Mario Party 4

Mario Party 4 is a 2002 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the fourth installment in the Mario Party series and the first one to be released for GameCube. Like the previous games in the series, it features eight playable characters from the Mario franchise—Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Princess Daisy, and Waluigi—competing in a board game, with the objective of each of the six game boards being to earn the most Stars. Besides the standard multiplayer mode, the game also features a single-player campaign in which the player plays the game with artificial intelligence-controlled players. Mario Party 4 was announced in March 2002 and was later showcased at E3 2002. The game was released in North America on October 21, 2002, Japan on November 8, 2002, and in PAL regions on November 29, 2002. The game received mixed reviews, with complaints going to the single-player mode, the design of game boards, and sound effects, while the graphics and controls were praised. It won the Family Game of the Year award at the Interactive Achievement Awards of 2003. The game was followed by Mario Party 5 for the same console in 2003.