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Mario Party 4

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Mario Party 4

Mario Party 4's cover art
Developer(s) Hudson Soft
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Released USA: October 21, 2002

Australia: November 3, 2002

Japan: November 8, 2008

Europe: November 29, 2002

Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single Player, Multiplayer
Ratings ESRB: E (Everyone)

OFLC: G8+ (General)

Platform(s) GameCube

Mario Party 4 is the fourth game in the Mario Party series, and the first for the Nintendo GameCube. It follows the original's style of board game-esque gameplay, as well as the use of many items and mini-games. The game's goal, as with most of the others, is to collect stars. It is also the first Mario Party game to allow players teaming up.

Mario Party 4's Title Screen


Contents

[edit] Plot

 

A pleasant day in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and friends are lounging around outside Princess Peach's castle when a mysterious floating present appeared, shocked by what they saw, Mario and friends moved closer to the mysterious present, suddenly it changed shape and opened reviling Toad, Koopa Troopa, Goomba, Boo and Shy Guy to be inside, Toad then proceeds to explain that with the help of the party cube, they would be celebrating Mario's birthday (The character who's birthday it is depends of the character selected for story mode). Toad then declares the party started and the game begins.

The Character chosen must then go through all the boards of the game, each hosted by the board's creator (Toad, Koopa Troopa, Goomba, Boo, Shy Guy and later Koopa Kid or Mini Bowser in PAL regions). After the player has won the chosen board, they will be presented with a present by the hosting character, only to find out that in order to claim the present, they must beat the host character in a duel mini-game. Once all the main boards have been finished, Bowser will show up and disrupt the party, claiming that he too has a present for the player and damands that they play on his board. Once the player wins on Bowser's board, Bowser will challenge the player to his final duel. Once Bowser loses he will trudge off slowly, mumbling sadly to himself and he will drop a present behind, Mini Bowser will then appear and tell the player that Bowser always entended on giving them the present. After the last present has been receved (last present is always Bowser themed) Toad will announce that one more present still has to be given, a Power Star will then show up and give the player a constillation of themselves. After this the ending credits will play and story mode is completed.

[edit] Playable Characters

[edit] Boards

All of the boards in this game were made and hosted by each of the enemies who found the party cube.

[edit] Trivia

  • This is the last Mario Party in which Donkey Kong is playable.
  • 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.



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