*Super Mario Party 2*

Super Mario Party 2 is the twenty-sixth instalment in the Mario Party series. Released for the Nintendo Switch on March 17th. 2023. It is the third Mario Party game for the console and is a spiritual sequel to Super Mario Party. It takes elements from the previous two games and combines them. 
== Story ==
Mario and friends hold a celebration at Princess Peach's Castle for the annual Star Festival. However when Bowser crashes the party, he takes the celebrational cake for everyone and heads up to the sixth floor of the castle in pursuit. Jumping through the six paintings that include the party mode boards, the player character reaches their way to Bowser's Freaky Casino and fights him there. Winning the cake. 
== Gameplay ==
Despite being considered a sequel to Super Mario Party, sharing the same engine and models, the gameplay is more reminiscent of Mario Party DS and Mario Party: Star Rush in terms of playstyles and the inclusion of Boss Battles, in Story Mode and Balloon Bash. 
In the general linear Party Mode, up to 4 players can play a board at a time, and the game starts with all 4 players rolling a dice to decide the turn order. The highest roll goes first, the second highest roll goes second, the second lowest roll goes third, and the lowest roll goes fourth. A player's turn starts by rolling a dice and moving the amount of spaces shown on the dice. What happens to them is decided by what space they land on. Blue Spaces give out three coins (six in the Last Five Turns Event), Red Spaces take away three coins (six in the Last Five Turns Event), Event Spaces trigger events that hinder or help the players, some of them having events where the players have to take part in on board minigames (similar to that of Mario Party 6).
After all four players have taken their turns, a minigame is triggered, depending on the spaces landed, 4-Player Minigames based on all four space colors matching, 1-VS-3 Minigames based on one space color being opposite to the other space colors, and 2-VS-2 Minigames based on two space colors being opposite to the other space colors. Battle Minigames occur at random, which has the players' coins being set at play, with the winner receiving the most coins over the others, DK Minigames and Bowser Minigames are subjected to their own spaces which can occur as a part of their own events when someone lands on one of their respective spaces. 
In the free roam mode, Balloon Bash, up to 4 players must collect coins and stars on a mini board. Due to the nature of the boards, most spaces landed on the boards do not trigger a special effect, while there are very few spaces that do: for example, specifically landing on a ? Block space grants the player a random item for use. Like the main Party Mode, the the main goal of the game is to collect the most Stars from Star Balloons that can appear in parts of the board. Players can earn Stars if they spend 10 coins on arrival with a Star Balloon. Star Balloons can come in twos or threes, and players can purchase multiple of them at once if they have the funds. 
4-Player Minigames can be triggered from collecting Coin Balloons on the board (only 4-Player Minigames can be played in this mode), collecting two balloons triggers a boss fight. 
== Characters ==
=== Playable ===
Super Mario Party 2 has a total of twenty four characters. Though no new playable characters are introduced to the series, this is the first Mario Party game since Mario Party 6, where Koopa Kid is playable. All twenty four characters are unlocked from the very start of the game. 
=== Board NPCS ===
* Bowser acts as the main source of bad luck for all of the players on the board, forcing them into unwinable situations whenever someone lands on his space.
* Donkey Kong acts as the main source of good luck for the players, doing the opposite of Bowser and provides the player something to come in handy whenever someone lands on his space.
* Koopa the Quick is the lap guy for the boards in Party Mode, every time someone passes him, he provides them 10 coins for doing a full lap. 
* Peepas are only exclusive to Bowser's Freaky Casino as they have the ability to steal Stars from the other players for fifty coins and Coins for free. 
* King Boo is a gimmick who follows the same idea purpose as Peepas, only he is more rare on each of the Party mode boards except for Bowser's Freaky Casino. Unlike the Peepas, his toll for stealing Stars is 150 coins and he steals from the three other opponents (provided they have a Star on them).
* Brighton and Twila are the central characters who act as the main hosts of the game, however when the Day and Night cycle is toggled on in a game of Party Mode, they're seen in the sky, rising and setting. 
== Modes ==
=== Story Mode ===
A single-player mode that follows the storyline of the game. It puts the player through the six boards of Party Mode, requiring them to win a Battle Royale on each board and defeat the boss of it in a minigame to progress. CPU characters are chosen at random, each board lasts for 10 turns, and Bonus Stars are not awarded. If a CPU player wins the board, they attempt to face the boss, but lose, and the player has to play the board again.
=== Party Mode ===
The main mode of the game, where the player competes against several human-controlled or computer-controlled players on a party board in either a Battle Royale, Tag Battle or Duel Battle. Different options, like Day or Night cycle, Bonus Stars, Turns or Minigame Sets can be modified to suit the players' standards.
=== Balloon Bash ===
The secondary mode of the game where the player and other human-controlled or computer-controlled players move freely on a small party board. Boss Battles that are unlocked from the Story Mode have different rules when it comes to all four of the players fighting them. Different options like Bonus Stars, Turns or Minigame sets can be modified to suit the standards of the players. 
=== Minigame Tablet ===
A mode where the player can play six games that use the pool of minigames available in a variety of challenges that don’t take place on the game boards, those being the Free Play Hotel, the Sound Stage, the River of Life, Score Shuffle, Coinathon, Boss Rush, Challenge Road, Pauline's Extra Casino.
=== Online Mode ===
Here, you can connect to the internet and play with players from around the world in any of the modes. (Excluding the Story Mode)
== Boards ==
Super Mario Party 2 has a list of twelve boards, six that can be played in Party Mode, and six that can be played in Balloon Bash. The ones in Party Mode follow in a similar vein to that of the Mario Party games that Hudson Soft developed, while the ones in Balloon Bash are directly reminiscent of Mario Party: Star Rush. The boards in Balloon Bash have the same goal of collecting Stars, while the ones in Party Mode have different ways of collecting Stars.
Petey's Zanny Zoo (Party Mode)
"Piranha Plants galore this zoo of wildlife, don't get too close to them!"	Lapcat Gardens (Party Mode)
"Traverse the waters of the lake of the felines in order to pay the Giga Bells for a Star."	Banana Cabanna (Party Mode)
"Walk the tightropes of Donkey Kong's estate in order to trade Bananas for Stars."	Disco
Midnights (Party Mode)
"The price of the Star varies in this disco."	Galaxy Afro (Party Mode)
"In this space station, Lumas are on the watch for different cosmos. Vist them, in the hopes that one of those cosmos could be a Star."	Bowser's Freaky Casino (Party Mode)
"Collect Stars before Bowser sets up the slots!"
World 1-1 Wakeup (Balloon Bash)
"8-bit blocks, beanstalks and baddies mark this thin pathway board."	Starshine Beach (Balloon Bash)
"The deep blue sea surrounds this Star Shaped sand block."	King Boo's Kreepy Foyer (Balloon Bash)
"At night, ghosts haunt this board with little presents and scares!"	Five Layer Babka (Balloon Bash)
"Hope you don't have a rumbly tummy, because this board is oozing with cream."	Pirate's Gorge (Balloon Bash)
"Get your swords out and get ready for a swashbuckle in this batholith of adventure!"	Infernal Route
(Balloon Bash)
Watch the sweaty fires flare up so you don't lose all your Stars!"
== Items ==
== Spaces ==
== Minigames ==
== References to other games ==
== Triva ==
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