Mario Party: Island Tour

MARIO PARTY: ISLAND TOUR

So, for some reason, the Mario Party series decided to pump out three Mario Party games for the 3DS in a short span of time. (I guess that explains why console production suddenly slowed way down about this time). Island Tour was one of them. The game involves the characters visiting a series of floating islands and Bowser getting jealous of their good time. The roster this time is pretty much the same as DS's roster, with Boo and Bowser Jr. added in. Ah, that's nice and simple.

Spaces are more varied and item-like, similar to a console game around this period. Blue, red, event, warp, lucky, unlucky, switch-places, star, item, duel, and Bowser spaces should all be familiar, alongside back spaces that send you back a few places, Banzai Bill spaces that, well, shoot off one, booster spaces that give you a boost, dash spaces, dead end spaces that force you to stop, Kamek spaces that will cause said magician to switch everyone around, and Piranha Plant spaces that summon a Piranha that will grab you and throw you backwards. Items are pretty much just dice, except the first board which gives you shells, mushrooms, stars, lightning and stuff which mostly acts the way you expect.

We have seven boards this time around: Perilous Palace Path, a pretty standard grassland area; Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain, a mountainous region; Star-Crossed Skyway, a sky level; Rocket Road, a Mario Galaxy-themed level; Kamek's Carpet Ride, an Arabian Nights-esque level; Shy Guy's Shuffle City, a casino area; and Bowser's Peculiar Peak, a Bowser's Castle world.

Across the minigames, we have our characters: climbing rope, avoiding Mattermouths, running, coloring, jumping, shooting from cannons, leading Goombas, driving tanks, playing a xylophone, shooting paint, spinning a bubble, gliding, piloting submarines, watering plants, grabbing chickens, decorating a cake, sliding on ice, playing pachinko, hovering, hopping through space, bouncing, corralling Pokeys, catching bunnies, jumproping with fire, skateboarding, kayaking, catching Goombas, fishing, golfing, avoiding meteors, climbing ladders, avoiding Amps, racing crickets, and rolling on a ball among others.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario: fishing, hammer, running, stopping a bomb

Luigi

Princess Peach

Yoshi: eat

Daisy: mechanical bull

Waluigi: hammers, bombs

Wario: car

Toad

Boo

Bowser Jr.

Tumble

Toadette

Professor E. Gadd

Wiggler

Diddy Kong

Donkey Kong

Kamek

Bowser

Koopa Kid

Stages:

Shroom City

Wiggler's Garden

Toadette's Music Room

DK's Stone Statue

Kamek's Library

Bowser's Pinball Machine

Party Islands

Perilous Palace Path

Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain

Star-Crossed Skyway

Rocket Road

Kamek's Carpet Ride

Shy Guy's Shuffle City

Bowser's Peculiar Peak

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover Mario Party: Island Tour!