Nintendo® Mario Party 9, Music, Dance & Party, Wii™

The party is back and bigger than ever in the mario party™ 9 game for Wii, featuring all-new ways to play For the first time in the franchise, boss battles crash the party and challenge players to compete to defeat a common enemy.

• Publisher: Nintendo
• Release Date: 4/11/2012
• ESRB Rating: E=Everyone
• Number of players: 1 minimum, 4 maximum
• Platform: Wii™
• Rating descriptor: Mild cartoon violence
• For the first time in the mario party franchise, each stage culminates in a boss battle, collectively, players must combine their strength to defeat classic foes such as bowser™
• In another first for the series, players ride across stages together in special vehicles, players take turns as captain of the vehicle by hitting dice blocks to move the party forward, hoping to land on lucky spaces
• Unique captain events on each stage give players a new way to change the shape of the game
• Includes 80 outrageous new minigames that find players making pizzas, escaping haunted mansions, and racing snowmobiles
• New minigame modes let players enjoy the action in smaller chunks of time, they can hone their skills at any minigame in free play mode or try the extras mode that includes goomba bowling and the puzzle-based castle clearout
• Every time they play, players can earn party points that are used to unlock special items and features