Taito All-Stars Party is an upcoming game for Wii U, 3DS, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
It's gameplay resembles Mario Party style games with some minor differences like minigames based on original Taito Corporation games as well as different Taito Corporation characters
Wii U and 3DS version will have Miis as extra characters while Xbox 360 and Xbox One will have Xbox Avatars as extra characters, The normal characters are the same in all versions
Wii U, PS3 and PS4 can use motion sensing controllers (Wii Remote Plus and PlayStation move respectively) with PS3 and PS4 being optional
Xbox 360 and Xbox One will make optional use of the Kinect sensor
3DS and PS Vita will make use of touchscreens, buttons, microphone and motion sensors
This game was made to celebrate Taito Corporation's 60th anniversary
Playable characters[]
The game will count with 8 regular characters and 5 secret characters (Including Miis and Xbox Avatars)
Character | Original Game | Additional notes |
---|---|---|
Bubblon | Bubble Bobble | |
Cooking Mama | Cooking Mama | |
Tetsu-Chan | Densha de Go! | Renamed as Tetsu outside Japan, Original game renamed as "Go by Train!" |
Agent Otto | Elevator Action | |
Kage | Legend of Kage | |
Patoraco | Cleopatra's Fortune | PSX model used on Sony consoles |
Chack'n | Chack'n Pop | |
Kai | Insector X | |
Garnet | Puchi Carat | Unlockable after playing all minigames on Free Mode |
Mr. Esc | Exit | Unlockable after getting 10000 Taito coins |
Ptolemy | The Fairyland Story | Unlockable after playing all Arcade games in Museum Mode |
Bob | Don Doko Don | Unlockable after finishing in first place on all boards in Party Mode |
Mii | Mii Channel |
Wii U and 3DS only, Unlockable after finishing Adventure Mode |
Xbox Avatar | Xbox Dashboard | Xbox 360 and Xbox One only, Unlockable after finishing Adventure Mode |
Game modes[]
The game will include a variety of modes playable from 1 to 4 players (6 on Xbox One, 8 on 3DS and PS Vita)
- Adventure Mode (1 player only) Play through a variety of boards and save Taito world from destruction
- Party Mode (1 to 8 players) Play on any board you already have
- Free Play Mode (1 to 8 players) Play on any Minigame you want
- Museum Mode (1 or 2 players) Play several Taito classic games
- Collection (1 player only) View your progress and your unlockables collection
Available boards[]
The game will feature 8 different boards (5 regular, 2 boss boards and a bonus board)
- Planet Monotros (From Volfied, Win by claiming a bigger area than your opponents)
- Loop Express (From Densha de Go!Final, Win by completing 5 full loops)
- Camping Island (From Camping Mama, Win by earning the best score on minigames)
- Agents Building (From Elevator Action, Win by collecting all 5 hidden documents and escaping)
- Rainbow Islands (From Rainbow Islands, Win by exchanging points for Rainbow Diamonds)
- Doh's Fortress (From Arkanoid, Win by finding the correct path and defeating the boss)
- Invaders Base (From Space Invaders, Win by taking the least possible damage and defeating the boss)
- Treasure Chamber (From Cleopatra's Fortune, Win by having the best performance in 10 minutes)
Museum Mode games[]
Museum Mode includes 30 classic Taito games as well as their respective Artwork, Curiosities about the games and the playable characters and boards info (10 games being unlockable, All of them cost 2000 Taito coins)
- Arkanoid
- Don Doko Don
- Cleopatra's Fortune
- Puchi Carat
- Insector X
- Darius
- Chack'n Pop
- Bubble Bobble
- Bust-a-Move
- Elevator Action
- Qix
- Puzznic (Censored Version)
- Space Invaders
- Violence Fight
- Front Line
- Tiger Heli
- Exerion
- The New Zealand Story
- Chase H.Q
- Legend of Kage
- Densha de Go! (Unlockable, Renamed Go by Train! outside Japan)
- Volfied (Unlockable)
- Elevator Action Returns (Unlockable)
- Arkanoid Revenge of Doh (Unlockable)
- Loony Invaders (Unlockable)
- Gyrodine (Unlockable)
- Rainbow Islands (Unlockable, Music replaced by licensing restrictions)
- Sky Destroyer (Unlockable)
- Bubble Symphony (Unlockable)
- Plotting (Unlockable)
Curiosities[]
- Loop Express board is based on Yamanote Line
- There were plans for an iOS version but were quickly rejected
- Minigames are all based on Taito games rather than being original minigames
- Planet Monotros board plays similar to Dots and Boxes
- Treasure Chamber board is based on Home versions of Cleopatra's Fortune
- Mario was planned as an extra character on Nintendo consoles but he was removed by unknown reasons
- This game was developed by Taito without Square Enix
- Wii version was cancelled due to Japanese Wii discontinuation