Mario Party 7

“Chomp chomp chomp.
(Sorry. A bone distracted me.)”

—Chain Chomp,Mario Party 5

TheSnack Orb, originally known as theBone Capsule andBones Capsule,^[1] is anOrb that first appears inMario Party 5. It serves to protect the player fromChain Chomp, which it does by allowing the player to throw the bone inside the Snack Orb to lead Chain Chomp astray.

InMario Party 5, the Bone Capsule cannot be used by the player normally, with the only available option being to throw it away. If a player with a Snack Orb is attacked by a Chain Chomp from an opponent's use of aChain Chomp Capsule, the Bone Capsule is automatically used, making the player throw a bone off the side. Chain Chomp goes after the bone instead of attacking, negating the Chain Chomp Capsule regardless of if its user was stealingCoins orStars.

InMario Party 6, it is renamed the Snack Orb. It is only found onSnowflake Lake, a board where players can ride Chain-Chomps across spaces of the board to steal Stars from opponents they encounter. Once the Orb is activated, the user throws a bone into the air, causing the opponent's Chain-Chomp to jump over the user's space to catch it and then continue moving. The nature of this effect means that every player on the same space as the user also does not get hit by Chain-Chomp.^[2]

InMario Party 7, the Snack Orb is only found onPyramid Park, which has similar mechanics to Snowflake Lake. The Orb's effect is retooled. The player now has to use it on themselves before they are attacked by Chain Chomp, which also means the item can no longer be discarded. After using a Snack Orb, the player is protected for three turns or until a Chain Chomp attacks, the latter of which prompts the automatic bone throw. It still also prevents other players on the same space as the user from being hit.^[3] Since turns count down after the player moves through aDice Block but opponents can only use Chain Chomps between the turns of the user, while the effect of the Snack Orb mechanically lasts for three turns in practice, it only protects the player from opponents's attacks for two of their turn cycles.

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  Mario Party 5

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  Mario Party 6

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  Screenshot ofWario using a Snack Orb inMario Party 6

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• Orbs
• Mario Party 5 capsules
• Mario Party 6 Orbs
• Mario Party 7 Orbs

• Articles with unsourced foreign names