Toad
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| Toad | |
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 Citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. |
| First Mario Party appearance | Mario Party |
| Appears in | ALL Mario Party games to date. |
| Gender | Male |
| Homeland | Mushroom Kingdom |
| Kindred | Toadette |
| Species | Toad |
Toad is the species of the loyal citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. Toad also serves as an attendant and a faithful follower of Princess Peach. The top of Toads head resemble the Mushrooms that appear throughout the Mario series. The Toads also appear in different color clothings and sport different colored polka-dots on their head. There are also different types of Toads including Toadette and Toadsworth. When it comes to the Mario Party series, Toad is used to describe one individual character. Toad appears as both a non-playable character and a playable character throughout the series.
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[edit] Character history
Toad made his original appearance in Super Mario Brothers, and appeared towards the end of the courses when Mario frees him from imprisonment. Toad would inform Mario that Peach was located in the next castle. His first role as a playable character in the Mario series came in Super Mario Brothers 2. In this game, Toad was a speedy runner that was able to pull vegetables out fast. However, his jumping skills in this game was poor. When Super Mario 64 was introduced for the Nintendo 64, Toad appeared in 3-D for the first time. In this game, Bowser has imprisoned all the Toads and Princess Peach inside her castle. The Toads in this game appear throughout the castle to give Mario tips and background info on Bowser's plan to capture all the power stars. Some Toads also carry a power star with them that count as the castle secret stars.
Various colored Toads accompanied Mario and Peach to their visit to Isle Delfino in Super Mario Sunshine. In this game, the Toads are scattered around the island and gives Mario tips on how to perform certain techniques. Their roles as non-playable characters expanded in Super Mario Galaxy, where a group of Toads labeled the "Toad Brigade" helped Mario in certain galaxies to obtain power stars. Outside of the main Mario games, Toad appears as a playable character in the Mario sports and Mario Kart games. In the Mario Kart series, Toad is usually a fast racer that has good turning. However, he is one of the light racers and is easy to push around. He is often paired with Toadette in these games. In the Mario Baseball games, Toad appears as a fast runner, but his hitting is poor. Toad has also made an appearance in the Mario Golf and Mario Tennis games as playable character. He also appeared in Mario DDR as an assistant character.
[edit] Mario Party series
Toad has played a big role in the Mario Party series as both a playable and non-playable character. Toad was originally introduced as a host in Mario Party and regulated the stars on the board maps and explained the mini-game instructions for the characters. He also appeared in a handful of mini-games like Toad in the Box. Later, in Mario Party 4, Toad hosted his own board map. When Mario Party 5 was introduced to the Gamecube, Toad became a regular playable character and has appeared one since this game.
[edit] Mario Party 1-2
Toad originally appeared as the host of the original Mario Party game. In this game, he was responsible in explaining the rules of the boards and mini-games to the characters. He also handed out the stars on different board maps. In certain board maps like Mario's Rainbow Cruise, Toad would rotate positions with Bowser at the top of the castle. Toad would hand out stars to the player while Bowser would steals stars from them. Toad also competed with Bowser in Yoshi's Tropical Island where he would hand out stars on one side of the island, while Bowser stole stars on the other side. On board maps like Luigi's Engine Room, Toad would just hand out stars for twenty coins.
Toad reprised his role as a host in Mario Party 2. In this game, Toad would both explain the rules of the boards and mini-games, and would also hand stars out to players. At one point in the game, however, Baby Bowser would kick Toad out of his role as a host and take the role of hosting Bowser Land. In addition to hosting the board maps, Toad appeared in a wide variety of games. He appears in Toad in the Box as one of the characters that the player can get on the wooden block. In this mini-game, the characters must collect five Toads in order to win. Toad also appeared in the mini-game Roll Call as one of the Mario characters that the player must count. He also appears as a target that earns the players extra coins in Archer-ival. In different modes in Mario Party 2, a Toad with a turquouse head hosts the events instead of a regular Toad.
[edit] Mario Party 3-4
Toad appears as a supporting character in Mario Party 3. However, he does not reprise his role as a host for the boards since that duty is fulfilled by the Millennium Star and Tumble. Toad does make an appearance as the Item Shop owner on the board maps. Toad owns his own item shop that contains different lines of Toad items. This includes the Mushroom, Cellular Shopper, and the Magic Lamp. He will seldomly approach a character if they land on an Item Space and ask them a question, usually granting them with a wide variety of items, or on a special occasion, rare items. Toad also appears in a few mini-games in Mario Party 3. He appears as the host for the mini-game M.P.I.Q., where he will ask the characters a wide variety of questions to deal with the Mario series characters. He also appears in the mini-game Messy Memory, where a whole group of Toads appear and mess up a room full of items. He also appears as one of the portraits that the characters must replicate in Picture Imperfect. Outside of the mini-games, Toad appear as a partner in duel mode, and is the beginning partner for Peach.
Toad appears as a host for his own board map in Mario Party 4 called Toad's Midway Madness. This is the first time he has owned his own map. This map contains a wide variety of rides, games, and events. Different Toads host he different games, stores, and events on this board. Toad will also challenge a player in a mini-game called Bowser Bop, where the player must knock out more Koopa Kids than Toad. Outside of the board map, Toad appears as a playable character in the mini-game Beach Volley Folley. However, that was his only role of a playable character until Mario Party 5.
[edit] Mario Party 5 and onwards
With the introduction of Mario Party 5, Toad become a regular playable character to the Mario Party series. He was one of the three characters to be added to the playable characters roster in Mario Party 5. When Toadette was introduced in Mario Party 6, Toad was often paired with her when it came to certain events. They even had their own special orb in Mario Party 7 called the Triple 'Shroom Orb, which increased the amount of dice blocks they would get for three turns. Ever since he was added to the playable character roster, Toad has not appeared as a host or side character on boards or in mini-games.
[edit] Trivia
- Tumble, one of the two hosts of Mario Party 3, resembles Toad in certain ways, especially his hat that resembles a dice block. Coincidentally, he took over the position for host from Toad.
| Hosts of Mario Party series |
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| MP 1 & 2: Toad | MP 3:Tumble & Millennium Star | MP 4: Toad, Boo, Koopa, Goomba, Shy Guy, & Bowser | MP 5: Star Spirits | MP 6: Brighton & Twila | MP 7: Toadsworth | MP 8: MC Ballyhoo and Bigtop | MPDS: Bowser |
