Space Land
| Space Land | |||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 2 Mario Party Superstars | ||
| Difficulty | ★★ (Mario Party 2) ★★☆☆☆ (Superstars) | ||
| Availability | Default | ||
| Description | "Become a member of the Space Patrol and help keep the galaxy safe!" | ||
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- “Each time a player passes through the center of thisAdventure Board, the Bowser Coin Beam counts down. If you are hit by the Bowser Coin Beam, you lose all yourCoins. Beware!”
- —Mario Party 2 instruction booklet[1]
- “We’re here, everyone! This is Space Land!!! This is a space station. As a deep-space crossroads, many spaceships pass by here. You shall join the Space Patrol. Your job is to maintain peace in space! Your objective this time, is to protect this station fromBlack Hole Bowser, plunderer of outer space. Keep deep space a peaceful place to become the Super Star of Space Land!”
- —Toad,Mario Party 2
Space Land is a space station inMario Land fromMario Party 2. In Space Land, players are dressed as astronauts and are members of the Space Patrol.
Players who land on aHappening Space make aThwomp or aWhomp in a space cruiser chase that player, and any other players in the way, to the other side of the board. However, there is also a group called theSnifit Patrol that assists a player if they pay fiveCoins. Upon doing this action, aSnifit (specifically theSuper Mario 64version in the original) will set up a speed trap. If players land on a Happening Space with a Snifit on patrol, the speeder will chase them down as usual, but then the Snifit chases them down the bottom or top side of the board, with any players in the way being chased as well. The main part of this board, however, is the Bowser-faced junction with a seven-segment numeric display in its mouth. Every time it is passed by, it counts down one unit. It always starts at five, and when it reaches zero, the villain of the board, Black Hole Bowser, will fire the Bowser Coin Beam from his satellite, located at the top right corner of the map, if there is at least one player in the path of the Bowser Coin Beam. Any players that get caught in the blast (which fires in a straight line along the diagonal path across the board) lose all their coins. TheItem Minigame isHammer Slammer, and theDuel Minigame isTime Bomb.
At the end of the game whenToad is about to announce the winner, he is interrupted by a redKoopa Troopa who comes and alerts the players that Black Hole Bowser is attacking the station. A cutscene then shows a bunch of Koopas running away, when one of the green ones falls over, and sees Bowser right in front of him. He traps the Koopa between his two lasers, until the winner of the game comes to confront him. They fire their laser at Bowser, but it does not work. They then try to get behind Bowser to attack, but he keeps blocking. The winner then runs around Bowser quickly, making him dizzy, and allowing his backside to be exposed and zapped by the winner. Black Hole Bowser is sent flying, leaving the winner to congratulate by the other players, Toad, Koopa, and theStar.
Space Land returns inMario Party Superstars. In this game, players no longer wear special outfits for the board, and the space layout is slightly different. The junction showing the countdown number has been redesigned with eight lights surrounding the exterior and eight lights surrounding the numeric display inside and Bowser's face has been removed. The numeric display for the Bowser Coin Beam countdown is now in theSuper Mariofont. Unlike inMario Party 2, when the Bowser Coin Beam countdown reaches zero, Bowser will fire the Bowser Coin Beam, regardless of whether any players are in the path of the beam or not. Additionally, all potential Star Spaces have a metal strip marked with a Star next to them. The original ending is no longer present, as those who did not win the game are chased off by speeders, from fourth to second in that order.
Spaces[edit]
The following tables show how manyspaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.
Mario Party 2[edit]
| Type of Space | Number of Spaces |
|---|---|
 Blue Spaces | 65 |
 Red Spaces | 6 |
 Happening Spaces | 5 |
 Battle Spaces | 4 |
 ! Spaces | 2 |
 Item Spaces | 8 |
 Bank Spaces | 2 |
 Bowser Spaces | 4 |
| Total of Spaces | 96 |
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
| Type of Space | Number of Spaces |
|---|---|
 Blue Spaces | 40 |
 Red Spaces | 9 |
 Event Spaces | 5 |
 VS Spaces | 4 |
 Chance Time Spaces | 2 |
 Item Spaces | 15 |
 Bank Spaces | 2 |
 Lucky Spaces | 15 |
 Bowser Spaces | 3 |
| Total of Spaces | 95 |
Item Shop[edit]
Mario Party 2[edit]
- Main section:Item Shop (Mario Party series) § Mario Party 2
All shops inMario Party 2 use the same shop, exceptBowser Land.
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Skeleton Key | 3 coins | |
 Cursed Dice Block | 3 coins | Not available after shop inventory is updated. |
 Double Dice | 5 coins | |
 Chomp Call | 7 coins | Only available after shop inventory is updated. |
 Warp Block | 7 coins | |
 Triple Dice | 10 coins | |
 Custom Dice Block | 12 coins | Not available after shop inventory is updated. |
 Golden Pipe | 25 coins | Only available after shop inventory is updated. |
Gallery[edit]
Mario Party 2[edit]
Board logo
The introduction
A Koopa Troopa getting chased
The introduction's background
The players are introduced to Black Hole Bowser.
Yoshi watching the countdown
The countdown reaches zero.
The satellite charging up
Donkey Kong about to get hit by the Bowser Coin Beam
Peach getting hit by the Coin Beam
Yoshi about to hit the Dice Block
Mario and Peach fleeing from a speeding Thwomp
Wario getting chased
The Snifit Patrol chasing a speeding Whomp
Koopa Troopas panicking
Black Hole Bowser attacking a Koopa Troopa
Donkey Kong (the winner of the board) confronting Bowser
Bowser's shield deflecting Wario's ray gun
Wario (the winner of the board) shoots Bowser from behind.
Bowser is blasted away.
The board results logo
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
Logo
Logo (no drop shadow)
Title screen artwork
A view of the board
A view from the trailer
The Bowser Coin Beam
Peach obtaining a Star
The ending photo for the board, withDaisy as the winner
The ending photo for the board, with Mario as the winner
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スペースランド[?] Supēsu Rando | Space Land | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 太空乐园[?] Tàikōng Lèyuán | Space Park | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 太空樂園[?] Tàikōng Lèyuán | Space Park | |
| Dutch | Ruimtestation[?] | Space Station | |
| French | Pays Espace[?] | Space Country | Mario Party 2 |
| Station spatiale[?] | Space Station | Mario Party Superstars | |
| German | Space-Land[?] | - | |
| Italian | Spazio Land[?] | Space Land | Mario Party 2 |
| Stazione spaziale[?] | Spatial station | Mario Party Superstars | |
| Korean | 스페이스 랜드[?] Seupeiseu Raendeu | Space Land | |
| Portuguese | Espaçolândia[?] | Space land | |
| Russian | Орбитальная станция[?] Orbital'naya stantsiya | Orbital Station | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | La estación espacial[?] | The space station | |
| Spanish(European) | Mundo Espacial[?] | Spatial World | Mario Party 2 |
| La estación espacial[?] | The space station | Mario Party Superstars |
Notes[edit]
- InMario Party 2, when a player lands on a ? Space, their Player Panel changes to blue due to the chase ending on a Blue Space. InSuperstars, it instead remains green.
- InMario Party 2, the Snifit Patrol sends players to the diagonal path, in the direction to the middle. InSuperstars, the players get sent to the last space of the diagonal path, but in the direction away from the middle.
References[edit]
- ^Mario Party 2 instruction booklet. Page 20.
