Mario Party 4
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | October 21, 2002 |
| Genre | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | Gamecube |
Mario Party 4 is the fourth in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released on the Nintendo GameCube in North America on October 21, 2002 strangely before the Japanese release on November 8, 2002. It was released on November 29, 2002 in Europe, being heavily criticised for being 'Nintendo's big GameCube Game' for Christmas 2002 as Metroid Prime was delayed until March 2003.
Mario Party 4 was the first Mario Party that was released on the Nintendo GameCube. This game featured the same eight playable characters as Mario Party 3, which are Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Princess Daisy, Donkey Kong, Wario and Waluigi. Each board had its own host, including Toad, Goomba, Bowser, and several others. Mario Party 4 retains the Story Mode found in Mario Party 3.
The game, as usual, contains a standard party mode in which up to four players play through a board, trying to collect as many stars as possible. The star space would appear randomly on the board, and players would have to reach it before anyone else. However, the stars carry a price tag of 20 coins, and player has to earn those coins by wining minigames, which take place at the end of each turn (after all the players have rolled the dice block, which will always roll a number from one to ten).
Battle minigames are like the 4-player games, but generally (with many exceptions) a little more elaborate. Battle games are usually tense because every player has to put a certain number of coins (from 5 - 50) into a pot. First place gets 70% of the pot, second place gets 30%, and a random player gets any coins lost in rounding. Duel games did not appear in this version of Mario Party, but they were back in Mario Party 5.
Every Mario Party contains 60 to 80 minigames of a few different types. Four-player games are a free-for-all in which all players competed against each other. 2-on-2 and 1-on-3 minigames put players in groups, so they have to cooperate in the minigame to win, even though they are against each other in the main game. In most situations, winners of these games make 10 coins each.
List of Boards
- Toad's Midway Madness
- Goomba's Greedy Gala
- Koopa's Seaside Soiree
- Shy Guy's Jungle Jam
- Boo's Haunted Bash
- Bowser's Gnarly Party (Clear Story Mode)fr:Mario Party 4