<s>
is	O
a	O
2007	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
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
handheld	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
NDcube	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
DS	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
9	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
most	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
games	O
,	O
an	O
emphasis	O
is	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
aspect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
the	O
Download	O
Play	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
to	O
allow	O
four	O
people	O
to	O
play	O
wirelessly	O
using	O
only	O
one	O
game	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
,	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
,	O
Yoshi	B-Application
,	O
Princess	O
Daisy	O
,	O
Toad	O
,	O
Wario	O
,	O
and	O
Waluigi	O
are	O
the	O
playable	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
DS	I-Application
features	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
74	O
minigames	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
utilize	O
the	O
unique	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
include	O
"	O
Globe	O
Gunners	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
players	O
run	O
around	O
on	O
a	O
globe	O
,	O
shooting	O
projectiles	O
at	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
and	O
boss	O
minigames	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
battles	O
villains	O
from	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Bowser	O
and	O
Dry	O
Bones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
"	O
Puzzle	O
Mode	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
plays	O
puzzle	O
games	O
from	O
previous	O
installments	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
:	O
"	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Puzzle	O
Party	O
"	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
"	O
Bob-omb	O
Breakers	O
"	O
from	O
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
"	O
Piece	O
Out	O
"	O
from	O
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
"	O
Block	O
Star	O
"	O
from	O
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
6	I-Device
,	O
and	O
"	O
Stick	O
and	O
Spin	O
"	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
finds	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
and	O
then	O
shows	O
it	O
to	O
all	O
of	O
his	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
suspicious	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
go	O
to	O
Bowser	O
's	O
castle	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
find	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
trap	O
and	O
Bowser	O
steals	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Sky	O
Crystal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bowser	O
wants	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
four	O
other	O
Sky	O
Crystals	O
without	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
his	O
crew	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
and	O
orders	O
Kamek	O
to	O
fling	O
them	O
far	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
and	O
his	O
friends	O
find	O
themselves	O
tiny	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
big	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
them	O
gives	O
a	O
Sky	O
Crystal	O
to	O
thank	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
his	O
crew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
looking	O
for	O
the	O
food	O
,	O
DK	O
bumps	O
into	O
Bowser	O
and	O
breaks	O
the	O
Minimizer	O
in	O
half	O
,	O
returning	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
friends	O
to	O
their	O
rightful	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crystals	O
combine	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
(	O
Triangle	O
Twisters	O
)	O
and	O
Bowser	O
is	O
meaner	O
now	O
because	O
the	O
crystals	O
were	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
castle	O
legend	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
surprising	O
move	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
crew	O
invite	O
Bowser	O
and	O
Bowser	O
Jr.	O
to	O
play	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
DS	I-Application
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
