Boo's Horror Castle — Mario Party 9 eGuide

Points of Interest		Special Spaces
	Boo Portrait		Toad House
	Bright Room Junction 1		Mini Star Warp Pipe
	Boss Battle: Dry Bones		Warp Jar
	Bright Room Junction 2		Scaredy Rat Race
	Bright Room Junction 3
	Toad Checkpoint
	Garden Junction
	Gate “6”
	Boss Battle: King Boo

Space Breakdown
	Green Spaces (12)	Spin Spaces (10)
	Dice Block Spaces (52)	Captain Event Spaces (1)
	Lucky Spaces (5)	Boss Battle Spaces (2)
	Event Spaces (6)	Free-for-All Minigame Spaces (8)
	Shuffle Spaces (6)	1-vs.-Rivals Minigame Spaces (3)
	Dash Spaces (7)	Bowser Jr. Minigame Spaces (2)
	Back Spaces (5)

Mini Stars and Ztars
	Mini Stars (76)		Mini Ztars (13)

Board Overview

Easily the most imposing board in Mario Party 9, Boo’s Horror Castle brims with mischief and mystery.

This isn’t exactly the kind of place you’d want to vacation at, but nothing will stop a true superstar from collecting all those lost Mini Stars!

Boo’s Horror Castle is a large board with lots of secret rooms and unusual towers to explore. As you brave this menacing manor’s creaky corridors, Boos will often pop out of oily portraits to scare the living daylights out of you.

If a Boo manages to catch you, it’ll snatch away half of your hard-earned Mini Stars! Fortunately, Boo’s Horror Castle sports a few well-lit rooms where Boos can’t venture.

Special warp jars are also located around the castle, and these can suck you up and spit you out in unexpected locations!

Due to its size and fickle nature, Boo’s Horror Castle isn’t the best board to play if you’re trying to score lots of Mini Stars—but you can’t beat that creepy atmosphere!

Boo’s Horror Castle Tour

Toad House

These Toads aren’t afraid of anything!

Boo’s Horror Castle certainly is a scary place, but there are a few brave souls about—namely, Toads! Landing on certain Lucky Spaces around the castle lets you pop in and visit with a sociable Toad inside his abode.

The Toad will show you four cards. Keep an eye on the one whose item you want the most and watch as the cards are shuffled around. Can you remember which one is which?

Boo Portrait

Boo-hoo! There go all those Mini Stars!

Ever get the feeling that an old painting might be watching you? Well, at Boo’s Horror Castle, they really are!

Passing by one of the many Boo portraits around the manor causes a creepy Boo to materialize behind you.

Boos move three spaces each turn, and they’ll steal away half of the current captain’s Mini Stars if they manage to catch up!

Use special Dice Blocks such as the Slow Dice Block, 1-10 Dice Block, and 4-5-6 Dice Block to help you keep ahead of these greedy ghosts.

Bright Room Junction 1

It’s a well-known fact that Boos don’t like the light. If you fear a Boo is about to catch you, try ducking into a well-lit room such as this one here.

This slight detour is also profitable, because there are several Mini Stars to grab inside!

Warp Jar

This castle is really warped!

Landing on the various Event Spaces around Boo’s Horror Castle causes your whole vehicle to be sucked into a nearby vase. Wild!

You then materialize out of another nearby vase, none the worse for wear. These unique warp jars can help you avoid pursuing Boos and cause you to cut around the castle in interesting ways.

Boss Battle: Dry Bones

Which freaky fiend might you find at the fort outside of Boo’s Horror Castle? It’s that creepy deceased Koopa, Dry Bones!

This boss battle plays out much like a memory game. Several cards are shown faceup for a brief moment before they’re all turned facedown. Try to remember the symbols on each card!

Dry Bones arrives moments later, landing on one of the colored platforms to the side. Notice where he lands, then quickly point your Wii Remote at the card you believe matches his platform’s color and shape, and press 3 to select it.

You’ve got to be quick or your rivals might choose the card before you!

Guessing right wins you three points and causes Dry Bones to suffer damage. More and more cards are presented as the battle wears on, along with more types of Dry Bones platforms, making matters increasingly difficult.

Worse, certain cards will sport Dry Bones logos—don’t pick these or the fiend will toss a bone at you, knocking away one of your points!

Dry Bones may seem like a pushover at first, but he really cranks up the challenge after you cut down half his health.

Now Dry Bones will shuffle the cards after they’ve been flipped facedown, making it tough to remember which cards were where! Do your best to pick cards that match Dry Bones’s platform until you at last bury this bothersome baddy.

Bright Room Junction 2

You’ve another chance to give pursuing Boos the slip by entering this second illuminated chamber. Careful, though: sinister Mini Ztars are floating around in there!

Mini Star Warp Pipe

Nothing wrong with this old castle’s plumbing!

Once you reach the upper floors of Boo’s Horror Castle, you begin to see Lucky Spaces that lie beside blue warp pipes. Land on one of these special spaces to take a familiar trip to a secret cavern that’s filled with Mini Star Spaces!

Bright Room Junction 3

What’s this? Another bright room! And just look at all the Mini Stars in there! Take a trip through this small chamber if you like, but only if it won’t set your rivals up to collect those floating sparklies.

Scaredy Rat Race

Take that, you dirty rat!

As you near the castle’s apex, a mysterious tower catches your eye. Drifting inside is a devious Scaredy Rat that suddenly takes off with some of each player’s Mini Stars!

The Scaredy Rat races down the long hall by rolling a 1-2-3 Dice Block, while each player gets to roll a normal Dice Block in pursuit.

The captain determines the turn order for the players, and the Scaredy Rat moves after each player’s roll. Whoever catches the Scaredy Rat gets to keep all of the Mini Stars that were stolen!

Toad Checkpoint

Upon reaching the garden found atop Boo’s Horror Castle, you’re suddenly called by a spectating Toad. The little guy hands a precious Slow Dice Block to the player with the fewest amount of Mini Stars, giving that player a chance to rebound from the brink of defeat!

However, Bowser also appears when you reach this quiet site and uses his vile powers to transform a bunch of upcoming spaces into hazardous Bowser Spaces. Looks like things are about to get pretty interesting up here!

Garden Junction

You’re close to the end, my friend, but which way should you go? Cutting upward quickly leads you toward the final showdown against the castle’s big boss, while continuing along to the left will have you taking the scenic route.

Both paths feature equal numbers of Mini Stars, so simply consider the turn order when making your decision and how many spaces you’ve left to move.

Gate “6”

Oh no! The Bowser Gate has been sealed off, and only the roll of the Dice Block can get you past! You can’t advance to the final battle until one player manages to roll a six on a normal Dice Block.

Failing to roll a six forces you to loop around the garden again, but the next time you reach the gate, you’ll only need to roll a four or higher to get past.

Miss this again, and you’ll need to make another trek through the garden, but the gate will only require you to roll a two or higher from this point forward.

Boss Battle: King Boo

It’s no secret who you’ll face atop the castle’s highest tower: the biggest Boo of them all, King Boo!

In this frantic boss battle, you must damage King Boo by connecting three or more of the same type of item across a wide playing grid.

Hold the Wii Remote sideways and press 2 to select an item, then press any direction to slide the item to a neighboring space, trading places with another item.

Whenever you manage to connect three or more items in a straight line (not diagonally), you’ll deal damage to King Boo!

All items inflict the same amount of damage to King Boo except lightning bolts, which deal significant extra damage and also deduct some points from all of your rivals.

Connecting lines of four or more is also worthy of bonus points, but don’t get too fancy—just do your best to keep those points rolling in by scoring as often as you can!

King Boo throws a royal fit after you lop off half of his health. Now regular Boos will start chasing your cursor around the screen, freezing it in place whenever they manage to catch up.

Quickly shake the Wii Remote to break free of a Boo’s grip, then get back to beating on their wicked king!