An Unlucky Space is a recurring type of space in the Mario Party series. It first appears in Mario Party 9.
Description[]
When a character lands on an Unlucky Space, they are penalized with a negative event, the exacts of which differ between the Mario Party games. They are functionally the opposite of Lucky Spaces, similarly to how Mini Ztar Spaces function the opposite of Mini Star Spaces.
In Mario Party series[]
Mario Party 9[]
An Unlucky Space is typically located next to a red Warp Pipe. If landed on, an Unlucky Space a Piranha Plant appears from the Red Pipe and grabs the Captain, forcing them down into it. The Captain ends up in a cavern with six Mini Ztar Spaces, where they have to roll a standard Dice Block and move onto that many number of Mini Ztar Spaces. Rolling higher numbers can lead to a Mini Ztar Space with a higher number printed on it, therefore causing the Captain to lose more Mini Stars. After that, the Captain exits to the main board, and their turn concludes.
Unlucky Spaces are less common than Lucky Spaces, and they only appear in three boards: Toad Road, Bob-omb Factory and Blooper Beach. There is only one Unlucky Space in Toad Road, while Bob-omb Factory and Blooper Beach have their Unlucky Spaces on branching paths that the captain either can or cannot avoid.
Blooper Beach, has two consecutive Unlucky Spaces just before the last fork of the board, and landing on either of them has a different effect of the nearby Blooper statue activating and creating a whirlpool, which draws the vehicle and the characters to a path around it consisting of Mini Ztar Spaces and Dash Spaces. The Captain who landed on the Unlucky Space also loses three Mini Stars. The characters take turns getting out of the path to avoid losing several Mini Stars while the Blooper statue drags the vehicle two spaces back at the end of each character's turn.
Mario Party: Island Tour[]
The game only has one Unlucky Space, found right in the path of a sleeping Chain Chomp in Perilous Palace Path. If a character lands on the Unlucky Space, the Chain Chomp wakes up and chases any characters in its path up to six spaces back.
Mario Party 10[]
If a character lands on an Unlucky Space, they usually just lose Mini Stars. However, a different negative effect can occur, such as in Whimsical Waters, where a Blooper may ink a character, who can then not use any Special Dice Blocks the next turn.
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| Characters | Playable characters | Mario • Luigi • Peach • Toad • Yoshi • Wario • Waluigi • Daisy • Rosalina* • Donkey Kong • Bowser*** • Toadette • Spike*/** |
| Bosses | Mega Goomba • Petey Piranha • Mega Sledge Bro • King Boo • Mega Cheep Chomp • Mega Blooper • Mega Monty Mole • Kamek • Mega Mechakoopa • Bowser/Dry Bowser | |
| Species and hazards | Species and hazards | Amp • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill • Bee • Big Amp • Big Urchin • Bob-omb • Bomp • Boo • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Burner • Chain Chomp • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Fire Bar • Fish Bone • Fliprus • Foo • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Gold Cheep Cheep • Gold Piranha Plant • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goombrat • Greenie • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Huckit Crab • Jumbo Ray • Koopa Troopa • Luma • Mega Cheep Cheep • Mega Fuzzy • Nabbit • Peepa • Podoboo • Shy Guy • Skull Box • Spike Pillar • Spiked Ball • Star Bunny • Swooper • Toad • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Waddlewing • Whomp |
| Minigames | Free-for-All | Balance Ball Brawl • Balloon Blast Bash • Beeline Shrine • Blooper Blastoff • Bob-omb Bogey • Bob-omb Combo • Bouncy Brawl • Cheep Cheep Leap • Cliffside Crisis • Dice 'n' Dash • Flash Forward • Foo Me Once • Found it? Pound it! • Fruit Cahoots • Fruit of the Doom • Fruit Scoot Scurry • Fuzzy Fliers • Goomba Gallop • Goomba Gotcha • Ice Slide, You Slide • Magma Meltdown • Meanie Match • Paintball Battle • Peepa Panic • Pipe Sniper • Platform Push • Rapid River Race • Shy Guy Shuffle • Snake Block Party • Soar to Score • Spiked Ball Scramble |
| 2 vs. 2 | Bobsled Battle • Boo Burglars • Bouncy Bounty • Bump, Set, Spike • Goombrat Combat • Ground Pound Pals • Murky Maze • Revolving Relay • Shape Up • Soccer Brawl | |
| 1 vs. Rivals | Bubble Squabble • Bullet Bill Bullies • Cheep Cheep Check • Hop, Drop, and Roll • Keep-Away Mayhem • Movin' Mushrooms • Skewer Scurry • Spring Fling • Steal the Beat • Watermelon Whalin' | |
| Boss Battle | Bowser's Tank Terror • Kamek's Rocket Rampage • King Boo's Tricky Tiles • Mega Blooper's Bubble Battle • Mega Cheep Chomp's Shell Shock • Mega Goomba's Ladder Leap • Mega Mechakoopa's Swing & Stomp • Mega Monty Mole's Maze Mischief • Mega Sledge Bro's Card Chaos • Petey's Bomb Battle | |
| Bowser Battle | Bowser's Bad Breath • Bowser's Bogus Bingo • Bowser's Clawful Climb • Bowser's Fire Bar Fury • Bowser's Hammer Slammer • Bowser's High Dive • Bowser's Painball • Bowser's Roulette Rage • Bowser's Sinister Slots • Bowser's Wicked Wheel | |
| Bonus | Badminton Bash • Bowser Jr.'s Bonk Battle • Bowser Jr.'s Clobber Cage • Jewel Drop | |
| Boards | Mario Party/Bowser Party | Mushroom Park • Haunted Trail • Whimsical Waters† • Airship Central • Chaos Castle† |
| amiibo Party | Mario Board • Luigi Board • Peach Board • Rosalina Board • Wario Board • Donkey Kong Board • Bowser Board • Toad Board • Yoshi Board • Normal Board | |
| Items | Items | 0-1 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Slow Dice Block • 4-5-6 Dice Block • Dice Block • Bowser Dice Block • Double Dice Block • Mega Mushroom • Mini Star • Mini Ztar • Star • Slow Dice Block • Super Bowser Dice Block • Super Mushroom |
| Spaces | Spaces | Back Space • Blooper-Go-Round • Boo • Boo Space • Boss Battle Space • Bowser Space • Bowser Block Space • Bowser Jr. Space • Change Space • Cannon Space • Cheep Cheep Branch • Coin Space • Dash Space • Dragoneel Space • Dragoneel Treasure • Event Space • Gate Space • Green Space • Heart Space • Lose Coins Space • Lucky Space • Minigame Space • Risky Route • Special Dice Block Space • Special Event Space • Star Space • Steal Space • Streetlight • Toad House • Unlucky Space • Warp Space |
| Miscellaneous | Other | List of minigames in Mario Party 10 |
| *-Unlockable • **-Newcomer • ***-Playable in Bowser Party • †-Also playable in Bowser Party | ||