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Mario Party Advance

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Regional differences, specifically the e-Reader support in the Japanese version.

Mario Party Advance, while an alright game on its own merits, bears very little resemblance to the console Mario Party games. There's very little multiplayer support, no real game boards, and the bulk of the game is a single-player game mode where you go around a city doing missions.

As a result, it didn't go over very well.

Unused Graphics#

Dummy Icon#

Nothing here.
This icon appears in both the mini-game and Gaddget icon set. It was likely used to mark minigames that weren't implemented.

Pause Menu Text#

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This text appears next to the standard pause menu graphics. The hiragana translates to "Please turn the power off".
This might have been used for a Sleep function, or a placeholder.

The kanji at the top-right appears to say "English", likely to note what text block it appears in, though obviously they didn't translate the text.

(Translation support: divingkataetheweirdo)

Minigame Icons#

Both of these icons are placed with the rest of the Gamble minigame icons.

Icon

Notes

It seems to be a Pachinko game set against a verdant backdrop.

It could have been for a "Bowser's Big Blast"-type game with Bob-ombs.

Other Icons#

Unfortunately, all of these icons have been crossed off, so their graphics aren't fully intact anymore.

Icon

Notes

The iron 'shroom!

An icon for the "Toad Force V" Gaddget, which is accessible in-game through unconventional means.

An icon of Mr. I, perhaps you could have directed where it looked.

Looks like a dumbbell, so it likely did dumbbell things.

This one shows a machine with a meter of some kind, or possibly some kind of roulette game.

These eyes are either above some flames or they're projecting lasers. Maybe an "X-Ray" Gaddget?

This is just a temporary icon.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japanese

English