spiny Desert. Getting hit by him could prove smart...
#6: Girl Cactus
She is on Spiny Desert. Getting hit by her could prove smart...
#7: Friendly Tree
He drops a Plus Coin Fruit and a Forward Fruit at Woody Woods. Which
will you nab?
#8: Unfriendly Tree
He drops a Minus Coin Fruit and a Reverse Fruit at Woody Woods. Which
will you nab?
#9: Monty Mole
He's at Woody Woods. He's in charge of the arrow signs.
#10: Whomp King
The laziest one at Creepy Cavern, it's gonna take random items to get
him to move.
#11: Thwomp
They couldn't forget Thwomp! He's in charge of the mine cart at Creepy
Cavern.
Characters Appearing Anywhere
#1: Mario
They couldn't forget Mario, either! This guy has been around for so
long! Anyway, he's the host of this strange party. Red is his theme
color, and he wears blue overalls. He has an M on his hat.
#2: Luigi
They also couldn't forget Mario's little bro, Luigi! He's been around
really long too! Blue is his theme color, and he wears blue overalls.
He has an L on his hat.
#3: Peach
Peach hasn't been around all that long. I think she started in N64. She
has blonde hair with a beautifully made pink dress. She has a blue
jewel in the middle of it, along with earrings. She is the princess of
the Mushroom Kingdom.
#4: Daisy
The Princess of Sarasaland, I don't know when Daisy started. Brown hair
and a yellow dress with a jewel makes Daisy beautiful as well.
#5: Yoshi
He's been around awhile. The lizard that seems to follow everyone
everywhere, this little guy is my favorite character! He's mostly green
with red shoes.
#6: Wario
This guy has purple shoes with yellow overalls and a yellow hat with a
W on it. Mario's archrival in some games, but, pretty much a friend of
Mario's now, Wario has an evil laugh. He started...um...
#7: Donkey Kong
An ape, with a red tie that has DK on it. This animal is really strong,
and you can tell by his size, and the way he holds things. He started
as Mario's rival, but, soon became a friend of that Italian guy. He
started in Donkey Kong, a game made long ago, in which, yes, he was
Mario's rival.
#8: Waluigi
With much more of an evil laugh then Wario, this purple guy started in
Mario Tennis. He has a deformed face with elf-like shoes. He is also
Luigi's archrival. He has a hat with an upside-down L on it.
#9: Tumble
Introduced in this game, Tumble is a die with arms and legs. Weird,
huh? Anyway, SHE is the hostESS of many things. SHE and ESS are
correct, I think.
#10: Toad
This weird mushroom kid started in Super Mario Bros. He is short, and
not a playable character, but, he hosts the Item Games, and the Mini-
Game Room. He also is sometimes in the Item Shop.
#11: The Fake Millennium Star
I TOLD you there were going to be spoilers! Yes, the Millennium Star,
or at least the one who pretends to be for almost all of the game, is
not real! This is his premiere game.
#12: The Millennium Star
You will be given the title of Superstar by the real Millennium Star,
who is truly a newborn. He lives inside Tumble's head. Or, inside the
die. You hardly see him. This game is his start. He doesn't appear
anywhere, but I didn't want to make a separate section just for him.
#13: Bowser
Yes, it's Bowser, the Koopa King! Bowser's been around since SMB, and
he is a dragon with nasty fire breath and big spikes on his green back.
He is also very annoying, but, can actually help you in this game!
#14: Baby Bowser
Bowser's children; they serve him; sometimes, however, confused by the
Koopa King's strange behavior. He mammoths over them. That's probably
why they serve him. Don't know when they started. He is also sometimes
in the Item Shop.
#15, #16: The Two Koopa Troopas
These Koopa Troopas keep track of records for Battle Royal maps and
Mini-Games in Peach's Castle. Koopas started in Super Mario Bros.
They're only in one place, though. Who cares?
#17: The Bank Owner
Who else would own the Koopa Bank but another Koopa?
#18: Sound Room Goomba
This guy is listening to music with earphones. Goomba started in SMB
also.
#19: Mimicking Parrot
Go to him at Peach's Castle to hear character voices. He began in Mario
Party.
#20: Battle T
His premiere game, he is the host of Random Battle.
#21: Goomba
This guy collects coins for Battles and Battle Royal Map Duels.
#22: Game Guy
Sometimes, he's really annoying, sometimes, he's fine, sometimes, he's
really cool. This guy takes all of your coins. If you win, you will get
your coins doubled, at least, unless you have too many to be doubled.
The maximum amount of coins is 999, so if you win and get x2 and had
650 coins before, you won't have 1300; your total will only go up by
349. If you lose, you lose all of your coins. I believe this is his
first game.
#23: Lakitu
Yes, it's the guy on a cloud that started in Super Mario Bros.!
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VII: Items
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#1: Barter Box
Use it to trade all your items for another person's items. Can be
gotten from Toad after answering a question with a certain answer, can
be gotten from an Item Bag or a Hidden Block.
#2: Boo Bell
Call Boo. Remember, you must have at least 5 coins to steal coins, and
at least 50 coins to steal a Star. Can be bought for 15 coins at Baby
Bowser's Shop.
#3: Boo Repellant
Good for one use. If somebody attempts to use Boo to steal coins or a
star from you, you will automatically use this item, and Boo won't
steal anything. Can be bought from Toad's Shop for 10 coins.
#4: Bowser Phone
Use it to send somebody to Bowser. Bowser is explained in Section VIII.
Can be bought at Baby Bowser's Shop for 10 coins.
#5: Bowser Suit
Use it, and, if you pass somebody, you will steal 20 coins from them!
Or, 0-19, depending on how many they have. Only lasts for 1 turn. Can
be bought at Baby Bowser's Shop for 10 coins.
#6: Cellular Shopper
Call either Toad's or Baby Bowser's shop, your decision, and buy any
item, so long as you have enough coins. At any time. Can be bought at
Toad's Shop for 5 coins.
#7: Dueling Glove
Can be bought for 10 coins at Toad's Shop. If you use it, you can duel
someone else for as many coins as you want to that are available.
#8: Golden Mushroom
Hit 3 dice blocks instead of just 1. If you match all three numbers,
you get 20 coins! Nothing happens if you match 2 numbers. Can be bought
at Toad's Shop for 10 coins. Cancels the effect of Poison/Reverse
Mushrooms/Bowser's (Reverse) Curse.
#9: Item Bag
Buy it, and you get to keep hitting it until you're full of items.
Random items come out. Can be bought at Toad's or Baby Bowser's Shops
for 30 coins.
#10: Koopa Kard
Use it, and, even if you pass by the Bank space, you'll still get the
coins. Remember, Koopa will ask you if you want to use it, so, don't
just use it. Can be gotten from Toad after answering a question with a
certain answer, can be gotten from an Item Bag or a Hidden Block.
#11: Lucky Charm
Use it, and, you can send anyone, including yourself, to Game Guy. Can
be gotten from Toad after answering a question with a certain answer,
can be gotten from an Item Bag or a Hidden Block.
#12: Lucky Lamp
Use it to call the Mushroom Jeanie, who will move the Millennium Star's
location. Can be bought at Baby Bowser's Shop for 10 coins.
#13: Magic Lamp
A SUH-WEET item! Use it, and the Mushroom Genie will immediately take
you to the Millennium Star's location. On Spiny Desert, he will always
take you to the real one. Can be bought at Toad's Shop for 20 coins.
#14: Mushroom
This item allows you to hit 2 Dice Blocks instead of just one. Cancels
the effect of Poison/Reverse Mushrooms/Bowser's (Reverse) Curse. Match
the numbers to get 10 or 20 coins! Can be bought for 5 coins from
Toad's Shop.
#15: Plunder Chest
Can be bought for 10 coins at Baby Bowser's Shop. Use it, and you can
choose who you steal an item from, but, you can't choose which item you
steal from that person. If they've only got one item, that's better.
#16: Poison Mushroom
Use it on anybody, including yourself, and, next turn, unless they have
an item that will cancel the effect, they will only be able to move up
to 3 spaces. Can be bought for 5 coins at Baby Bowser's Shop.
#17: Reverse Mushroom
Use it on anybody, including yourself, and, next turn, unless they have
an item that will cancel the effect, they will move backwards. Can be
bought at Baby Bowser's Shop for 5 coins.
#18: Skeleton Key
Use it to open certain doors. Can be merely thrown away. Can be bought
at Toad's and Baby Bowser's Shops for 5 coins.
#19: Wacky Watch
Use it, and, no matter what the number of turns remaining currently is,
on the next turn, there will be 5 left! Can be gotten from Toad after
answering a question with a certain answer, can be gotten from an Item
Bag or a Hidden Block.
#20: Warp Block
Can be bought for 5 coins at Toad's Shop. Baby Bowser can also give it
to you if you answer one of his Item Questions a certain way. Use it,
and you will switch places with another player, although you don't get
to choose who you switch with. It cancels the effect of the curses and
bad mushrooms.
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VIII: Battle Royal Maps
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This is divided into sections.
The Setup
The Maps
The Spaces
The Setup
First, you must determine if 1 Player and 3 Computer Characters are
playing, 2 Players and 2 Computer Characters, 3 Players and 1 Computer
Character, or 4 Players.
Then, you must choose characters, both for human players and computer
players. Two people cannot choose the same character. After this, if
there are two or more computers, you will set All Equal or Individual.
All Equal, all computer opponents will have the same difficulty.
Individual, you can individually choose their difficulties. However, if
there is only one computer, all you will do is select his/her
difficulty. If there are no computers, you won't go to the Difficulty
Setting Mini-Screen.
After this is the choosing of a Board Map. Pick any one of them, then,
set the number of turns. You can choose from 20, 35, or 50. I would
seriously recommend not selecting 35 or 50 unless you want a long game.
You can also choose ?, in which you can select any amount that is
between 10 and 50 that ends in 5 or 0.
Then, select if anyone will have any Handicaps. With Handicap, you can
increase the number of Stars a player starts with. Then, you will set
Bonuses to Bonus or No Bonus.
Bonuses are things that are awarded at the end of the game. There are
three bonuses. Mini-Game Star, which goes to the character who won the
most coins in Mini-Games. Coin Star, which goes to the character who
had the highest number of coins at any one time. And the Happening
Star, which goes to the player who landed on the most ? spaces. If two
or three players won the same amount of coins in Mini-Games, both/all
had the same most number of coins, or landed on the same number of ?
spaces, they will both/all be awarded Bonus Stars. However, if all four
people tie, no Bonus Star for that category will be awarded, because,
there is no point in giving EVERYBODY another Star. You can also select
No Bonus, which will not award these Bonus Stars.
After this, you will be asked Are these settings OK? If you choose No,
you will have to set up everything again. If you choose Yes, you will
proceed to the Battle Royal Map!
The Maps
You start with five. You can have up to six.
Chilly Waters
Difficulty: *
Spaces:
Blue Spaces: 52
Red Spaces: 12
Item Spaces: 9
? Spaces: 9
Bowser Spaces: 6
Battle Spaces: 6
Chance Time Spaces: 3
Bank Spaces: 2
Game Guy Spaces: 2
Action Time: Okay, I'll explain what Action Time is. It's when you have
to do something, that's kind of frantic sometimes, and, that Action
Time is only for that board, but, there's an Action Time on every
board. On this one, you must jump over a snowball, or you will run to
the nearest intersection. You jump with A. Sometimes, it's better to
miss, because your character might automatically run closer to the
star.
? Space: A snowball will roll, Action Time will ensue. Rarely, the
snowman doesn't wake up, so no snowball is rolled. This happens when
there can be no one in the snowball's path.
Passing the Snowman: You can pay him 5 coins to roll a snowball, which
might help you get closer to the Star faster, or, you could try and get
opponents further away from the Fake Millennium Star. Passing the Snow-
man doesn't count as a space.
The Ice: There are two things to this ice. There are places where your
character must quickly run to get off the ice. If he/she does, then,
you continue your move. However, if he/she doesn't, you slip and stay
on the ice. I don't like using Mushrooms or Golden Mushrooms on the
ice, because, if you slip, your move is over, even if you have 30 moves
left. The second thing is that if two people end up on the ice at the
same time, the ice cracks, and they run to the nearest bottom right
point, which is always the same.
Deep Bloober Sea
Difficulty: *
Spaces:
Blue Spaces: 44
Red Spaces: 4
Item Spaces: 12
? Spaces: 16
Bowser Spaces: 5
Battle Spaces: 5
Chance Time Spaces: 3
Bank Spaces: 2
Game Guy Spaces: 2
Action Time: There is a string of 6 ? spaces. Hitting any one of these
? spaces causes a Blowfish to first decide where to blow you to. Once
he decides, quickly remember where the rock is that stops you. Does it
help you get closer to the Millennium Star, or something else you want
to go to? If it does, don't do anything during Action Time. If it
doesn't, then press A repeatedly to swim away.
? Spaces: The one above, but, also, there are ? spaces not in that
string I told you about. If you land on one of the ? spaces that are
not in the string, Baby Bloober will call his mommy to move you to a
space on the other side. Sometimes, this can be advantageous, and,
sometimes, it can be annoying. And, sometimes, it can be, oh. I got
moved. Oh.
Information: Near the big ? space line is a shark. He has four buttons
beside him. You reach the junction, you pick a direction, the shark
stops you. He tells you to push a button. If you pass safely, you get
to keep going. If you pick the button that shoots the torpedo, you get
hit by it and go to the other option in the junction. Buttons that were
depressed before the real torpedo button was pressed stay pressed until
someone pushes the torpedo button. Similar to the pick the seed and go
to either Toad or Bowser thing in Mario Party.
Spiny Desert
Difficulty: **
Spaces:
Blue Spaces: 56
Red Spaces: 6
Item Spaces: 11
? Spaces: 9
Bowser Spaces: 5
Battle Spaces: 6
Chance Time Spaces: 3
Bank Spaces: 2
Game Guy Spaces: 2
The thing that is unique about this map, is that there are two places
where the Millennium Star is. But, one is a mirage, a fake! Once you
touch that location, it will be revealed if that Millennium Star is
real or not. Once someone has bought a Star or used a Lucky Lamp, two
more will come in to take their places.
Action Time: There are two cactuses. You press A to jump over them.
Your character moves automatically. However, if you push A at the wrong
time, and you hit the cactus, the cactus will deflect you to where
there is a picture of that cactus.
? Spaces: Warping. You will warp from the light circle to the dark cir-
cle, and from the dark circle to the light circle.
Woody Woods
Difficulty: **
Action Time: There are two different locations where you can do Action
Time. Both have the same controls, but have different results. You pick
Left or Right with the Control Stick, and you get a fruit. With the
Friendly Tree, you will get either Plus Coin Fruit, which gives you 5
coins, or the Forward Fruit, which awards you another hitting of the
Dice Block. With the Unfriendly Tree, you will get either a Minus Coin
Fruit, which makes you lose 5 coins, or 4, or 3, or 2, or 1, or 0, if
you have that many, or a Reverse Fruit, which, you hit another Dice
Block, and you move backwards.
? Spaces: There are ? Spaces in front of the Friendly/Unfriendly Trees,
in which you play Action Time. Also, there are other ? spaces. Monty
Mole will reverse the direction of the arrow signs. Also, after every
turn, these arrow signs reverse direction. You can also pay Monty Mole
5 coins to reverse the arrow signs' direction.
Creepy Cavern
Difficulty: ***
Action Time: You can pay Thwomp 5 coins, if you hit one of those pink
arrows, to try and get on the mine cart. Press A when you think you
should. Here's my advice. Do it before you think you should. Lead it by
a fair amount.
? Spaces: Near the Whomp King, he'll turn over in his sleep. Near the
Thwomp, the mine cart will come, and your character will flee.
Must be Unlocked in Story Mode: Waluigi's Island
Difficulty: ***
There are four things. One is a circle. The number starts at 5. As you
hit ? spaces around this circle, the number decreases by 1. When the
number reaches 0, anyone who is currently on that circle will lose all
their coins. Another thing is an oval that you shouldn't like. It al-
ways has all the same spaces, except for the Bank space. I mean, the
spaces switch every turn, but every single one is the same, except for
the Bank space. Also, near the top of the map is a trap thing. There
are two paths. One path is safe. If you get it, you will continue
moving. If you get the one with the trap, it will warp you to the pipe
that you always go to. Also, there are pipes that take you to the pipe
I just talked about.
Action Time: You have to jump to a pad from the circle that can blow
and make you lose all your coins. When it goes slow, push A to jump
when the arrow is highlighting the one you want. When it goes a medium
speed, do the same thing. When it goes fast, push A and hope for the
best.
? Spaces: In that circle, it decreases the number by 1. Near the draw-
bridges leading to the Oval of Random Same Spaces, hitting a ? Space
lowers one drawbridge and raises the other.
The Spaces
Blue Space
Landing on one makes you blue for the current Mini-Game, and you gain 3
coins. In the last 5 turns, you gain 6 coins.
Red Space
Landing on one makes you red for the current Mini-Game, and you lose 3
coins. In the last 5 turns, you lose 6 coins.
Bank Space
A green space with a blue bag on it. If you don't directly land on this
space, then you have to deposit 5 coins. However, if you land directly
on this space, you get all the coins that other players have deposited
so far. If you don't directly land on the Bank space, but have a Koopa
Kard, you can use it and still take the money. If you directly land on
this space, you will be green for the Mini-Game, and you will be
randomly decided to be red or blue for the Mini-Game.
? Spaces:
Adds one ? Space to your total, which increases your chance of getting
the Happening Star. Different things happen for these at each board. If
you land on these, you will be green for the Mini-Game, and you will be
randomly decided to be red or blue for the Mini-Game.
Item Arrow
This isn't a space, and it doesn't count as a space. You visit the item
shop.
Blank Section for Boo
This isn't a space, and it doesn't count as a space. You go to Boo. You
can steal coins for 5 coins, or a Star for 50 coins.
Bowser Space
You will be red for the Mini-Game. You will go to Bowser and play his
Roulette. Here are all the possible events.
Bowser Revolution
Bowser will evenly divide the coins that everyone has.
10 Coins for Bowser
The player who hit the Bowser Space gives 10 coins.
15 Coins for Bowser
The player who hit the Bowser Space gives Bowser 15 coins.
20 Coins for Bowser
The player who hit the Bowser Space gives Bowser 20 coins.
30 Coins for Bowser
The player who hit the Bowser Space gives Bowser 30 coins.
Bowser's Coin Potluck
Everybody gives Bowser either 10, 20, or 30 coins, or however many they
can give him.
Bowser's Curse
Bowser will cast a curse on everybody that will force them to move at a
maximum of three spaces next turn, unless they have a cancellation
item.
Bowser's Reverse Curse
Bowser will cast a curse on everybody that will force them to move
backwards next turn, unless they have a cancellation item.
Bowser Phone Giveaway
Bowser gives you either one or two Bowser Phones. No strings attached!
Bowser Suit Giveaway
Bowser gives you a Bowser Suit. No strings attached!
The ones that have yellow text (10,000 Coin Present, 100 Star Present,)
well, if the cursor lands on one of these, Bowser will run away!
Bowser Shuffle
Bowser will randomly switch players' positions.
Ah, yes, if you visit Bowser with no coins, he'll give you either 20,
30, 40, or 50 coins! No strings attached!
Battle Space
This makes a battle ensue. First, the roulette will decide if everybody
gives up 0, 10, 20, 30, or 50 coins. If it lands on 0, there is no
Battle. After everyone gives up the correct amount, or, as many as they
can give up, a Battle Mini-Game will begin. Whoever wins gets the
majority of the coins, the 2nd place winner gets some of the coins,
and, sometimes, 1 coin is dropped to who got 3rd or 4th. You'll see
what happens if you tie...
Game Guy Space
A green space with a picture of a Shy Guy-looking guy on it. Go to Game
Guy! No coins, no visit.
! Space
This is Chance Time. Somebody gives something to someone else. You stop
the blocks by pushing A. Here are all the possible prizes.
1 Coin
10 Coins
20 Coins
30 Coins
All Coins
1 Star
2 Stars
3 Stars
All Stars
Basic Space
On Duel mode, landing on one of these makes that space yours. If the
other person lands on that space, they have to pay you a certain amount
of coins, depending on how far you are into the game. If you land on
your own space, you get coins. There are no Basic Spaces on Battle
Royal Mode.
Happening Space
This is for Duel. A Roulette comes, and, stop it, and, the effect is
shown. Here are all the possible effects.
Restore Heart Pieces
Plus 10 Coins
Plus 20 Coins
Minus 10 Coins
Return to Start
Switch Places
Switch Partner Positions
Get Opponent Spaces
Clear All Spaces
Power Up
Power Down
Reverse Space
Hit these, and you hit another dice block to move backwards. They only
appear on Duel Maps, and they don't appear on Backtrack.
Backtrack Space
These only appear on the Duel map Backtrack. These switch the direction
of movement until another is hit.
Mini-Game Space
Only Duel mode. Hit one, and a mini-game begins.
Power Up Space
Everything about your partners will double. Only on Duel Mode.
That's all!
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IX: Mini-Games
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Here are all the types of Mini-Games.
4-Player
2 vs. 2
1 vs. 3
Duel (2-Player)
Battle
Item (1-Player)
??? (Appears in Mini-Game Room only, 1-Player)
Game Guy (1-Player, appears in Game Guy Room, not Free Play Room)
71 new mini-games! 20 4-Player, 10 2 vs. 2, 10 1 vs. 3, 10 Duel, 8
Battle, 6 Item, 3 ???, 4 Game Guy!
20+10+10+10+8+6+3+4=71
4-Player Mini-Games
NOTE: I do not list games in the order they appear in the Free Play
Room. However, I do list them in alphabetical order. Before I get to
the 4-Player Games, there is something you should know. 3 of the Mini-
Games have yellow text when the roulette in Battle Royal maps chooses.
In these games, the point is not to win, but to merely collect coins.
Thank you.
#1: Aces High
Controls
Control Stick: Steer, ascend, descend
A Button: Accelerate
B Button: Brake
Z Button: Fire Missile. Hold and release once the homing missile in the
bottom is blinking to release a homing missile at the nearest opponent
Objective: Be the last surviving airplane pilot!
Strategy: Yes, it's an airplane game, and a fun one at that! Everyone
begins with two hearts, their life. You can get blasted by missiles.
Each missile takes away one heart. If you get both hearts blasted, your
airplane goes down, and you are eliminated from the mini-game. Don't
panic if your airplane starts flashing and rapidly turning around. This
means you have reached the edge of the map, and your airplane is
automatically turning to get back on course. There is a radar in the
middle of the screen. Sometimes, a warning noise will sound, and,
someone will get a little missile icon on their screen. At this point,
that person should try to swerve a lot, because, a missile is homing in
on them. Once the icon disappears, the person will either have gotten
blasted, or, they will have evaded the missile. Also, when a homing
missile is fired, a little arrow appears on the screen, which has the
same color as the person who fired it. A draw can be announced, but,
if, for example, two characters are remaining at the end, but, one has
two hearts remaining, and the other one has one heart remaining, then
the character who has two hearts remaining will win. For a draw to be
announced, both/all characters remaining must have an equal amount of
hearts left.
#2: Awful Tower
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump
Objective: Be the first to reach the top of the tower
Strategy: Using blocks that automatically descend and ascend, you must
get to the top of the tower first. The blue block with an arrow on it
is the last block. On the way, there are coins placed in places where
you must fall to collect them. I recommend not going for these coins.
Also, there are 3 different Hammer Brothers. Just wait until they throw
their hammers, then go. There is one coin, at the very top of the
tower, that you can reach without falling, but, if you miss, don't feel
absolutely horrible. Well, that's Awful Tower.
#3: The Beat Goes On
Controls
A Button: Hit the A Drum
B Button: Hit the B Drum
Z Button: Hit the Z Drum
Objective: Be the last person left to perfectly recite the order
Strategy: At the beginning, the leader Shy Guy will pound a pattern on
the drums. The person who is next should then pound that same pattern,
on the prompting of the blue square at the top of the screen. Once
he/she completes the pattern that Shy Guy did, he/she should then add
another note to the end of the pattern. The game continues like this
until only one character remains. You get eliminated by waiting too
long or hitting the wrong drum at the wrong time. If the entire musical
scale is filled up, a Draw will take place.
#4: Bounce 'n' Trounce
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump high. Hold to jump HIGHER
Z Button: Attack. You must have jumped before you can attack
Objective: Be the last person left on the arena
Strategy: Okay. At first, the arena is made up of nine blocks, five
blue, four purple. But, as you progress, blocks will fall, making the
arena smaller and smaller. Blocks will begin falling after ten seconds
have passed. My advice is to pretty much attack constantly, or as much
as you can. Be the last person remaining and win! If two or more
characters are remaining when time runs out, or if everyone falls off,
a Draw will take place.
#5: Cheep Cheep Chase
Controls
A Button: Press repeatedly to swim
B/Z Buttons: Dive
Objective: Swim away from the Cheep Cheep and be the first to reach the
Finish Line! Don't get eaten!
Strategy: Swim away from the Cheep Cheep by pressing A repeatedly. Get
too close, and you will get eaten! An exclamation mark will appear
above your head if you are close to Cheep Cheep. Every now and then,
there are bombs in the water. Press B or Z to dive under them. The
first one to reach the Finish Line wins. If everybody gets eaten, there
is a Draw. The Cheep Cheep swims at different speeds every time you
play the game. When underwater, you must continue tapping A to continue
swimming, or you'll come up and hit a bomb.
#6: Chip Shot Challenge
Controls
Control Stick: Increase/decrease distance of hit, aim to the left and
right
A Button: Swing
Objective: Get your ball closest to the hole, or, hit the ball in!
Strategy: You are on a tee. There is a green over there, sometimes flat
at the edges and humped at the top, sometimes humped at the edges and
flat at the top. There is a hole with a flag in it. Try to get your
ball in the hole, or very close to the hole. Push and hold down on the
Control Stick to increase how far you hit the ball, and hold up to
decrease. Press A to hit your ball. The character who is closest to the
hole wins. You can hit it in the hole, and you get a Nice! sign display
from Lakitu, although there is no special bonus. If you hit it, and it
goes off the green, Lakitu will display a Miss sign. If you don't hit
it in the hole, but, it stays on the green, how far you are away from
the hole will be displayed by meters, and, on the next character's
turn, a half visible flag will be shown, and it will have your
character's face on it. Multiple people can win. However, if all four
are exactly the same distance away, or, if everybody got it in the
hole, or, if everyone missed, a Draw will be announced.
#7: Curtain Call
Controls
Control Stick: Move left to move right, move right to move left
A Button: Confirm who you think it is
B Button: De-confirm who you think it is
Objective: Answer the questions correctly
Strategy: Dancers, Koopa, Boo, and Goomba, to be exact, will appear on
the stage. The first time, there are three dancers. The second time,
five. The third time, six. After the dancers go off the screen, Toad
will ask you a question about where one of the dancers was. Choose who
you think is right. You don't have to press A, you can just stay on the
correct character. If you get the question right, you move to the next
round. If you get the question wrong, you are out. The last person left
is the winner. Multiple people can win. All four people can win!
#8: Frigid Bridges
Controls
Control Stick: Move
Objective: Be the first to complete the bridge to the island and walk
onto the island
Strategy: The path is made up of ice, so, walking is rather hard. There
is a fish at one point, and he jumps back and forth. If you get hit by
him, Lakitu will have to come and pick you up. Be the first to drop all
three purple blocks in the water at the end of the path and get on the
island! Just run into a block to pick it up, and just run into the
empty space at the end to drop a block. You can fall off, so be
careful. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY to make it to the island without all
three blocks in place.
#9: Ice Rink Risk
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump
Objective: Avoid the spiked Koopa shells and force the others into
them!
Strategy: You are on an ice rink. One spiked Koopa shell falls. This
part is easy. Just make sure you don't get forced into it by other
characters. After 10 seconds, another falls. This makes it harder, but,
try not to jump. After 10 more seconds, another falls. This makes it
pretty dang hard, but, try to jump as little as possible, because,
while you are in the air, you can't move too well. A Draw can take
place.
#10: Mario's Puzzle Party
Controls
Control Stick: Move your current block side to side
A Button: Flip your current block
Z Button: Quickly drop your current block
Objective: Be the first to reach the set number of points in a Tetris-
style mini-game!
Strategy: On Party and Story mode, the set number of points is 100, and
it is unchangeable. Same for the Random Battle room. In the Free Play
Room, you can set it anywhere from 100 to 1,000 by 100-point
separation. Blocks will drop, each with two blocks on them, and those
half blocks will be different colors. Make two of the same colors hit
each other to make those disappear, plus, you get 2 points. You can get
huge bonuses by lining up a huge stack, and, then, making one block
take it all out. Occasionally, without warning, bricks will drop. These
are just to hinder you. Every now and then, you'll get a Thwomp as
well. Thwomps are really cool. Thwomps smash half blocks so that they
are the size of quarter blocks. However, quarter blocks is the smallest
blocks can go, so, don't expect any 1/64th blocks or anything. Also,
say you get a match. You get two points. This makes two blocks come
together that are the same color automatically. This gives you four
points. It keeps increasing by two like this.
#11: Messy Memory
Controls
Control Stick: Move hand
A Button: Grab/release items
Z Button: Open/close curtain
Objective: Get the most things correctly placed on the shelves
Strategy: There are 10 things on the shelves. You get around 5 seconds
to look at them and memorize their locations. Then, Toads come and take
7 of the things off. Put the things that the Toads took off back where
you think they should go. Once you have all things in place, push Z to
close your curtain, so that no one can copy off your finished pattern.
The player with the most items in the correct place wins. All four
players could win. Two or three could win also.
#12: M.P.I.Q.
Controls
A Button: Jump/select A answer
B Button: Select B answer
Z Button: Select Z answer
Objective: Answer 3 questions correctly before anyone else does
Strategy: M.P.I.Q. stands for Mario Party Intelligence Quota. You will
be asked a maximum of 10 questions about the Mario Party series. Press
A to "buzz in." Be the first person to buzz in, and you can choose
which answer you think is correct with A, B, or Z. If you answer
correctly, you move up 1. The objective is to be the first character to
reach 3. If you answer a question incorrectly, you will get smashed by
your "buzzer" and be out for one question. However, your current
questions-answered-correctly level will not drop. You can "buzz in"
before the entire question is asked. This mini-game can become stupid,
as one person can repeatedly buzz in as soon as the question begins its
text. If 10 questions are asked, and too many people get questions
wrong, then a Draw will ensue. However, for this to happen, at least
two people must be at the same questions-answered-correctly level.
#13: <<<Parasol Plummet>>>
Controls
Control Stick: Move while parasol is open
A Button: Open/Close parasol
Objective: Collect a bunch of coins
Strategy: I put three left arrows to the left of the title and three
right arrows to the right of the title because Parasol Plummet is one
of the three games where the objective is to collect coins, instead of
winning. A opens your umbrella and makes you go up. A also closes your
umbrella and makes you go down. If you hit the top of the screen
because you went up a lot, then the umbrella will automatically close.
If you hit the bottom of the screen, then the umbrella will
automatically open. Watch out for the hammers, aim mainly for the Money
Bags, which are worth 5 coins, and try and get a bunch of coins!
Everybody wins, so long as they collect at least 1 coin!
#14: Picture Imperfect
Controls
A Button: Jump
Objective: Get the most correct things on the face of Toad, Wiggler, or
Mario
Strategy: At the beginning, a pattern will be shown. This will be
either Toad, for 30 points, Wiggler, for 40 points, or Mario, for 50
points. Toad, you have to get 3 things correct to get perfect. Wiggler
is 4, Mario is 5. I've gotten 30 on Toad, 40 on Wiggler, and 47 on
Mario. This game seems dumb at first, but, play it a bunch, and, you'll
see that it's not that bad. Multiple people can win.
#15: Pipe Cleaners
Controls
A Button+Up: Whack the upper right pipe
A Button+Down: Whack the lower right pipe
B Button+Up: Whack the upper left pipe
B Button+Down: Whack the lower left pipe
Objective: Whack the most Baby Bowsers!
Strategy: This is a fun game. Baby Bowsers come out of the pipes, and
you have to whack them by pushing the same controller combination.
Usually, Baby Bowsers stay out for awhile. Sometimes, they come out,
and then go back in very quickly. At the end, when the timer reaches 3
seconds, Baby Bowsers come out of all the pipes, and stay out until
time runs out. The best possible score is 30. The worst possible score
is 0. You'll be able to tell if you hit a Baby Bowser that came out and
went back in really quickly, because, stars will appear near there if
you did, and nothing will appear if you didn't. Plus, a different noise
will sound if you made contact with the Baby Bowser.
#16: Rockin' Raceway
Controls
A Button: Rock back
B Button: Rock forth
Objective: Rock back and forth on your horse, and be the first to cross
the Finish Line!
Strategy: It's like track and field, only on horses! Push A and B,
alternating, to rock on your horse to the Finish Line! However, watch
the carrots by your character's head, because, if those carrots run out
all the way, you spin out, and that costs you time. Try to keep your
last carrot blinking. Now, on the course, for each lane, there are two
discs with carrot pictures on them. If the carrot is orange, getting
that carrot will give you unlimited carrots for awhile. If the carrot
is blue, getting that carrot will spin you out. They alternate. The
first one alternates slowly, the second one alternates fast. This is a
REALLY fun game.
#17: Snowball Summit
Controls
Control Stick: Move/Make snowball bigger
A Button: Release snowball
B Button: Gather snow
Objective: Kill your opponents with snowballs, and avoid theirs!
Strategy: First, press B rapidly to gather snow. Once your character
stops gathering snow, roll the snowball around by moving to make the
snowball bigger. Once you think it's big enough, you can either try to
run the snowball into somebody, or, release it with A to try and hit
them. Avoid their snowballs! Any snowball, no matter what size, can
stop any other snowball if they collide. Also, it will destroy both
snowballs. This game is okay. It'd be more fun if multiple people could
win.
#18: Toadstool Titan
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump
B Button: Attack
A+Z Buttons: Ground Pound
Objective: Nab the mushroom and destroy your opponents
Strategy: There are 7 blocks above the arena. Jump into one. If it
breaks, then, go to another block. However, if it makes a different
noise, and it doesn't break, stay there, and a mushroom will start
coming out. Grab it, and you will become big. Now, when you're big,
once you push the Control Stick, you can't move another direction until
you hit the wall. If you run into another player while big, you will
make them fly out of the arena. Be the last person remaining! A Draw
can take place if the time runs out. You cannot win if you don't get
the mushroom sometime. Avoid another player when they have the mushroom
by running and jumping when they get close to you. To Ground Pound,
which is flip over and slam on the ground extra hard, push A, and,
while in the air, push Z. Attack means punch, or nose-whack with Yoshi.
Your mushroom power doesn't last very long.
#19: Treadmill Grill
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump
B Button: Attack
A+Z Buttons: Ground Pound
Objective: Be the last person remaining on the treadmill. Avoid the
Podoboos!
Strategy: DON'T Ground Pound, when the treadmill is small. It takes way
too much time, and you slide a lot. As you progress, every 10 seconds,
the treadmill will shrink. A Draw can ensue if 2 people make it to the
end. Jump over all people, and avoid orange Podoboos that enter the
treadmill. This game is pretty hard, but very fun.
#20: Water Whirled
Controls
Control Stick: Steer your motorboat
A Button: Accelerate
B Button: Brake
Objective: Complete 5 laps first in a motorboat race!
Strategy: I REALLY like this game. I recommend never using the brake
button on this oval track, and never push the Control Stick unless
you're approaching a turn or turning. Controls are kind of hard to get
used to, but, you can do it. I recommend pushing the Control Stick
about 1/4 of the way before you get to the turn, that way, you should be
able to take the turn tight. You can cut other players off, or, you can
just go backwards and stop characters who you do not want to win, or,
just to be mean.
2 vs. 2 Mini-Games
#1: Baby Bowser Broadside
Controls
Control Stick: Turn cannon
A Button: Fire cannonball
Objective: Hit the Baby Bowser balloon the most times!
Strategy: This is a difficult game. You are all on the sides, and a
Baby Bowser balloon is tied down in the middle. Fire cannonballs and
hit it. Sometimes, walls will block you from hitting the balloon. After
a little while, the platform that everybody is on will start turning.
This makes it a lot harder! You will have to adjust your controls as
you turn.
#2: Cosmic Coaster
Controls
Control Stick: Left to move your cart left, right to move your cart
right
Objective: Avoid Bowser pictures to make it to the end of the track
first!
Strategy: First of all, DO NOT go for the coins, unless you have a hor-
rible partner, and you know you're going to lose. You're going along a
track very fast, and, you have to avoid the Bowser pictures, or, they
slow you down, temporarily. The best possible time is 17"96, hitting no
Bowser pictures. Some are one wide, some are two wide. That's really
all there is to say.
#3: Eatsa Pizza
Controls
Control Stick: Steer through pizza
A Button: Tap repeatedly to eat pizza
Objective: Eat the most of your half of pizza before time runs out!
Strategy: Each team has one half of a pizza. Push into the pizza and
tap A repeatedly to eat through it. You get 30 seconds. Don't go for
little specks, it's best to go for the big parts of the half. It is
possible to eat the entire half. Whoever eats their half first, or,
whoever eats more of their half before time runs out, wins.
#4: Etch 'n' Catch
Controls
Control Stick: Steer character and magic crayon, make line with magic
crayon
Objective: Circle the most Toad stamps
Strategy: The blue team vs. the red team. The circles around the Toad
stamps don't have to go all the way around. You can cut in a little
bit. After a little bit, the line from your magic crayon will start to
disappear. The best way to do this game is to have both players go the
same direction around the Toad stamp. A Draw can be announced. If one
team circles 5 Toad stamps, the game will stop, and that team will win.
#5: Hyper Hydrants
Controls
Pumper:
A Button: Push pump down
B/Z Buttons: Pull pump up
Sprayer:
Control Stick: Steer hose
A Button: Spray in all directions. You don't get too much distance
Objective: Put out the most fires
Strategy: The pumper's job is to pump up and down with either an A-B
combination or an A-Z combination, whichever they prefer. The sprayer's
job is to spray the fires with water, to put them out. Try to aim
mostly for the small fires, as they'll go out faster. You must hold A
to spray in all directions. It is best to do this when a lot of fires
are close, but, all in different places. This way, the water hits all
of them at the same time. Whichever team totally extinguishes more
fires wins. If both teams have the same amount of fires put out when
time runs out, a Draw will ensue.
#6: Log Jam
Controls
Placer:
A Button: Place A log
B Button: Place B log
Z Button: Place Z log
Cutter:
A Button: Cut A log
B Button: Cut B log
Z Button: Cut Z log
Objective: Chop the most logs!
Strategy: First, errors explained. If the placer pushes the wrong
button to place a log, they will strain for a little bit. If the cutter
tries to cut before the placer places, then, it'll take them a little
while to get their ax out of the stump. If they push the wrong button
to cut a log, they won't be able to cut it. Push the right button to
cut it. You can see how many logs you've cut above your team. Piles are
5 logs. A smooth team should get at least 17 logs chopped. If both
teams get the same amount of logs, a Draw will take place.
#7: Picking Panic
Controls
Picker:
A Button: Push and hold to grab cherry (no y, ies), release to release
cherry (no y, ies)
Deliverer:
A Button: Push and hold to catch cherry (no y, ies), release to release
cherry (no y, ies)
Objective: Transfer the most cherries from the tree to the container
Strategy: Both of you are swinging on your own vines. One will grab
cherries from the tree and pass them to the other character, who will
drop them in the container and add to the cherry count. If the team is
good. Now, remember, one cherry is light, so, release it early. Two
cherries are medium, so, release them when you're fairly close. Three
cherries are pretty heavy, so, release them when you're close. A good
team should be able to get at least 15 cherries, if not 20.
#8: <<<Puddle Paddle>>>
Controls
Control Stick: Steer raft
A Button: Tap repeatedly to paddle
Objective: Collect a bunch of coins!
Strategy: I put three left arrows to the left of the title and three
right arrows to the right of the title because Puddle Paddle is one of
the three games where the objective is to collect coins, instead of
winning. There is a Hammer Brother, on a platform in the middle of the
small pond. He throws out coins, money bags, and hammers. Avoid the
hammers, get the coins, paddle like crazy for those 5-coin money bags.
Please note that one team does not divide evenly how many coins they
got, but, instead, both team members get the amount shown. A hammer
causes the raft to blink for a second or so, and you won't be able to
move during that time.
#9: Pump, Pump, and Away
Controls
A Button: Push pump down
B/Z Buttons: Pull pump up
Objective: Pump more gas into your rocket to make it go higher!
Strategy: Two teams of two are competing against each other. Pump your
pump up and down with an A-B combination or an A-Z combination,
whichever you prefer, and, pump like crazy! When the 10 second time
limit runs out, the rockets will blast off. Whichever team pumped more
fuel will win, because their rocket will go higher. You can set records
and try to beat them.
#10: Slot Synch
Controls
A Button: Jump and stop block
Objective: Get the most points with slot-machine style play!
Strategy: First, the point values. Two Goombas give you 1 point, two
Koopa Troopas give you 2 points, two Toads give you 3 points, and two
Baby Bowsers give you -1 point. If you're playing with a computer, the
first time, get Toad, because it goes slow. Keep jumping almost immedi-
ately every time, and you'll get Toad every time. This game is hard if
two people are playing. Watch for the corresponding fans to jump in the
background when you get a match!
1 vs. 3 mini-games
#1: Boulder Ball
Controls
Boulder Thrower:
Control Stick: Steer to the left or right
A Button: Throw boulder
Runners:
Control Stick: Move
Objective: For the thrower, prevent the other people from getting up
the hill by flattening them. For the runners, avoid the boulders and
get to the top of the hill
Strategy: For the thrower, aim as far to the left and right as you can,
and push A. It will bounce back and forth, and be hard to avoid. If
people get close to the top of the hill, aim at them directly. For the
runners, do your best.
#2: Coconut Conk
Controls
Barrel roller:
Control Stick: Move
People on Trees:
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump
A+Z Buttons: Ground Pound
Objective: For the barrel roller, evade the falling coconuts for 30
seconds. For the people on the trees, nail the barrel with a coconut
Strategy: Get coconuts to fall by Ground Pounding. Coconuts can fall
from anywhere. I don't like this game. For the barrel roller, try to
avoid coconuts. Don't jump on each other if you're one of the team of
three. Jumping does nothing.
#3: Crazy Cogs
Controls
Lever handler:
Control Stick: Left to spin the platform left, right to spin the plat-
form right, do nothing to let the platform be still
Runners:
Control Stick: Move
Objective: For the lever handler, get the other three players
eliminated by Bullet Bills. For the runners, evade the Bullet Bills for
30 seconds
Strategy: For the lever handler, try and spin towards shadows. For the
runners, avoid shadows.
#4: Hand, Line, and Sinker
Controls
Fisherman/fisherwoman:
Control Stick: Down and left to aim right, down and right to aim left,
slightly go in these directions to go slightly the opposite direction,
hold down to go straight, the farther down you hold, the more power
will be given
A Button: Cast
Fish:
Control Stick: Steer
A Button: Press repeatedly to swim
Objective: For the fisherman/fisherwoman, catch all the fish within the
time limit. For the fish, evade the hand of the line until time runs
out
Strategy: The fish are in the small pond, the fisherman/woman is right
below the pond. For the fisherman/woman, hold down to increase power.
For the fish, evade the hand. I hate this game.
#5: Hide-and-Sneak
Controls
Seeker:
Control Stick: Move back and forth
A Button: Select hiding place
Hiders:
Control Stick: Left to hide behind left hiding place, right to hide
behind right hiding place, up to hide behind up hiding place, down to
hide behind down hiding place
Objective: For the seeker, to find the hiders. For the hiders, to evade
the seeker
Strategy: Hiders, push left, right, up, or down to hide behind a hiding
place the first time. Remember, just push in that direction to hide
behind. Then, the hider will select a hiding place. If you make it into
the second round, one hiding place will be gone, the one the hider
selected. Same thing for third round. If the seeker finds all, he wins.
If at least one hider evades the seeker for all three rounds, the team
of three wins. This game is luck, but, it's still kind of fun. If you
don't push a direction within the 5-second time limit if you're a
hider, you won't hide, and will be automatically found when the curtain
opens. If you don't choose a button within the 10-second time limit if
you're the seeker, you won't pick, and you definitely won't find
anybody for the round, unless one or more hiders neglected to hide.
#6: Ridiculous Relay
Controls
Hang-glider:
Control Stick: Right to speed up and move right, left to slow down and
move left, up to ascend, down to descend
Boat paddler:
A Button: Pull paddle back
B Button: Push paddle forwards
Weird thing controller:
A Button+Up: Prepare to move
A Button+Down: Prepare to move
B Button+Up: Prepare to move
B Button+Down: Move
Motorboat pilot:
A Button: Push repeatedly to progress
Objective: Be the first to cross the finish line!
Strategy: For the one player, he'll have some flying Goombas and Bullet
Bills hindering his flying. He'll have to fly 600 meters in that horri-
ble road. For the three players, the paddler will start. Push A and B
as fast as you can, alternating, to progress. He'll have to go 200
meters before reaching the weird vehicle. This character must proceed
by pushing Up+A, Down+A, Up+B, Down+B, over and over. Once he goes 200
meters, the motorboat pilot will take over. Hammer on A to get your 200
meters done. Whoever finishes first wins.
#7: <<<River Raiders>>>
Controls
Motorboat character and turtle shell characters:
Control Stick: Steer
Objective: Collect a bunch of coins!
Strategy: I put three left arrows to the left of the title and three
right arrows to the right of the title because River Raiders is one of
the three games where the objective is to collect coins, instead of
winning. River Raiders is fairly fun. There is one person in a motor-
boat ahead, and three people behind, skiing on turtle shells. Everybody
wants coins. The threesome gets all the coins that are shown on their
tally thing. However, the skiing people can't get too far away from the
motorboat. Coins are worth 1, money bags are worth 5. Hitting a log
causes you to blink, and you won't be able to get any coins for a
second or two. The boat has slow turn response, the shells have fast.
#8: Spotlight Swim
Controls
Spotlight Controlling Characters:
Control Stick: Move spotlight
Swimmer:
Control Stick: Move over water and underwater
A Button: Press and hold to dive. You can move while underwater
Objective: The swimmer wants to evade the spotlights until time runs
out. The spotlight people want to shine all three spotlights on the
swimmer at the same time
Strategy: Well, the objective says a lot of it. The swimmer doesn't
want all three spotlights to shine on him/her while he/she is over
water, and the spotlight people want this to happen. If the swimmer
gets caught, a silver cage will imprison him/her. If the swimmer evades
the spotlights for 30 seconds, Lakitu comes and helps the swimmer out
with a ladder. When emerging from water, the swimmer won't be able to
dive for about a second. You can swim underwater, but, you must come up
sometime.
#9: Thwomp Pull
Controls
Lone Person:
A Button: Move A thwomp
B Button: Move B thwomp
Z Button: Move Z thwomp
Team of Three:
A Button: For the right person, move A thwomp
B Button: For the middle person, move B thwomp
Z Button: For the left person, move Z thwomp
Objective: Be the first one to cross the Finish Line!
Strategy: For the lone person, there is no pattern. For the three peo-
ple, push when prompted. Snowballs will fall. If they hit a character,
you will temporarily stop. This is the only possible effect. There is,
however, something you can realize. At the very start, first comes B,
then comes A. You can be absolutely positive that the next will be Z,
and you can predict later on; just don't mess up or you might lose.
#10: Tidal Toss
Controls
Person in Boat:
A Button: Jump
A+Z Buttons: Ground Pound
People in Water:
Control Stick: Run around
A Button: Jump
Objective: For the person in the boat, get the other 3 people out of
the pond. For the people in the water, stay in the pond until time is
up
Strategy: For the person in the boat, jump to make small waves. Ground
Pound quickly to make fairly small waves. Ground Pound after a little
while to make medium-sized waves. Ground Pound at the peak of your jump
to make huge waves. For the people in the water, leap over the waves.
That's all. Leap over the waves. Run in towards the boat, too. That
way, if you get hit, the waves will sweep you back, but, they won't
push you out!
Duel Mini-Games
#1: Baby Bowser Bonkers
Controls
Control Stick: Move around
A Button: Jump
Objective: Bop the most Baby Bowsers!
Strategy: This game is in Whack-a-Mole style, only it's Jump-a-Mole
now. Well, more like Jump-on-Baby-Bowsers. There's a big board thing.
The true trick to this game is being able to bop multiple B-Bowsers
without jumping multiple times, just by bouncing along. A Draw can take
place, if each has the same amount bopped when time runs out.
#2: Bowser Toss
Controls
Control Stick: Aim up or down
A Button: Tap repeatedly to spin Bowser
Objective: Throw your Bowser the farthest!
Strategy: You're both on a platform, and you have 10 seconds to spin
and angle your Bowsers! It doesn't just depend on how fast you tap, the
angle is also important. I don't know why, but, I LOVE this game,
except when I play it against a Hard or Super Hard computer, because,
they're really good at tapping.
#3: Crowd Cover
Controls
A Button: Select A picture
B Button: Select B picture
Z Button: Select Z picture
Objective: Choose the correct picture first!
Strategy: The picture will be either Boo, Toad, or Bob-omb. Many Boos
will be on the Boo picture, many Toads will be on the Toad picture,
many Bob-ombs will be on the Bob-omb picture. They will slowly reveal
more and more of the picture. There are details. Boos will have
different mouth openings, and their side things will be up or down.
Toads will have different mouth openings and different foot positions.
Bob-ombs will have eyes open or closed, feet up or down, and, maybe one
more, maybe their side things.
#4: End of the Line
Controls
Control Stick: Push left to select left route, push right to select
right route
Objective: Be the first to reach the end by choosing paths in a train!
Strategy: No! A luck game that IS NOT FUN! There are two people, in a
split-screen showing. There are three routes. There is one safe path to
the end. You can choose left or right. There is a combination. It can
be the same direction every time, or same direction twice, then the
other direction, or alternating. If you select the wrong route, you fly
off a cliff, and you have to start over. Whoever gets to the end first
wins. A Draw can be announced.
#5: Fowl Play
Controls
Control Stick: Run around
A Button: Jump
B Button: Grab
Objective: Catch the chicken before your opponent does!
Strategy: You both have 60 seconds to catch the chicken. It's split-
screen action. The chicken runs around. Follow the fresh footprints to
find the chicken. Once you think you're close enough, push B to grab
it! You can push A to jump over the various fences, but, you can't jump
out of the pen. It's best to try and corner the chicken at a fence,
then, grab! If no one catches the chicken, a Draw will ensue.
#6: Motor Rooter
Controls
Control Stick: Move your turtle car around the pipe
Objective: Be the first to the Finish Line in a unique pipe race!
Strategy: This is a fairly difficult game. It's fun, though! You just
have to practice it once or twice to get the hang of the controls.
After that, it's not all that hard. There are 8 possible places that
you can put your turtle car at. Zippers will appear. Passing over them
increases your speed for a little bit. Every now and then, lightning
obstacles will come. If you hit them, you will slow down. If you get
around them, you won't slow down. The first one across the Finish Line
wins! By the way, you can check the standings in the middle, and, you
can see when lightning obstacles are. Many zippers in a row often take
you straight into a lightning obstacle, but not always.
#7: Popgun Pick-Off
Controls
Control Stick: Move target
A Button: Fire bullet
Objective: Shoot the most Baby Bowsers
Strategy: There are nine windows. They open, and either Baby Bowser or
Toad comes out. DO NOT SHOOT TOAD. Ever. You lose 10 hits. Hitting a
Baby Bowser gives you 1. Each Baby Bowser can be hit up to 10 times. If
you don't push anywhere, you aim at the middle. By the way, not all the
windows open. In fact, this rarely happens. Usually, only 3-8 open. At
the very start, a Baby Bowser ALWAYS comes out of the bottom left
window.
#8: Silly Screws
Controls
A Button: Push repeatedly to push nut forwards
B Button: Push repeatedly to push nut backwards
Objective: Get across the 6-nut course to the end!
Strategy: This game has easy controls. If an A thing appears above your
head, tap A repeatedly. If a B thing appears above your head, tap B
repeatedly. Once a red arrow appears, stop tapping. This means that you
are lined up with the next nut. You should try to lead a little bit.
You will progress from nut to nut. There is a star platform at the end.
Whoever jumps on it first wins! It's easier to tell when you're lined
up when you're pushing A.
#9: Tick Tock Hop
Controls
Control Stick: Turn
A Button: Jump
Objective: Jump over the minute hand more than your opponent!
Strategy: Turning is pointless. You are both on the hour hand. The
minute hand spins around. It can spin around both directions, and,
sometimes the hour hand spins around too. Sometimes just the hour hand,
sometimes just the minute hand spins, and, sometimes, they both spin!
For every jump that both of you complete, the counter in the top right
will advance by one. If you get over 100, then, a Draw will ensue. If
both are knocked off, same thing. If you stay for awhile, the game gets
HARD.
#10: Vine With Me
Controls
A Button: Let go of vine
Objective: Swing to the end of the vine course to the final branch!
Strategy: It's a long course with a bunch of vines! You can see
progress in the middle of the screen. When vines get close together,
push A to release from the vine. Be sure to release from vines when
you're still not quite to the vine. If you release when you're past it,
you'll fall, and falling costs you time. The first one to the final
branch wins! You have to do absolutely perfect to beat a Super Hard
computer, which means going as soon as you possibly can every single
time, except at the end. That's how you win. The Super Hard computer
waits when they could've jumped onto the final branch once. You may be
able to miraculously catch up if you fail at one point and they have to
wait a long time to get to the next vine, but, probably not.
NOTE: The rules for Battle Mini-Games. At first, a Roulette will decide
if everyone has to contribute 0 (in which there would be no Battle),
10, 20, 30, or 50 coins, or as many as they can contribute. Then, the
roulette will decide what Battle game you will play. Once the Battle
game is over, whoever won will get the most coins, and whoever got 2nd
will win some of the coins. Every now and then, the 3rd or 4th place
people will get one coin, when there's an extra coin upon the division
of the coins between the 1st place and 2nd place people. Sometimes the
extra coin goes to the others also. You don't have to go through any of
the above in the Mini-Game Room.
Battle Mini-Games
#1: All Fired Up
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A Button: Jump
Objective: Survive the attack of the Podoboos!
Strategy: This is a challenging game, and it's fun! There are Podoboos.
If you get hit by one, you are out. The last person remaining wins. A
Draw cannot take place. A Draw can't take place for any Battle games.
The Podoboos have three "attacks."
- They will make themselves into a circle and move in and out. Jump in-
side the circle when you have the chance. If the circle moves so far in
that you have to jump out before they scatter, do so.
- They will make themselves into two arches, randomly making the arches
in different places. Just keep running around. You can run under one of
the arches, if you want to be risky.
- They will form into an X and move back and forth. You can jump over
this, and you can also run in between the flames.
You can also jump on people, to make it harder for them. They don't
stay flattened for too long, though. While you're flattened, you can't
jump.
#2: Eye Sore
Controls
Control Stick: Move
Objective: Circle Mr. I in a clockwise direction fifteen times first!
Strategy: Yes, that's what you have to do. You start at the bottom of
the eye, so, start to the left, then, go around. Just go the way the
arrows are pointing. You can hit the eye, which slows you down for a
second or so. After circling the eye three times in the correct
direction, Podoboos will begin falling, in sets of one. After circling
the eye eight times, I believe, they will start to fall in sets of two.
The eye gets smaller and smaller, and, when you complete the 15th lap,
the eye disappears with a POOF!
#3: Locked Out
Controls
Control Stick: Run around
A Button: Pick up key
B Button: Attack
Objective: Survive the process of elimination by always going through a
door!
Strategy: At the beginning, there are three doors, each with the same
picture on them. Get the corresponding key, pick it up, and run against
a door to unlock it and proceed! Second round, two doors, third round,
two doors, one key. You can Attack someone to make them drop their key.
There are also a bunch of keys that are wrong.
#4: Merry-Go-Chomp
Controls
A Button: Jump
Objective: Don't get caught by the Chain Chomp!
Strategy: NO! A luck game! Pick a color, hope you don't get caught.
#5: Slap Down
Controls
A Button: Activate hand
Objective: Slap down first on the correct flower picture!
Strategy: At the beginning, the big middle picture will display a
picture of a flower. There are many other blocks that spin and make
pictures. You should push A to slap your hand down when the big picture
and the small picture show the same flower. If you slap down when they
don't show the same flower, you are out, and play resumes. A 4-way 1st
place tie can take place, if all 4 people slap down on the wrong
picture.
#6: Stacked Deck
Controls
Control Stick: Run around
A Button: Jump
A+Z Buttons: Ground Pound
Objective: Don't flip over a Baby Bowser card!
Strategy: Not a luck game! There are 12 cards to choose from. Six are
Toad cards, four are Baby Bowser cards, and two are Boo cards. Toad
cards let you stay in the game. Baby Bowser cards eject you. Boo cards
rearrange the order of the characters, and they let you stay in the
game. You have a 10-second time limit to decide which card you want to
Ground Pound on. Jumping does nothing. If your time limit runs out, the
game will automatically flip over a random card. THIS IS A LUCK GAME!
NO!
#7: Storm Chasers
Controls
Control Stick: Run around
Objective: Get the most water for your Piranha Plant!
Strategy: There is a rain cloud. Everybody's in a bunch in a pretty
small circular pen. Get under the cloud to get water for your Piranha
Plant! If your pot is blinking, that means you are collecting water.
Whoever collects the most water wins. Watch out for Monty Mole! If you
hit him, you'll stumble, and won't be able to move for a little bit.
#8: Three Door Monty
Controls
A Button: Choose A door
B Button: Choose B door
Z Button: Choose Z door
Objective: Push the right button the fastest!
Strategy: At the beginning, Boo, Toad, and Koopa Troopa will all run
around and will eventually go in different doors. You then have 3
seconds to recall where each one is. When this is up, a character's
picture will be displayed, along with that character's noise. The
person who pushes the correct button the fastest wins. For example, if
Boo went in B, and Toad went in Z, and Koopa Troopa went in B, and came
back out, seeing that someone was already in there, and went in A, the
doors would shut. Now, say the Boo picture was displayed. Whoever
pushed B the fastest would win.
Item Mini-Games (1-Player)
NOTE: You might play one of these games if you land on a Toad space.
You might also be asked an Item Question from either Toad or Baby
Bowser. If you win the Item Game, you get the item shown.
#1: Bobbing Bow-loons
Controls
A Button: Shoot arrow
Objective: Shoot a balloon to get an item!
Strategy: You have a balloon of your own, and there are five balloons
to the left, each with different items inside. Shoot the arrow, which
doesn't go all that fast, when you think you should. Sometimes, the
prizes can be very valuable, such as, a Magic Lamp as one of the
prizes! Get an item to win the game! If you miss all five balloons, the
arrow will bounce off the wall, come back, and pop your balloon,
causing you to fall. Baby Bowser will appear in the tower and start
chuckling.
#2: Dorrie Dip
Controls
A Button: Jump
A+Z Buttons: Ground Pound
Objective: Ground Pound on Dorrie's back to try and get an item!
Strategy: Five items will fall onto five of the rafts. For the sixth,
Baby Bowser will fall. If you get Baby Bowser, you lose. Jumping does
nothing. I say, hit Dorrie's back with a Ground Pound two or three
rafts before the raft that has the item you want. It's not hard to get
an item on this game.
#3: Hey, Batter, Batter!
Controls
A Button: Swing bat
Objective: Hit a sign to get an item!
Strategy: There are five signs, each with a different item picture on
them. When Baby Bowser pitches, swing, and, hopefully, you'll get an
item! However, it is possible to pop out to Baby Bowser. Don't swing
too late or too early!
#4: Swing 'n' Swipe
Controls
Control Stick: Move around
A Button: Swing hammer
Objective: Hit a Baby Bowser to get that chest!
Strategy: This is the easiest game to choose what item you get. At the
beginning, five items will fall into chests, and Baby Bowsers will pick
the chests up. Once the game starts, go over to the Baby Bowser that
has the chest that contains the item that you want, and hit him by
pressing A. Very, very easy.
#5: Swinging With Sharks
Controls
A Button: Jump from swing
Objective: Land on a barrel to get an item!
Strategy: You are on a swing. There are five barrels; each has a sign,
with an item on that sign. Push A to jump from the swing when you think
the momentum will carry you to the barrel that you want. However, if
you miss, Baby Bowser will mock you from a shark.
#6: Winner's Wheel
Controls
A Button: Stop wheel
Objective: Get an item by stopping the wheel!
Strategy: There are five prizes, and the other section of the wheel has
a Baby Bowser head on it. Press A when you want to stop the wheel. I
don't know any trick of any sort or anything.
NOTE: For ??? games, you must do certain things to unlock them.
??? Mini-Games
#1: Dizzy Dinghies
WMBDTU (What Must Be Done To Unlock): Unlock every non-secret mini-
game.
Controls
Control Stick: Steer
A Button: Accelerate
B Button: Brake
Objective: Set new records on this game! There are 3 courses!
Strategy: It's just like Water Whirled! At the beginning, you have to
choose between Non-slip boat, which is bad, Normal boat, which is good
until you are pretty good, and Speed boat, which is the best. Before
this, you select which course. Course 1 is easy, Course 2 is pretty
hard, Course 3 is hard. Practice, and set new records!
#2: Mario's Puzzle Party Pro
WMBDTU: Get 1,000 coins or more in the Game Guy room.
Controls
Control Stick: Move your current block side to side
A Button: Rotate your current block
Z Button: Quickly drop your current block
Objective: Score as many points as you can in three minutes!
Strategy: To get the Game Guy Room, you must get the rank of Miracle
Star on Story Mode. To do this, most of your Star Rankings must be S,
and you must have no more then one C or two B's. The better Star
Rankings you get, the better your rank will be. Mario's Puzzle Party
Pro is the same as Mario's Puzzle Party, except, you're by yourself,
and you can set records and try to break them.
#3: Stardust Battle
WMBDTU: Beat Story mode
Controls
Control Stick: Move
A: Jump
B Button: Pick up star/throw star
Objective: Defeat the fake Millennium Star!
Strategy: Okay, at the beginning, you're on normal terrain, and red
stars rain down. Five, to be exact. Pick them up once they turn blue,
and then throw them at the fake MS to hurt him! After one hit, if it's
on Easy, two for Medium, and three for Hard, it will turn to terrain
where you can't move too well. I believe 10-star sets come now. Hurt
him one, two, or three times with blue stars to make the ground turn to
ice. This makes it slippery. I'm pretty sure 15-star sets come now!
Hurt him once, twice, or thrice to defeat him!
Game Guy Mini-Games (1-Player, appears in Game Guy Room, not Mini-Game
Room)
NOTE: To unlock the Game Guy Room, you must get at least 8 S Star
levels on Story mode to get the rank of Miracle Star. Also, there must
be no more then one C and two B star rankings, but there can be five
A's.
However, the Game Guy Room is different. You start with 10 coins, and
it randomly selects a game for you. You then choose how many coins you
want to wager and play the game. If you win, you get the amount of
coins you wagered multiplied by at least 2, and up to 64! Get 1,000
coins or more for a special mini-game!
#1: Game Guy's Lucky 7
Controls
A Button: Hit dice block
Objective: Beat Game Guy on Lucky 7!
Strategy: Here are the rules. There are 7 steps. If you go over 7, you
automatically lose. The highest possible number you can get on the dice
block is 6. Game Guy goes first. Suppose he got a 4. He would move up 4
steps. Then, suppose you got a 1. You would move up 1 step. Game Guy
would probably decide to stay where he is. Then, you would hit again.
Say you got a 3. So, at the end, Game Guy and you would both be on 4,
because, you can roll once, and then stop, or, you can roll twice. If
you and Game Guy end up on the same space, you win. If you go over 7,
then, you lose. If you end up on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, and you win, you
get your coins x2. If you end up on 7, you get your coins x10!
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#2: Game Guy's Magic Boxes
Controls
Control Stick: Choose between chests
A Button: Pick chest
Objective: Find Toad, and not Baby Bowser!
Strategy: At the beginning, Game Guy will show two chests. Then, they
will be randomly mixed up. You won't be able to see this. In other
words, this is a luck game, and it is NOT fun. Then, you choose a
chest. Then, you get either Toad or Baby Bowser. If you get Baby
Bowser, then, you lose. If you get Toad, then, you can choose whether
to keep the coins you have now, or, to keep going, and, try and win x2
of the coins that you had when you won the first time! If you get Toad
again, you can play one more time! However, if you get Baby Bowser at
any time, you lose everything! Meaning that it's double or nothing and
quadruple or nothing and octuplet or nothing!
#3: Game Guy's Roulette
Controls
Control Stick: Choose one of the things to bet on
A Button: Pick one
Objective: Bet on the right section of the wheel!
Strategy: This game is complete and total luck, however, it's kind of
fun to play, unless there's a lot of coins on the line. This game is
really hard to win. You can bet on Koopa, which is the biggest, and, if
it lands on Koopa, and, you bet on Koopa, then, you get your coins,
however, they have been multiplied by 2. It keeps going up. Times 4 for
Bob-omb, times 8 for Goomba, times 16 for Boo, times 32 for Toad, and
times 64 for Game Guy. If you don't bet on the right one, then, you
lose. As the winnings get higher, the amount of spaces that the face
covers gets smaller.
#4: Game Guy's Sweet Surprise
Controls
Control Stick: Choose between Big Chain Chomp or Little Chain Chomp
A Button: Pick one
Objective: Bet on the correct Chain Chomp!
Strategy: You're wagering all your coins on a Chain Chomp. Big Chain
Chomp always has x2 odds. Little Chain Chomp randomly has x4, x8, x16,
x32, or x64 odds. You should always check to see what they are saying
before you bet on one. They can say any one of the following things...
"I'm so hungry I could faint..."
"Love that cake!"
"I haven't eaten since this morning."
"No...more...cake..."
"I like mushrooms more than cake."
"It's too sweet..."
"Food! Food!!!"
"Feed 'em faster!"
"I'm starvin'!"
There might be more. Anyway, once you've bet on one, they both proceed
to eat their cakes. If the one you bet on finishes first, then, you
win. If the one you bet on doesn't finish, then, you lose. Little Chain
Chomp will never win if he has x32 or x64 odds. That's my theory,
anyway. He can win with any other odds, however.
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X: Story Mode
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All right, here is the story. Every 1,000 years, a Millennium Star is
born. The Millennium Star was recently born, but, being only a newborn,
it fell from the sky, and, of course, landed near Peach's Castle, where
Mario and his friends were relaxing.
Now, the Millennium Star possesses great power. Whoever owned it would
be named Superstar of the universe. Mario and his friends began arguing
over who should keep it. Seeing this, Lakitu came flying in, with a toy
box hanging from his rod. He dropped it down to them.
Inside the box was the answer to their problem! They could play Mario
Party to find out who should keep the Millennium Star. Suddenly, the
Millennium Star gave off a quite bright flash of light. And, Mario and
his friends were transported inside the toy box!
The die that they were going to use to play Mario Party suddenly turned
into somebody! The being revealed its name to be Tumble. They would
still play Mario Party to determine who got to keep the Millennium
Star!
Okay. Here's how Story mode works. There are seven Star Stamps that you
must collect, and, then, after one more test, the Millennium Star will
name you Superstar of the universe! However, collecting the Star Stamps
is not easy...
For the Wit Star Stamp, you must win Chilly Waters, and then defeat
Wario on Gate Guy.
For the Kindness Star Stamp, you must win Deep Bloober Sea, and then
defeat Yoshi on Arrowhead.
For the Strength Star Stamp, you must win Spiny Desert, and then defeat
Donkey Kong on Pipesqueak.
For the Love Star Stamp, you must win Woody Woods, and then defeat
Peach on Blowhard.
For the Courage Star Stamp, you must win Creepy Cavern, and then defeat
Mario on Mr. Mover.
For the Beauty Star Stamp, you must defeat Daisy on Backtrack.
For the Mischief Star Stamp, you must win Waluigi's Island.
Don't forget beating the Fake MS on Stardust Battle!
If you are the character who is shown in one of the duels, that
character will be replaced by Luigi. Be Luigi, and everybody's where
they're supposed to be!
Now, here are all the possible rankings, and how to get them.
S Star Ranking
On Battle Royal, you must win by at least two Stars to get this
ranking. On Duel, you must win by at least 3 Heart Pieces.
A Star Ranking
On Battle Royal, you must win by one Star to get this ranking. On Duel,
you must win by 2 Heart Pieces.
B Star Ranking
On Battle Royal, you must have the same number of stars as the second
place finisher, but, have more coins to get this ranking. On Duel, you
must win by 1 Heart Piece.
C Star Ranking
On Battle Royal, you must have the same amount of stars and coins as
the second-place finisher, and then get a higher number on the Dice
Block. On Duel, you must have the same amount of Heart Pieces as your
opponent, but, have more coins.
For Stardust Battle, it just depends on how fast you beat the
Millennium Star. I believe 1 minute and 40 seconds or less gets you S,
1'40"01-2'00"00 gives you A, 2'00"01-2'30"00 gets you a B Star Ranking,
and anything above 2 1/2 minutes, you've got C.
S is the best, C is the worst. Complete Hard mode to unlock Super Hard
mode! I warned you about the spoilers! There are five rankings as well.
These are rankings of your overall game, the entire Story Mode
progress.
Lackluster Star
Great Star
Ultra Star
Miracle Star
There are five, I just don't know what the fifth one is called. Update
hopefully coming soon!
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XI: Duel Maps
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If you want rules for Duels, go play the game, and, see Rules on the
Duel mode. I think that their rules are enough.
Here are the six Duel maps.
Gate Guy
There are gate guys. If you want, you can pay to them, to get back to
your starting point faster. However, as I said, you have to pay, and
the payment is five coins.
Arrowhead
A map with many junctions. Choose wisely!
Pipesqueak
A map with pipes for warping. There are four pipes. Each pipe will not
take you to the same pipe every time, it varies to which pipe they take
you to.
Blowhard
A map that blows partners around. In the middle, there is a big fan
that reverses where your partner is. For example, if you had a partner
in front, and, you arrived at the fan, the fan would make your partner
be in the rear. No partners, the fan will blow, but, nothing will
happen.
Mr. Mover
A map with a conveyer belt that goes a different direction every turn.
The first turn, it goes left, back to the blue corner. Second turn,
right, to the red corner. It alternates.
Backtrack
A secret Duel Map that must be unlocked in Story mode. Certain spaces
will reverse the direction of movement.
Now, some explanation of stuff on Duel Mode.
If you hit an opponent's space, or one of your own...
Turns 1-5
3 coins paid or collected.
Turns 6-10
5 coins paid or collected.
Turns 11-15
8 coins paid or collected.
Turns 16-Anything (If Infinite Turns)
10 coins paid or collected.
If you play a Bonus Mini-Game (with Belltop)...
Turns 1-10
20 Coins
Turns 11-19
30 Coins
Turn 20-Anything (If Infinite Turns)
40 Coins
Here's how you set up Duel Mode. First, you pick your characters. Each
character has an initial partner, and you might want to pay attention
to this. Then, the Handicap option, I believe. You can cut down on the
number of Heart Pieces players start with. Then, the Duel Map Selection
thing. After this, you will proceed to the Duel Map you chose.
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XII: Duel Partners
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Koopa Troopa
Attack: 1
Strength: 2
Salary: 1
A good partner! Powered-up, he's really good! 2 Attack and 4 Strength
for only 2 coins! He doesn't have any special abilities. I've never
seen his attack miss. He is an excellent partner, and Mario's starting-
with one.
Goomba
Attack: 2
Strength: 1
Salary: 2
A pretty good partner! Powered-up, he's great! 4 Attack and 2 Strength,
oh, but, a 4-coin salary. Sometimes, his regular payment can get
annoying. I've seen his attack miss. No special abilities. Luigi's
initial partner.
Toad
Attack: 1
Strength: 1
Salary: 1
A very good partner. He's MIRACULOUS when powered up! 2 Attack, 2
Strength, for only 2 coins! Plus, Toad prevents coin theft. This means
that if you land on an opponent's space, instead of giving them coins,
Toad yells, and, you don't have to give anything. This is unlimited.
What a great special ability! Peach's starting-with partner.
Snifit
Attack: 2
Strength: 2
Salary: 5
This guy is good if you don't have all that many coins, and, he's truly
miraculous if you have a lot of coins. Especially when powered up! 4
Strength and 4 Attack. The 10-coin salary, however, can suck even a
bulging wallet dry rather quickly. Daisy's initial partner, Snifit's
special ability is, every now and then, he'll give you coins before
your salary payment! 2 to 4 coins may be found.
Boo
Attack: 2
Strength: 1
Salary: 3
This ghost is REALLY cool! Yoshi's starting-with partner's special
ability is to return attacks! Like, say a Piranha Plant attacked Boo,
killing Boo, and taking away 2 of your Heart Pieces, right? Well,
before his death, Boo would turn back at Piranha Plant! He would kill
Piranha Plant and hurt the opponent by two! He also has a normal
attack.
Bob-omb
Attack: 1
Strength: 1
Salary: 3
Possibly the worst partner. Bob-omb's special ability is being able to
jump over any partners for a direct attack at the person, but, when he
attacks, he self-destructs! Seeing as how his Attack is only 1, and,
he's gone once you use that Attack, and, he only has 1 Strength, he
stinks! Plus, the 3-coin salary! Too much! Too bad for Wario, he's got
Bob-omb as an initial partner.
Whomp
Attack: 0
Strength: 4
Salary: 3
A good partner. He is horrible for attack, as he can't even do
anything, however, he is excellent in the rear, as 4 Strength is some
pretty darn good defense! And, powered up Whomp has EIGHT Strength.
Sweet! D.K.'s starting-with partner.
Piranha Plant
Attack: 3
Strength: 1
Salary: 5
A good partner if you've got a lot of coins around. However, Piranha
Plant isn't all that good. His 3 Attack, yeah, that's sweet, and, his
special ability to find extra dice blocks, well, that can either be
cool, or it can STINK. Piranha Plant isn't all that good. Waluigi's
initial partner.
Chain Chomp
Attack: 1
Strength: 2
Salary: 6
Ouch. Not too good of a partner. The 6-coin salary...argh. Plus, only 1
Attack, and, only 2 Strength! However, Chain Chomp's special ability is
to plow through everyone of the opposition in his way, hurting everyone
by one. However, Chain Chomp still isn't good.
Mr. Blizzard
Attack: 1
Strength: 3
Salary: 2
Now, here you have some decency in your grasp. Mr. Blizzard's ability
to attack the farthest target away can be really cool sometimes. Such
as, the opponent has Piranha Plant in front. You're down to 3 Heart
Pieces, which means, Piranha Plant would kill you, because, you're
going to go past your opponent, and, you don't have anybody in the
back! Not to worry! Mr. Blizzard will toss a snowball all the way over
to Piranha Plant! BAM! Dead! Saving you! Sweet! Also, 3 Strength is
good for just those 2 coins! Mr. Blizzard is pretty darn good!
Thwomp
Attack: Infinite for partners, 0 for person
Strength: 2
Salary: 4
Thwomp is really cool if the opponent has someone in the rear.
Absolutely horrible if not. See, Thwomp instantly kills any partners,
however, does nothing to the person if the person is vulnerable to
attack. 2 Strength, also.
Baby Bowser
Attack: 1
Strength: 1
Salary: 3
Sometimes, this guy will transform into Bowser, and do triple damage
then is listed! Plus, if Baby Bowser is powered up, then, he will
usually transform and do 6 Heart Pieces worth of damage all around!
This could be really cool, such as you having 1 Heart Piece and 0 coins
left after paying salary. You attack. The person has Goomba in the
rear. You kill Goomba and kill the person! SUH-WEET! Baby Bowser has a
2-in-5 chance of transforming with no power up, unsure about how much
with.
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XIII: Mini-Game Room
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This is the place where you can play any games previously played in
Battle Royal or Duel. Plus, in this place, you can look at Mini-Game
Records! This is the only place where you can play ??? Mini-Games.
Plus, this has the Random Battle Room, which is just mini-game after
mini-game. You pick a category, and if you have at least one of that
mini-game, you play until someone acquires three, five, or seven wins;
you choose. This is also the place where the Game Guy Room is (see
below).
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XIV: Game Guy Room
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To unlock this room, you must be a Miracle Star. I have heard many
sayings that you must have at least 8 S Ranks on Story mode to be
ranked as a Miracle Star. You also can't have any more then one C and
two B star rankings. In this room, you can play Game Guy mini-games
over and over. Get at least 1,000 coins in here to unlock Mario's
Puzzle Party Pro!
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XV: FAQ.
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XVI: Conclusion
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Well, looks like the guide is complete.
This is The Return of Raken, signing off. Goodbye for now. This guide
has 16,956 words.
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