Mario Party Advance

Mario Party Advance
Developer	Hudson Soft
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Game Boy Advance, Wii U Virtual Console
Release Date	Game Boy Advance JP January 13, 2005 US March 28, 2005 EU June 10, 2005 Wii U Virtual Console US/PAL December 25, 2014 JP October 28, 2015
Genre	Party
Gallery	GH Gallery
Rating	ESRB: E

Mario Party Advance is a Game Boy Advance spin-off of the Mario Party games that was released in 2005.

Story

Mario and his friends have just arrived in Party World to have a fun time when Bowser arrives and scatters all of the minigames and Gaddgets. Mario and the others must explore Shroom City to gather them all and restore peace to the Party World.

Gameplay

The game works quite differently from the console Mario Party games, being oriented more for single players. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Princess Peach are the only playable characters. Some minigames and Gaddgets can be played by four players, but otherwise only two players could compete in Duel Minigames. The game's main storyline consisted of traveling through various boards and completing quests to earn minigames and Gaddgets.

Legacy

Ports/Remakes

• In late 2014 (2015 for Japan), it was released for download on the Wii U as part of the Wii U Virtual Console.

Sequels

The next Mario Party game to be released was Mario Party 7. In terms of handheld Mario Party games, it was followed up by Mario Party DS, which used more traditional Mario Party-style gameplay.