Boss Battles

[SuperZambezi]

"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™ and King Boo while still playing competitively to boost their own individual scores".

First time? I guess these are not the same as the boss battles in MPDS. Looks like it will be a mulitplayer boss battle. Maybe that's what they are refering to as "first time in the Mario Party franchise".

 

[Darkboo007]

Jesus, I wonder how this is going to be executed? Will the captain play the battle or the whole team? Also, you know someone is going to act dumb and LOL fail XD

 

[SuperZambezi]

Looks like Blooper and Whomp are also bosses in the game. Notice the boss meter in the screens.

 

[Darkboo007]

Awesome now which board map are they the boss on?
And poor Blooper, he's back in the water where he belongs XD

 

[H-J Kaabii]

lol Peach is swooning in the Whomp battle

Certainly gives some spice into the game. Also that means we'll maybe get to see Boos as enemies in Boo's Horror Castle minigames (remember Bowser Jr? Hmmm maybe...)

 

[Chubbo1793]

Maybe those are the characters at the dead end on the Toad Road board. The minigames look great as well. I love all the color and thought they put into this. I wonder what the spike ball is...

 

[SuperZambezi]

I'm guessing that the Wiggler we saw in one of the minigames at E3 this year is also a boss battle. And if there is a boss battle for each board..

Toad Road - Wiggler
Boo's Horror Castle - King Boo
??? - Blooper
??? - Whomp
??? - ???
Bowser Board - Bowser

I'm guessing Blooper can have his own board in some kind of ocean setting, and Whomp might have his own board in a dungeon setting (although we already have a castle board).

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

And seems like all boss battles seem to have all four characters as part of teamwork. Well, kind of, but it seems that you still have to get more than others to win.

 

[cookieboy17]

I don't wanna work with anyone.

 

[SuperZambezi]

I don't wanna work with anyone.

This how I fell about the whole car thing.

I'm just hoping this Bowser battle isn't as bad as the one in MP8. I don't think anything can be worse than that one.

 

[cookieboy17]

I don't wanna work with anyone.

This how I fell about the whole car thing.

I'm just hoping this Bowser battle isn't as bad as the one in MP8. I don't think anything can be worse than that one.

Yeah they can at least just let us die instead of giving us infinite tries at Bowser without a reset on both sides.

 

[TheWolfBunny64]

Hey! Not fair! I thought those were 1 vs. Boss Mini-Games like in DS! Well... fine, but I'll tell you this, if they change it to the winner fighting the boss, the Superstar BETTER HAVE 10 HEART POINTS. And the boss needs 3.

 

[H-J Kaabii]

^What was wrong with MPDS's health? 10 player hit points is just stupid except for maybe Bowser.

Explain why 4 player boss fights aren't "fair"?

 

[TheWolfBunny64]

^What was wrong with MPDS's health? 10 player hit points is just stupid except for maybe Bowser.

Explain why 4 player boss fights aren't "fair"?

I guess if the player is the superstar, then they'll have to fight the boss. The player who won the board needs a longer health bar unlike the boss. I guess that's teamwork.

 

[chaosshadow123]

The numbers next to the player's head may be a score, the person who hits the boss the most gets something special, like a star or something.

 

[cookieboy17]

I'm guessing that the Wiggler we saw in one of the minigames at E3 this year is also a boss battle. And if there is a boss battle for each board..

Toad Road - Wiggler
Boo's Horror Castle - King Boo
??? - Blooper
??? - Whomp
??? - ???
Bowser Board - Bowser

I'm guessing Blooper can have his own board in some kind of ocean setting, and Whomp might have his own board in a dungeon setting (although we already have a castle board).

We can now plug in Bob Omb Factory for Whomp.

The numbers next to the player's head may be a score, the person who hits the boss the most gets something special, like a star or something.

Maybe, though for instance the Whomp screenshots there's 63 points. 63 hits is a lot on a boss.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

And Blooper for the underwater board. Therefore we have 5 boards and 5 bosses, plus 5 mini-bosses. There might be at least one more of each, though.

 

[SuperZambezi]

Two bosses for each board:

Toad Road - Lakitu, Wiggler
Bob-omb Factory - Whomp, King Bob-omb
Boo's Horror Castle - ??, King Boo
Blooper Beach - Cheep Cheep, Blooper
Magma Mine - Bone Dragon, Chain Chomp
Bowser Board? - Kamek, Bowser
?? - ??

Bone Dragon and Kamek are not confirmed, but we all know Bowser will be a boss.