Editing Mario Party 3

{{Game
| name=Mario Party 3
| image=[[Image:MarioParty3Box.jpg|200px]]
| bgcolor=silver
| fgcolor=black
| developer=[[Hudson Soft]]
| publisher=[[Nintendo]]
| system=[[Nintendo 64]]
| release=JP December 7, 2000<br /> US May 7, 2001<br />AU September 1, 2001<br>EU November 16, 2001
| gallery=[http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/index.php?cat=104 GH Gallery]
| genre= [[Party]]
| rating=ESRB: E
|}}

'''Mario Party 3''' is the second sequel to the original ''[[Mario Party]]'', and it is the last ''Mario Party'' game released for the [[Nintendo 64]]. It is also the first of the series to add new characters to the roster, in the form of [[Daisy]] and [[Waluigi]].

=Story=

The [[Millennium Star]] is a special star that is born once every thousand years. According to legend, whoever possessed the Millennium Star would become the Superstar of the universe. The latest Millennium Star has been born and fell from the sky due to being just a newborn.

The Millennium Star crash-landed on the front lawn of [[Princess Peach's Castle]] where [[Mario]] and his friends were having fun. They all argued over who should keep the Millennium Star, but the star broke up their arguments by teleporting them into a toy box and suggesting they settle the matter by competing to collect all seven Star Stamps from him by passing his tests. Only then would he accept that person as the top superstar in the universe.

=Gameplay=

''Mario Party 3'' continues the standard gameplay from the previous ''Mario Party'' games. The main mode consists of four-player board games in which players compete to see who can win the most coins and Stars, coins being earned from spaces and by winning minigames, while Stars are purchased with the coins from special characters. Minigames are held at the end of each turn with coins as prizes.

This game is the first to feature a single-player Story Mode which is separate from the multiplayer games. The Party Mode is for more casual playing and allows multiplayer games, as well as being the mode where the newcomers Waluigi and Daisy are playable. Additionally, there are now two different types of maps with their own rules. The Battle Royal maps are the normal board game modes from previous games. The other is a new mode, the Duel Map.

The new Duel Map mode, exclusive to this installment, is for two players. Each player can hire a partner (which is usually a generic creature from the Mario games such as a [[Goomba]] or [[Piranha Plant]]) with different strength and stamina, and each partner charges different amounts of salary. The goal is to use the partner to attack the opponent and his partner, and to drain the opponent's life force. This mode is exclusive to ''Mario Party 3''.

=Legacy=

Twelve minigames from this game would later be included in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''.

==Ports/Remakes==

*In October 2023, it was added to the [[Nintendo Switch]]'s digital library of [[Nintendo 64]] games that could be played by subscribers of the [[Nintendo Switch Online]]'s Expansion Pack program. This version supported both local and online multiplayer.

==Sequels==

Afterwards, the series moved to the [[Gamecube]] with the release of the next game, ''[[Mario Party 4]]''.
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 The new Duel Map mode, exclusive to this installment, is for two players. Each player can hire a partner (which is usually a generic creature from the Mario games such as a [[Goomba]] or [[Piranha Plant]]) with different strength and stamina, and each partner charges different amounts of salary. The goal is to use the partner to attack the opponent and his partner, and to drain the opponent's life force. This mode is exclusive to ''Mario Party 3''.
-==Minigames==
-[[List of Mario Party 3 minigames]]
 =Legacy=