Mario Party 4

MARIO PARTY
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release Date	Japan: November 8, 2002 USA: October 21, 2002 Europe: November 29, 2002 Australia: November 29, 2002
Genre	Party

Mario Party 4 is the fourth game in the Mario Party series and the first Mario Party game on the Nintendo GameCube.

Gameplay

Mario Party 4 is a video game board game. There are 6 boards in the game to play on. There are eight playable charaters to play as. Like in previous games there are Item Shops and Boo Shops, but now there are new Lottery Shops added to the mix. Each board has a Item Minigame and a Coin Minigame that can only be accessed through a Mini Mushroom.

Playable Characters

Mario	Luigi	Peach	Daisy
Yoshi	Wario	DK	Waluigi

Game Modes

Party Mode

Up to four players can challenge each other in this mode. Compete in a Battle Royal or in a custom Team Match.

Story Mode

Triumph on each Board Map and earn presents from each of the board guides in this single-player mode.

Mini-Game Mode

Players can select this mode to play all of the minigames they have unlocked. They can also create a custom list of minigames to play with.

Option Room

Players can change the settings for sound and rumble in this mode. They can also listen to the games music and character voices.

Present Room

Players can view the presents they won in Story Mode here.

Extra Room

Players can play unique boards and minigames that don't appear anywhere else in the game in this mode.

Boards

Mario Party 4 has 6 game boards; one is unlockable.

Board		Description	Difficulty
	Toad's Midway Madness	An amusement park designed by Toad.
	Koopa's Seaside Soiree	A resort map envisioned by Koopa Troopa.
	Goomba's Greedy Gala	A casino map schemed up by Goomba.
	Boo's Haunted Bash	A scary map dreamed up by Boo.
	Shy Guy's Jungle Jam	A jungle map made by Shy Guy.
	Bowser's Gnarly Party	A hard map plotted by Bowser.

Spaces

Spaces	Description
Blue Space	If landed on, the player will earn three coins. If the player is playing with bonuses on, they might also obtain Hidden Blocks.
Red Space	If landed on, the player will lose three coins.
Happening Space	If landed on, a board event will occur.
Warp Space	If landed on, a spinner with the other three characters' faces will appear, as the player will then be warped to the space of the character chosen by the spinner.
Mushroom Space	If landed on, one small and one large box appear. When one box is selected, the player will get a Mega Mushroom or a Mini Mushroom.
Battle Space	If landed on, a Battle Mini-Game will begin. All players will contribute the number of coins determined by a spinner. Players who do well will earn these coins back when the game is done.
Bowser Space	If landed on, Koopa Kid will appear to play a trick on the player. It may also trigger a Bowser Mini-Game, which include: Darts of Doom Fruits of Doom Balloon of Doom
Fortune Space	If landed on, the player can play a round of Reversal of Fortune.
Star Space	A space that cannot be landed on. This is where the player buys a star for 20 coins.

Item Shop

Players can buy items here and use them to gain advantage. There are multiple items available to purchase, such as:

Image	Name	Price	Description
	Mini Mushroom	5 Coins	Use this to become Mini. But remember, the dice will only roll 1-5.
	Mega Mushroom	5 Coins	Use this to become Mega. But remember, you will bypass all board events.
	Super Mini Mushroom	15 Coins	Use this to become Mini. You get 2 dice, but they still only roll 1-5 each.
	Super Mega Mushroom	15 Coins	Use this to become Mega. Then you will roll 3 dice at one time.
	Mini-Mega Hammer	10 Coins	Make any other player Mega or Mini.
	Warp Pipe	10 Coins	Change places with a randomly chosen opponent.
	Swap Card	15 Coins	Trade items with an opponent chosen at random.
	Sparky Sticker	15 Coins	Electrify a space on the board and cause any player that passes over it to be shocked.
	Gaddlight	15 Coins	'
	Chomp Call	15 Coins	Call in Chomps to change the current location of the Star.
	Bowser Suit	Obtained from Bowser only.	'
	Boo's Crystal Ball	25 Coins	'
	Magic Lamp	30 Coins	Call on the Genie of the Lamp, who will take you directly to the Star.
	Item Bag	30 Coins	Three items are inside the bag. You won't know what until you buy it!

Lottery Shop

Players can pay 5 coins to play a lottery game here. Each game has first, second, and third prizes such as Mega and Mini Mushrooms, and coins.

Boo House

Players can hire Boos to steal opponents coins or stars here. Pay 5 coins for Boo to steal coins, and 50 coins for Boo to steal a star.

Gates

In order to pass these gates, players must use a Mini Mushroom to turn small before moving. On the other side of the gate, players may find spaces where they can play a Mini Mini-Game.

Trivia

• This is the last Mario Party game to feature Donkey Kong as a playable character until Mario Party 10.
  • This is also the Mario Party game to feature Toad as a un-playable character.
• Mario Party 4 is notable for being the first Mario Party game to actually have a plot revolving around an actual party.
• Mario Party 4 is also notable for being the only game in the Mario Party series that doesn't feature the Piranha Plant in any board, mini-game, item or any other place at all. The Piranha Plant only makes a brief cameo in the background of the Option Room.
• This is the first Mario game to have Princess Peach and Princess Daisy in their current main dresses and where Princess Daisy's hair is short.
• This is also the last Mario Party game where Wario wears his original long-sleeved shirt.
• After the events of Mario Party 4, Toad and Boo become playable characters. Koopa Troopa and Shy Guy are new playable characters in Mario Party 9.
• Going bottom left in Toad's lottery scratch game has statistically been proven to improve your chances of winning.
• This game completes a revamp in the 3-D art direction of the Mario franchise that started with Luigi's Mansion and continued with Super Mario Sunshine.
• Five of the six hosts became playable characters in later Mario Party installments.
• This is the first Mario Party game since Mario Party to not have any duel minigames.

Gallery

Sources

MarioWiki Page (for images)

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Series
Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party 3 Mario Party 4 Mario Party 5 Mario Party 6 Mario Party Advance Mario Party 7 Mario Party 8 Mario Party DS Mario Party 9 Mario Party: Island Tour Mario Party 10