Mario Party 9
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| Developer(s) | Nd Cube |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shuichiro Nishiya |
| Producer(s) | Hiroshi Sato Atsushi Ikeda |
| Composer(s) | Toshiki Aida Ryosuke Asami |
| Series | Mario Party |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Party, adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 73/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 7.5/10 |
| Famitsu | 34/40 |
| Game Informer | 5.75/10 |
| Game Revolution |   |
| GameSpot | 6/10 |
| GameTrailers | 7.2/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
| Joystiq | |
| Nintendo Power | 8/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 7/10 |
| The Digital Fix | 7/10 |
Mario Party 9 (Japanese: マリオパーティ9 Hepburn: Mario Pāti Nain?) is a party video game for the Wii. It is the second and final Mario Party game for the Wii, the ninth for Nintendo's home consoles, and the twelfth overall. It was officially announced at E3 2011 and was released in Europe, North America, and Australasia in March 2012, and in Japan in April 2012. It is the first of the Mario Party series to be developed by Nd Cube, as they took over development of the series from Hudson Soft, which was absorbed by Konami on March 1, 2012. Mario Party 9 is followed by Mario Party: Island Tour. It is also the final Mario game for the Wii, due to the release of the Wii U in November 2012.
Like previous Mario Party titles, two to four players move around a virtual board and play minigames. A new gameplay element in all of the boards is that all four players move around together in one vehicle. The number of spaces the player moves is determined by a roll of the dice block found within the game. Instead of trying to collect coins to buy stars, players receive Mini Stars if they pass by them. While doing that, players must also try to avoid Mini Ztars, which deduct their current amount of Mini Stars. Mini Stars and Mini Ztars are replaced with bananas and Z-bananas on the board "DK's Jungle Ruins."
Minigames have a larger focus on the gameplay than they did in the previous game. However, the minigames don't appear after everyone moves, but only when a player ends up on any of the spaces or events that triggers a minigame. A person can play on solo mode to unlock the final stage, as well as two playable characters.
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