Just Like in Mario Party, players shall receive “Bonus Hearts” after the game has ended, boosting their totals and giving those fortunate players an edge in the competition. There are nine Bonus Hearts to discuss so let’s dive into it.
The Cash Heart is awarded to the player with the most money at the end of the game. This is different than Mario Party 1 - 5 where the Coin Star was awarded to whoever had the highest peak. This change was made so that players have more ability to counteract when someone gets loads of cash and to make the richest players think more about how they spend their money. Do I risk losing the money lead or buy a potentially useful item?
The Minigame Heart is given to the player who wins the most minigames. It is not based on how much money you win in minigames, just how many you won (also unlike Mario Party). The only ones that count are end of round minigames and for money making games the winner is determined by who collected the most cash.
The Event Heart is handed to whoever lands on the most event spaces. That is all there is to it; it functions just like it’s Mario Party counterpart.
The Property Heart is transferred to whoever owns the most spaces by the end of the game. So long as it is a space that your character owns with an card trap attached to it, it counts.
The Shopping Heart is served to the one who spent the most money in card shops. Any shop where you buy items will do but not things such as buying a heart.
The Dice Heart is allotted to the player who owns the most character dice. The one each player starts with counts, of course; but not the default die (not that the latter matters anyway).
The Running Heart is granted to the player who traveled the most spaces over the course of the game. Only spaces you can land on count and it has to be traveled across, teleportation does not count. Moving backwards, however, does count. Maybe stock up on Double or Triple Dice Cards?
The Slow Heart is received by the player who traveled the least spaces and it functions otherwise just like the Running Heart. Perhaps having the worst luck with dice isn’t quite so bad.
The Purple Heart is presented to the player who lost the most cash over the course of the game. Cash spent on things like shops or hearts does not count, it must be lost money. Sometimes luck can be cruel and this at least can help compensate for that. Similar to the Red Star from Mario Party but does not just apply to Minus Spaces.
Some Bonus Hearts are rather familiar but many are at least changed from their original counterparts. The way bonus hearts are handled has also been changed. In Super Mario Party, 10 - 15 turn games only handed out two bonus hearts whereas 20 turn games gave three. I am adopting and expanding this system where the number of hearts presented is, by default, determined by how many turns are played as opposed to a static 3. Which Bonus Hearts are chosen is randomly selected at round start.
This is relatively similar to most Mario Party games starting with 7, however, unlike any Mario Party game you can do more than simply enable or disable Bonus Hearts. Now you have a “Custom Bonus” option where you can choose how many Bonus Hearts will appear manually instead of being determined by turn count, and enable/disable what Bonus Hearts can even show up in the first place. So if you want to, for example, play with a fixed three bonus hearts and only have Cash, Minigame and Event show up, you can.
Hopefully this range of options and bonuses should allow many different types of play and more strategy as well.
That should be it for this week’s update! Thank you for your time and if you have any questions you would like answered on the blog, here’s my twitter:
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