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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
| Release date |  October 21, 2002 November 3, 2002 November 8, 2002 November 29, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) OFLC: G8+ |
| Media | 1 × GameCube Optical Disc |
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Playable characters
All eight playable characters return from Mario Party 3 but six new characters also make there apearence. Mario Party is a party (multi-player game featuring Mario series characters in which four human- or computer-controlled is the third in a series of Board game style Video games for Nintendo platforms featuring popular Nintendo characters
Minigames
As with all Mario Party games, Mario Party 4 has many minigames. The controls range from alternating buttons to moving around. The item mini games and Game Guy mini games do not return in this or any future games. In Bowser games, all players must try not to be the loser. In Story games, 2 players face off in a 1 on 1 battle. They are divided into "4-player", "1 vs. 3", "2 vs. 2", "Bowser", "Story", and "Etc".
Battle minigames are like the 4-player games, but are sometimes a little more elaborate. Battle games are usually tense because every player has to put a certain number of coins (from 5 - 50) into a pot. First place gets 70% of the pot, second place gets 30%, and a random player gets any coins lost in rounding.
A new addition to the Mario Party series was the Bowser mini-games. Players play in a very elaborate mini-game that ends when one player is eliminated in various ways. (See Bowser mini-game section below) The loser loses a pre-specified item, usually coins, items and even a star. Another new addition was the Lucky Minigame, in which the winner(s) could win twice or thrice as many coins as usual (foreshadowing the DK mini game in later editions).
Voice Artists
- Scott Burns as Bowser
- Charles Martinet as Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi
- Jen Taylor as Peach, Daisy and Toad
- Kazumi Totaka as Yoshi
- Richard Yearwood as Donkey Kong
Reception
Most reviews for Mario Party 4 were positive, and had sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Scott Burns is a video game voice actor best known for his voice work as Bowser in more recent Mario games as well as Halo, Halo 2, and Halo Bowser, also known as King Koopa, is a Video game character and the main antagonist of Nintendo 's ''Mario'' series. Charles Martinet (born September 17 1955, in San Jose California) is a Voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Mario, is a Fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. is a Video game character created by Nintendo 's game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. is a fictional Nintendo video game character created by Gunpei Yokoi. This is a list of various fictional and recurring characters who appear in the Mario series of video games created by Nintendo, as well as spin-off media such Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor (born on February 17, 1973 in Seattle, Washington) is an American voice actress best This article is about the princess from the Mario series For the video game starring her see Super Princess Peach. This is a list of various fictional and recurring characters who appear in the Mario series of video games created by Nintendo, as well as spin-off media such This is a list of various fictional and recurring characters who appear in the Mario series of video games created by Nintendo, as well as spin-off media such is a Japanese music composer and voice actor from Tokyo who composed many major Nintendo games including Mario Paint and Animal Crossing (IPA /ˈjəʊʃi/ is a fictional dinosaur-like creature who appears in the Mario series of Video games by Nintendo. Richard Yearwood is a Canadian Voice-over artist, Director, Producer, and Character actor who does the voice of Donkey Kong is a fictional ape who first appeared in Nintendo 's popular 1981 video game bearing the same name.
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Awards
The game won the Family Game of The Year at the 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS has been hosting the Interactive Achievement Awards for Video game publication annually since 1998.
External links
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