Mario Party 7 is the seventh in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released on the Nintendo GameCube in North America on November 7, 2005, in Japan on November 10, 2005 and on February 10, 2006 in Europe. It features 86 new minigames and allows up to eight players to play. There are many mini games in Mario Party 7. Once again, no mini games from previous editions appear. There are nine types of minigames in the game: Four-player, one versus three, two versus two, battle, duel, eight-player, DK, Bowser, and rare. For four-player and one versus three, there are five additional minigames that can be played with the microphone. In 8 player games, one player uses the Control Stick and L, and the other player uses the C stick and R. The mini game controls range from pressing a button repeatedly to using the control stick and several buttons.

Unlockables

Duty Free Shop Unlockables
Trade milage points to buy things from the Shop

Annoy Mode (All Taunts) - Pay 500 mileage points

Aquarium Secret - Pay 500 mileage points

Birdo (playable character) - Pay 1000 mileage points

Brutal difficulty - Pay 1000 mileage points

Character Voices - Pay 1000 mileage points

Cruise Mileage Secret 1 - Pay 500 mileage points

Cruise Mileage Secret 2 - Pay 500 mileage points

Dry Bones (playable character) - Pay 1000 mileage points

Ice Moves (Rare Minigame) - Pay 3000 mileage points

King of the River (minigame mode) - Pay 2000 mileage points

Map Sounds (Solo Cruise Only) - Pay 1000 mileage points

Orb Shop Secret - Pay 500 mileage points

Souvenir Secret - Pay 500 mileage points

Staff Records - Pay 3000 mileage points

Stick and Spin (Rare Minigame) - Pay 3000 mileage points

Stunning Background - Pay 2000 mileage points

Team Secret - Pay 500 mileage points

Tour Sounds - Pay 1000 mileage points

Secret Souvenirs
These Souvenirs are not available for purchase in the Duty-Free shop and must be acquired through other means.

Chop Chop Helicopter - Play the deluxe cruise 5 times and purchase in the Duty-Free Shop for 1000 Cruise Mileage Points.

Magic Lamp - Complete the Normal course in King of the River mode.

Miracle Treasure Chest Complete the Easy course in King of the River mode.

MSS Sea Star souvenir Play every board in Party Mode once, then buy for 1000 Cruise Mileage.

Power Star Statue - Complete the Hard course in King of the River mode.

Souvenier Unlockable
They are unlockable in the Shop.

Ancient Jar - Pay 500 mileage points

Blooper Fortune-Teller - Pay 500 mileage points

Bowser's Boiled Eggs - Pay 500 mileage points

Bowser's Crazy Torch - Pay 500 mileage points

Bowser's Killer Cannon - Pay 500 mileage points

Cheep Cheep Fountain - Pay 500 mileage points

Desert Chocolate - Pay 500 mileage points

Desert Goomba & Steel Goomba - Pay 500 mileage points for each one

Fuzzy Sheep - Pay 500 mileage points

Gong Clock - Pay 500 mileage points

Grand Canal Cookies - Pay 500 mileage points

Kung Fu Kooopa & Koopa Sheperdess - Pay 500 mileage points for each one

Kung Fu Koopa T-Shirt - Pay 500 mileage points

Model Rocket - Pay 500 mileage points

Model Windmill - Pay 500 mileage points

Mysterious Flying Disc. - Pay 500 mileage points

Pyramid Piggy Bank - Pay 500 mileage points

Singing Shy Guy & Hop Hat Shy Guy - Pay 500 mileage points for each one

Sticky Buns - Pay 500 mileage points

Top Hat Chocolate - Pay 500 mileage points

Windy Cheese - Pay 500 mileage points

Unlockable Boards
Bowser's Enchanted Inferno Board - Beat all the boards in solo mode

Secrets

Staff Credits
In order to see the Staff Credits, you must first obtain the Power Star Statue from the Hard course of King of the River. Go to the Duty-free shop and select it on the souvenir stand, say "surprise" into the microphone and the staff credits will begin rolling.

Here's a fun airhockey tournament included in Mario Party 7: