Mario Party 5 is the fifth board game in the Mario Party series as party video games for Nintendo GameCube console. The game was released on November 10, 2003 in North America and on November 23, 2003 in Japan. PAL region saw its release on December 5, 2003.

The multiplayer game mode comprises four players playing seven board games along with many minigames trying to win stars and coins in order to win the game.

The single-player story mode puts a challenge to the sole player to win against the Koopa Kids so that Bowser could be stopped from conquering the Dream Depot.

The characters in the game are Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Daisy, Waluigi, Toad, Boo and Koopa Kid. Toad and Boo along with Koopa Kid are new ones coming from their debut in Mario Party 4 and Donkey Kong appears only in DK space.

The Star Guards invite Mario and party to Dream Depot for their skill in dreaming big. They are supposed to challenge the Koopa Kids winning from them in the board games in order to prevent Bowser from replacing dreams with his nightmares.

The target is to deplete the Koopa Kids of their coins in each board game, done so by winning minigames against them.

The game enjoyed quite positive critic reviews as well as many international awards making it a part of Nintendo Player's Choice label in 2004.

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Mario Party 6 is the sixth board game in the Mario Party series as party video games for Nintendo GameCube console. The game was released on December 6, 2004 in North America and on March 18, 2005 in the European Union. Australia saw its release on September 15, 2005 whereas Japan was first country where it was released as early as on November 18, 2004.

The game is designed to be played by up to four players taking turns to move on the board through various stages including more than 80 minigames divided into 4-player, 1-vs.-3, 2-vs.-2, Battle, Duel, DK, Bowser, Mic and Rare; in order to collect as many stars and coins as possible.

The roles to be played are those of Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Daisy, Waluigi, Toad, Boo and Koopa Kid along with a new secret character introduced in the series, named Toadette.

Players can also collect or buy orbs at the Orb Hut, which they can use for stealing coins from opponents, obstructing their competitor's advance, or earning stars in a fast mode.

Brighton and Twila representing the sun and the moon argue over the question of popularity in the Mario Party world, on which Mario suggests to collect as many stars as possible and settle the battle; and thus gets the game set rolling!

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