Mario Party 9

Mario Party 9 is an upcoming Mario Party game for the Wii. It is the eleventh installment in the main series and the fifteenth overall.

Plot
One night outside of Princess Peach's Castle, Mario and his friends watch the stars in sky. As Mario peers though the telescope, he notices that the Mini Stars suddenly begin to get sucked through a vortex. It is soon revealed to be Bowser and Bowser Jr. on a spacecraft, who are using a vacuum-like machine to suck the stars in the sky. Upon witnessing this, Mario and the gang set out to defeat them and save the Mini Stars.

Playable Characters
It has been confirmed that there will be 12 playable characters.


 * Princess Peach
 * Princess Daisy
 * Waluigi
 * Unconfirmed 12th character

Boss Characters

 * Bowser
 * Blooper
 * Whomp
 * Big Bob-omb
 * Lakitu
 * Wiggler
 * King Boo
 * Chain Chomp

Boards
Unlike past installments, all boards are given a new twist when playing it. Players all move together in the same time across every board in a vehicle. Also, new Mini Stars are scattered all across the board, replacing the coins and the stars entirely. The player who contains the most Mini Star wins and is the "Superstar". It should also be noted that players must avoid Mini Ztars also as they take away a certain number of Mini Stars. Also, each board contains three bosses which all have to be defeated by cooperating.


 * Boo's Horror Castle
 * Bob-omb Factory
 * Unnamed underwater board
 * Unnamed lava mine board

Trailers
Video:Wii - Mario Party 9 E3 Trailer Video:Wii - Mario Party 9 Trailer Video:Trailer Mario Party 9 - Nintendo Wii