Mario Party 4 Tip Guide - Guide for Mario Party 4

Hi, my name is Ben Rosenstock, and I am writing
a guide to Mario Party 4.  If you have
any other questions, e-mail me.
My e-mail address is [email protected].  In this
guide, I will give you tips on the separate boards,
like good ways of getting the star, getting coins, etc.

Toad's Midway Madness

You want to start out by getting high numbers on the Dice
Block if you can.  If 2 or more people are near the star,
and you aren't, don't even bother going the way with the star.
Either go to a Boo house so you can steal their star, or go
a separate way.  If you go a separate way, the next star might
appear near you.

Boo House

Once you're at the Boo House, try to steal a star.  Only steal
coins if you have tons more stars than everyone else.  Remember:
if you have a ton of coins, you can get the bonus Coin Star at
the end of the game.

Happening Spaces

A few of the happening spaces make you run from the rollercoaster.
Try to land on these happening spaces if they take you near the
star.

Items

In Toad's Midway Madness, focus on getting Mega or Super Mega Mushrooms.
They help a lot if you're trying to get close to the star.  They can take
coins away from other people, causing them to not have enough coins to get
the star.  A lot of Coms stay with low coins (50 coins or below).  Once
you take ten coins away from them with your Mega or Super Mega Mushroom,
they might not have enough coins to get the star.  Coms love and want to
get Magic Lamps all the time.

Goomba's Greedy Gala

You don't have to get high numbers at the start.  Just focus on landing
on blue spaces.  Get at least 150 coins by landing on blue spaces
and winning mini-games (particularly 4-Player mini-games), then spend
20 coins on the Roulette, so you will probably go near the star.
If you're in the wrong corner of the board, a corner without the star,
then once you reach Goomba's Dice Game, try to lose.  If you lose,
you can go back to the Start Space and get to go to the Roulette again,
giving you a chance to go the right way this time.

Boo Houses

Boo Houses in Goomba's Greedy Gala are hard to reach.  Don't
try to get to Boo Houses.  Just focus on getting coins.

Happening Spaces

In Goomba's Greedy Gala, there is only one type of Happening
Space.  If you land on it, you have to go on a small car and
slide it down this narrow passageway, bouncing off the walls
and getting coins.  These spaces are mainly recommended if
you don't have a lot of coins or if you have only a few less
coins than someone else, because then you have better chances
of getting the Coin Star.

Items

The key item in Goomba's Greedy Gala is Warp Pipe.  You
can switch places with somebody else if you're not in the
corner with the star.  Also, Magic Lamps help, because sometimes
it is annoying if you're stuck in the wrong corner.

Koopa's Seaside Soiree

In Koopa's Seaside Soiree, there is a place where you have to
invest coins for the Kabana.  If you're near this place, you should
use a Mega Mushroom.  If you pass the investing place while you're
mega, you won't have to invest any coins.

Boo Houses

to be continued...

Happening Spaces

In Koopa's Seaside Soiree, if you land on the Happening Space by the
Kabana, you'll waste coins and the Kabana will get hit by a giant
tidal wave.  Try not to land on these spaces.  The other Happening
Spaces make you ride a dolphin.  Don't land on these, because
they'll usually take you farther away from the star; lots of
Happening Spaces like this are guarding the Star Spaces.

Items

The best item in Koopa's Seaside Soiree is either Mega Mushroom
or Mini Mushroom.  There is one annoying place in this party;
Ukiki's Banana Game.  Ukiki says the bananas are to blame, but
I think Ukiki curses them or something.  There is a small mini
place by the banana game, where you can escape and go closer
to the star.  Mega Mushrooms keep you from investing coins in the
Kabana.

Shy Guy's Jungle Jam

The raft is highly recommended for this place.  It is an extreme
shortcut to the star sometimes.  Also, you should find Klepto and
fly him across the river.  It's a good bargain.  You can pay 5 coins,
and, if you're skilled at using the Control Stick, you can get all
the coins, ending up with 10 or more coins.  Also, sometimes, when
you fly Klepto, the volcano erupts and gives you a shower of coins.
If you get to the part with the stone wish Shy Guy, and you want to
close off the river, say, 'a fun wish'.  Usually, a fun wish makes
the Shy Guy mad, and he covers the river.  If you want the river
to remain crossable, say, 'a sad wish'.

Boo Houses

to be continued...

Happening Spaces

to be continued...

Items

Find as many Mega Mushrooms as you can here.  At the start of the game,
get a Mini Mushroom, because the first star is always right in front
of one of the Mini Mushroom shortcuts.  If you don't have any Mini
Mushrooms, use Mega Mushrooms, because the stars are hard to get to here.

Boo's Haunted Bash

At the start of the game, make sure that the Pink Boos are out so you
can cross the pink bridge.  If the Pink Boos aren't out, there is no
bridge and it takes a much longer time to find the Star Space.

Boo Houses

The Boo House is fairy easy to get to here.  Just get the first star,
and only a few more spaces in front of it is a Boo House.  However,
there is a Warp Space on the space right behind it, so make sure you
don't land on that.  If you land on that, you will go to someone else's
space and usually far away from the Boo House.

Happening Spaces

One Happening Space in here is the one that makes Big Boo come out in
two minutes.  I don't understand that one. to be continued...

Items

Use Super Mega Mushrooms, Swap Cards, and Gaddlights here.  Since the
Boo House is easy to get to, you'll always nead a Gaddlight.  Coms
like to steal stars from you.  Gaddlights are highly recommended,
because once they pay 50 coins to steal a star from you just to find
out you have a Gaddlight, they'll waste 50 coins for nothing.

Well, that's my walkthrough.  I still have a few areas to finish, but
I'll be done with those soon.  Enjoy!