Happening Space

The Happening Space or '''? Space' appears as a space in the Mario Party'' series and appears in all board maps. The happening spaces are depicted as a green space with a question mark (?) as the space symbol. When a character lands on a happening space, a specific event occurs. The event that occurs depends on the board map that the character is playing on. The events have a wide variety effects that may affect the characters position, their coin and star amount, and their number of items. The events may also affect certain aspects on the board like creating new obstacles or introducing new characters to the board.

The '''? Space' is a green space typically found on the various game boards in the Mario Party''. Ordinarily they activate special board-specific events that can change the outcome of a turn or even a whole game. , the shape of the space differs depending on the board, including the tutorial map. In-game, these spaces were known as Happening Spaces up until Mario Party 6, when their name was changed to Green Spaces. In most games, a Bonus Star is awarded to the player that lands on more of these spaces than any other player at the end of the game.

In Mario Party 3 's Duel Mode board, it's known as the Happening space too, and a roulette starts with three random events.