Best mario Party?
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Mewmewmewm
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2 based solely on nostalgic reasons XD
scarfboyxiv
That One ScarfBoy
Scarfy's Favorites~ Mario Party Edition!
Nintendo 64
1. It's the one that started them all. There's no justified reason to hate this title. Sure there were a few bugs, but only because the franchise was starting up. Heck, I dunno if they even knew that MP would take off like it did. The minigames were fun, the boards were creative, it was overall an enjoyable first entry.
2. I liked this game too. Sequels are always notorious for being not as good as the first (if not downright horrible). Mario Party 2 was an exception to the rule and shone just as brightly as the first. However... it didn't top the first; it's its equal. (Yes that is grammatically correct.) It had great minigames and I loved the themes for all the boards. Specifically Bowser's board. XD I liked the game overall.
3. This is my favorite of the N64 generation. I loved everything about this one. I also loved the twist at the end of the game! I didn't see that coming when I was a little kid. This game was an improvement to the first two. I don't have a real reason for why I like this one over the others. It's just the one I played most, I guess. XD
GameCube
4. For an early GameCube game, this looked REALLY smooth and clean. However, I have the least experience with this game, so I cannot accurately comment on how much I like it. From what I've seen on the Mario wiki, performing research on all the Mario Party boards, there are some... inventive ones, I guess. ^^u
5. I enjoyed this one because it brought back the honorable Star Spirits from the Paper Mario series which is my favorite Mario game series of all time. The boards, though... They were okay. I didn't like the dream concept all that much and they overdid it with Kid Koopa this time. I tolerated him before in the previous games. He wasn't a favorite mechanic of mine in any of the games; I always thought it should have been only Bowser and then Bowser Jr. when he was revealed in Super Mario Sunshine. Here his use was obnoxious. On the upside, the minigames continued to be fun~.
6. This one was very innovative with the day/night cycle. The pop-up storybook extras were adorable as well. I spent a lot of time with this game, too! It has a favorite random minigame of mine, and also great graphics. I had a lot more to say about this one, but I forgot it all except for what I wrote.
7. I love to travel and a Mario Party with a cruise ship is a win-win for me. The boards were so beautiful--two of them are in my top three--and I had a lot of fun with the minigames. The only drawback I have with this game is its persistence to force the microphone accessory into game play. Those minigames were not fun for me. But everything else made up for that, so I have no real complaints. Bowser was adorable in this installment, too! X3
Wii
8. Okay, this was my favorite. This is where the series peaks for me. I spent so much time playing this edition that I've pretty much got a great handle on every minigame and board there is. I still have yet to unlock Blooper, but that's neither here nor there. LOL It has all my favorite minigames (especially the soda shaking one
) and my absolute favorite board: Shy Guy's Perplex Express. I'm also a fan of a board they improved on from the last game. Windmillville from MP7 was cool and all with the whole "invest coins get stars" concept with the windmills, but here you had an empire of hotels and TWO Lucky Spaces. This was a proper use of that mechanic and it's led me to want to play Fortune Street one of these days. McHallyboo is one of the best MCs the franchise has had and... I can't say enough good about this game. 10/10
Wii U
9. Ahhhhh... the albino black sheep of the family. This is where everything crashed for me. EVERYTHING was revamped. Fundamental mechanics that were established from the very first game were uprooted and ground into bits of dust and reworked into something very different. The only thing this game has going for it in my opinion are the fun minigames. And Bowser. But even changing the very DICE MECHANIC of the game??? No. Just... no.
Nintendo 64
1. It's the one that started them all. There's no justified reason to hate this title. Sure there were a few bugs, but only because the franchise was starting up. Heck, I dunno if they even knew that MP would take off like it did. The minigames were fun, the boards were creative, it was overall an enjoyable first entry.
2. I liked this game too. Sequels are always notorious for being not as good as the first (if not downright horrible). Mario Party 2 was an exception to the rule and shone just as brightly as the first. However... it didn't top the first; it's its equal. (Yes that is grammatically correct.) It had great minigames and I loved the themes for all the boards. Specifically Bowser's board. XD I liked the game overall.
3. This is my favorite of the N64 generation. I loved everything about this one. I also loved the twist at the end of the game! I didn't see that coming when I was a little kid. This game was an improvement to the first two. I don't have a real reason for why I like this one over the others. It's just the one I played most, I guess. XD
GameCube
4. For an early GameCube game, this looked REALLY smooth and clean. However, I have the least experience with this game, so I cannot accurately comment on how much I like it. From what I've seen on the Mario wiki, performing research on all the Mario Party boards, there are some... inventive ones, I guess. ^^u
5. I enjoyed this one because it brought back the honorable Star Spirits from the Paper Mario series which is my favorite Mario game series of all time. The boards, though... They were okay. I didn't like the dream concept all that much and they overdid it with Kid Koopa this time. I tolerated him before in the previous games. He wasn't a favorite mechanic of mine in any of the games; I always thought it should have been only Bowser and then Bowser Jr. when he was revealed in Super Mario Sunshine. Here his use was obnoxious. On the upside, the minigames continued to be fun~.
6. This one was very innovative with the day/night cycle. The pop-up storybook extras were adorable as well. I spent a lot of time with this game, too! It has a favorite random minigame of mine, and also great graphics. I had a lot more to say about this one, but I forgot it all except for what I wrote.
7. I love to travel and a Mario Party with a cruise ship is a win-win for me. The boards were so beautiful--two of them are in my top three--and I had a lot of fun with the minigames. The only drawback I have with this game is its persistence to force the microphone accessory into game play. Those minigames were not fun for me. But everything else made up for that, so I have no real complaints. Bowser was adorable in this installment, too! X3
Wii
8. Okay, this was my favorite. This is where the series peaks for me. I spent so much time playing this edition that I've pretty much got a great handle on every minigame and board there is. I still have yet to unlock Blooper, but that's neither here nor there. LOL It has all my favorite minigames (especially the soda shaking one
) and my absolute favorite board: Shy Guy's Perplex Express. I'm also a fan of a board they improved on from the last game. Windmillville from MP7 was cool and all with the whole "invest coins get stars" concept with the windmills, but here you had an empire of hotels and TWO Lucky Spaces. This was a proper use of that mechanic and it's led me to want to play Fortune Street one of these days. McHallyboo is one of the best MCs the franchise has had and... I can't say enough good about this game. 10/10Wii U
9. Ahhhhh... the albino black sheep of the family. This is where everything crashed for me. EVERYTHING was revamped. Fundamental mechanics that were established from the very first game were uprooted and ground into bits of dust and reworked into something very different. The only thing this game has going for it in my opinion are the fun minigames. And Bowser. But even changing the very DICE MECHANIC of the game??? No. Just... no.
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I loved 2 and 3
MisterEnigma
Senior Member
I'm between 1 and 3, both for nostalgia purposes and the fun mini games! 
Jinglefruit
The black-nosed Reindeer
I pretty much agree with everything the OP posted except I never owned the first 3 so I haven't played them much.
I place 5 higher than 4 though due to the boards actually relating to the map and not just being some square floating frame and the ability to cover the floor with your capsules.
I feel like 6/7 was where it started going downhill, thats where the whole 'every board must have its own game changing gimmick' started. Which I liked the first couple of times I played but it reached a point where me and my sister would reach the board select screen and we'd look at them all and then turn it off and play 4 or 5 (or 6, which we seemed to accept the board on regardless). Although we did play a few games with 5-8 people and they were fun. If MP 8 or 9 continued that and had 1 person with the wiimote and your partner with the nunchuck we'd probably have not traded them in.
8 and 9 I feel could be merged into 1 good game if you kept the boards and playstyle from 8 and the minigames from 9. But the mini games on 8 were the worst. I feel the development team were still ecstatically boning over being able to move their arms and having the game respond to it that they just made most of the games flap/point the fastest and you'll win.
I place 5 higher than 4 though due to the boards actually relating to the map and not just being some square floating frame and the ability to cover the floor with your capsules.
I feel like 6/7 was where it started going downhill, thats where the whole 'every board must have its own game changing gimmick' started. Which I liked the first couple of times I played but it reached a point where me and my sister would reach the board select screen and we'd look at them all and then turn it off and play 4 or 5 (or 6, which we seemed to accept the board on regardless). Although we did play a few games with 5-8 people and they were fun. If MP 8 or 9 continued that and had 1 person with the wiimote and your partner with the nunchuck we'd probably have not traded them in.
8 and 9 I feel could be merged into 1 good game if you kept the boards and playstyle from 8 and the minigames from 9. But the mini games on 8 were the worst. I feel the development team were still ecstatically boning over being able to move their arms and having the game respond to it that they just made most of the games flap/point the fastest and you'll win.
VillageDweller
Senior Member
Just to let you know, 9 was also on the Wii. None of the Wii U. =p
Personally I've only played 8. So I don't really have a valid opinion.
What?! Play 6 and 7 those are the best.
hahahahahahahha
Is that a yes or no?
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