(Found in Bowser's Pinball Machine)įor the Tag Battle setting in Party Mode, each combination of playable characters create one unique team name.
Mario Party DS has 8 playable characters and 5 board hosts, with a boss for each board. The one revealed to be the Superstar is taken from the pinball machine to be shrunk again and crushed by Bowser, but Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong arrive, the former unintentionally smashing the Minimizer by knocking it out of Bowser's hands and stepping on it afterwards, the actions reverting the playable characters back to their original states. The Superstar defeats Kamek at the end of a long hallway, and Koopa Krag is freed from the book, giving them a Sky Crystal as thanks.Įventually, they reach Bowser's Castle, where they are promptly stuffed in a pinball machine by Bowser and Bowser Jr., the latter using it to mess with them. Upon nearing the castle, the crew find a Koopa Troopa from a library asking for help, as Kamek has trapped his grandfather, Koopa Krag, in one of his library books.
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong quickly recall the free food promised at Bowser's Castle, and eagerly head off towards the castle. The Superstar manages to defeat Dry Bones in his arena, leading to Donkey Kong's restoration and Diddy Kong rewarding them with a Sky Crystal he found. The Hammer Bro is defeated in a drum-off by the Superstar, and Toadette gives a Sky Crystal she found to the gang as her thanks.Īfterwards, they set off for the jungle, where they find Diddy Kong, who shows the heroes that Donkey Kong was turned to stone by a Dry Bones. Soon after, Toadette finds and requests the group to defeat a Hammer Bro that was abusing her instruments in her music room. The Piranha Plant is eventually defeated by the character who becomes the Superstar, leading to Wiggler rewarding them with a Sky Crystal that landed in his garden. The desire to be the one Superstar that defeats Bowser and his cronies causes Mario and his other seven friends to pit themselves against each other for the title along the way.īowser drops a cage on Mario and friends.Īt the beginning of their journey, Wiggler begs the crew for help, as a Piranha Plant has infested his garden. Displeased by the outcome, the gang wakes up outside and decides to head for the castle to settle the score with Bowser.
This leaves Bowser to look for the five shining objects, the Sky Crystals, in peace. With the group trapped, Bowser uses a magic wand called the Minimizer to shrink them all down to the size of chess pieces, and they are thrown out to a distant location by Kamek. trap Mario and his friends in a cage when they enter. Unintentionally, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong get invitations as well.Ĭurious, the crew sets off for the castle, but upon their arrival, they find it was a trick as Bowser and Bowser Jr. Suddenly, Kamek flies overhead the gang, dropping invitations to a feast in Bowser's Castle to apologize for his wicked behavior. One falls near Mario, who explains it to his friends the next day. One night in the Mushroom Kingdom, five Sky Crystals in the sky fall to the land. Mario seeing a Sky Crystal fall from the sky It is the third and final Mario Party game to be rereleased for the Wii U's Virtual Console the others being Mario Party 2 and Mario Party Advance. Mario Party DS was re-released for the Wii U through the Virtual Console on Apin North America and Europe, in Australia on April 22, 2016, and in Japan on April 27, 2016. This would be the last installment to feature the traditional Mario Party gameplay until Super Mario Party, released for the Nintendo Switch eleven years later. It is possible for up to four players to play in wireless mode using only one game card. Its functions include touch control, microphone control and dual-screen challenges. It includes more than seventy new minigames and five new game boards. This Mario Party game is unique for having the characters to be shrunken down to a very small size and competing in a "mega world" for the majority of the game.
This is the last Mario Party game to be developed by Hudson Soft, which was succeeded by Nd Cube in 2012. Mario Party DS is the fourteenth installment in the Mario Party series, the third for handheld consoles, and the only one for the Nintendo DS.