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Mario Party 5 for Nintendo GameCube
In Mario Party 5 for the Nintendo GameCube you play with up to four players on game boards built around different dreams. You choose a character, roll the dice and collect coins with which you buy stars. Along the way you will encounter events that help you progress or cost you coins. You try to collect as many stars as possible, but an advantage can quickly disappear due to an unlucky turn.
A mini-game follows each round. Sometimes everyone plays against each other, sometimes you work together in pairs or one player competes against the other three. The assignments each require something different: react quickly, move accurately or press a button at the right time. With more than sixty mini-games, the challenge changes regularly.
With capsules you can help yourself or give spaces on the board a special effect. As a result, your choice affects players who pass the same spot later. So you not only have to pay attention to your own route, but also to the position of your opponents.
You can play Mario Party 5 together on the couch or let the computer join in. There is also a story mode in which you stop Bowser and his helpers. In Super Duel you build your own combat vehicle from separate parts and compete against other machines.
Region and language
Our Nintendo GameCube games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Mario Party 5 for Nintendo GameCube includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Mario Party 5
Mario Party 5 was released in Europe on December 5, 2003. Hudson Soft developed the game and Nintendo took care of the publication. It was the fifth main installment in the Mario Party series and the second for the Nintendo GameCube. The series had previously started on the Nintendo 64, combining a digital board game and short multiplayer mini-games.
Nintendo presented Mario Party 5 during E3 2003. The premise remained recognizable, but the makers added new game boards, minigames and playable characters. Toad, Boo and Koopa Kid, called Mini Bowser in the European version, were given a place among the characters you could play with.
The makers chose the Dream Depot for the environment, a world where dreams come together. The stars that guard this world were previously seen in Paper Mario on Nintendo 64. In Mario Party 5 they guide you through the different parts of the game. This also connected the dream theme to another Mario adventure.
Another change was the capsule system. You could now also leave items on the board to influence later turns. Mario Party 6 and Mario Party 7 expanded on this idea. Super Duel also added vehicle combat to the usual board games and minigames.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 4 is closest to Mario Party 5 if you're looking for the same combination of dice, stars and minigames. One difference is the use of mushrooms that make your character bigger or smaller. This allows you to reach certain routes and activate events. So you get familiar game rules, with different ways to move across the boards.
In Mario Party 6, day and night influence the game boards and mini-games. A place can therefore work differently at a different time, which changes your choices during a game. The game also has mini-games that use the GameCube microphone. The similarity with Mario Party 5 remains collecting stars and alternating board game turns with short challenges.
Mario Party 7 uses a world trip as its theme, with game boards referring to different countries and cities. In addition to the well-known setup, there are special parts for up to eight players, with two players sharing a controller. That makes it a different choice for larger groups than Mario Party 5, which supports up to four players.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! is mainly about very short assignments that follow each other in quick succession. You must always immediately recognize what the game asks of you. The similarity lies in the variety and playing together on one screen. Mario Party's board game rounds are missing, giving you new challenges in quicker succession.
Super Monkey Ball 2 combines obstacle courses with separate board games, including Monkey Bowling, Monkey Target and Monkey Tennis. These extra games in particular are in line with playing together and practicing timing in Mario Party 5. In the main game you send a monkey to the finish in a transparent ball, where precise movement is more important than dice luck.
