Mario Party 3 is the third in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. It was released for the Nintendo 64 in North America on May 7, 2001 following a Japanese release on December 7, 2000. It was released in Europe much later (as the final Nintendo 64 game to be released in the territory) on November 16, 2001.

Mario Party 3 was the last Mario Party released on the Nintendo 64. A total of eight characters are available to choose from: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong and the new Waluigi and Princess Daisy. Mario Party 3 features duel maps, in which two players try to steal each other's coins using non-playable characters such as chomps.