Bank Space
| Bank Space | |
|---|---|
| The Bank Space from Mario Party Superstars | |
| Purpose | Players who pass must deposit five coins (three in Mario Party Superstars before the last five turns). Anyone who lands on the space receives all coins currently deposited. |
| First appearance | Mario Party 2 (1999) |
| Latest appearance | Tetris 99 (27th Maximus Cup, cameo) (2021) Mario Party Superstars (2021, Super Mario franchise) |
The Bank Space is a special space found first in Mario Party 2 . It is almost always next to the Koopa Bank. If a player passes this space, the player pays 5 coins to the Bank. If a player has less than 5 coins, the bank will take it all anyway. If a player lands on this space, the player gains all the coins from the bank deposit.
History[edit ]
Mario Party 2[edit ]
Bank Spaces first appear in Mario Party 2, found on all boards. In most boards, the Bank Space makes passing players pay 5 coins to the bank (taking all coins if the player has less than 5 coins), and gives all deposited coins to any player that lands on the space. In Bowser Land, the Bank Space has a unique function. Here, players are given a five coin loan from the Bowser Bank each time they pass the Bank Space, which accumulates as more and more players pass it. Anyone who lands on the Bank Space must pay back the Bowser Bank the entire loan; should they have no coins, they will instead lose a Star. Even if the player who lands on the space cannot afford the loan, it resets to 0.
Mario Party 3[edit ]
Bank Spaces return in Mario Party 3, functioning identically to how they do in the previous game. However, if a player switches with another player that is on a Bank Space via a Warp Block, the player that used the Warp Block would be able to withdraw all the coins in the bank as if they landed on it, before rolling the dice. In addition, a special item, the Koopa Kard, can be used to get all the coins from the bank deposit if a player passes the space.
Mario Party 5[edit ]
In Mario Party 5 , the Bank Space is no longer part of the board itself, instead being one of the spaces that can be placed by players, via a Koopa Bank Capsule. The space still works the same, only it can be done anywhere on the board. If a player uses the Capsule on themselves, they can collect all of the deposited coins, as if they had landed on the space.
Mario Party Superstars[edit ]
After a long absence, Bank Spaces reappear in Mario Party Superstars. This time, they are found on Horror Land, Space Land, and Woody Woods. Unlike past Mario Party games, the Bank Space makes passing players pay only 3 coins to the bank (taking all coins if the player has less than 3 coins) instead of 5 coins before the Last Five Turns. During the last five turns, passing players must pay 5 coins to the bank. A player who lands on a Bank Space gets all the deposited coins. Asides from the fact that passing players only have to pay 3 coins instead of 5 before the last five turns, the space functions identically to past Mario Party games.
Gallery[edit ]
Mario Party 5
Names in other languages[edit ]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | La Banque Koopa | The Koopa's Bank | [?] | |
| Italian | Banca Koopa | Koopa's Bank | [?] |