Mario Party 3
Mario Party 3 Boxart
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	December 7, 2000 May 7, 2001 November 16, 2001 September 3, 2001
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64

Mario Party 3 (マリオパーティ 3, Mario Pāti Surī^?) 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. As a result of its late release in Europe, PAL copies of Mario Party 3 are difficult to obtain and are sold for high prices on the internet. File links The following pages link to this file: Mario Party 3 ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Hudson Soft is a Japanese publisher and developer, founded on May 18, 1973. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on thier gameplay. ... This is an alphabetized listing of computer and video game genres with a brief description and examples from each genre. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Entertainment Software Rating Board logo The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a board (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mario Party 3 is the final Mario Party title for 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. Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and is the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Luigi ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. ... Princess Peach ), also known as Princess Toadstool, is a video game character in Nintendos Mario video games series, often playing the damsel in distress character of the adventure series. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Wario ) is a video game character created by Nintendo. ... This article is about the video game character. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of Mario series enemies. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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 [if both stars and coins are tied, a dice block decides the game]) 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. In role-playing games, a campaign is a continuing storyline or set of adventures, typically involving the same characters. ...

The game, as usual, contains a standard party mode in which up to four players play through a board. Chehel Sotouns Wall painting, that dates back to the Safavid era, depicts a Chaharshanbe Suri celebration. ...

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 50 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 coins of the character are multiplied, usually twofold (In one Game Guy game, the player can win 10 times their wagered amount, usually securing the Bonus Coin Star for the game). 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.

The playable characters on a screen shown while setting up the game.

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Playable characters

• Mario
• Luigi
• Peach
• Yoshi
• Wario
• Donkey Kong
• Daisy (new) (In Party Mode only)
• Waluigi (new) (In Party Mode only)

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Mini-games

The 1v3 mini-game Ridiculous Relay, in which players race using different vehicles to get to the finish line first.

As with all Mario Parties, there are lots of mini games in 3. Unlike previous versions, this game does not contain any games from 1 or 2, although some are similar. The mini games are divided into 4 player, 1 on 3, 2 on 2, and battle. New to this edition are item and Game Guy mini games. The Game Guy games were unpopular however. Mini game controls vary from pressing a button once to using lots of buttons to perform actions. This is also the last Mario Party to include Item minigames. Image File history File links Mp3minigame. ... Image File history File links Mp3minigame. ...

Reception

Mario Party 3 had mixed reviews, most of which were positive. Scores included:

IGN: 6.4 IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ...

GameSpot:7.5 GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ...

Metacritic: 74 out of 100 (Based on 12 reviews) Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...

Game Rankings:73% (Based on 17 reviews) Game Rankings is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. ...

Awards

The game also won the Console Family Award at the 2002 Interactive Achievement Awards For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has been hosting the Interactive Achievement Awards for video game publication anually since 1998. ...

External links

• Mario Party 3 at MobyGames