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''Mario Party: Star Rush'' also has a version of the game called ''Mario Party: Star Rush - Party Guest''. This app can be downloaded off the Nintendo eShop for free. While it can be played alone with very restricted minigames, the primary focus of the app is to play full multiplayer with other players with only one game cartridge. If a player buys ''Mario Party: Star Rush'', they can transfer saved data from ''Mario Party: Star Rush - Party Guest'' to the game.

''Mario Party: Star Rush'''s board gameplay is the main focus of the game. Players traverse around a  board, using a [[Dice Block]] numbered from 1-6. Due to the nature of the boards, most spaces landed on the boards in ''Mario Party: Star Rush'' do not trigger a special effect, while there are very few spaces that do: for example, specifically landing on a ''? Block'' space grants the player a random item for use. Minigames can be collected from playing Toad Scramble, Balloon Bash, and Coinathlon, with both modes having different ways play a minigame; in Toad Scramble and Balloon Bash, for example, players need to pass a [[Coin Balloon]] to trigger a minigame.

===Game modes===

[[File:MPSR - Main Hub.jpg|thumb|The main hub of the game.]]

The game features a hub for a main menu, where players can visit areas by either using touchscreen controls or moving around. Toad is the default character, but players can change their hub character by visiting the Character Museum. When players reach Level Star, a giant gold Mario statue can be seen over the Character Museum.

====Toad Scramble====

[[File:MPSR Toad Scramble screenshot 2.png|thumb|left|A player acquiring [[Yoshi]] in Toad Scramble.]]

Up to four players can enjoy Toad Scramble, the central mode of ''Mario Party: Star Rush''. Each player in the beginning starts out with a member of the Toad species, where their colors correspond to each player: red being Player 1, blue being Player 2, green being Player 3, and yellow being Player 4. Players are then notified of the appearance of a boss character in the map, as well as potential ally characters that the Toads can recruit. The goal of the game is to amass the most [[Star (Mario Party series)|Stars]], and players can retrieve Stars by placing first in boss minigames. Players can face off against bosses by landing on the space in front of them. Every time a boss minigame is completed, a new boss appears on the board in a different spot. Up to five bosses can appear on a board; the number of bosses faced is dependent on which board was selected. When a player plays against a boss, other players need to tap {{button|3ds|A}} to travel to the boss space to participate as well.

====Coinathlon====

[[File:MPSR - Coinathlon.jpg|thumb|left|[[Toadette]] participating in Coinathlon with three other players.]]

In a mode that up to four players can play, players must collect as many coins as they can in a set of three 60-second designated coin minigames, labeled under "Coin Chaos" to progress a set number of laps around a map. As players collect coins in minigames, they proceed through the map as the minigames happen. Players can earn a variety of items via collecting coins; when characters collect enough coins, a transparent box containing an item shows up. Players can retrieve the item by touching the box, and when players press {{button|3ds|X}}, they can momentarily use that item to either stun their opponents or help them gain an advantage in collecting coins. The items available are [[Coin|Coin Trio]], [[Blooper]], [[Lava Bubble]], [[Lightning Bolt]], [[Kamek]], [[Double Medal]], and [[Coin Bag (Mario Party: Star Rush)|Coin Bag]], and the frequency of these items change depending on the placement of the players. Initially, the three minigames start out as Level 1 minigames, but after one cycle of all three minigames, a Level 2 variation of the three minigames are played, where there are more hazards and coins to collect, and it goes up to Level 3, the most challenging variation of the minigames. Whichever player crosses the finish line first wins the game. Records are kept for the time spent on a course; when players complete a course faster, the high score will be overwritten by a new one.

====Mario Shuffle====

[[File:MPSR Mario Shuffle screenshot.png|thumb|Mario Shuffle in play.]]

Mario Shuffle is a two-player oriented game mode that focuses on amiibo functionality. Players race across a linear, one-way board to a goal with amiibo. The red team tries to make it to the very right of the board, while the blue team tries to make it to the left side of the board. Players roll two dice, and allow the outcome of the dice to affect two figurines. When a player crosses an opposing piece, the player jumps over the piece, making that piece unable to move for one turn. If a player lands on an opposing piece, the player knocks the piece back to the start of the board. Players can land on spaces that either make the piece continue further or move back, depending on the directions on the space. If players do not have amiibo, a cardboard cut-out of a player character is used instead. A total amount of six characters can be used, each split into two teams of three. The first team who makes it across the board to their goal wins the game.

====Balloon Bash====

{{about|section=yes|the game mode in ''Mario Party: Star Rush''|the minigame in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''|[[Balloon Blast Bash]]}}

[[File:MPSR - BalloonBash.jpg|thumb|left|Gameplay of Balloon Bash.]]

Similar to Toad Scramble, in the last parts of the game, the game rewards the players in last place with an item, such as a Duel Glove or extra coins. At the end, results are tallied up, with Bonus Stars given depending on the players' performances. Most of these bonuses are the same from Toad Scramble, barring some features exclusive to Toad Scramble. Also similar to Toad Scramble, players can earn Star Rushes and Super Star Rushes if they have enough Stars.

====Rhythm Recital====

[[File:MRSR - Rhythm Recital.jpg|thumb|Players in Rhythm Recital.]]

=====In-game text=====

*♪Perform to the beat of the music notes!

====Challenge Tower====

[[File:MPSR - ChallengeTower.jpg|thumb|left|[[Luigi]] in Challenge Tower.]]

A single player mode where the player climbs a tower with glowing spaces on it. Players need to pay attention to the color of the spaces as they ascend, while also avoiding [[Amp]]s on their way up to the tower. Blue spaces are safe to proceed in any direction, yellow means that there is an Amp in one direction, red means there are two Amps in two directions, and purple means there are three Amps in three directions. Black spaces are the ones that are not climbed on at the moment. X spaces mean that these spaces cannot be climbed on. Players can mark spaces with a checkmark by pressing {{button|3ds|A}}, {{button|3ds|B}}, {{button|3ds|X}}, and {{button|3ds|Y}} buttons to help mark locations with Amps in them. Amps cannot be adjacent to each other. At first, players have the options to climb the following towers: Beginner, which has 30 floors, Intermediate, which has 50 floors, and Expert, which has 70 floors. If all are played, players can unlock the Master Tower, which has 500 floors. In the Master Tower, players can save their game for every 100th floor reached. When players clear the Master Tower, they unlock the Tower Cup.

====Boo's Block Party====

[[File:MPSR - BoosBlockParty.jpg|thumb|Boo's Block Party.]]

A puzzle game that involves spinning sides of a number block numbered 1-4 to earn points. Points are earned when 3 or more sets of numbers match. When players break enough blocks, they can choose to either send the blocks to the opponent's screen or shuffle the blocks around randomly. The game ends when the blocks reach the top of the screen and stay past the top for three seconds. In single-player mode, a player can go for a high score for as long as they can without letting their blocks go past the top of the screen.

===amiibo features===

On a side note, every amiibo can be used in the hub world. The feature is accessed by pressing {{button|3ds|L}}. If used, fireworks can explode, stars can come raining downward, balloons can float up or confetti can rain down.

Boards can be played in four modes: Toad Scramble, Balloon Bash, Mario Shuffle, and Coinathlon. Out of the four modes, Toad Scramble and Balloon Bash have differing selectable boards, each with their own layouts and gimmicks.

===Toad Scramble boards===

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|''Lets you select a rival to challenge to an Ally Duel.''

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|''Lets you select a rival to challenge to a Coin Duel.''

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|''Lets you roll two Dice Blocks instead of one.''

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|''Steals 5 coins from the first rival to land on the space where it's hidden.''

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|''Send the first rival to land on it flying to another space.''

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|[[File:MarioPartyStarRush -BlooperHit.jpeg|200px]]

|align="left"|Bloopers slightly stop players with an ink splat on the screen that obscures their vision.

|[[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], [[Toad]]

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|[[File:CoinBag used.jpg|200px]]

|align="left"|These drop five [[Red Coin]]s on the screen, which players can collect to earn more coins.

|[[Mario]]

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|[[File:CoinTrio usage.jpg|200px]]

|align="left"|This gives players three coins.

|N/A

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|[[File:DoubleMedalEarned.jpeg|200px]]

|align="left"|Doubles each [[Coin]] collected for a short time.

|[[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]]

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|[[File:MarioPartyStarRush -KamekHit.png|200px]]

|align="left"|Kamek traps players in chains. Players need to tap their character repeatedly to break from the chains quicker.

|[[Waluigi]], [[Rosalina]]

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|[[File:MarioPartyStarRush -LavaBubbleHit.jpeg|200px]]

|align="left"|The Lava Bubble stuns players and burns up coins and floating item boxes on the screen.

|[[Wario]]

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|[[File:MarioPartyStarRush -LightningBoltHit.png|200px]]

|align="left"|Lightning Bolts stun players, which in turn slow their gameplay down.

On the lower end, Nick Gillham of God is a Geek gave ''Mario Party: Star Rush'' a 5 out of 10. He notes that while the game is initially fun, especially with other people, it wears out and the game does not have much staying power. He also criticized how the maps have too much empty space in them and that the extra modes are superfluous and not as good as Toad Scramble.<ref>Gillham, Nick. [http://www.godisageek.com/reviews/mario-party-star-rush-review/ Review of ''Mario Party: Star Rush''.] (October 5, 2016). ''God is a Geek''. Retrieved October 7, 2016.</ref>

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*[[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]: Wario's Character Museum bio mentions Wario being the president of the [[WarioWare, Inc.]]

*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'': The overworld theme is one of Rhythm Recital's tracks.

*''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'': The castle theme is one of Rhythm Recital's tracks.

*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'': Players enter the game modes in a similar fashion players enter levels in this game. The main theme of this game is also playable in Rhythm Recital. The coin-collecting sound effect is the same as the one in this game. Various sound effects have been reused from this game as well.