Mario Party/Gameplay

The first screen after the title screen is Mushroom Village.

Locations in Mushroom Village
This is where you can choose where you want to go. Mario Party has many different variants of play scattered within itself so there are multiple places that lead to the option to play a game.

Something special will happen once you reach 100 stars.
 * Mushroom Bank
 * Items can be withdrawn or stored here.
 * A balance of your total stars and coins will be displayed here.

Items that randomly effect gameplay and unlock extra features can be purchased with coins here.
 * Mushroom Shop


 * Minigame House

Not only does option house allow you to change the settings of the game, the fun extras that can be purchased from Mushroom Shop are kept here.
 * Option House


 * Raft to Mini-game Island

The Warp Pipe leads directly to the options for setting up a standard game of Mario Party with 1-4 players.
 * Warp Pipe

Playing the game
Each game starts out with character selection. Then each character spins a die to see who will go first. The highest number wins. Each player, starting with the one who won the dice roll and moving clockwise, rolls a die on their turn and then moves across as many board spaces as the number on the die. Before rolling, however, a player may pause the game or view the entire board for strategic reasons (e.g. to locate the nearest Star Space).

Characters
All characters play the same and have the same size hitboxes. There are no advantages to one or the other.
 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Princess Peach
 * Yoshi
 * Wario
 * Donkey Kong

Board spaces

 * Blue Space - Gives the player three coins.
 * Red Space - Subtracts three of the player's coins.
 * Happening Space - Triggers a board-related event.
 * Bowser Space - Summons Bowser, who usually tries to steal Coins.
 * Chance Space - Triggers a chance time event.
 * Minigame Space - Triggers a one-player minigame.
 * Mushroom Space - The player rolls for either a second dice block or misses their next turn.
 * Star Space - The star (or its barrier) rest here. Whoever passes it has the opportunity to buy a star. It usually moves around the board after someone purchases a star.