Bowser Station

Bowser Station is a board featured in story mode in Mario Party 9. It is both the final and toughest board. This is Bowser's Headquarters and where he keeps all the Mini Stars. The real toughness of this board is due to the bosses you have to fight. They are Bowser Jr. at the top left of the board on some sort of mini station which blows up when he is beat and Bowser beyond the Bowser gate which he makes appear after his son's defeat. Their battles are the toughest of the lot and will take some skill and luck for you to beat them. You will face Shy Guy and Kamek, with no forth person, which means you have to beat them otherwise they will return the mini stars to Bowser and you will have to do the board again. This board isn't available in party mode until the story mode is completed.
==Layout==
The board is a circular board similar to those in past Mario Party games. Mini Stars can be earned in two ways: by running into them, or by earning them from the Jackpot Machine. The machine's Mini Star total increases whenever the player lands on Jackpot+ Spaces, a space that is exclusive to this board. When landed upon, the Jackpot Machine's total Mini Star count increases by an amount equal to the number shown on the space. Once the number on the machine reaches at least 20, a minigame starts to determine which player earns all the stars. Players may also earn them by landing on a Jackpot Space, which automatically gives the captain all the Mini Stars in the Jackpot Machine. By default, the machine has six Mini Stars, and sucks up one more than that when all the Mini Stars are removed from it.
The mid-boss for this stage is Bowser Jr., who is faced in the minigame Bowser Jr. Breakdown. After this, Bowser appears on the stage with his Koopa Clown Car and challenge the player himself, creating a Boss Battle Space and Bowser Gate at the beginning of the stage.
There are three Captain Events on Bowser Station: Heart Star Colony, Bingo Colony, and Speed Star Colony. Occasionally, Bowser or Bowser Jr. interferes with the events, adding a new aspect or hindering players.
Also, on the "Almost There!" event, Bowser forcefully turns several spaces into Bowser Spaces, instead of asking the captain if they want "a WHOLE BUNCH of presents". Four of these spaces appear in the last six spaces of the board, along with a Jackpot Space and a Back Space right before the Bowser Gate; this combination almost guarantees that the players have at least one meeting with Bowser on their way to the end of the board.
After the Bowser Gate is reached, the players face Bowser in the game Bowser's Block Battle. Once he is defeated, the players earn the Mini Stars back, and they return back home and thus finsh story mode.
The characters ride a space ship on this board. The vehicle available as soon as the board is unlocked is the Space Scuttle. The Shiny Saucer and Starship Bowser can be purchased at the Museum for 200 Party Points each.
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