<s>
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
seventh	O
main	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
it	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
microphone	B-Application
peripheral	O
introduced	O
in	O
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
6	I-Device
,	O
and	O
features	O
twelve	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
two	O
new	O
unlockable	O
characters	O
:	O
Birdo	O
and	O
Dry	O
Bones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
7	I-Application
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
and	O
last	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
8	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
May	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
7	I-Application
is	O
to	O
gather	O
stars	O
,	O
but	O
each	O
board	O
requires	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
ever	O
since	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
initial	B-Application
release	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
,	O
eight	O
players	O
may	O
participate	O
in	O
either	O
Party	O
Cruise	O
or	O
Deluxe	O
Cruise	O
(	O
the	O
8	O
player	O
equivalent	O
of	O
the	O
Mini-Game	O
Cruise	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
mode	O
for	O
a	O
solo	O
player	O
itself	O
is	O
n't	O
new	O
to	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
's	O
take	O
is	O
very	O
different	O
from	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
six	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
88	O
minigames	O
in	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
7	I-Application
,	O
the	O
most	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
up	O
to	O
this	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
except	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
no	O
minigames	O
from	O
previous	O
editions	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
4-player	O
and	O
1-vs.-3	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
an	O
additional	O
five	O
minigames	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
the	O
microphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
to	O
have	O
removed	O
the	O
autoplay	O
capability	O
in	O
Party	O
mode	O
(	O
where	O
all	O
players	O
can	O
be	O
manually	O
set	O
to	O
AI	O
,	O
thus	O
enabling	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
"	O
play	O
itself	O
"	O
without	O
any	O
human	O
player	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toadsworth	O
has	O
invited	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
all	O
of	O
his	O
friends	O
to	O
go	O
on	O
a	O
luxury	O
cruise	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
due	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
hard	O
work	O
,	O
but	O
Bowser	O
was	O
uninvited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
tries	O
to	O
gain	O
as	O
many	O
stars	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
end	O
this	O
atrocity	O
before	O
Bowser	O
ruins	O
everything	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
