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Mario Party 7 is the seventh in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released on the Nintendo GameCube in North America on November 7, 2005 and was released on February 10, 2006 in Europe. It features 86 new minigames and allows up to eight players to play simultaneously. This game's host is Toadsworth. It also makes use of the microphone peripheral introduced with Mario Party 6, which can be used in 10 minigames.

Story

Toadsworth has invited Mario and all his friends to go on a luxury cruise around the world. However, someone gets left behind: Bowser! Furious at being omitted from the exclusive guest list, the Koopa King vows revenge! When the cruise ship arrives at its first destination, the passengers discover that Bowser has turned their vacation paradise into a stress-filled madhouse!

The goal is to gather stars, but each board requires one to do that in a different way. For instance, people must buy a star at Pagoda Peak - if they have enough coins. In Neon Heights, one must pay coins to open a treasure box. One might find a star - or something far less desirable. Also, in Bowser's Enchanted Inferno, players may be on their way to getting a star, but end up not getting it and losing half of their coins. Lastly, in Solo Cruise, some boards do not involve purchasing stars.

Characters

Playable Characters

Mario
Luigi
Princess Peach
Yoshi
Wario
Princess Daisy
Waluigi
Toad
Boo
Toadette
Birdo
(New Character)
Dry Bones
(New Character)

The teams that seem to be suggested are Mario and Luigi, Peach and Daisy, Yoshi and Birdo, Wario and Waluigi, Toad and Toadette, and Boo and Dry Bones.

Note: Koopa Kid, who was playable in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party 6, is not playable in this game. Donkey Kong, who was playable in the first four Mario Party games, once again is not playable in this game.

Non-Playable Characters

Toadsworth
(Hosts the game.)
Bowser
(Hosts his minigames and Bowser Time.)
Donkey Kong
(Hosts his minigames.)
Shy Guy
(Hosts events on Grand Canal & Neon Heights.)
Koopa Troopa
(Hosts events on Pagoda Peak & Windmillville.)
Goomba
(Hosts events on Pyramid Park & Bowser's Enchanted Inferno.)
Koopa Kid (Hosts Last 4 Turns on Party Cruise and events as a result of landing on his character space, and appears in various Bowser Time happenings and events on Bowser's Enchanted Inferno.)
Chain Chomp/Red Chain Chomp (In Pyramid Park, you may ride him to steal stars.)

New Features

8-Player

For the first time since the series' initial release in 1999, 8 players may participate in either Party Cruise or Deluxe Cruise (the 8 player equivalent of the Mini-Game Cruise). Players are split up into teams of two and are required to share a controller, with the first player using the L Button and Control Stick in minigames and the second player using the R Button and C-Stick.

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