Mario Party 9 (Xavier Krantz's Version)

Story
In Mario Party 9, the exuberant ringmaster MC Ballyhoo and his talking hat Big Top have invited Mario and the rest of the crew to Star World, The Mushroom Kingdom's Biggest Amusement Park. Ballyhoo holds a special event, the Star League, in which a contestant must win five successive party duels across the six standard boards. The winner will be crowned the carnival's Superstar and receive a year's supply of Candy. Once the player has claimed victory in all six duels, Ballyhoo holds an award ceremony to present a special reward. In addition to the year's supply of candy, the player is promised the magical Star Tact. Before the player can receive their reward, however, Bowser swoops in and steals the Star Tact and sucks up all the stars in the sky before retreating to his special board, The King's Galactic Throne. The player and Ballyhoo then follow King Bowser for one final duel. After the player triumphs over King Bowser's chosen minion (Koopa, Shy Guy or Kamek), he begrudgingly returns the Star Rod. However, mere seconds later, Bowser changes his mind and challenges the player to a final showdown for the Star Tact. Using the Star Tacts magical powers, "Star Forte Wave" the player defeats King Bowser, and returns to the carnival with Ballyhoo. At long last, the player is declared the Super Superstar, and the credits roll.

Party Land
Party Land is Mario Party 9s main mode. Up to four players can play the game normally, but the mode also features a 4-Team Battle, where four teams of two players can compete against one another. This game mode uses the default Mario Party rules to play: players win by collecting the most Stars on the board.

Turns and Rules

 * Turns: The number of turns that the game takes to be finished can be set between 10 and 50 turns in 5 turn intervals.
 * Rules: Players can play in Battle Royale, where players compete in a free-for-all, Tag Battle, or duel where two players compete to get a set number of stars. Whenever players are in teams, coins, Stars, and Candy's are shared with a teammate.

Bonus Stars
Players can either opt for receiver three Bonus Stars awarded at the end of the game or not. The three Bonus Stars are randomly awarded for six of the following achievements:


 * Minigame Star: Most coins earned in minigames.
 * Action Star: Most Green Spaces landed on.
 * Orb Star: Most Orbs used.
 * Shopping Star: Most coins used to buy Orbs.
 * Red Star: Most Red Spaces landed on.
 * Running Star: Most spaces walked over in total.

Minigame Sets: By default, all available minigames are played. Players can restrict the minigames to only being Easy games, Action games, Skill games, or Weird games.

Free Play Express
Players are able to play any unlocked minigame they choose. They may also obtain 8 Rare minigames by purchasing them in the Duty Free Shop, that can be played only in the Free Play Express