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• Mario Party: Island Tour

Mario Party: Island Tour is a game for the Nintendo 3DS , released first in the Americas in November 22, 2013, and the second Mario Party game to be developed by NDcube . It is the twelfth main installment (nineteenth overall) in the Mario Party series, the third installment for a handheld console, and the first Mario Party to be developed for the Nintendo 3DS. Mario Party: Island Tour has gameplay objectives unique to it compared to other entries in the Mario Party series. Rather than traveling around a board to obtain the most quantity of a particular item, either separately or together on a vehicle, players need to race their opponents to the finish in a linear, one-way board, with certain objectives in the race differing depending on the board played on. The game additionally retains several key elements from other Mario Party titles — namely, obtaining and using items to gain an advantage over opponents, and playing a wide variety of minigames .

Due to the platform being the Nintendo 3DS, some of the minigames take advantage of the system's features, such as the stereoscopic 3D, gyroscope, mic, augmented reality (AR), and the touch screen. The game additionally uses StreetPass, where players can play minigames if their system has picked up signals from other Nintendo 3DS systems that also have the game and unlock special items from doing so. Up to four people can play together either with local multiplayer or Download Play using only one game cartridge, similar to how Mario Party DS and later Mario Party installments for the Nintendo 3DS handle multiplayer.

The game was eventually released as a Nintendo Selects title in multiple regions including the Americas, Europe, and Oceania, being one of the best-selling titles for the Nintendo 3DS.

• 2.1.1 Party
• 2.1.2 Minigames
• 2.1.3 StreetPass Minigames
• 2.1.4 Bowser's Tower
• 2.1.5 Collectables
• 3.1 Playable
• 5.1 Dice Blocks
• 5.3.1 Perilous Palace Path
• 5.3.2 Star-Crossed Skyway
• 5.3.3 Rocket Road
• 6 Minigames
• 7 Regional differences
• 9 Nintendo 3DS eShop description
• 10.1 Critical reception
• 11 Pre-release and unused content
• 12.1 Invisible Player Lucky Space Glitch
• 15 References to other games
• 16 References in later games
• 17 Names in other languages
• 19 References
• 20 External links

After a relaxing day around Peach's Castle , Mario and the gang notice a strange letter in a bubble saying they are happily invited to the Party Islands . The gang then cheers about it but then the letter suddenly traps the gang in bubbles to carry them though the sky to the Party Islands.

While Mario and the gang are partying and playing games, Bowser shows up, feeling jealous about why Mario and his friends are invited and he wasn't, so he builds Bowser's Tower , saying that anyone can join him at his evil party. He begins locking all the fun from the Party Islands in bubbles. He also puts evil magic in the bubbles made by the bubble machine to make bubble clones of the gang to guard the tower. The player's selected character and a green Toad advance up the tower and defeat the bubble clones as well as various bosses. After defeating Bowser in Bowser's Sky Scuffle , the player's character then defeats the Mario bubble clones guarding the bubble machine and then destroys the bubble machine with a ground pound. Shortly afterward, Bowser reappears and boots the player's character and the green Toad out of the tower, inviting them to challenge him any time and that he won't be done.

Unlike the direct preceding game, Mario Party 9 , where all four players travel together through a vehicle and aim to obtain the most Mini Stars , Mario Party: Island Tour uses the traditional independent four-player gameplay as seen in previous Mario Party entries. The ultimate goal of the game in most of the boards is to race opponents on a linear-designed board to the finish line, unlike other Mario Party games, where players are required to amass the most amount of a certain item to win in all boards. In order to advance through the board, players roll a Dice Block numbered from 1 to 6 to dictate their movement. Each board has its own play style with different rules from another: one board, Star-Crossed Skyway , requires players to amass the most Mini Stars, while Kamek's Carpet Ride requires players to land exactly on a particular space, called a Just-Right Space , by using numbered cards. Another feature of these boards is to replace the "6" on the Dice Block with another feature, such as a Banzai Bill icon on Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain that causes players to fall back to the halfway point or the start of the board or a 0 in Rocket Road , meaning the player cannot move at all. Prior to starting out, a yellow Toad explains the board's play style, and after players are done viewing the rules, they roll a Dice Block to determine their turn order; players who roll a higher number than others will move earlier. In this game, a Round, similar to turns from earlier Mario Party titles, is taken once every player has rolled a Dice Block and moved accordingly, and while in earlier Mario Party titles had a limited amount of turns to take until the game ends, Mario Party: Island Tour proceeds until someone (or everyone, in the case of Star-Crossed Skyway) has reached the end goal. When starting their own round, players can either opt to use an item if an item is available for use or look around the map to plan out movement. If players end the game in a tie, a Dice Block roll determines who wins the game. At the end of the game, various stats are recorded such as how many spaces a player has landed on, a line graph depicting the players' progress, and other recordings depending on the board the players were playing on.

When players land on a Space , an event occurs depending on the type of space landed. Their function and design appears to be based off Mario Party 9 ; for example, if players land on a Green Space , nothing occurs while if a player lands on an Item Space on a specific type of board, they receive an item from a pool of randomized items. These items can either benefit the player directly or obstruct opponents. Players can carry up to two items, and players can use only one item per round. Only a few boards have an item system, however, and the type of items players receive varies on the board selected.

Some boards have players participating in minigames, either after every turn or if a Minigame Space is landed on. These minigames are small, short activities that have players competing against each other in defined, simple rules, most of them within a time limit. Some minigames involve players surviving a horde of enemies, some involve players racing against one another, some require the player to obtain the most points within a time limit, etc. If the player performs the best in the minigame, depending on the board played on, they receive priority when deciding which prize item to take or how much items are rewarded to them. The lower the rank players are, the lower the priority for selecting items and the less of a reward they receive, with last place players either receiving nothing or the worst rewards. If minigames end in a tie, a Dice Block is used to break the tie.

Mario Party: Island Tour supports local multiplayer if players have multiple cartridges or Download Play if there is only one cartridge. Up to four players can play the game, and they can participate with the player in Party Mode and Minigames Mode.

There are five different play modes in the game.

Party Mode, hosted by a yellow Toad , is the main mode of Mario Party: Island Tour , which uses the default gameplay as described above. Up to four players can participate in this mode, and the mode allows a minimum of two players participating. Players first pick from a selection of available boards, all of which play differently from each other in terms of mechanics and goals. After that, players choose their character out of a cast of 10 playable characters, with 9 default characters and one unlockable. If there are not enough players, players can fill in empty slots with selected computer-controlled players from the remaining characters. Players can then select the difficulty of each individual CPU player, as well as the type of minigames that will be played with. Character settings are then saved the next time players access the mode, including those of CPU opponents.

Hosted by a blue Toad , players can play in one of the many minigames in Mario Party: Island Tour through this mode. Unlike most Mario Party installments, all minigames are available from the start. Minigames Mode has three ways to play: Free Play, Time Attack, and Hot-Air Hijinks. Free Play allows up to four players to participate, and like Free Play from previous installments, players have a free choice to decide which minigame to play in. Once a minigame is played on, players have the option to play the minigame again, go to a randomly selected different minigame, go back to the minigame menu, or go back to the main menu. Time Attack is a single-player mode whose objective is to clear a set amount of ten minigames the quickest. Each minigame also contains optional objectives to meet if players want to further lessen the time it takes to complete them. Once all minigames are played on, the record time is saved. These are the minigames played in Time Attack:

No-Traction Action

Gyro for the Gold

Quickest Cricket

Color Me Fast

Blown Hover

Mad Ladders

Sub Trouble

The last mode is Hot-Air Hijinks (Balloon Race in British English), where up to four players can participate in. Players ride a hot air balloon, and in order to rise, they must clear minigames that are randomly selected through a roulette. For settings, players can use either All or Easy minigames and if their minigames require the Mic or not. Prior to starting out, players can set their objective to win 3, 5, or 7 minigames. If a player reaches past a certain level, the last place players get to stop the roulette wheel. Whichever player reaches the mark set first wins the mode.

StreetPass Minigames

StreetPass Minigames mode takes advantage of the Nintendo 3DS's StreetPass feature. Prior to setting up, players select their character to use in the mode and the choice to turn it on. If turned on, players who own Mario Party: Island Tour can pick up tags from other players who also own Mario Party: Island Tour and have it activated. When a tag is received, the Nintendo 3DS's LED light glows green, and a green dot notification is shown on the main menu on the StreetPass Minigames tab. When the mode is selected when a StreetPass tag is active, players see the other players' characters and their skill level, which dictates how difficult the CPU opponent controlling that character will be in the minigame. Players can participate against that character only once, unless the Nintendo 3DS is tagged with the same person the next day.

Bowser's Tower

Bowser's Tower is the sole single-player-focused mode of Mario Party: Island Tour and where the main story takes place. Players need to progress up a tower, and to progress, they need to win a gauntlet of minigames. Bowser's Tower contains 30 floors, where the opponents get progressively harder the more players progress up the tower. At every fifth floor, a boss-type minigame is played. A green Toad tags along with the player character on the way, and the player faces off against bubble clones , bubble copies of the playable characters. Players beat the game when they clear Bowser's Sky Scuffle , and they unlock Bowser Jr. as a playable character.

Collectables

Much like Mario Party DS and Mario Party 9 , players can earn Mario Party Points by playing boards, completing Bowser's Tower , or playing Minigames . This points can be used to buy "Bubbles" and "Memories", respectively voice recordings or music from the various characters, boards, or minigames. These bubbles need to be bought from the gallery with various points, and not all bubbles are unlocked initially: the bubbles are unlocked when players first encounter them by simply playing the different modes and boards.

There are a total of 10 playable characters in Mario Party: Island Tour . Bowser Jr. is both the sole unlockable character and the only character newly playable to the Mario Party series, unlocked after the Bowser's Tower mode is completed for the first time. In addition, Boo is playable in the series for the first time since Mario Party 8 , as well as for the first time in a Mario Party game for a handheld console.

As the title suggests, the boards are split between various themed islands. Seven gameboards are included in the game. Of these boards, one is unlocked by playing through every other board except for Shy Guy's Shuffle City due to the necessity for three or more players ( Bowser's Peculiar Peak ), and the other six are available from the start of the game. Names in italics indicate a British English name, if different from the American English name.

1 - As Extra-Move Spaces. 2 - The Switch Space subsequently becomes this after a player lands on it.

Dice Blocks

Dice Blocks can be won from minigames in Perilous Palace Path and Bowser's Peculiar Peak.

In Kamek's Carpet Ride and Shy Guy's Shuffle City , cards are used to make the player move and have different effects on the character.

Board-specific items

Perilous palace path, star-crossed skyway, rocket road.

Mario Party: Island Tour contains 81 minigames, the most minigames for a handheld installment, barring the remastered minigames in Mario Party: The Top 100 . Minigames are split into four categories: General minigames, Boss minigames, Puzzle minigames, and Extra minigames. General minigames play similarily to 4-player or Free-for-All minigames from previous installments: up to 4 players compete against one another to best the minigame, though players can compete against less players if they choose so. Boss minigames, first introduced in Mario Party 9 , return in Mario Party: Island Tour . These involve players facing up against a particular boss enemy, and the objective is to take out the boss's HP first before they deplete the players' HP. Unlike their appearance in Mario Party 9 , Boss minigames involve only one player. Puzzle minigames are self-explanatory: players solve minigames in a traditional puzzle game format either against themselves to set a new record or competitive against opponents. Finally, Extra minigames take advantage of the Nintendo 3DS hardware to play minigames, with The Choicest Voice using the mic and Ka-Goomba! and Sinking Feeling requiring AR Cards to play.

Minigames are sorted into two types of categories: minigames can be classified as "Easy", which are usually simpler minigames than the others. Players can toggle to play only "Easy" type minigames in Party Mode or Hot-Air Hijinks. Another type is whether the minigame uses a mic or not, and players can exclude the sole minigame that uses the mic, Utter Nonsense , from the set of minigames in the aforementioned modes.

Mario Party: Island Tour does not feature 2-vs-2, 1-vs-3, or 1-vs-Rivals minigames, making it one of the few Mario Party installments not to feature these categories of minigames. Additionally, this game is the only Mario Party game that has a minigame that cannot be accessed by a single player. In this case, the minigame Utter Nonsense requires two or more human players to play.

Regional differences

• Unlike any Mario Party game released before or since, with the exception of Mario Party 10 , the game's descriptions for minigames, boards, and features, as well as the naming scheme for minigames, is different in British English than it is in American English. For example, Perilous Palace Path 's description in the American English version reads as " Power yourself up and knock opponents out of the way with special items as you race to the finish! ", while the British English version reads as " Race to the castle and use items to help you along the way! ". Minigames can have drastically different titles; for example, a minigame named Garden of Eatin' in American English is called Blooming Nuisance in British English. In one case, a minigame's British title coincidentally shares its title with another unrelated, American minigame: Cheepers Keepers in American English refers to a button masher minigame, called Hook, Line and Cheep Cheep in the British English version of the game, while Cheepers Keepers in the British English version refers to a minigame counting diamonds in a Cheep Chomp 's mouth, called Cheep Diamonds in the American English version of the game.
• The European Spanish announcer has a different voice actor than the Latin American Spanish announcer.
• The Dutch, European Portuguese, and Russian minigame announcers are female. All other language options have a male announcer.

Mario Party: Island Tour was developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo . This is the second Mario Party game NDcube has worked on, after Mario Party 9 , and the first handheld installment that they developed for. The game was directed by Yukio Umematsu, who would later work under planning for the next Mario Party installment, Mario Party 10 . The game's sound was directed by Ichiro Shimakura , known for directing the sound in other Mario Party installments, while the soundtrack was directed by Rei Kondoh, who would later compose music for Mario Party 10 .

Nintendo 3DS eShop description

In this ultimate showdown you can take on the road blaze through the 7 new game boards, some of which take just minutes to play. Wrangle goombas and blast out of cannons as you tilt, tap, and draw through new minigames harnessing the unique functionality of Nintendo 3DS™. Compete in new multiplayer modes including mind bending puzzles, minigame challenges, or enter a whole new reality with AR Card play for up to 4 players. Whether in single or multiplayer, this is a portable party that never ends.

Are you prepared for the ultimate portable party? Join Mario and his friends as they head off into the clouds for not just the most exciting instalment of the Mario Party series yet, but the first to appear on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! And with with this being a Mario Party game, don't forget that the focus is firmly on bringing your friends into the action! Mario Party: Island Tour offers multiplayer hijinks through Download Play, meaning you only need one Game Card to enjoy four-player fun in nearly all of the game's modes.

Critical reception

Mario Party: Island Tour has received generally mixed reviews. The game currently averages a 59% based on 28 reviews on GameRankings [5] and a 57 based on 47 reviews on Metacritic [6] . As with most Mario Party games, Mario Party: Island Tour was praised for being fun to play with other people rather than playing alone and some of its mechanics were praised for being innovative, though general criticisms of the game include its short length, poorly implemented gimmicks, as well as the lack of online play.

Scott Thompson of IGN gave Mario Party: Island Tour a 5.5 out of 10, criticizing its motion control, "uninventive" minigames, and its "poor" single-player campaign unlike Mario Party 9 , but praising its unique board rules and use of Download Play. [7] While expecting this game to perform around the same level as the console Mario Party games due to the inventive touchscreen implementation and unique, new rules for the seven game boards compared to previous Mario Party games, Thompson felt that the "lackluster single player experience", Bowser's Tower, was a slow-paced repetitive grind, and the "bland minigame design" was a step back, due to the similarity of the minigames from the past entries in the Mario Party series and the only category of minigames being Free-for-All type minigames. Caitlin Cooke of Destructoid gave the game a 4 out of 10, [8] disappointed that the game's board gameplay did not play as the original titles did and that the boards felt like chopped up variations of a single mode from previous Mario Party games. She additionally pointed out that the game has a too heavy hand with hand-holding players. She, however, enjoyed the single player mode of Bowser's Tower, the minigames, and the single-cartridge local mulitplayer, though criticized the lack of online play.

On the other hand, Kimberly Keller of Nintendo World Report gave the game the highest critic review, an 8.5 out of 10. [9] She has praised the innovation of the boards, which has each their unique play styles, the usage of the Nintendo 3DS capabilities in minigames, as well as noting that the single player modes Bowser's Tower, StreetPass Minigames, and Collectables being engaging, with Bowser's Tower being the best of the single player modes, though she had criticized the lack of setting a difficulty setting for Bowser's Tower. She also praised the Download Play multiplayer, though criticized the lack of online multiplayer.

Mario Party: Island Tour is the 20th best selling game for the Nintendo 3DS , selling 1.14 million copies worldwide, as of March 31, 2014. [10] It has become a Nintendo Selects title in various regions, including North America, Europe, and Oceania.

Pre-release and unused content

Mario Party: Island Tour 's changes from the pre-release version to the final version range from minor aesthetic details to gameplay tweaks. Perilous Palace Path originally did not contain Moo Moos as ambient characters or a Whomp blocking the path. Originally, characters also used cards rather than regular items in Perilous Palace Path. In Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain , multiple Banzai Bills could get launched at once as opposed to only one in the final version of the game. In Rocket Road , more varieties of Lumas were added rather than just one type of Luma, the Yellow Luma. The game was tentatively called simply Mario Party before the subtitle, Island Tour , was decided upon.

Invisible Player Lucky Space Glitch

In order to perform this glitch, the player must land on a Lucky Space in the board Bowser's Peculiar Peak . If they happen to be blasted to a space that another player is currently on, then the two players clip through each other.

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros. : The main theme is rearranged in the minigames Xylophone Home and Goomba Tower Takedown . A rearrangement of the underground theme plays for the Amp My Style minigame. In Perilous Palace Path, while in the Bowser Zone, a rearrangement of the castle theme appears. Also, the Super Star theme is used for the Perilous Palace Path board whenever a player uses a Super Star item.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 : The "Slowly bubble up..." music sounds similar to the Card Game/Spade Bonus music. Part of the athletic theme is remixed into "Hurry Up", the theme that plays for Hop Till You Drop .
• Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS : The "Koopa's Road" theme is rearranged for parts of Bowser's Peculiar Peak. King Bob-omb appears as a boss in this game as he did here, and in the American English version, Bowser makes a reference to his interest with his moustache from the remake saying, "My next guard has an even more formidable mustache than Mario!"
• Mario Party : Mario's artwork is based on his artwork from this game.
• Mario Party 6 : Daisy and Waluigi's artworks are recycled from this game.
• Mario Party 7 : Luigi and Boo's artworks are recycled from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. : Dry Bowser returns with his ability to throw bones.
• Super Mario Galaxy : Rocket Road is based on this game, and Rosalina appears as a cameo along with the Lumas and the Comet Observatory . Additionally, the theme of Good Egg Galaxy is rearranged in a part of Rocket Road's music and Toad and Bowser Jr.'s artworks are recycled from this game.
• Mario Party DS : Wario's artwork is recycled from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii : Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain is based on World 6 from this game. Additionally, Peach's artwork is recycled from this game.
• Super Mario 3D Land : The minigame Blown Hover features Flip Panels and the square mountains from World 4-5 from this game. Dry Bowser's voice clips are reused from this game. Para-Biddybuds also make some cameos. The background of Fuel Me Once is very similar to World 1-1 .
• Mario Party 9 : The voices of the characters and minigame announcer are reused from this game. Music such as the minigame intro and results screen are rearranged from this game. Mini Stars and Mini Ztars return in Star-Crossed Skyway.
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 : Bone Goombas and Bone Piranha Plants return.
• New Super Mario Bros. U : Waddlewings make some cameos.

References in later games

• Super Mario Party : Bowser Jr.'s and Boo's victory and losing animations are reused in this game.

Names in other languages

• For a time, the Nintendo 3DS eShop mistakenly stated Mario Party: Island Tour to be a title on the Nintendo Entertainment System .
• A female announcer is used for minigames in the Dutch, Portuguese, and Russian versions, a practice that had not been seen in non-Japanese versions since Mario Party 5 , and would not be seen again until Super Mario Party .
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• ^ Metacritic score for Mario Party: Island Tour . Metacritic . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ^ Thompson, Scott. (November 22, 2013) Mario Party: Island Tour Review . IGN . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ^ Cooke, Caitlin. (November 27, 2013). Review: Mario Party: Island Tour . Destructoid . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ^ Keller, Kimberly. (November 22, 2013). Mario Party: Island Tour Review Nintendo World Report . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ^ "Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2014 (Briefing Date: 5/8/2014) Supplementary Information" . (May 8, 2014). Nintendo . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ^ Official Chinese website for the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary . Retrieved October 23, 2020.

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Due to the platform being the Nintendo 3DS, some of the minigames take advantage of the system's features, such as the stereoscopic 3D, gyroscope, mic, augmented reality (AR), and the touch screen. The game additionally uses StreetPass where players can play minigames if their system has picked up signals from other Nintendo 3DS systems that also have the game and unlock special items from it. Up to four people can play together either with local multiplayer or Download Play using only one game cartridge, similar to how Mario Party DS and later Mario Party installments for the Nintendo 3DS handle multiplayer.

The game was eventually released as a Nintendo Selects title in multiple regions including North America, Europe, and Oceania, being one of the best-selling titles for the Nintendo 3DS.

• 2.1 Minigames
• 2.2 Streetpass Minigames
• 2.3 Bowser's Tower
• 2.4 Collectables
• 3.1 Critical reception
• 7 References
• 8 External links

After a relaxing day around Peach's Castle , Mario and the gang notice a strange letter in a bubble saying they are happily invited to the Party Islands. The gang then cheers about it but then the letter suddenly traps the gang in bubbles to carry them though the sky to the Party Islands. While Mario and the gang are partying and playing games, Bowser shows up, feeling jealous about why Mario and his friends are invited, so he builds Bowser's Tower, saying that anyone can join him at his evil party. He begins locking all the fun from the Party Islands in bubbles. He also puts evil magic in the bubbles made by the bubble machine to make bubble clones of the gang to guard the tower. The player's selected character and Green Toad advance up the tower and defeat the bubble clones as well as various bosses. After defeating Bowser in Bowser's Sky Scuffle, the player's character then defeats the Mario bubble clones guarding the bubble machine and then destroys the bubble machine with a ground pound. Shortly afterward, Bowser reappears and boots the player's character and Green Toad out of the tower, inviting them to challenge him any time and that he won't be done.

Gameplay [ ]

Unlike the direct preceding game, Mario Party 9 , where all four players travel together through a vehicle and aim to obtain the most Mini Stars, Mario Party: Island Tour uses the traditional independent four player gameplay as seen in previous Mario Party entries. The ultimate goal of the game in most of the boards is to race opponents on a linear-designed board to the finish line, unlike other Mario Party games where players are required to amass the most amount of a certain item to win in all boards. In order to advance through the board, players roll a Dice Block numbered from 1 to 6 to dictate their movement. Each board has its own play style with different rules from another: one board, Star-Crossed Skyway requires players to amass the most Mini Stars while Kamek's Carpet Ride requires players to land exactly on a particular space, called a Just-Right Space, by using numbered cards. Another feature of these boards is to replace the "6" on the Dice Block with another feature, such as a Banzai Bill icon on Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain that causes players to fall back to the halfway point or the start of the board or a 0 in Rocket Road , meaning the player cannot move at all. Prior to starting out, Yellow Toad explains the board's play style and after players are done viewing the rules, they roll a Dice Block to determine their turn order: players who roll a higher number than others will move earlier. In this game, a Round, similar to turns from earlier Mario Party titles, is taken once every player has rolled a Dice Block and moved accordingly, and while in earlier Mario Party titles had a limited amount of turns to take until the game ends, Mario Party: Island Tour proceeds until all players have reached the end goal. When starting their own round, players can either opt to use an item if an item is available for use or look around the map to plan out movement. If players end the game in a tie, a Dice Block roll determines who wins the game. At the end of the game, various stats are recorded such as how many spaces a player has landed on, a line graph depicting the players' progress, and other recordings depending on the board the players were playing on.

When players land on a Space, an event occurs depending on the type of space landed. Their function and design appears to be based off Mario Party 9 ; for example, if players land on a Green Space, nothing occurs while if a player lands on an Item Space on a specific type of board, they receive an item from a pool of randomized items. These items can either benefit the player directly or obstruct opponents. Players can carry up to two items, and players can use only one item per round. Only a few boards have an item system, however, and the type of items players receive varies on the board selected.

Some boards have players participating in minigames, either after every turn or if a Free-for-All Space is landed on. These minigames are small, short activities that have players competing against each other in defined, simple rules, most of them within a time limit. Some minigames involve players surviving a horde of enemies, some involve players racing against one another, some require the player to obtain the most points within a time limit, etc. If the player performs the best in the minigame, depending on the board played on, they receive priority when deciding which prize item to take or how much items are rewarded to them. The lower the rank players are, the lower the priority for selecting items and the less of a reward they receive, with last place players either receiving nothing or the worst rewards. If minigames end in a tie, a Dice Block is used to break the tie.

Mario Party: Island Tour supports local multiplayer if players have multiple cartridges or Download Play if there is only one cartridge. Up to four players can play the game, and they can participate with the player in Party Mode and Minigames Mode.

Minigames [ ]

Main Article: List of Mario Party: Island Tour minigames There are 81 minigames in total. 69 General ones, 6 Boss ones, 3 Puzzle minigames, and 3 Extra minigames.

Streetpass Minigames [ ]

In StreetPass™, players can win some matches against other people playing Mario Party: Island Tour , unlock special collectables, and more.

Bowser's Tower [ ]

The game's solo mode. Consists of 30 floors. Beating each floor requires beating a set of computer players in 1 or 2 minigames with every 5th floor being a boss battle. Completing this mode will unlock Bowser Jr.

Collectables [ ]

Using Mario Party Points earned from playing the game, purchase bubbles. Bubbles can contain stuff like voice clips and music tracks.

Reception [ ]

Critical reception [ ].

Mario Party: Island Tour has received generally mixed reviews. The game currently averages a 59% based on 28 reviews on GameRankings [1] and a 57 based on 47 reviews on Metacritic [2] . As with most Mario Party games, Mario Party: Island Tour was praised for being fun to play with other people rather than playing alone and some of its mechanics were praised for being innovative, though general criticisms of the game include its short length, poorly implemented gimmicks, as well as the lack of online play.

Scott Thompson of IGN gave Mario Party: Island Tour a 5.5 out of 10, criticizing its motion control, "uninventive" minigames, and its "poor" single-player campaign unlike Mario Party 9 , but praising its unique board rules and use of Download Play. [3] While expecting this game to perform around the same level as the console Mario Party games due to the inventive touchscreen implementation and unique, new rules for the seven game boards compared to previous Mario Party games, Thompson felt that the "lackluster single player experience", Bowser's Tower, was a slow-paced repetitive grind, and the "bland minigame design" was a step back, due to the similarity of the minigames from the past entries in the Mario Party series and the only category of minigames being Free-for-All type minigames. Caitlin Cooke of Destructoid gave the game a 4 out of 10, [4] disappointed that the game's board gameplay did not play as the original titles did and that the boards felt like chopped up variations of a single mode from previous Mario Party games. She additionally pointed out that the game has a too heavy hand with hand-holding players. She, however, enjoyed the single player mode of Bowser's Tower, the minigames, and the single-cartridge local mulitplayer, though criticized the lack of online play.

On the other hand, Kimberly Keller of Nintendo World Report gave the game the highest critic review, an 8.5 out of 10. [5] She has praised the innovation of the boards, which has each their unique play styles, the usage of the Nintendo 3DS capabilities in minigames, as well as noting that the single player modes Bowser's Tower, StreetPass Minigames, and Collectables being engaging, with Bowser's Tower being the best of the single player modes, though she had criticized the lack of setting a difficulty setting for Bowser's Tower. She also praised the Download Play multiplayer, though criticized the lack of online multiplayer.

Mario Party: Island Tour is the 20th best-selling game for the Nintendo 3DS, selling 1.14 million copies worldwide, as of March 31, 2014. [6] It has become a Nintendo Selects title in various regions, including North America, Europe, and Oceania.

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• For a time, the Nintendo 3DS eShop mistakenly stated Mario Party: Island Tour to be a title on the Nintendo Entertainment System .
• A female announcer is used for minigames in the Dutch, Portuguese and Russian versions, a practice that had not been seen in non-Japanese versions since Mario Party 5 , and would not be seen again until Super Mario Party .
• Bowser Jr. is a playable character for the first time. You can unlock him after you completed Bowser's Tower for the first time.

References [ ]

• ↑ GameRankings score for Mario Party: Island Tour . GameRankings . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ↑ Metacritic score for Mario Party: Island Tour . Metacritic . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ↑ Thompson, Scott. (November 22, 2013) Mario Party: Island Tour Review . IGN . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ↑ Cooke, Caitlin. (November 27, 2013). Review: Mario Party: Island Tour . Destructoid . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ↑ Keller, Kimberly. (November 22, 2013). Mario Party: Island Tour Review Nintendo World Report . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
• ↑ "Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2014 (Briefing Date: 5/8/2014) Supplementary Information" . (May 8, 2014). Nintendo . Retrieved December 5, 2017.

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Mario Party: Island Tour

Mario Party: Island Tour features seven unique boards, a collectibles system, and makes use of the special functionalities of the Nintendo 3DS.

Casually announced during a Nintendo Direct, Mario Party: Island Tour brought the series to the Nintendo 3DS for the first time. Each of the seven boards featured a different objective and playstyle, all while abandoning the car mechanic introduced in Mario Party 9. A roster of ten characters included the first time addition of Bowser Jr. and the 81 minigames make use of the 3DS and its microphone, gyroscope, and 3D functionalities. Bowser’s Tower is a single-player focused mode where bubble version of characters are challenged in minigames as you ascend 30 floors. There’s also a few collectibles you can unlock that feature music files and figurines.

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Mario Party: Island Tour is a party game for the Nintendo 3DS , and an installment in the Mario Party series. in particular the third entry on a handheld device. [1] Developed by Nd Cube and published by Nintendo , it was released November 22, 2013 in North America, and will be released winter 2013 in Japan, January 17, 2014 in Europe, and 2014 in Australia. [2] [3]

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• ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/28/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-mario-party-3ds-release-dates
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Get ready for a portable party in the palm of your hand – the ultimate minigame experience has arrived with Mario Party: Island Tour, only on Nintendo 3DS family systems!

Step into a board game with a twist and face off against your opponents in madcap minigames! Whether you're playing solo or with friends, seven new game boards, 80 new minigames and a host of unique modes make the first Mario Party game on Nintendo 3DS the most exciting yet! Combining easy-to-grasp gameplay with Download Play* that allows four players to party together using just one Game Card, Mario Party: Island Tour really is a game that absolutely anyone can play!

When a letter trapped in a bubble arrives in the Mushroom Kingdom inviting Mario and his friends to a party in the clouds, how can they say no? Soon enough, all your favourite Mushroom Kingdom characters are travelling up to Party Island in bubbles, ready to enjoy a whole host of exciting games and challenges... and you're invited too!

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Mario Party: Island Tour is great fun when you're playing alone, but it's even better when you're playing it with friends! You can enjoy many of the modes with mates, and thanks to the wonders of Download Play, all you need is one copy of the game for a rip-roaring four-player party!*

Dive headlong into Party mode and compete with your friends on all of the exciting game boards, or pick out your favourite minigames and challenge each other to see who's the best. Test your friends with tricky puzzle games and even discover who's the AR* game champion… the fun never ends!

Even when you're all by yourself, you're never playing alone thanks to StreetPass Minigames! Pass by other players with your Nintendo 3DS to exchange data and bring their Mii characters into your game, where you can challenge them in solo play! Up to ten other players can be stored at once and challenged to a randomly-selected minigame – have you got what it takes to beat everyone you meet?

*Please note: Download Play requires each player to have a Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL or Nintendo 2DS system, sold separately. AR minigames require the ? AR Card that comes packaged with every Nintendo 3DS family system.

Mario Party: Island Tour takes the famous Mario Party formula and gives it a twist to offer even more modes than ever before! Whether you're a veteran Mario Party fan looking to roll dice, travel the board and emerge as the victor or a newcomer out to challenge yourself against masses of minigames, you're guaranteed to find something that'll keep you partying!

Put the Mario Party gameplay you know and love into the palms of your hands with Party mode! Pick your favourite Mushroom Kingdom character, then go it alone or face off against friends on seven different game boards, each with their own unique rules and quirks. Collect stars, grab items, roll dice or play cards, all while competing in loads of new minigames. It's the ultimate Mario Party!

If you're short on time but still fancy a challenge, then head into Minigames mode and have a go at any of the 80 new minigames on your own terms! You'll find a variety of ways to enjoy the minigames of Mario Party: Island Tour here, including:

Time Attack – How quickly can you win ten minigames in a row? Test your skills against the clock and try to clear the minigames as fast as you can in this single-player challenge!

Balloon Race – The more minigames you win, the higher your hot-air balloon will soar. Win more games than the opposition and fly off into the sky for the win!

Puzzles – Pit your wits against a trio of challenging puzzle-based minigames. Match falling items before the grid fills up completely in Fall into Line, use your stylus to slide patterned panels around to clear the board in Chain Challenge, or box in stars to make them disappear in Starlight Connection.

AR Games – Use the ? AR card that came with your Nintendo 3DS family system to enjoy two amazing Augmented Reality minigames. Take aim at a horde of Goombas and shoot them down in Goombas Galore, or clamber up the walls of a tower – before it sinks down into the lava below – in Towers and Infernos.

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Bowser's Tower

A Mario Party wouldn't be complete without Bowser… but no-one expected him to crash it with his own tower! Exclusively single-player, Bowser's Tower challenges you to make it up all 30 floors and meet the king of the Koopas at the top. Choose from two random minigames on each floor and beat three ghostly doppelgangers to continue on up, then defeat one of Bowser's crew in a boss battle on every fifth floor. Can you get to the top and defeat Bowser himself? There's only one way to find out!

Collectibles

As you play Mario Party: Island Tour and complete various tasks – playing on game boards, winning multiplayer games, defeating StreetPass opponents and so on – you'll earn Mario Party Points. These can be used in Collectibles mode to unlock all kinds of goodies and keep the party going!

StreetPass Minigames

Notch up StreetPass hits with other Mario Party: Island Tour players and you'll be able to challenge them to a head-to-head minigame battle! Up to ten players can be stored at any one time – pick one out to play against, then see who'll become the StreetPass champion and win a heap of Mario Party Points into the bargain!

Game Boards

In Party mode, there are all kinds of exciting experiences to be had depending on which game board you choose to play on. Each one has its own unique rules and playing style – combine that with the massive range of minigames available and no two games will ever be the same! Which one will be your favourite?

Perilous Palace Path

How quickly can you reach Princess Peach's palace? Race against your friends by throwing the dice and using items to either help you or hinder them. The more minigames you win, the better your chances will be!

Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain

Think that racing up the mountainside is easy? Think again – you could get caught by Banzai Bill! Take risks by moving along the path or play it safe by hiding in the caves – it's up to you. Just make sure you're not in the way when someone gets a Banzai Bill!

Star-Crossed Skyway

There's only one winner on the Star-Crossed Skyway, and it's the player with the most Mini Stars! Race to Star Stages before your friends to earn more Mini Stars, but avoid the pesky Mini Ztars that'll reduce your total instead.

Rocket Road

It's a race… a race through outer space! Collect boosters as you move through the starry skies and use them to increase the numbers you can roll on the dice. Be careful not to roll a zero though, or your rocket will run into engine trouble!

Kamek's Carpet Ride

The only way to win here is to play your cards right…literally! Use numbered cards to decide how many spaces you can move, and try to land exactly on the goal! Don't use all your best cards at the start though – the trick is knowing when to trump your friends!

Shy Guy's Shuffle City

Using your own cards is one thing, but this game board sees you swapping cards with your opponents before making your move. Try to keep all the best cards for yourself, but don't be left with the dreaded Bowser Card!

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Mario Party: Island Tour is a party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The third handheld game in the Mario Party series , it was announced by Satoru Iwata in a Nintendo Direct presentation in April 2013, and was released in November 2013 in North America, in January 2014 in Europe and Australia, and in March 2014 in Japan. The game features seven boards, each with their own special features, and 81 new minigames. It was followed by Mario Party 10 for the Wii U in 2015.

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The gameplay is similar to previous installments in the Wii Party and Mario Party series. By rolling the Dice Block or using a card, the player advances on the game board and might trigger an event or minigame.[8] The minigames can be played any time, even when not on a game board; the game also features AR (augmented reality) and StreetPass.[8] Each board has its own rules, such as racing to the finish and using items to enhance the amount of spaces advanced as well as hinder opponents and collecting the most Mini Stars to win. The game has 7 boards: Perilous Palace Path, Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain, Star-Crossed Skyway, Rocket Road, Kamek's Carpet Ride, Shy Guy's Shuffle City, and Bowser's Peculiar Peak/Bowser's Bizarre Volcano (which is unlocked by completing every board except for Shy Guy's Shuffle City). There are 10 playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, Boo, Toad, and Bowser Jr., who is unlocked by beating all 30 floors of Bowser's Tower.

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