Mario Party 3
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | May 7, 2001 |
| Genre | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
Mario Party 3 is the third the a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released on the Nintendo 64 in North America on May 7, 2001 following a Japanese release on December 7, 2000. It was released in Europe much, 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. This game introduces story mode, in which one player would start a campaign through every board, challenging computer controlled opponents at a shortened version of party mode in each.
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, feature here as in Mario Party 2. These games 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 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 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
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)