
: 8–9 The first player initiates a turn by rolling a dice block that determines how many spaces they will advance on the board, ranging from one to ten spaces. Stars must be purchased from Toad with coins, which can be earned through a selection from one of 50 mini-games that is played once at the end of each turn. The goal of Mario Party is to collect the most stars within the allotted amount of turns. Upon starting a board, players each hit a dice block to determine turn order, with the highest number going first on each turn and the lowest number going last. After the players and board map have been determined, the player chooses how long the board map game will last: "Lite Play" consists of 20 turns, "Standard Play" consists of 35, and "Full Play" consists of 50.

The skill level of the computer-controlled characters can be individually adjusted between "Easy", "Medium", or "Hard".

Any character who is not controlled by a human will instead be controlled by the game as a computer-controlled character. : 18–19 Mario Party includes multiplayer compatibility each game on a board map consists of four players, including at least one human player and up to four. Two additional board maps become available later in the game. : 4–7 The gameplay is presented in the form of a traditional board game, and includes six game board maps themed after each of the playable characters. To settle their dispute, they set out for adventure to determine which of them is most worthy of the title. In the game's frame story, Mario and his friends argue about which of them is the "Super Star", a figure upon whom the entire world can rely. Mario Party is a party video game featuring six playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong.


The gameplay of Mario Party is divided between traditional board game action (top) and a variety of mini-games that take place between turns (bottom).
