Event Block
Artwork from Mario Party
Appears in	Mario Party (1998)
Effect	Allows the player to see Boo, Koopa Troopa, or Bowser.

An Event Block is an item that appears in Mario Party. It is bought at the Mushroom Shop for 200 Coins, and upon buying it, it can be turned on and off at the bank. It is hidden in one of the spaces on the board, and when a player lands on that space, the Event Block appears. The player would then get one of three events: Boo, Koopa Troopa, or Bowser.

Boo steals Coins or a Star like normal. Koopa Troopa falls from the sky, gives the player 20 Coins then walks off screen. Bowser also falls from the sky with the shock of his landing causing the player to bounce upwards. He takes away 20 Coins or however many the player has if they have fewer. If they have none, Bowser gives them one coin, with the player looking at the screen the same as when they receive a bogus item. The coin given by Bowser is canceled out if they are on a Red Space. Finally Bowser jumps back upwards going off-screen.

In later Mario Party games, the Event Block is replaced with a Hidden Block, which has a similar function. However, up until Super Mario Party Jamboree, Hidden Blocks could not be activated when landing on a Red Space unlike an Event Block.

Quotes

Koopa Troopa

• "You get a special bonus. Take these 20 Coins. Keep them well."
• "I'd like to relax a little, but I have some work to do, so I must be going."

Bowser

• "Ah hah, Hah, HAH! You called, so I have come!"
• "My fee for coming so quickly is 20 Coins!"
• "But you don't have 20 Coins, so I'll just take them all!."
• "But you don't^[sic] any Coins! Poor thing..., here, take 1 Coin."
• "Now, I must be going! I am quite busy, you know!"

Gallery

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  Graphic from Mario Party
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  The Event Block inside the Mushroom Bank vault

Names in other languages

References

• Blocks
• Mario Party items

• Articles with unsourced Japanese names