Mario Party 5

Mario Party 5
Developer(s)	Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Mario Party
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA November 10, 2003 JP November 28, 2003 EU December 5, 2003
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Input methods	GameCube Controller, GameCube Microphone
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GP5P01, GP5J01, GP5E01, GP5W01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Mario Party 5 is a party video game published by Nintendo and developed by Hudson Soft. It is the second game in the Mario Party series for Nintendo GameCube. It was released in North America on November 10, 2003, in Japan on November 23, 2003, and in Europe on December 5, 2003. Mario Party 5 is the fifth installment in the Mario Party series.

The game is set in the fictional world of the Dream Depot, consisting of seven game boards. The single-player "Story" mode involves the player winning multiple games against the Koopa Kids to prevent Bowser from conquering the Dream Depot. The main multiplayer game mode consists of four characters from Mario series playing a board game, with each board having a set theme. The game also features several minigames, which are played after every set of turns. Mario Party 5 introduces the "Super Duel" mode to the franchise, which requires players to assemble and control custom made battle vehicles which can be used in combat against other machines. The game features ten playable characters, with playable debuts to the series from Toad, Boo, and Koopa Kid.

Mario Party 5 was positively received by the media; reviewers enjoyed the new minigames of the series, although a perceived lack of originality was criticized. The game became part of the Nintendo Player's Choice label in 2004, and won the Console Children's Award at the 2004 Interactive Achievement Awards. Mario Party 5 received an aggregate rating of 71% from Game Rankings and 69% from Metacritic. Mario Party 5 is followed by Mario Party 6.

Problems

Bowser Box Freeze / Last 5 Laps

In the story mode, when Bowser box is activated, it arrives on the set, he released his mini-game (or tax player, etc.), but when he leaves the board by jumping the crushed player remains as it is (i.e. a skin in the ground). The game crashes because the character is crushed, it does not become a 3D model. This is the same with the event for the last 5 laps, the running game freeze after the star's comments (since 3.5-204).

OpenGL / Direct3D11

Minor sprite alignment issues occur with non-Direct3D9 backends on the backup selection screen, only the Direct3D9 backend renders correctly.

File:Mario Party 5 Backup Glitch OpenGL.jpg

OpenGL

File:Mario Party 5 Backup Glitch Direct3D9.jpg

Direct3D9

Pound Peril

The duel mini-game "Pound peril" is broken. When you hit a switch, nothing happens.

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Mario Party 5 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

3.0

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5.0-21401 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.0	Windows XP	AMD Athlon 64 3600 @ 2.1GHz	nVidia GeForce 8600 GT	Playable, no graphical glitch, major slowdowns throughout the game (15-30 FPS).	milono77
3.0	Linux Ubuntu 11.10	Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 @ 2.26GHz	nVidia GeForce 9400M	Fully playable. Full speed most of the time, but slows down slightly in some boards and some mini-games. Some mini-games have some noticeable graphical glitches, but none that I found hinders gameplay.
3.0-95	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.2GHz	nVidia GeForce 260 GTX	Playable, no minor graphical glitch one small by the hands of the bottle ghost, no slowdowns, sound issues.	Slerio
3.0-153	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4GHz	nVidia GeForce 560 Ti	Playable, minor graphical glitches in menus and some mini-games, always full speed.	Arezco
3.5-290	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3-2350 @ 2.3GHz	nVidia GeForce 410M	Playable (always full speed), but the music temporarily run (no problem with the sound effects and voice), of 40 mini-games tested no graphical bug with OpenGL.	Dratal

Gameplay Videos

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