Mario Party 3
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft {{#if:{{{publisher|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)<td>{{{publisher|}}} |
| Release date(s) | Image:Flag of Japan.svg December 7, 2000 Image:Flag of the United States.svg May 7, 2001 Image:European flag.svg November 16, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer {{#if:{{{ratings|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Rating(s)<td>{{{ratings|}}} |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 {{#if:{{{media|}}}|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media<td>{{{media|}}} |
Mario Party 3 is the third in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released for the Nintendo 64 in North America on May 7, 2001 following a Japanese release on December 7, 2000. It was released in Europe much later (as the final Nintendo 64 game to be released in the territory) on November 16, 2001.
Mario Party 3 was the last Mario Party released on the Nintendo 64. A total of eight characters are available to choose from: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong and the new Waluigi and Princess Daisy. Mario Party 3 features duel maps, in which two players try to steal each other's coins using non-playable characters such as chomps.
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Gameplay
The objective in Mario Party 3, as in the other games, is to move the player's character around the board and collect coins and stars. The player with the most stars (and most coins if stars are tied) at the end of the game wins. Coins are found on many spaces on the board and also earned in minigames. Stars are found on the board for purchase and can also be acquired through certain items or special events.
Players take turns moving around the board by hitting a dice block, the game's equivalent of rolling a die. The character moves the given number of spaces and may trigger special actions or events by passing or landing on certain spaces. After all four characters have moved, a minigame begins. Minigames can also be triggered by certain special event spaces.
This game introduces story mode to the series, in which one player starts a campaign through every board, challenging computer controlled opponents at a shortened version of party mode. The player's objective is to defeat the other characters and earn stamps from the Millennium Star.
The game, as usual, contains a standard party mode in which up to four players play through a board.
Battle minigames are featured here as in Mario Party 2. These games are like the 4-player games, but generally more elaborate. Battle games are usually tense because every player has to put a certain number of coins (from 10 - 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 pit two players against each other. In Party Mode, one player initiates the duel, and bet coins or a star against another player. The winner of the duel wins all of the coins or stars in the bet.
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 compete 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.
New to this edition are Game Guy minigames. When a character landed on a Game Guy space, he/she is forced to surrender all of his/her coins and play a chance- based minigame. If the game is won, the character multiplied their coins, usually twofold. However, if the game is lost, then the character will not receive his/her coins back. These games proved to be unpopular and were not continued in subsequent Mario Parties.
Playable Charaters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Princess Peach
- Yoshi
- Wario
- Donkey Kong
- Princess Daisy (new character)
- Waluigi (new character)
List of Boards
Battle Royal
- Chilly Waters
- Deep Blooper Sea
- Woody Woods
- Creepy Cavern
- Spiny Desert
- Waluigi's Island (Clear Story Mode)
Duel
- Gate Guy
- Arrowhead
- Pipesqueek
- Blowhard
- Mr. Mover
- Backtracks (Clear Story Mode)
Mini-Games
4 Player
- Mario's Puzzle Party : Similar to Tetris
- Water Whirled : Race around in a little boat
- Snowball Summit : Snowball your enemies off the summit
- Toadstool Titan : Find a Super Shroom, and clobber your enemies
- Frigid Bridges : Find 3 pieces of an ice bridge
- Awful Tower : Get to the top of the tower
- Chip Shot Challenge : Get your golf ball as close to the hole as possible
- Messy Memory : Clean up the shelves the way they were before
- Cheep Cheep Chase : Swim away from a Cheep Cheep and dodge bombs
- Treadmill Grill : Run around on a giant treadmill dodging fireballs
- Ice Rink Risk : Run around on ice dodging Spinies
- Parasol Plummet : Collect coins falling in a parasol
- Picture Imperfect : Try to match up the middle picture as close as possible
- M.P.I.Q. : Answer 3 questions right
- Aces High : Destroy your enemies on a little plane
- Bounce 'N' Trounce : Bounce around on balls and knock your enemies off the edge
- The Beat Goes On : Remember the sequence
- Pipe Cleaners : Whack Baby Bowsers in pipes
- Rockin' Raceway : Win a race on a hobby horse
1 Vs. 3
- Coconut Conk- 1st player- Dodge the others' coconuts, 3 others- hit the first player
- Spotlight Swim- 1st player- Don't get caught, 3 others- Shine on the 1st player
- Boulder Ball- 1st player- Knock out all of the others, 3 others- get to the top
- Crazy Cogs- 1st player- Knock out all of the others, 3 others- avoid the Bullet Bills
- Hide And Sneak- 1st player- find the others, 3 others- don't get caught
- River Raiders
- Tidal Toss- 1st player- Knock out all of the others, 3 others- don't get hit by waves
- Hand, Line, And Sinker- 1st player- Fish for the others, 3 others- don't get caught
- Ridiculous Relay- 1st player- race to the finish with a hang glider, 3 others, race to the finish in a rowboat, robot, and motorboat
- Thwomp Pull- press buttons to control Thwomps in a race (1st player presses 3 buttons, 3 others press one button each)
2 Vs. 2
- Eatsa Pizza-each team must eat as many of the big pizza as possible by repeatedly pressing A, the team that eats the most pizza wins
- Baby Bowser Broadside-each team will have to shoot the baby bowser in the middle the team that hits baby bowser the most wins.
- Cosmic Coaster-each teams are on a roller coaster trying to dodge bowser boards. the team who gets to the finish first wins.
- Puddle Paddle-each team are in a boat trying to collect coins the Lakitu throws. the team who collects no coins loses.
- Log Jam-each team must work together to chop as much logs as possible by pressing the button shown on the log
- Pump, Pump And Away-each team must pump a rocket shaped balloon by pressing R and L the team's balloon that flys the highest wins
- Hyper Hydrants-one person on each team trys to pump the hose that sprays the fire. the other person on each team trys to aim the hose at the flames, the team that burns out the most flames win.
- Picking Panic-each team work together to throw the cherries in a pipe, the team who gets the most cherries through the pipe wins
- Etch 'N' Catch-based on etch n scetch, the team works together trying to trace around toads face.
- Slot Synch-each team hits a slot. the one who gets the most points from the slot wins.(baby bowser=-3,Goomba=1,Koopa=2,Toad=3 points)
Battle
- Stacked Deck-Ground pound on cards to reveal toads, baby bowsers, and boos.player who gets baby bowser looses. last person standing wins.
- Three Door Monty-three doors with either boo, Koopa, or toad remember wich door each went into. the player who chooses correctly fastest wins.
- Merry- Go- Chomp-players must choose wich color to jump on to the spinning plattform. the chain chomp will try to get that player(compleatly random).last player that doesn't get caught wins.
- Slap Down-players have to match the flower that's in the middle with the smaller flower, the player who slaps down on the correct flower first wins(players who slap down on the wrong flower atomaticly loses)
- Locked Out-players must match the keys shape with one on the door, the one who gets through all three doors wins.
- All Fired Up-players try not to get burned by the flames, last one standing wins.
- Storm Chasers-players must chase a cloud, trying to soak their plants with rain, the player's plant that has the most water wins
- Eye Sore-the players will try to run around an eye ball, the eye will get smaller smaller. the player who makes the eye disappear the fastest wins.
Item
- Winner's Wheel
- Hey, Batter, Batter!
- Bobbing Bow- Loons
- Dorrie Dip
- Swinging With Sharks
- Swing 'N' Swipe
Duel
- Vine With Me
- Popgun Pick- Off
- End Of The Line
- Baby Bowser Bonkers
- Silly Screws
- Crowd Cover
- Tick Tock Hop
- Bowser Toss
- Motor Rooter
- Fowl Play
Game Guy
- Game Guy's Lucky 7
- Game Guy's Sweet Surprise
- Game Guy's Roulette
- Game Guy's Magic Boxes
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- Stardust Battle (complete in Story Mode)
- Dizzy Dinghies (unlock the other 64 mini- games in boardplay)
- Mario's Puzzle Party Pro (collect 1000 coins in Game Guy's Gameroom)
Trivia
Mini-Game Name Puns
- Water Whirled is a pun on Waterworld.
- Awful Tower is a pun on Eiffel Tower.
- Picture Imperfect is a pun on the phrase picture perfect.
- Hide And Sneak is a pun on Hide and seek.
- Pump, Pump And Away is a pun on the phrase up, up, and away.
- Merry- Go- Chomp is a pun on Merry-go-round.
- Eye Sore is a pun on the phrase eyesore.
- Vine With Me is a pun on the phrase fine with me.
- Motor Rooter is a pun on Roto-Rooter.
- Fowl Play is a pun on the phrase foul play.