Mario Party DS
He's captured Mario and his friends in his pursuit of a crystal that the group collected when it fell from the sky, and he doesn't hesitate to shrink them to miniature size to get rid of them and get his hands…
Mario Party DS is an adventure developed by Hudson Soft, released 8 November 2007 on Wii U and Nintendo DS.
What Mario Party DS is
Mario Party DS is an adventure game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Nintendo DS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
One night, five mysterious Sky Crystals fall to Earth. Mario discovers one and eagerly shows it to his friends. Suddenly, a surprise invitation arrives from Bowser: “Hey, chumps! I'm throwing a Big Bowser Bash to apologize for being such a jerk!” Naturally, everyone is suspicious, but the promise of free food is too tempting to resist. They head to Bowser’s Castle, hoping for a party, but it's a trap. Bowser steals the Sky Crystal and uses a new device called the Minimizer to shrink everyone down to tiny size. With four Sky Crystals still missing, Bowser launches the mini-sized heroes to the far edge of the kingdom to keep them out of his way. Their adventure begins, small in size and…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Mario Party DS is the 51st of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Mario Kart Wii in 2008. Its critic score of 55 is 19 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Party DS holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 9 points below the year average. Players rate it 66, 11 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Mario Party DS launched on 8 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Party DS yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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