Awesome / Mario Party

• More or less every final boss mini-game in the games that feature them is tense enough to work as one whenever the player wins.
• The victory skits at the end of each board in Mario Party 2 has the top player heroically defeating Bowser in a way that matches the theme of the board, which is especially fun after all how much he messes with you during the board. The one for Bowser Land takes the cake, though.
  • To wit, Bowser appears to terrify the Koopas running away in sheer panic of his arrival, only for the Superstar to arrive and attempt to fight back a la Super Mario 64. Bowser then goes One-Winged Angel by turning into Metal Bowser, but through the aid of the other players, the Superstar manages to defeat Bowser.
• From Mario Party 2: Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing.
• Winning a particularly tough board or mini-game, or achieving some other great advantage to put to good use, can make a player feel awesome.
• Donkey Kong punching Bowser in Mario Party 5 on occasion, stopping him from causing trouble. He also does the same thing to the Koopa Kids in Story Mode when they land on his space.
  • However, if you were to one who landed on Bowser’s space when Donkey Kong punches Bowser, then you and only you lose coins, in that case it is NOT an awesome moment.
• Daisy slapping Bowser into the sky in Mario Party 3. No wonder Bowser rarely kidnaps her.
  Daisy: [to the stunned onlookers] What? He was in my way!
  • Waluigi gets his turn when he beats Bowser up later on.
  • Also, from 3, Luigi manages to qualify for EVERY Star Stamp due to the Static Role, Exchangeable Character — If you're playing as a character who would normally challenge you for the Star Stamp (e.g. Peach for Love, Mario for Courage, Donkey Kong for Strength), Luigi will replace that character!
• The Frightmare Bowser fight in Mario Party 5, especially the last phase—and the music.
• Once again, Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing. This particular variant takes place in Mario Party 9.
• In the story mode of Mario Party: Island Tour, Bowser wins. When the character reaches the top of Bowser's Tower, Bowser will reveal that the destroyed Bowser was a decoy and then proceed to knock the character off the tower, saying that they can come back any time.
• Mario Party 10's star is Bowser, who is playable for the first time (not counting a bonus game in 4 and 5). Whoever plays as him can ruin the other players' days.
• Mario Party DS deserves a mention because unlike in the other games, you can fight Bowser in the final mini-game with your bare hands and feet instead of wands or any other items (not that they're uncool). Bowser has a magic belt and what does your character do? Beat him to a pulp, of course!
  • The intro to the game has Bowser capturing every playable character, shrinking them with his Minimizer, and tossing them out of the castle once they're of no more use to him.
  • Right when Bowser is about to shrink the player character even further after he/she wins the right to fight him, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong arrive at Bowser's Castle and pull a Big Damn Heroes moment, with Donkey Kong knocking Bowser aside and destroying his Minimizer scepter (by complete accident, he was looking for the free food), giving back their size to the playable characters and allowing the player to fight and defeat Bowser.
• In Super Mario Party, Bowser is fully playable for the first time in the series. Unlike in Mario Party 10, Bowser plays identically to the rest of the cast, and he can still win a board and become the Super Star. The fact that Bowser is capable of becoming the Super Star in and of itself is incredibly satisfying, especially when all of the characters congratulate him in the ending of Superstar Road should you beat that mode as Bowser.

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