Mario Party 9

Mario Party 9
Developer(s)	Nd Cube
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Mario Party
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	EU March 2, 2012 AUS March 8, 2012 NA March 11, 2012 JP April 26, 2012 TW June 29, 2012 KO April 11, 2013
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	Wii Remote
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	SSQJ01, SSQP01, SSQE01, SSQW01, SSQK01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Grab your friends and family and captain the crew to victory! The party is back and bigger than ever in Mario Party 9 (マリオパーティ9 Mario Pāti Nain), featuring all-new ways to play! For the first time in the franchise, boss battles crash the party and challenge players to compete to defeat a common enemy. In addition, players now travel across stages together in a vehicle towards a common goal - overcoming obstacles, battling bosses, and collecting Mini Stars stolen by Bowser and his minions. Featuring 80 new minigames, adventurous new stages, and all-new ways to play that blend cooperative and competitive action for up to four players, Mario Party 9 is the perfect way to get the party started.

Problems

Shadow issue in "Hole Hogs" minigame

A wrong shadow is being displayed in the minigame "Hole Hogs" if Texture Cache Accuracy is set to fast. It can be fixed by setting it to medium.

Correct emulation. Texture Cache: Medium

Wrong emulation. Texture Cache: Fast

Flinger Painting

The minigame "Flinger Painting" displays no paint. The results are always 0.00% for all players and always results in a draw. This can be fixed by disabling EFB Copies to Texture Only. Now set by default.

Enhancements

HD Texture Packs

Mario Party 9 HD by hexioum. Currently, this is only for the U.S. version (SSQE01). The included languages are English and Spanish. The latest version is near the latest post, rather than the original post.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Texture Cache Accuracy	Position 2 (Medium)	Fix "Hole Hogs" minigame

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Mario Party 9 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r5350

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5.0-19465 (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
r5774	Windows 7	Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.2 GHz x2	Intel G33/G31	Runs at a Really Good!!, playable no crash (Perfect)	Deadpoolall
3.0-433	Windows 7	Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7100	Crash after you select character.	DigitalJosee
3.0-433	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	Runs at a speed fully playable no crash after play 15 minute.	DigitalJosee
3.0-458	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570	Runs perfectly at full speed. Problem occurs if you quit the game and restart it as Dolphin freezes. This is fixed by simply closing then reopening Dolphin	sWhatTheWTFs1
3.0-637	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5850	Runs without issue, very rare drops below 100%. Music becomes distorted at times, returns to normal when entering minigame. No freezing or crashes.	crumbworks
3.0-763	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2450M	AMD Radeon HD 7610M	Perfect	Chinmorph
3.5-422	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.9 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	Perfect! Just be sure to enable EFB Copies to RAM w/ Enable Cache, and make sure Cache Display Lists is disabled.	vgf89
4.0-5932	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4650	Runs at 60-30FPS, Finished Solo Mode without freezing/crashing, music becomes distorted every time. (Perfect, almost.)	Main Page
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Pentium G2020	AMD R9 390	Runs around 50 FPS on OpenGL with a little bit of sound corruption. DX12 runs 60FPS at 720p with good sound, but has graphics corruption here and there.	TheEmulator

Gameplay Videos

Mario Party 9 - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-12460 [1080p HD] - Nintendo Wii

Dolphin - Mario Party 9 - Sock it to Lakitu Gameplay

Dolphin - Mario Party 9 - Skyjinks Gameplay

• Dolphin Emulator 4.0.1 - Mario Party 9 (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii