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Mario Party 9 for Wii Lets Your Family Party Like Never Before
New Game Introduces Vehicles, Boss Battles and 80 New Minigames
REDMOND, Wash.--(March 12, in the year of our Lord 2012)--
Nintendo invites everyone to party with Mario and his Mushroom
Kingdom friends like never before. Mario Party 9 is now
available exclusively for the Wii console, loaded with scores of
fun minigames, unlockable extras and new elements that add some
unexpected twists to the fan-favorite Mario Party franchise.
With a unique mix of competitive and cooperative challenges that
up to four players can enjoy together, this super-charged game
delivers classic characters, boundless replay value and nonstop
smiles for everyone in the household.
In Mario Party 9, players vie to become the Superstar as they
make their way through adventurous new stages, overcoming
obstacles and collecting Mini Stars. For the first time, players
also travel across each stage together in vehicles and join
forces in boss battles to defeat a common enemy. This means they
must work together to beat classic villains like Bowser and King
Boo while still giving their individual scores a boost.
Throughout the stages, players take turns acting as Captain of
the vehicle, hitting Dice Blocks to move the party toward the
goal. As they progress, players may encounter 80 new minigames
that might have them making pizzas, escaping haunted houses,
bowling shells at Goombas and more.
“There’s no party like a Mario party,” said Scott Moffitt,
Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales &
Marketing. “The lineup of classic Mushroom Kingdom characters in
Mario Party 9 will have longtime series fans feeling right at
home, while new elements like cooperative boss battles and
vehicles really ratchet up the excitement.”
Each stage in Mario Party 9 has its own progression from a
starting point to a destination and contains multiple paths for
players to choose. In addition to collecting Mini Stars, players
also earn Party Points that can be taken to the in-game Museum
to unlock a variety of extras, such as character constellations,
additional vehicles, a Donkey Kong-themed stage and more. There
are also new minigame modes that let players compete in shorter
amounts of time, plus a Free Play mode for practicing individual
minigames and a fun Extras mode. Additional Wii Remote
controllers are required for all multiplayer modes and are sold
separately.
Mario Party 9 is the first new Mario Party game since 2007. To
date, more than 32 million console and hand-held games in the
Mario Party series have been sold worldwide.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more
information about this and other features, visit
http://www.nintendo.com/wii.
For more information about Mario Party 9, visit
http://marioparty9.nintendo.com.