Editing Mario Party 4 (section)

==Development==
''Mario Party 4'', like all the games in the ''Mario Party'' series through ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', was developed by [[Hudson Soft]] and published by [[Nintendo]]. The game was first announced in a 2002 Nintendo press conference in [[Tokyo]], with the announcements made by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and [[Satoru Iwata]].<ref>{{cite web |author=IGN staff |date=March 28, 2002 |title=Nintendo Promises Big in 2002 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/28/nintendo-promises-big-2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072634/http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/28/nintendo-promises-big-2002 |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |access-date=May 19, 2016 |website=IGN}}</ref> It was targeted as part of the 2002 roster of Nintendo games, which they rated as their "biggest year" for software at the time. Nintendo presented a playable demonstration of the game at [[E3 2002]], featuring a limited set of minigames.<ref>{{cite web |last=Frankle |first=Gavin |date=May 22, 2002 |title=E3 2002: Mario Party 4 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/22/e3-2002-mario-party-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628124732/http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/22/e3-2002-mario-party-4 |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |access-date=May 19, 2016 |website=IGN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Villoria|first=Gerald|date=May 21, 2002|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2002mario-party-4-impressions/1100-2866844/|title=E3 2002Mario Party 4 impressions|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009010521/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2002mario-party-4-impressions/1100-2866844/|url-status=live}}</ref> The game featured voice acting from [[Charles Martinet]] ([[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], and [[Waluigi]]), [[Jen Taylor]] ([[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]], and [[Toad (Nintendo)|Toad]]), and [[Kazumi Totaka]] ([[Yoshi]]), all three of whom worked on the previous games in the ''Mario'' franchise.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Martinet |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553409/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101074551/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553409/ |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=July 15, 2008 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref>