Playable Characters

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I personally think they are going to use everyone that was in Mario Party 9 and just replace Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, and Kamek with different characters (Metal Mario? Toadette? Goomba?). From the trailer, that seems true to me and of course I wouldn't mind who joins the party as long as they are from the Mario series.

They might drop Birdo because so many dislike her. I don't see why, Birdo is a good character but I prefer Daisy and Toadette as female characters.
 
Brace yourself, this post is long. :p This is what I have concluded.

Here is a list of all the playable characters that have ever appeared:

Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Wario
DK
Waluigi
Daisy
Toad
Boo
Koopa Kid
Toadette
Birdo
Dry Bones
Blooper
Hammer Bro.
Koopa
Shy Guy
Kamek/Magikoopa



And of those characters, these are playable in Mario Party 3DS:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


I would guess MP3DS would have 10 characters total. MPDS had 8, MP9 had 12, and since handhelds typically have less than the console versions, I would go with 10. So with that it mind, only four characters (assuming there are no newcomers) return from the characters that remain. Let's start by taking Yoshi and Waluigi off the list. They are almost guaranteed to be in. That would make a list of eight characters, meaning two remain:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


Yoshi
Waluigi


And this is the list that remains:

DK
Boo
Koopa Kid
Toadette
Birdo
Dry Bones
Blooper
Hammer Bro.
Koopa
Shy Guy
Kamek/Magikoopa



So who can we immediately take out? DK has not been playable for years, so it is safe to take him off the list. Koopa Kid was created for the MP series and he hasn't appeared since MP7, so he is out. Dry Bones, Blooper, and Hammer Bro. show up as icons in a minigame, so I will count that as nonplayable. Both Koopa and Shy Guy appear as NPCs on the side in the kart racing minigame, making a strong case that they are not returning. This leaves us with four characters:

Boo
Toadette
Birdo
Kamek/Magikoopa


So if only two characters will complete the roster, I would place my bets on Birdo and Kamek/Magikoopa. If you haven't noticed, MP3DS borrows many elements from MP9, from sounds to general style. NdCube already has the models done for these characters, so I don't see why they would not take the opportunity to reuse them. So if this is the case, the final roster would be:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


Yoshi
Waluigi
Birdo
Kamek/Magikoopa


Now, if they do decide to go with 12 characters, the last two characters can be anyone, but just for the sake of the list, I will say those two will be Boo and Toadette.
 
I agree with everything you've said SZ, but I'm very confident that there WILL be a completely new character to the series, one that has never been playable in Mario Party before. The roster would be too predictable otherwise (like you've shown) and Nintendo don't like being predictable. :p
 
Maxime said:
Hmmm... in case you don't know, this is in fact a picture from Mario Party 7 characters which was lauched on the Gamecube in 2005... so it's not really that and the text doesn't says anything about Mario Party 3DS or anything similar plus this news seems a little outdated. So it's can't be a fact, to be honest.
yeah i just remembered i haven't played mp7 in a while.
 
SuperZambezi said:
Brace yourself, this post is long. :p This is what I have concluded.

Here is a list of all the playable characters that have ever appeared:

Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Wario
DK
Waluigi
Daisy
Toad
Boo
Koopa Kid
Toadette
Birdo
Dry Bones
Blooper
Hammer Bro.
Koopa
Shy Guy
Kamek/Magikoopa



And of those characters, these are playable in Mario Party 3DS:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


I would guess MP3DS would have 10 characters total. MPDS had 8, MP9 had 12, and since handhelds typically have less than the console versions, I would go with 10. So with that it mind, only four characters (assuming there are no newcomers) return from the characters that remain. Let's start by taking Yoshi and Waluigi off the list. They are almost guaranteed to be in. That would make a list of eight characters, meaning two remain:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


Yoshi
Waluigi


And this is the list that remains:

DK
Boo
Koopa Kid
Toadette
Birdo
Dry Bones
Blooper
Hammer Bro.
Koopa
Shy Guy
Kamek/Magikoopa



So who can we immediately take out? DK has not been playable for years, so it is safe to take him off the list. Koopa Kid was created for the MP series and he hasn't appeared since MP7, so he is out. Dry Bones, Blooper, and Hammer Bro. show up as icons in a minigame, so I will count that as nonplayable. Both Koopa and Shy Guy appear as NPCs on the side in the kart racing minigame, making a strong case that they are not returning. This leaves us with four characters:

Boo
Toadette
Birdo
Kamek/Magikoopa


So if only two characters will complete the roster, I would place my bets on Birdo and Kamek/Magikoopa. If you haven't noticed, MP3DS borrows many elements from MP9, from sounds to general style. NdCube already has the models done for these characters, so I don't see why they would not take the opportunity to reuse them. So if this is the case, the final roster would be:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


Yoshi
Waluigi
Birdo
Kamek/Magikoopa


Now, if they do decide to go with 12 characters, the last two characters can be anyone, but just for the sake of the list, I will say those two will be Boo and Toadette.
I like your list a lot, SZ, but I hope MP 3DS does have characters that are new to MP. I hope there's at least 1 or 2 new characters!
 
SuperZambezi said:
Brace yourself, this post is long. :p This is what I have concluded.

Here is a list of all the playable characters that have ever appeared:

Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Wario
DK
Waluigi
Daisy
Toad
Boo
Koopa Kid
Toadette
Birdo
Dry Bones
Blooper
Hammer Bro.
Koopa
Shy Guy
Kamek/Magikoopa



And of those characters, these are playable in Mario Party 3DS:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


I would guess MP3DS would have 10 characters total. MPDS had 8, MP9 had 12, and since handhelds typically have less than the console versions, I would go with 10. So with that it mind, only four characters (assuming there are no newcomers) return from the characters that remain. Let's start by taking Yoshi and Waluigi off the list. They are almost guaranteed to be in. That would make a list of eight characters, meaning two remain:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


Yoshi
Waluigi


And this is the list that remains:

DK
Boo
Koopa Kid
Toadette
Birdo
Dry Bones
Blooper
Hammer Bro.
Koopa
Shy Guy
Kamek/Magikoopa



So who can we immediately take out? DK has not been playable for years, so it is safe to take him off the list. Koopa Kid was created for the MP series and he hasn't appeared since MP7, so he is out. Dry Bones, Blooper, and Hammer Bro. show up as icons in a minigame, so I will count that as nonplayable. Both Koopa and Shy Guy appear as NPCs on the side in the kart racing minigame, making a strong case that they are not returning. This leaves us with four characters:

Boo
Toadette
Birdo
Kamek/Magikoopa


So if only two characters will complete the roster, I would place my bets on Birdo and Kamek/Magikoopa. If you haven't noticed, MP3DS borrows many elements from MP9, from sounds to general style. NdCube already has the models done for these characters, so I don't see why they would not take the opportunity to reuse them. So if this is the case, the final roster would be:


Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Daisy
Toad


Yoshi
Waluigi
Birdo
Kamek/Magikoopa


Now, if they do decide to go with 12 characters, the last two characters can be anyone, but just for the sake of the list, I will say those two will be Boo and Toadette.

Nice list, SuperZambezi. I have no doubt that this will be the roster in Mario Party 3DS. If they go with two additional characters, one should be a character that hasn't been playable in the Mario Party series in along time such as Donkey Kong, Boo, Koopa Kid, or Toadette. The other should be completely new to the Mario Party series. They always seem to introduce someone new since Mario Party 6. I'll say the new one could be a Red Paratroopa or King Boo. 
 
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