Mario Party 7 is a multiplayer game for the Nintendo Gamecube and is also the last Mario Party game to be released on the console. It takes place when Mario and co. are relaxing on vacation, to celebrate Mario's heroic work, when Bowser tries to ruin the party. The rest of the game focuses on beating Bowser, playing against a friend or CPU and mini-games. It features new modes, characters, mini-games, and a new event called Bowser Time. One of the new features of the game is an eight player mode, where two people share one controller each.