Characters

Through various screenshots and videos, we see a number of characters shown in some form. Whether a character is playable or not is up for debate, but here is our list of playable characters.

Playable Characters

Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Wario
Waluigi
Daisy
Toad
Koopa (New!)
Shy Guy (New!)
Birdo

Non Playable Characters

Bowser Jr.
Dry Bones

Bowser Jr. seems to be a boss or his own mini-game. He has his own health meter and sports his own clown car while the other players have standard ones. It can also be noted that this could in fact have been a 1-VS.-3 Mini-Game where a single player was eliminated.

It is clear that Dry Bones is not playable in the screens above. There are already four players in the mini-game and there are multiple Dry Bones. They seem to serve as obstacles that get in your way.

Bosses

Mario Party 9 is set to have Boss Battles where all four players fight together to defeat a common enemy. So far we have five different bosses. Both Whomp and Big Bob-omb will be a boss or a mini-boss in the board Bob-omb Factory. Blooper is also set to be a boss. Lakitu and and a giant Chain Chomp have also been seen in mini-games that appear to be boss battles.