Mario Party: Island Tour features seven unique boards, a collectibles system, and makes use of the special functionalities of the Nintendo 3DS.
Casually announced during a Nintendo Direct, Mario Party: Island Tour brought the series to the Nintendo 3DS for the first time. Each of the seven boards featured a different objective and playstyle, all while abandoning the car mechanic introduced in Mario Party 9. A roster of ten characters included the first time addition of Bowser Jr. and the 81 minigames make use of the 3DS and its microphone, gyroscope, and 3D functionalities. Bowser’s Tower is a single-player focused mode where bubble version of characters are challenged in minigames as you ascend 30 floors. There’s also a few collectibles you can unlock that feature music files and figurines.
Hit either of the two links below for Mario Party: Island Tour 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!
Board Tips | Minigame Tips
Release Dates
Japan |
Europe |
North America | Australia |
Friday, November 22, 2013 | Friday, January 17, 2014 | Saturday, January 18, 2014 | Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
Playable Characters
Mario Party: Island Tour has a total of twelve playable characters.
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Mario | Luigi | Peach | Yoshi |
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Wario | Daisy | Waluigi | Toad |
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Boo | Bowser Jr.* |
*This character is playable for the first time and unlockable.
7 Boards
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Perilous Palace Path |
Banzai Bill’s Mad Mountain |
Star-Crossed Skyway |
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Rocket Road |
Kamek’s Carpet Ride |
Shy Guy’s Shuffle City* |
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Bowser’s Peculiar Peak** |
*This board is only playable in multiplayer mode.
**This board is unlockable!
81 Mini-Games
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General (69) | Boss (6) | Puzzle (3) |
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Extra (3) |
5 Modes
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Party | Minigames | StreetPass Minigames |
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Bowser’s Tower | Collectibles |
Items, Dice Blocks, and More
A list of items only available in Perilous Palace Path:
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Setback Shell | |
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Backwards Bill | |
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Blooper Chopper | |
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Lightning Score Striker | |
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Lakitu Leech | |
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Dash Mushroom |
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Golden Dash Mushroom | |
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Super Star | |
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Custom Dice Block | |
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Crazy Kamek | |
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Chaos Kamek |
The dice blocks:
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Normal Dice Block | |
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Gold Dice Block | |
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Silver Dice Block | |
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Bronze Dice Block | |
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Banzai Bill Dice Block | |
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Booster Dice Block | |
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Bowser Dice Block | |
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1-6 Dice Block | |
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1-3 Dice Block | |
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1-2 Dice Block |
The cards:
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Precision Cards | ||
Power Precision Cards | ||
Move Cards | ||
Bowser Cards |