Are The N64 Mario Party Games Worth Playing?
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0:00 - What's A Party Mario
0:30 - Mario Party 1
7:52 - Mario Party 2
16:14 - Mario Party 3
23:57 - The Original Trilogy
Season: 4
Episode: 16
#marioparty #nintendo64 #marioparty3 - เกม
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I was today years old when I learned that Lakitu serves as a timer in the MP2 version of Shy Guy Says
Holy crap it’s Schaff
Do you watch AntDude? Because I can’t wait to see you make a list of “Top 10 Best Games of 2002” at some point possibly starring either him or PhantomStrider) at some point!
*Predictions*
10. Sonic Advance
9. Mario Party 4
8. Kingdom Hearts (original)/Final Fantasy XI
7. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past + Four Swords Adventures/The Wind Waker (original)
6. Super Mario Advance 2 & 3 (the Super Mario World duology for the GBA)
5. Super Monkey Ball 2
4. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
3. Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
2. Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion
*Honourable Mentions*
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Sly Cooper and the Thievus Raccoonus
• Resident Evil Zero
• Mafia
• Spyro: Season of Flame
• Ratchet & Clank (original)
1. Pac-Man World 2
That was your mistake
Gotta watch more Identifying Luck and get on the level of all us Mario Party freaks bro
same
I had a friend who literally had a chunk of skin missing on the palm of his hand because of Mario Party. I guess so many layers of skin was eroded it formed a dent which lasted a good while. Was gross really.
Did he get an official Nintendo issued Mario glove for his trouble?
Jesus christ1
My mom swears by the original Mario Party. Part of it is nostalgia, since it was the first video game the family ever owned, but it's also one she's still pretty good at twenty-some years later. I can't surpass her when it comes to spinning the Control Stick, and she has a timing for Balloon Burst that I just can't emulate. It's honestly kinda nice, having a game where even though it can all come down to luck, she's able to use some skills I never got to come out on top now and again.
Bruh you really getting cooked by mama in video games? 😮 Lol
@@JamesGamesTreasureHunting the real Cooking Mama
This has to be one of my favorite youtube comments ever 🥹
Damn I am really that old that some kid old enough to use TH-cam is talking about how his mom grew up playing a game that I did as well
Hate to do this to you kid, but that's not the only stick your mom is good at spinning on.
For the Waluigi spinner, no matter how fast it spins, the direction it points to the moment you press A is the direction you go in, so you don’t need to factor in travel time
For a second I read your comment as Waluigi Spadinner
I figured this out and drove my ex nuts with this feat of wisdom. Also I mastered the middle part of the three part race. The one with the water spider which was up A down A up B down B. Easy
I still look at the mario party cover art at glance think its the third one because of the block.
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"We'll be taking this series one console at a time"
Me still waiting for the next epsiode:
Mario Party 3's 1 vs 1 mode still one of my favorite games within a game in any game I have played. Surprised more indie devs haven't really recreated such a thing, as the biggest indie version I can think of something similar is 100% Orange Juice.
Well to be fair 100% orange juice is fantastic
How is it a game within a game? Isn't it just part of this game?
Not a fan of the eye candy spam in that game.
Have you checked out Pummel Party?
It had such a great amount of variety with the companions' stats and abilities. I'd love to see a version of it brought back sometime, maybe with options for more HP/damage and naturally more companion choices (Hammer Bros, Magikoopas, etc.), and maybe even 2v2 or 4-player FFA.
All I can think of is The Runaway Guys and how Jon lost literally every board in 3, but then went on to win the most boards in 4 and 5.
I don’t think he lost every board as they said MP DS was the only time Jon was shut out of every board.
I think he won Waluigi Island and the Snow board (might've been Emile, idk) and that's it. NCS kinda dominated MP3
@@defnotjam the order was Chilly Waters: Emile, Deep Bloober Sea: Tim, Spiny Desert: Tim, Woody Woods: Tim, Creepy Cavern: Jon, Waluigi's Island: Emile
Tim won 3
Emile won 2
Jon won 1
That was my introduction to TRG, I loved that playthrough (even if they think it’s the weakest LP they’ve done)
@@DangoUnchained8649 I swear Jon won more in MP3, I guess not
Mario Party 3 will always be my personal favorite, for the strategic value of the items, the absolute wrench throw of Game Guy and the duel mode is very fun
Cool pfp
Me too.
@@StrikerSML thanks mate 😅
Mario Party 3 is my favorite as well.
the Green Mushroom used to be very broken back then, and I loved it
@@t-acejuice2077 reverse mushroom was indeed amazing. It's definitely op but I'd say bring it back as an option (and another option to make it 5 coins again). You know what? Nintendo, just give us full control over itemtables
"Lower lows, but higher highs" perfectly sums up 3. I like its QoL improvements over 2 (like more items) but I prefer 2 since it has fewer things that bug me. I gotta disagree on one thing, though: MP1's still got the best soundtrack of the series, done by the great Yasunori Mitsuda himself. Warp Pipe, Rainbow Castle, Engine Room, Eternal Star, minigame rules, victory music, most minigame tracks... it's a beautiful game to listen to, and I wish later games kept its soundtrack.
Something nice to mention is 3 actually shows you where the star spaces are (and even if it doesn’t explain what a star space is)
5:36 MP the top 100 actually did have tug o war on the minigame selection, so basically there has been 19 years that a rotating controll stick minigame wasnt made since MP1
I kinda thought that the new mario party would add a stamina system to those rotating minigames as to avoid injuries
That's actually not a bad idea but it would probably be too much effort for a remade mini game
Or just make them mashing minigames
that sounds equally frustrating
all they needed to do was just add a disclaimer. They're not liable at that point.
@@polocatfan Duh. Nobody here denied that.
I used to wake up early in the morning just to play 50 turn games with the CPU in pretty much all of these games and I still had a lot of fun with those personally, there's just something really comfy about just popping in a game of Mario Party, listening to the music and sucking in all the bright visuals on screen that put me in a happy mood and no game's ever really replicated that for me outside of Kirby Air Ride.
It is kinda funny when someone says "single player Mario Party isn't fun" when that's how I basically play them - Easy and Normal CPU is your way if you just want a chill experience, while Hard and Brutal CPU feel like there is some challenge but still easy if you're already experienced.
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Despite the fact that 3 has some stinker boards and a few REALLY bad mini-games, it's still my favorite of the N64 trio. I think the variety of items allow for it to be one of the most strategic games in the series and you can pull off some seriously big brain moves if you get creative enough with your combination of items. I value that aspect of the game a lot.
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13:57 I much prefer MP1's version of this mini-game for two reasons. The 1st reason is that I like the aesthetics of admittedly delicious-looking mushrooms over a body of water than drab metal platforms in unusually dark lava. The 2nd reason is that I have mild colorblindness and if Toad holds up a white, teal, or pink flag in MP2's version, I cannot discern the difference between them and I'm at a disadvantage. The colors from MP1 are way more distinct from each other.
of course the colorblindness issue does get completely fixed in top 100, except it's made unplayable by being in the top 100
@@egon3705 As for Superstars, well you can watch his ranking video for that one.
"But if you want a better designed experience, that's where this next one comes in."
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This video is great but you got one tiny detail wrong.
The rotating-the-stick (TM) minigames actually first reappeared in the 2019 3ds game "Mario Party: The Top 100".
I don't blame you for getting this wrong, I think I'm one of the, like, 3 people that knows that game even exists lol.
Fun fact: in Mario party 2, in bowsers board if you go to the bank and don’t have any coins but you have a star they will steal it from you
My favorite Mario Party’s are the GameCube ones. But that’s mainly because I didn’t grow up with the N64. Can’t wait for you to cover them!
7 was my shit
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Great video as per usual! The skeleton door on the left of Waluigi Island is for avoiding the bomb in the middle of the board. Also, for the spinning junction in the same map (assuming the tv's input doesn't ruin you), you just press A when the direction you want to travel in is lit up. This works regardless of how fast it's spinning. So it's less luck-based than it appears.
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Me and the lads still play MP2 and 3 when we can all get together. S tier memories everytime. It'll never get old to me.
I think mario party is a very underrated Nintendo series. They are perfect multiplayer fun. I am so glad that they returned to being um.. not being horrible with superstars
Super Mario Party is not only in the Top 10 best selling Switch games of all time, but the in the Top 10 best selling Mario games of ALL TIME. Hardly an underrated series!
@ZenoSSBU I'm not speaking of the *quality* I'm speaking of the *popularity* , but on that note, Mario Party Superstars is approaching 6 million sales. If you want to speak of a real underrated Nintendo series, look no further than Rhythm Heaven. Mario Party Superstars alone sold better than every Rhythm Heaven game combined
I got superstars and played for a bit but its still still not as good as mario party 2-7. They somehow recreated maps and minigames with better graphics and software and made them worse
YES ANOTHER RETROSPECTIVE EPISODE!!! I LOVED THE NSMB RETROSPECTIVE!
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They're definitely worth playing if you grew up with them or want to know the origins of the series. I can still play N64 Mario Parties to this day.
Great video, I’m excited to see the rest of this video series. Keep up the good work
Mario Party 2 is definitely my favorite!
I've played the N64 Mario Party games and I'll have to admit that they were very solid, the first one while brutal it's that what it makes them special, I would say is the kaizo of the saga. MP2 I really like that, especially the rollercoaster game mode, a great sequel but, for me, my favourite of the N64 is the third, is so fun and it has some things that are so creative that it makes one of my favourite MP of my life. (My favourite it will be always DS)
Silok you did so well with the presentation of this video. You nailed it here, this video is better presented than any other video you have made.
SliokHawk thank you for making one of the best videos I have seen on TH-cam in a long while! This was a freaking dream and like I really admire they way you put this whole video together. I love Mario party with all of my soul and I love the points you made and seeing your prospective on each game. I appreciate the hard work and dedication you put in to making this video and I look forward to seeing the next Mario party video!!!
The editing in this is really good!! The intro montage to each game and the way you transitioned from one game to another 👨🍳💋
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If you could get DLC for Mario Party Superstars. What boards would you want?
Also I would love to see any of the tracks from 3 be remixed in future spin-offs
If I had a choice make it Waluigi's Island but improved, although Chilly Waters can be done, as I don't think there's an ice themed level in MPS.
Luigi's Engine Room or Wario's Battle Canyon from MP1, Pirate or Western Land from MP2. The Duel Board system from MP3
I am so glad I found your channel - Not only do you cover games that I am passionate about, but I love your point of view and the ways you structure your videos. It's a guaranteed subscribe and like in every video for me. Wish you the best!
That blooper wheel
THAT BLOOPER WHEEL
sent shivers down my spine
As someone who never played the original trilogy, thank you for this video! It was very informative, and it's always a pleasure to see new content from you. Looking forward to the GameCube entries!
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Hell yeah, always a good day when a new SilokHawk video drops!
I love your videos, they always manage to put a smile on my face :)
I just wanna say, your editing on the intros for the games are really nice
14:59 “YOU FINA-” “OK THE-”
Fantastic montage work as usual
Hello Silokhawk! I have recently become a big fan of your videos, and just want to say they are very good👍🙂
Solid review! I grew up on GameCube but I think it’s finally time for me to visit the N64 entries
First time actually seeing any of your videos, the N64 Mario Party games are actually a huge nostalgia thing for me, especially when you touched on the MP3 duel gamemode where you collect baddie partners. I loved that mode so much. I cannot WAIT for you to touch on Mario Party 5's car garage mode. I LOVED that mode as a kid, and making all the different combinations was so fun.
Great video! I really love these games 😄
Also I miss gameguy, and the chaos the reverse mushroom caused
Love the Mario Party series so I'm happy to see you talk about them with this series!
1: Worth at least checking out (definitely not as your first one) to see where it all started, but unless you feel like playing a more brutal if not straight up unfair game you'd better leave it alone after that.
2: Fantastic game for anyone, especially newcomers considering the simpler gameplay compared to later instalments, thanks to how fun and charming it is!
3: My favorite of the N64 games, best for expert players thanks to the revised item mechanic and item pool, new spaces etc., plus Duel Mode is exclusive to it (also shoutout to it having the first actual Story Mode in the series)!
Informative video series for me since I’m doing my Smash backlog and I’m in Mario series games
Mario Party 9 was my first and I can't go back ever since I played Mario Party 3 at my cousin's house a year ago. It was so much better than what I'd thought was good
I’m tired of the younger kids bashing these games. I grew up on the first 3 Mario parties and while the first one is eh the 2nd and 3rd one truly still are the best of the bunch till this day. Sure the graphics are old but who cares man they I can still plug my N64 in and play these for hours. If you weren’t there you wouldn’t know
Right? These kids dont know shit
This video is really, really good. I love the original Mario Party trilogy (Maybe except some things about one, but still) I think you covered every point perfectly. Also, I think I might be the only one to like Deep Bloober Sea, in fact, it's my favorite board
Mario Party 1 will forever be my favorite. You can steal coins for free, you can lose coins in minigames, it has the most maps, Wario’s Battle Canyon exists, you earn your victories with the palm minigames, and of course Chance Time. So much bs happens and it’s an absolute blast
Fair honestly
Thank you for praising the battle mode in Mario Party 3! I loved that mode and would try to encourage friends and my brother to play it because I liked it so much. It tracks pretty well with me though because I would later go on to become a fan of games like Magic (shame that Magic is a dumpster fire now thanks to Wizards).
You can see the similar elements with how you try to deplete your opponent's life total using creatures you summon with different stats. You even have creatures "blocking" attacks on you much like how you block attacks in Magic using your creatures. There's also a random element of what creature you get to summon mirroring the randomness of which cards you draw in a game. It's good stuff.
2:42 OH NO THE FLASHBACKS OH NONONONONONO
Let’s gooo excited for this series
I’ve been playing bc Mario party a lot with my friend recently and it seems like which ever one you grew up with is your fave. Mp2 for me
Mario party 2 is my all time favorite game. Seeing it and hearing the game sounds makes me happy every time
The arrow spinner in Waluigi's Island is not luck based. You need to press A when the direction you want is lit up. If you slow down this footage, you'll see the frame A is pressed and the player is always sent in the direction of the lit up arrow.
Man I still play the Gamecube titles, especially 4 and 6.
I wish I could have experienced these games in their prime...
Which I could, live just had other plans, still have very fond memories of 1 tho ^^
Awesome vid!
I remember mario party after dark by screwattack
Those sesions they had made me want to play this game so bad XD
Short answer: Yes 🎉
The reason these games are still worth playing is cuz the newer ones can’t even compare in the slightest
*cough cough* Mario Party 9 through Super *cough cough*
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As someone who has played every home console title and most of the handheld titles, I'm curious as to how no other title is anywhere close to the n64.
@@Isaac0110 Pretty sure "newer" means Modern (9 and after/once ND Cube took over from Hudson Soft).
@@autobotstarscream765 That's a fair statement. Aside from the switch games, I'd say there's no debate.
5:41
Mario Party: The Top 100 also had Tug ‘o War, complete with a similar warning.
14:59 Caught me off-guard. Good job.
I only ever really played Mario Party 1, 3, 4, and DS growing up, with some rentals of the others here and there. 4 was always my favorite, but if we're talking the N64 trilogy, 1 obviously doesn't hold up just because of the minigames where you rotate/break your analog stick. I played half a board of 3 a couple months ago, and besides the randomness, I think the game is still a lot of fun and deserves more credit. Great minigames. Always heard great things about 2 over the years, but I don't think I ever played it.
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Mario Party for sega megadrive!
Ahh nice, the good old classics. ❤
3 is my favorite, notice the bowser pose as my picture. Been like that for years. Anyhow, 2 & 3 are both amazing, but it seems I have better memories surrounding 3.
This vid has made me realise that I’ve only ever played 2 Mario party games in my life and they are Mario party DS and Mario party 10…. My childhood was just Mario karts, 2D Marios, 3D Marios and Mario power tennis (Wii). I never really got into the spin-offs.
Without having watched the video I can wholeheartedly say yes! Specially MP2, it holds up excellently. MP3 is pretty good too. MP1 is simpler and doesn't hold up as well as the others, but it can still be a good time.
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Before the video even starts
Mario Party: no
Mario Party 2: YES
Mario Party 3: HELL yes
1 I tried and got pretty bored in fast, also its control stick spinning did give me a torn blister as a kid. 2 Is amazing I love the upgrades as you said. 3 is where they got it almost perfect because you gotta strategize for several things that might happen and there's so many video games it doesn't get boring. Then they dropped the ball with 4 and 5 and improved on 6 and 7 but no return to the quality and charm of 3.
The cool thing about the Wii is you can emulate 1 2 and 3 almost perfectly and play 4-8 natively, only one game in 3 is rendered luck based because of a graphical glitch.
Didn't MP3 have a Wii VC release? That should be glitch-less...
4 was a let down, but 5 is fantastic (pushy penguins bruv!)
6 and 7 are okay but there is a severe lack of good boards and too many luck based mini games in those ones sadly, and the rest are pretty bad up until super mario party and mario party superstars
Really nice video, actual fair reviews instead of blind praise because of personal bias or nostalgia. Looking forward to the GameCube one.
Never was a fan of 3 but the first 2 are my favorites. Like he said your favorites are the ones you have the most memories with.
The first THREE Mario Party games are definitely worth playing.
Dude I love Deep Blooper Sea and Creepy Cavern. Maybe it’s just because they are 2 of the best looking boards in MP3 but yeah I do actually like them better then space land.
12:41 I have actually been trapped in that Blooper Wheel area for an entire game.
Constantly going in and out, while never truly leaving that corner of the map. And the one time I did (through a warp pipe), I ended up landing on the wheel again like, the next turn.
And the only star I was able to buy was the one in that wheel... and it gets fuckin' stolen from me in Chance Time.
2:15 I don’t remember that happening except for in the battle mini games.
i hope he continues this series some day
17:45 The internet in a nutshell
Grew up with MPDS and the GameCube games, and I can finally say I see the hype MP2 gets in particular thx to the switch online service
I think the reason people complained about MP2 and not smash ultimate was because of the way it was marketed. In Ultimate, you know damn well it is a compilation of all of the previous smash games. This game is all the previous content with a few additions. You know exactly that older content re-hashed is what’s in store and *that* is why you got it.
However, MP2 lists itself as a brand spanking new entry in the series. The back of the box lists “64 new and updated mini-games” so people would probably expect mostly new with around 5-10 returning ones. However, a little under a third returned from the previous game, it feels like they got ripped off from how the back of the box understated how many would be returning. (Even though it never listed how many would return)
I've never understood those who say the N64 Mario Parties look bad, I still swear by them being among the best looking games in the series (even if some concessions have to be made for it). The pre-rendered backgrounds used for the board maps are SO detailed, there's not an inch of wasted space in them. You can really tell the shift away from pre-rendered was a struggle, too, since Mario Party 4's boards are all just metal beams floating above a pretty generic background. 5, 6, and 7 managed to make boards that were more detailed than 4 (with the advantage of added verticality that the 64 games couldn't have), but even then there's nowhere near as many details as 64's boards. The only game that I think comes close is Superstars, but even there it's missing a good deal of things that the 64 boads had- Superstars Horror Land, for example, has no leaking ketchup bottle or highway full of ghosts.
As far as Mario Party 2 vs Mario Party 3 goes, I definitely liked 3 more as a kid due to all of its added features, but when going back to play them, 2 absolutely reigns supreme. Aside from what was mentioned in the video, it's just a much more balanced game. There aren't any absurd broken items in 2, and it has the most balanced 1v3 minigames in the series. 2's boards, aside from Mystery Land, are designed in such a way that you can make pretty extreme comebacks via a tight strategy, rather than just having to rely on luck. 3 just doesn't hit those notes much at all.
I'm now at the Waluigi's Island part, and some of your gripes are actually solvable. The roulette is predictable (I think by pressing to where it would land), the westward Skeleton Key route is mostly to avoid the death circle when the coutdown is close to 0, the other Skeleton Gate is for Chance Time (which to be fair a lot of gates in these games are mostly for these), although I agree maybe they could've added a more space variation in the path.
I think 3 is great if you Solo play...which frankly I do as I play in an emulator and I don't have others actually playing it with me, hehe.
its instant. no matter the speed the roulette in the center is press the buttion on where you wanna go
Im surprised you didn't mention the 4-player co-op mini games in MP1, thats something I miss in later entries
Just realized you had almost 190k subs. Feels like yesterday that you were sitting a bit below 20,000. Glad you’ve made it so far!
Even though the first Mario party has many problems, at least the economy wasn't broken like in SMP and Superstars were you get coins by breathing.
3:09 the perfect description
The game guy theme was reused in the gambling games in Mario Party Advance! I love MPA. It's not really a Mario Party Game, but it's a great slice of life adventure.
I can't wait to see what Silok says about Mario Party 8. It is my most nostalgic Mario Party game because I grew up with it.
My bias is increadibly big :D
"Welcome to Mario Party! F#$% YOU: The Game!" XD
You are 100% wrong on Waluigi Island.
The directional path in the middle of the board is easily timed. It's the same timing every time, regardless of how fast the spinner is. Just wait for the arrow to pass the direction you want to go and you will follow that direction. This is because the spinner is buffered and will allow you a good chance to choose your direction. Never once went the way I didn't want to go on that spinner.
The gate on the lower left side of the board is incredibly useful. It may seem useless if you are unfamiliar with the board, but the lower center of the board has happening spaces which count a timer down. When the time reaches 0 and you are in that circle, all of your coins disappear. That makes having a skeleton key in this corner the most useful in the game because you can go in a loop and prevent this from happening.
You've also missed the point of the gate on the lower right of the board. It not only saves you a few spaces, but prevents you from going to the bank as well as gives you an opportunity for Chance Time. That gives you +5 coins, +3 spaces, and an opportunity to get yourself back in the lead if you have enough spaces. Not a bad deal.
People consider this among the best boards not because it has Waluigi on it, but because it challenges how much you're willing to gamble. You could end up playing Game Guy or Battle 4 times in a turn because of the upper right side. You could be rolling in hundreds of coins and then instantly lose it all. You could end up with incredibly bad luck and have a star on the top right corner. Is it shitty? As incredibly uncommon as it is, it could happen. But that's what you signed up for. MP3 has among the best high-low moments with Waluigi Island being among the highest of the high to lowest of the low with its board structure. Never had more fun on any other board.
The perfect Mario Party game IMO would be a rom hack that puts all 1-2-3 in the same game. You could choose any board from MP1-2-3, all minigames from 1-2-3 are in, and the item system from MP3
I played 2 and 3 way back in the day... but truly grew up with 3. 2 has some better things but I adored 3 and can't wait for it to release on nso
I didn't even notice the lakitu whenever playing shy guy says in Mario party 2 until you pointed that out. Anyways I group of the 90s and my first experience with Mario party was Mario party 2 would I rented it from Hollywood Video and I had a fun time I didn't complete the whole game but I had some fun with it. I then found Mario party 3 available to do the later at 5 with video and rented that and absolutely love that game. I love how the title it literally says 70 all new mini games and I love the mini-games in Mario party 3.
I didn't play the first Mario party until several years later at my high school I was in at the time. People love bringing in their N64 and occasionally somebody brought in a PS2, but it's quite clear that the N64 was the highlight with Mario Kart 64 and why did play Mario party 1 for the first time there. I'm pretty sure I played Mario party 5 on the GameCube before I played the first Mario party.
For whatever reason I skipped Mario party 4 I'm not sure why, but yeah I had rented Mario party 5 from Hollywood Video back in the 2000's and had a pretty great time with it. My only experience with Mario party 6 was playing some kind of demo at Toys r Us or something. I actually had never seen Mario party 7 until many years later.
Mario party 8 became my favorite Mario party game and yeah I admit I enjoyed the motion controls and also the mini games that didn't require motion controls, but I think we all know the reason why Mario party 8 became my favorite and that is that City tycoon board that's kind of like playing Monopoly but way more fun because it's Mario characters and there's mini games. I also enjoyed the other boards on Mario party 8 as well although I wasn't very much into the Donkey Kong board though.
It was really cool to see Mario party 1 and 2 get added to the N64 switch online as now my wife and I have played a lot of Mario party 2 together and while we played Mario party 1 but then play it much. It's quite clear that Mario party 1 hasn't aged as well especially with how brutal is with losing coins in mini-games. Mario party 2 like you said it's a vast improvement over it.
And I hope like you're saying in that pic of Mario party 3 in the platforms that came out for I really hope it comes true that Mario party 3 does come out on switch. I enjoyed Mario party 3 more than Mario party 2 and it was my favorite Mario party until I really got into Mario party 8.
I do think that both Space Land and Pirate Land are a bit too aggressive with their early game happening spaces especially considering how large the board is. Pirate Land especially can spend most of the game stuck on the first 3rd of the map if you're unlucky. I do like the laser idea in Space Land, but the board just feels a bit too big for it with very little going on mechanically in the top left outside of the second item shop
Note MPIQ can be improved slightly via a Gameshark code which makes the questions instantly appear. Does not affect the CPU's slow actions though so you get an advantage there.
The newer ones don't have the charm that the N64 and even the GameCube ones had, so in my eyes, 1-7 will always be the best
Very good video, I like how you gave each game the credit they were due instead of saying one is flatly better than another. Mario Party 3 was one of my childhood games so it was nice to see it again. Looking forward to the Gamecube video.
Played Mario Party 4 last night. Had fun but I think that Mario Party is most fun when you say random thing's in the characters voices. Try it!
I actually love Mario Party 1 for the reason for how brutal and unforgiving it is. It's still my least favorite of the N64 entries, but it is unique, and there will never be another Mario Party game like MP1, and I love it!
bruh i literally put puzzle party on 1000 and play that to relax sometimes. fucking love that shit