It seemed like the ztar was originally intended to be just a fake star from Bowser. The later games started shifting more to it being a dark or evil star, but at least Mario Party Jamboree got the idea.
When it came to _Mario Party DS_ as a child, I immediately turned off the DS. In my mind, all of my brain cells evacuated and ran for the hills and never played it; that was the time I went from San Jose, CA, to Santa Ana, CA, for possibly the first time. To this day, it haunts me as if it's the most scariest thing I ever experienced and heard in my entire life.
Interestingly enough, I think the reason why it doesn't count as -1 star in Jamboree is because it's actually just a cardboard cut-out version of a Ztar.
It figures. It's not even real bowser that's in Jamboree, it's Imposter Bowser. So it makes sense that Imposter Bowser would give you an Imposter Ztar XD
If you guys are wondering about the one on the thumbnail that isn't in the video, it's an unused model of a Ztar from Mario Party 8. It's possible that Bowser would've given you one on the boards where he steals a star, plus there was even an usused fanfare which sounds like the You Got A Star fanfare, but sounding more discouraging if anything, most likely meant to play when you would've gotten a Ztar.
Dude! Same! The worst part is. I had no idea this thing existed as a kid. So when it happened in Mario party DS. I was like. What the frick is that thing?!
It would've been great, if there was a boss fight against a real Ztar (that isn't a cardboard cutout), which is basically a (sort of) remaster of Stardust Showdown
Yeah I feel there is unexplored potential of ztars. Like they could be a negative power in the Mario universe. I think there is story potential they could definitely explore in one of the Mario rpg series.
@@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDooplivianyeah, but the Kamek Library of Jon losing one, because of the Hex, then, a hidden block appear, get a Ztar, and then, Chugga obtain three stars because of a Hex, that's a thing xD
I’ll always remember the first time seeing a Ztar in Mario Party DS. I was playing story mode and I was so pissed off when a computer got a star, landed on Coin Space (one of those item hex’s.) Then gets a hidden block all in one turn. It caught me completely off guard and my heart rate shot up when I saw it was a Ztar in the block. It’s still the only time I’ve ever seen a Ztar in Mario Party DS. I think it’s also one of the real reasons I get a very unsettling feeling whenever I go back to play Mario Party DS to this day.
Mario Party DS was my first game and I had experienced getting a Ztar before. Didn't know it existed in other games prior to that as well, though, other than Mario Party 9 and 10, even though they're Mini Ztars.
@@speedymatt1236 It's a team of 4 TH-camrs (TCNick3, Vernias, King of Skill, Sophist) who got popular for playing Mario Party. If you don't like toxicity and yelling, I don't recommend the channel, but if you like sheer chaos and almost ending friendship, I can only tell you to check the channel out :) And their channel mascott is a Ztar with a party hat and a party whistle :)
I could imagine the way a Ztar would work in the platformers would just be instant death regardless of if you have powerups or not, much like some stage hazards, since the Poison Mushroom already does 1 damage
The music from getting it in mp2 is scary as hell for how distorted and evil it sounds. I just got mp2 on the switch and landed on the bowser bank on bowser land without coins. I was shocked to learn the took my star as payment if I don’t have coins
I played Mario Party DS as a kid a lot. The first time I got a Ztar from a hidden block it fucking traumatized me. From then on I literally would let the game time out everytime I got a hidden block.
@@christianwright7581 in mario party 1&2 they also didn't subtract a star, from which that board came from so it's more faithful to the original (but it's only 20 instead of 40 coins now) as it's just to waste your coins.
When someone in Jamboree gets a Ztar, I like trolling them with the "Congrats!" sticker, lol. Obviously, though, it is simply a joke. No need to take Mario Party seriously, after all.
0:15 Gohan(Geo): hey what's this, huh wait it's... 1:55 rowdy: duh hey everybody, welcome to da funky funny room Ace: yeah, we've got all the best games Spike: ignore that ztar
It probably was going to return, but just didn't based on the unused data, and also how Bowser works in half of the boards in the game. (Takes a Star from the person who reaches him)
I've played the crap out of so many of these games, but this video made me realize that there are so many side modes in Mario Party that I've never tried. Got me seeing footage in games that I've played for over 20 years that I've never seen before.
@@Nathan-fo4uxNot just the music, but an unused model/image as well. It's entirely possible that Bowser would've given one to you in one of the boards where he would steal a star if you reached him. (Specifically King Boo's Haunted Hideaway, Shy Guy's Perplex Express, and Bowser's Warped Orbit)
For some reason, when I first saw Ztar in MPDS, I was legit a bit freaked out by it. It looks so idimitating and I even feared it would jump out of my DS and haunt me
The old versions of the Ztar animation: creepy and cute at the same time 😱 🥰 The ones in the middle: bring back tears in my eyes 😭 The new version of the Ztar animation: gives me anxiety and fear 😰
I cannot stand these things because it hurts a lot since they steal stars from you. In my experience, I felt Mario Party 5 was the one that really did Ztars with the damage. I remember Card Party when you think you get a Star, but end up with the Ztar instead.
The Ztar just feels like a normal counter artifact to the (Power) Stars that I like when it's brought up in the spin-offs (as much as I would want it in the mainline). Like how Super Mario 64 influenced the Coin/Star dynamic, I think the Ztar inspired the Dark Star in Mario & Luigi. I think many Mario fanfics that represent "negative celestial energy" were based on the Ztar. Interestingly the first "negative Star" actually appeared in Super Mario RPG with a big dark star and having angry eyes. In terms of pronunciation I usually call it "zi-tar" like the instrument sitar so nice to hear it's very similar. I figured it has to be close to the sound of what a corrupted Star sounds like. Funny in Jamboree it's only a cardboard, as some speculate it isn't a strong Ztar.
I used to be scared of Ztars when I first saw them on a Mario party 9 playthrough vid back then. As of now, I’m thinking: I was scared of a purple star?
I wish the ztar in jamboree actually took away a star instead of costing 20 coins and doing nothing, but at least it's in the game unlike the other 2 switch mario parties
I'm pretty sure it's promounced as a smooth "Ztar" not "Z-tar". It's corruption of "Star", and you don't read it "S-tar", you read it as a smooth "Star". I'm too lazy to fight for this to be true even in a civil way though.
It’s so nice that jamboree showed us how to pronounce it 🤣🤣
Frrrr
So it was a Ze-tar. Rhymes with Guitar.
Yeah I never knew how to pronounce it
AnimeBroMii Casts & I Call The Ztar A Black Star!
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It seemed like the ztar was originally intended to be just a fake star from Bowser. The later games started shifting more to it being a dark or evil star, but at least Mario Party Jamboree got the idea.
Yeah, in jamboree it's not even a real ztar
I wish it was a real Ztar, to watch it in full hd lol
7:41 You gotta love how dejected the Announced sounds about you getting the Ztar.
Killer Grip?
Zuh-tar
When it came to _Mario Party DS_ as a child, I immediately turned off the DS. In my mind, all of my brain cells evacuated and ran for the hills and never played it; that was the time I went from San Jose, CA, to Santa Ana, CA, for possibly the first time. To this day, it haunts me as if it's the most scariest thing I ever experienced and heard in my entire life.
hahaha stupid kiddo
I think I only saw the Ztar one time in my tons of hours mario party ds a kid and that shit was SCARY! "IS MY GAME LIKE A FREAKING CREEPYPASTAAA????"
SAME HERE, IT WAS TOO SCARY
how scary is that? i immediately restarted a level even thought i had ZERO Stars at the moment
Zoomers are afraid of everything lol
I had a bunch of problems saying Ztar until I realized its just Z-tar
Same, I thought it was pronounced like "Czar"
I thought it was z-star😐
It can be star when you replace the S on Z
Almost sounds like guitar too
Yea, took me a while to realize it wasn't "zedstar" 😂
Interestingly enough, I think the reason why it doesn't count as -1 star in Jamboree is because it's actually just a cardboard cut-out version of a Ztar.
@@CountMonsparkle Not just that, on Mario Party 1, no Stars were subtracted.
@@pikasparkle485 true, which probably means that those weren't real ztars either.
@@CountMonsparklenot to mention the board is literally similar to mario party 1's 40 coin fake ztar
It figures. It's not even real bowser that's in Jamboree, it's Imposter Bowser. So it makes sense that Imposter Bowser would give you an Imposter Ztar XD
If you guys are wondering about the one on the thumbnail that isn't in the video, it's an unused model of a Ztar from Mario Party 8. It's possible that Bowser would've given you one on the boards where he steals a star, plus there was even an usused fanfare which sounds like the You Got A Star fanfare, but sounding more discouraging if anything, most likely meant to play when you would've gotten a Ztar.
Ahhhh so it as a unused thing
It is in the video.
@@DarkMega-xt9 It wasn't when I originally posted the comment.
I love how disappointed the narrator is in jamboree.
She feels the pain.
And after all these years, she reveals how to properly pronounce Ztar
You got a... Ztar... 😰
no offense, it could literally mean a difference between oppressing all your opponents to a mere humble shrub. Getting a Ztar is absolute pain.
You got a ztar.
This thing terrified me in Mario Party DS.
Same, it was the music for me; it coming out of a random block and not having any idea what happened as a kid was crazy
Dude! Same! The worst part is. I had no idea this thing existed as a kid. So when it happened in Mario party DS. I was like. What the frick is that thing?!
@@MixmasterCornbom
Me too
Same. Especially when you actually found a Hidden Block!
It would've been great, if there was a boss fight against a real Ztar (that isn't a cardboard cutout), which is basically a (sort of) remaster of Stardust Showdown
great idea
You just reminded me of a giant Ztar from SMG4
That’s a cool Idea. We never had a battle with a star since 3.
@@kodawanberg6887the one with the toad personality
Yeah I feel there is unexplored potential of ztars. Like they could be a negative power in the Mario universe. I think there is story potential they could definitely explore in one of the Mario rpg series.
I did not know of the Ztar until I started watching the Party Crashers-
This is a cool video!
You say that’s a dumb name for a mechanic, but it’s not funny when it happens to you.
How is it that I find you in almost every video I watch?
6:14 If you listen closely, you can hear a Canadian cursing like a sailor.
I can hear the screams of ProtoJon, indeed my friend XD
I understood the reference 😂
I fully understand that reference. Never played it, but I hear that Mario Party DS is brutal.
There are multiple Mario Party playing Canadians that come to mind for this
It's nice that it returned as a prop in Super Mario Party Jamboree.
Its a good thing, since it doesn’t lose you a star.
ProtonJon's worst luck with getting these.
I can still hear his pure rage to this day, along with *VIDEO FEED ENDED*
Don’t forget Tim getting two. One on Toadette’s music room. And the other on DK’s Stone statue.
Lol ikr
Yeah. Losing the 2 stars was still hurting.
@@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaDooplivianyeah, but the Kamek Library of Jon losing one, because of the Hex, then, a hidden block appear, get a Ztar, and then, Chugga obtain three stars because of a Hex, that's a thing xD
6:00 That unfortunate that this theme didn't made it to the final game because it SLAP !
"You can't kill me, I'm immortal" -Ztar probably
(if you get the reference, have a REAL star)
I think I did
The only speaking ztar I know is from smg4, but I'm not sure I remember that line
A lot of people say this if they’re immortal so I don’t get one
3:15 I personally like the Card Party reveal and fanfare for it the most out of all its appearances.
I’ll always remember the first time seeing a Ztar in Mario Party DS. I was playing story mode and I was so pissed off when a computer got a star, landed on Coin Space (one of those item hex’s.) Then gets a hidden block all in one turn. It caught me completely off guard and my heart rate shot up when I saw it was a Ztar in the block. It’s still the only time I’ve ever seen a Ztar in Mario Party DS. I think it’s also one of the real reasons I get a very unsettling feeling whenever I go back to play Mario Party DS to this day.
ProtonJon feels your pain.
Same, that game is excellent but scary af
Never knew it existed in Mario Party DS and I played it a ton as a kid
Mario Party DS was my first game and I had experienced getting a Ztar before.
Didn't know it existed in other games prior to that as well, though, other than Mario Party 9 and 10, even though they're Mini Ztars.
and it's the worst one becuase it apears with a hidden block
Same. It scared me every time I get it!
Idk how I didn’t get it maybe I never played on that map. I played with my cousins a lot.
@@mrthanos8140 Really? Not even a Hidden Block?
There are 2 types of Ztars:
One made from the darkest depths of space
And another made from cardboard
Fake bowser was working on a budget, couldn't afford to import some actual ztars from space, had to make do with what he had.
Evolution of the Party Crashers logo
I WAS WAITING FOR IT!! YEEEEEES
OMG I GET IT
I’m guessing it’s a rebellious party group who hates Mario party?
@@speedymatt1236 It's a team of 4 TH-camrs (TCNick3, Vernias, King of Skill, Sophist) who got popular for playing Mario Party. If you don't like toxicity and yelling, I don't recommend the channel, but if you like sheer chaos and almost ending friendship, I can only tell you to check the channel out :)
And their channel mascott is a Ztar with a party hat and a party whistle :)
The old Bowser dance and his French girl pose always makes me laugh
French girl pose? You mean his pose in Mario Party 3?
Poor ninji, forced to celebrate a bad thing 7:38
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Can't believe they brought back Ztars because of the Party Crashers!!! :3
I could imagine the way a Ztar would work in the platformers would just be instant death regardless of if you have powerups or not, much like some stage hazards, since the Poison Mushroom already does 1 damage
I love how this video summoned the entire party crashers fandom
I had flashbacks from getting a Ztar in the Mario Party DS!
The music from getting it in mp2 is scary as hell for how distorted and evil it sounds. I just got mp2 on the switch and landed on the bowser bank on bowser land without coins. I was shocked to learn the took my star as payment if I don’t have coins
Ztar is basically a star but evil and opposite
If it's evil and opposite that means it's good
@@indominusrex2859 I know, and it may also lose a star if you have in the game
Just like the Reference of Fairly Odd Parents which is… Foop, the evil fairy Baby is basically Poof but evil and Opposite
Yes, you're right! Very good! ⭐
It’s true. It says on the DS Description.
Jamboree actually saying it is the best thing Mario Party has ever taught us 😂
agrees
6:14
Basically my childhood nightmare back when I played MPDS in 2008
There's something so eerie about the Ztar in DS, I don't get what exactly, but the thing spooked me as kid also
I played Mario Party DS as a kid a lot. The first time I got a Ztar from a hidden block it fucking traumatized me. From then on I literally would let the game time out everytime I got a hidden block.
oh boy i love the party crashers
They're in Jamboree? Uh Oh
uh oh indeed
Good news though, it's a fake made of cardboard, meaning it won't subtract a Star if you have one.
@@christianwright7581just like in the og (albiet its not a 40 coin scam)
@@christianwright7581 in mario party 1&2 they also didn't subtract a star, from which that board came from so it's more faithful to the original (but it's only 20 instead of 40 coins now) as it's just to waste your coins.
Bowser’s Dance was peak in N64. Especially with sexy Bowser in 3
I sometimes wonder if the Dark Star from Bowser's Inside Story was inspired by these "Ztars".
Omg party crushers reference
When someone in Jamboree gets a Ztar, I like trolling them with the "Congrats!" sticker, lol. Obviously, though, it is simply a joke. No need to take Mario Party seriously, after all.
that’s me be like bro! frisking
fun fact: the ztar in jamboree is a carboard
Like we didnt ever knew this
A real ztar would take one star away from you in the modern era of MP games; the cardboard one doesn’t do anything
@@ng_canadian i know
Its a ztar of a ztar lol
Yeah 😂
0:15 Gohan(Geo): hey what's this, huh wait it's...
1:55 rowdy: duh hey everybody, welcome to da funky funny room
Ace: yeah, we've got all the best games
Spike: ignore that ztar
I love how jamboree woman sounds so disappointed
YEAS PERE I AGREE 😊
These ztars from Mario party ds gave me so many nightmares as a child
7:17 Poor Yoshi, two ztars and on top of that he falls into the unlucky box
7:52 Lackto: USING MY MARIO CART SKILLS
I wonder why the Ztar never returned in Mario Party 8 and yet had an unused theme.
It probably was going to return, but just didn't based on the unused data, and also how Bowser works in half of the boards in the game. (Takes a Star from the person who reaches him)
I know a certain Rosalina who has a dark history with Ztar.
It was a horrible experience.
You’re not talking about Cursa, are you?
The announcer saying "You... got a Ztar." in such a disappointing voice was hilarious
She’s saying it as if you screamed “SKIBIDI TOILET” in a Walmart.
YEAH
@@AngryEnbyI agree!
The announcer is a girl!!
She is Singing her song in the Mall
Great video 😁
Here comes the classic SMG4 fans!
Ahhh, the classic arcs...
CANNNOOOOONNNN PE***********
Not as many as you'd think
@@calvinhoek9412 yeah...
7:40 is no one gonna talk about how Ninji has 99 stars on the first turn?
Probably a hack for experimentation purposes.
“Fine, I’ll take that Ztar. I’m full on stars anyways.”
Hellooo Party Crashers Community. Grab your ticket and drop a refrence in the video comment section.
“Eevee, you pick, WAAARRRIIIOOOOO!!!”
Imagine being in last place with 0 stars!
I've played the crap out of so many of these games, but this video made me realize that there are so many side modes in Mario Party that I've never tried. Got me seeing footage in games that I've played for over 20 years that I've never seen before.
What was that for Mario Party 8? Were ztar's cut from the game and you just found the music for it?
Yes
@@NintenUnity Oh wow that’s cool! I had no idea.
@@Nathan-fo4uxNot just the music, but an unused model/image as well. It's entirely possible that Bowser would've given one to you in one of the boards where he would steal a star if you reached him. (Specifically King Boo's Haunted Hideaway, Shy Guy's Perplex Express, and Bowser's Warped Orbit)
You Got a Ztar...
bummer
Bro is sigma 💀💀
“I love ztars,when i prank them with it”
-Bowser
Is no one gonna talk about the fact that he had 99 stars in jamboreee
I AM 😂😂
Those shadow mini stars messed me up as a kid playing Mario Party Island Tour
Through out my childhood playing Mario Party 2, I don’t think I have ever triggered a ztar to appear.
ProtonJon is getting PTSD from this
For some reason, when I first saw Ztar in MPDS, I was legit a bit freaked out by it. It looks so idimitating and I even feared it would jump out of my DS and haunt me
You forgot the Ztar animation of Mario Party 6 when you don't have stars and lose 20 coins and the animation when you don't have coins.
I did realize that Ztars are much cheaper in Jamboree
SPAM COMMENT BOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED
Imagine you go to imposter bowser with a jamboree partner and you have to pay 80 coins for 2 ztars 💀
If you dont get goosebumps in Mario party 5 in Card party you dont know that feeling
you got a sitar
DANCE WATER, DANCE!
sitar THE FRESKY?
“sitar is an instrument”
sitar 🎸🎸
So hard for me to believe some of these are old mario maps
The first two games are nostalgia. I wish Nintendo bring these to the main series rather than Mario Party. They would make a nasty power-down item.
There's also a Dark Star (or Ztar) on Bowser's Inside Story (M&L Series).
The old versions of the Ztar animation: creepy and cute at the same time 😱 🥰
The ones in the middle:
bring back tears in my eyes 😭
The new version of the Ztar animation:
gives me anxiety and fear 😰
This has vibes of Link getting Rupoors 😂
Well, I think this Ztar looks like scary moments.
I love all the people sharing their trauma in MP DS because of this thing and let me join you lol
Aaron Judge: You got a ZTAR (to Singapore).
Pretty sure Mario Party 3 was a light that lit up once you reached the end.
I cannot stand these things because it hurts a lot since they steal stars from you. In my experience, I felt Mario Party 5 was the one that really did Ztars with the damage. I remember Card Party when you think you get a Star, but end up with the Ztar instead.
It can also be the other way around, where you think you get a ztar, but get a star instead
Thank lord the Ztars don’t take away stars in super Mario party jamboree.
The Ztar just feels like a normal counter artifact to the (Power) Stars that I like when it's brought up in the spin-offs (as much as I would want it in the mainline). Like how Super Mario 64 influenced the Coin/Star dynamic, I think the Ztar inspired the Dark Star in Mario & Luigi. I think many Mario fanfics that represent "negative celestial energy" were based on the Ztar. Interestingly the first "negative Star" actually appeared in Super Mario RPG with a big dark star and having angry eyes.
In terms of pronunciation I usually call it "zi-tar" like the instrument sitar so nice to hear it's very similar. I figured it has to be close to the sound of what a corrupted Star sounds like.
Funny in Jamboree it's only a cardboard, as some speculate it isn't a strong Ztar.
Ztars is like Bizzaro
And Stars Is like Superman
You forgot the Bowser bonus of Bowser space animation on Mario Party 6 and the Castaway Bay animation
And I think he forgot the Super Mario RPG dark stars too…
lmao how they dance in mp jamboree but still get a ztar
Zutter just got a ninja.
Ztar is shining like some kind of mean oil slick...
I used to be scared of Ztars when I first saw them on a Mario party 9 playthrough vid back then. As of now, I’m thinking: I was scared of a purple star?
so in DS is when it officially gets called a ztar
It's so sad in Mario Party 8 they got unused 😢
Ztar also appeared in Castaway Bay when you made it to Bowser's ship
I remember getting a zstar in Mario party DS :/
Forgotten villain from video games.
*Imagine getting a Ztar in Mario Party...*
7:42 She sounds so disappointed.
She’s my GIRLIE
She is sigma 😂😂😂😂
I wish the ztar in jamboree actually took away a star instead of costing 20 coins and doing nothing, but at least it's in the game unlike the other 2 switch mario parties
Lore of Evolution of Ztar (1998 - 2024) momentum 100
Oh NO WAY 😱😱😱 PARTY CRASHERS REFERENCE
Ztar is long time, Jamboree.
i didn't know Bowser liked Levantine cuisine
I'm pretty sure it's promounced as a smooth "Ztar" not "Z-tar". It's corruption of "Star", and you don't read it "S-tar", you read it as a smooth "Star". I'm too lazy to fight for this to be true even in a civil way though.
Thats not s Ztar for MP3 its just an unlit star. You can tell by the eyes.
0:14 why is bro staring at me like it’s my fault 😭😭🙏
Yeah Mario is bro
I thought you could also get a Shadow Star in Neon Heights (MP7) if you got unlucky with Koopa Kid's chests.