Mario Party DS Deluxe

Mario Party DS Deluxe is the twenty sixth overall instalment in the Mario Party series. Released for the Nintendo Switch on March 17th 2023 it is the third game released for the console after Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party. It is also the first remake of a previous game in the series, that previous game being Mario Party DS, featuring upgraded visuals, touch control and mic control minigames reworked to fit the control scheme of the Nintendo Switch, and all 53 minigames from Mario Party: Star Rush added to the list of the already existing 73 minigames, making a total of 126. The story of the game also takes place many years after the events of Mario Party DS as Mario and his friends travel back to reimagined versions of the boards, for the sake of nostalgia. 
== Differences from the original game ==
Despite being described as a remake of Mario Party DS, Deluxe's board gameplay stems more closely to Mario Party Superstars. Examples of this being the inclusion of Koopa Banks, Chance Time Spaces, Lucky Spaces and Items and Battle Minigames being designated to their own spaces on the board that disappear after being initiated when landed on instead of taking place when the combined total dice roll for all four players for the turn is a multiple of 10. The Final Five Frenzy also focuses on ramping the intensity of the gameplay to help or hinder the players and picking any of the players out to give them coins instead of giving the best possible outcome to the player in last place. 
Unlike the original game, there are three options for Bonus Stars.
* Random: Uses three of seven Bonus Stars to determine the winner
* Classic: Uses the three original Bonus Stars. Those three being the Coin Star, Minigame Star and Happening Star. 
* Custom: Uses a set of three Bonus Stars assigned by the player before starting a game.
The Main Menu itself takes place in Peach's Castle, acting as the hub world where the player with their designated character can roam around freely and head to the points of interest, i.e, the modes of the game, hosted by various characters, and talk to other characters in the hub. In real time, the time of day can change from day to night. 
== New Story ==
Princess Peach holds an anniversary party celebrating the formation of the crystal DS. During the party, the DS creates the five boards that Mario and friends once travelled across to build it and makes them life size. This gives Mario and friends the opportunity to travel across the boards and fight the bosses that tried to ruin them, plainly because of nostalgia, but also for a party to remember. 
== Characters ==
=== Playable ===
Alongside the eight already existing characters, joins four new ones, two already existing in the series and the other two being new contenders.
=== Board Hosts ===
== Changes to the Board ==
Name	Changes
 	The Piranha Plant at the top of the board makes the player lose twenty coins instead of ten.
 	The number of coins that the player can earn when playing the piano is fourty-five coins.
 	The goal of the board has changed. Instead of heading to the top of the board to buy as many stars that are affordable, players have to earn a certain number of bananas to give to Donkey Kong in exchange for a Star, who roams across the board rolling a dice set. Players earn bananas by landing on Blue Spaces, taking part in the Event Spaces and winning Minigames. However Coins are still used to buy items and as such, they still count towards the Coin Star.
 	The goal has changed. Instead of collecting three magic jars looking for a Star, players have to reach the crystal ball at the top of the board with a price of coins decided by Kamek. With the goal being changed, there are two junctions at the left and right of the board that each lead to the top of the board, via ladders.
 	The roulette game from the original is changed to a Whac-A-Mole game, the player earns coins if they hit Bowser or Bowser Jr. while the reward is decreased if they hit a Bob-omb. The price of the Star is also randomly decided by Bowser after a player buys it.
== Minigame Distribution ==
== Item Changes ==
With the addition of the items from Mario Party Superstars, the functionalities of the older items have been mapped to them. Examples being the Plunder Chest functioning like the Snag Bag and the Cursed Dice Block acting like the 1-5 Dice Block. The number of Hexes has also been reduced from eight to three, with two new ones being added, the reason why is because of the outcomes of Chance Time being akin to most of the Hexes from the original game, such as stealing Stars, stealing Coins and swapping Coins. The Coinnado Hex is the only one of the five hexes that steals something from the other players, but because it only steals five coins, it's not counted as being akin to a Chance Time outcome. 
== Balloon Bash ==
Originally seen in Mario Party: Star Rush, Balloon Bash is a mode where four players are pitted into a small board and have to pop Balloons that contain coins in order to buy a Star for 20 Coins, they can also win coins from Minigames. This iteration of Balloon Bash doesn't revolve around the characters rolling their dices at the same time and then moving, everyone takes their turn and must plan their route around before moving. 
The types of minigames that are played are determined by the color of balloons that the players touch, there are two primary colors of balloons to determine this. Blue and Red. If all of the players touch a balloon that is blue, a 4-Player Minigame is played, if one player touches a red or blue balloon and the rest touch balloons of the opposite color, a 1-VS-3 Minigame is played, if two players touch the same color balloon and the other players do or don't, then a 2-VS-2 Minigame is played. If none of the players touch any balloons, then a 4-Player Minigame is played. 
Battle Minigames are played when players pass by all three of the stamp spaces on the board (Shy Guy, Koopa Troopa, and Goomba).
=== Boards ===
Unlike the boards in Party Mode, all five of the boards in Balloon Bash share the same goal in getting the Star on the board for twenty coins. Every time someone buys the Star, a new one spawns in another part of the map. 
== Gallery ==
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