Mario Party 5

Mario Party 5 introduced seven boards, three new playable characters, 77 minigames, several modes, and ditched the items for the new capsule system.

Mario Party 5 gives the series a big shake-up by ditching the item system and replacing it with the capsule system. Capsules can be used on players like normal items, but they can also be thrown on a space where landing on it will have the same effect. Seven new boards, three new playable characters, 77 minigames, and a number of new smaller modes make up the second installment on the Nintendo GameCube.

Hit either of the two links below for Mario Party 5 board and minigame lists, along with tips and advice for each. Got a tip of your own? Make sure to submit any helpful advice with the submission form at the bottom of each tip page!

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Release Dates

Playable Characters

Mario Party 5 has a total of ten playable characters, three of which are brand spankin’ new. Donkey Kong was demoted to a space though.

Mario	Luigi	Peach	Yoshi
Wario	Daisy	Waluigi	Toad*
Boo*	Koopa Kid*

*These characters are playable for the first time.

7 Boards

Toy Dream	Rainbow Dream	Pirate Dream
Undersea Dream	Future Dream	Sweet Dream
Bowser Nightmare*

*This board is unlockable!

75 Mini-Games

4-Player (23)	1 vs. 3 (12)	2 vs. 2 (12)
Battle (6)	Duel (15)	Bowser (3)
DK (3)	Story (1)

6 Modes

Party Mode	Story Mode	Super Duel Mode
Bonus Mode	Option Mode	Mini-Game Mode

Capsules

This time items come in the form of capsules, free items you receive by passing a capsule machine. What’s not free is actually using the item on yourself. Not interested? You also have the option to throw the capsule on a blue space within 10 spaces of your location. Anyone that lands on the capsule occupied space will receive the effect whether it be good or bad.

Movement
	Mushroom Capsule	5 coins	Adds a second dice block to your roll.
	Super Mushroom Capsule	10 coins	Adds two additional dice blocks to your roll.
	Cursed Mushroom Capsule	5 coins	Roll a dice block ranging from one to five.
	Warp Pipe Capsule	10 coins	Randomly swamp places with another player.
	Klepto Capsule	10 coins	Get randomly flown to another player’s space.
	Bubble Capsule	10 coins	Force the player to move 10 spaces ahead. You also lose all your capsules and you can’t choose your direction at junctions.
	Wiggler Capsule	20 coins	Warps you to the star. You still have to purchase the star yourself!
Coin
	Hammer Bro Capsule	5 coins	Lose 10 coins.
	Coin Block Capsule	5 coins	Summons Coin Block that gives you 10 coins.
	Spiny Capsule	5 coins	Steal 10 coins from another player.
	Paratroopa Capsule	10 coins	Roll a dice block to determine how many coins opponents will lose.
	Bullet Bill Capsule	5 coins	Steal 30 coins from anyone you pass on your turn.
	Goomba Capsule	5 coins	Swap coins with another player.
	Bob-omb Capsule	Free	Lose 20 coins, but only after the space has been passed or landed on three times.
	Koopa Bank Capsule	10 coins	Acts as a bank tanking 5 coins from everyone that passes it. Using the capsule on yourself gives you all the coins currently in the bank.
	Piranha Plant Capsule	5 coins	Lose half your coins.
Capsule
	Kamek Capsule	10 coins	Shuffles everyone’s capsules.
	Mr. Blizzard Capsule	10 coins	Lose all your capsules.
	Magikoopa Capsule	10 coins	Swap capsules with another player.
	Ukiki Capsule	10 coins	Pick another player to lose all their capsules. The lost capsules are then thrown on spaces.
	Lakitu Capsule	10 coins	Steal a capsule from another player.
Special
	Tweester Capsule	15 coins	Move the star to another location.
	Duel Capsule	15 coins	Duel another player.
	Chain Chomp Capsule	15 coins	Steal coins or a star from another player.
	Bone Capsule	Not Usable	Keeps you protected from one Chain Chomp attack.
	Chance Capsule	20 coins	Activates Chance Time.
	Miracle Capsule	Not Usable	Does nothing. If three are collected at the same time, all the stars the player in first has will go to the player in last place.
	Bowser Capsule	Not Usable	Bowser will automatically appear when this capsule is collected and it’ll be thrown onto a random space.

Spaces

	Blue Space	Gain 3 coins.
	Red Space	Lose 3 coins.
	Happening Space	Activates event. Depends on board and placement.
	Bowser Space	Starts Bowser event.
	DK Space	Starts Donkey Kong event.