Beta64 - Mario Party / Mario Board

[@Beta64]

Don't forget, I've got new Beta64 episodes releasing EVERY MONTH on this channel! 🥳 Did you see the video I posted last month on the development of Brain Age: Concentration Training? 👀 Yeah, uh, I think you're gonna want to watch it 😎 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGSYiKaolpJ0sLc

[@NinjaSloth377]

Hooray

[@danhouse1989]

Super excited to see more videos from you again!

[@iltcuhtml]

SO good to see you back

[@M64bros]

Beta 64! i missed you man!

[@Finnish.racist]

Nice

[@Allen_101]

“You can also see a removed feature from the game: Happiness”

[@jadenbuck7108]

That one felt way too real

[@JakeTheVictini]

"However, anger and sadness were both kept in because they are representations of an average Mario Party experience."

[@Aragubas]

depression be like

[@MeatbagSlayer]

It's strange they kept the sadism feature, but not the happiness one

[@Sonictheoofhog4]

They removed happiness because sometimes it's ok to not be happy while playing Mario Party

[@otaking3582]

17:13 The best theory I've heard is that they weren't 100% sure whether or not they could use Donkey Kong, since Rare still owned that particular design at the time.

[@carlosprieto2231]

What if DK was unlockable and thus hidden?

[@otaking3582]

@carlosprieto2231 That would be really weird, considering the original Mario Party only had 6 playable characters overall.

[@ThatOneWindowsFanSE]

i was gonna comment that 😔

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Mario Board? Well let’s get him something to do

[@Nintendogs08]

what if we set up a mario party

[@RioDoodlez]

these jokes are the shit i love

[@markymark443]

Ha

[@pj1343]

​@Nintendogs08 no, a SUPER mario party.

[@RedToad64]

The "Now Printing" message is old programming lingo. It basically means "now in development."

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Indeed! I came across it while looking through cutscenes in the .hack// games, it was just a black screen with the words "Now Printing...", so it seems to have survived until the early 2000's too.

[@sonozaki0000]

It's still used now, I often see it on amateur Japanese web developer and artist websites. They'll use it in place of small graphics the future website owner could place themselves, or to fill empty spaces in a gallery with a predefined grid.

[@Derpediah]

6:28 That makes complete sense, they must've removed happiness about the same time they added hidden blocks and chance time

[@TiggerTheTiger112]

lol

[@tylermannor4290]

Hidden Blocks weren't a thing until the second game

[@MaxusYT592]

​@@tylermannor4290 they were in the very first game actually, it was an item in the mushroom shop

[@SlushRush77]

5:02 - Looks like prelease DK was having a rough day.

[@nightwingmix1]

At least he locked in for the final version of the game

[@CometCereal]

He’s the Mario Party equivalent of the traumatized Mr. Incredible meme

[@lightninstriker10]

2:06 - Okay the fact that this made commercial means they *absolutely intended for you to do it that way* despite the later legal trouble they would face over it and how they explicitly tell you *not* to do it that way nowadays on the NSO app.

[@ReactedDrop]

Year of Beta64 going GREAT

[@danielinverso5869]

I dont know why, but Andrew seems like the kind of guy in college that got every new Mario Party. Also great video! There was a lot of new things I learned like that cool test room.

[@Beta64]

100% accurate, I was the Mario Party guy lol

[@TheOfficalRayman]

@@Beta64 Thank You For Looking My Cut Content In My Origins Game Andrew I Wonder For A Next Video...

[@Luigis_Menace]

To quote the great Scott the Woz, why anyone would make Mario Party is like asking “Why did you make this phone book?”

[@shutupliam_]

What does this mean

[@HeHe169]

@@shutupliam_ you're too young to understand

[@shutupliam_]

@@HeHe169 the unedited comment literally made no sense

[@HeHe169]

@@shutupliam_ you're too young to understand

[@adamsfusion]

​@@shutupliam_ Phone books were really useful back in the day. They were an obvious product to sell that everyone could use and find value in. Mario Party was the same. A 3D, multiplayer, casual, pick-up-and-play game that everybody in the room could pick up immediately was so obvious to Nintendo as a great product that they even pre-planned an entire series around it. It's not hyper creative or deeply philosophical with underlying meaning. It's literally just a party game. So why is it like a phone book? Not because it's creative, but because it was what people wanted and something Nintendo could serialize.

[@fargopolo]

The worst blisters I have ever had came from the Shy Guy in original Mario Party on N64. There was a rumour that it would unlock something, if you made it fly far enough.

[@Beta64]

I love those kinds of rumors lol

[@NinjaMario02]

15:17 This idea would be later used for Sonic Shuffle, where after 7 Stars (or Precious Stones on how they were called) the game would be over, meaning it theoretically has unlimited turns. Coincidentally, Hudson Soft was also the developer of that game.

[@HutchIsOnYT]

A new Sonic Mario party clone would be dope

[@MeatballMusic]

This feels like the older beta 64, and I love it!

[@cimengngialah2735]

With some moments where it feels like Scott the Woz, but I can pass that.

[@Gemma-Majoran]

Beta 64: Well i am older so...

[@GalaxiaSword]

It's because he's being himself instead of trying to imitate Scott or other Nintendo fan KZbinrs. That just made him appear cringy. Luckily, he took the criticism and learned from it.

[@sleeprhit]

13:22 This minigame has some interesting history behind it in that it wasn't some idea created for Mario Party, rather what you're seeing here is an adaptation of a 1985 PC game called... "Same Game." (though it was originally called "Chain Shot!" at the time) In fact, Hudson Soft in particular had developed quite a few variations of "Same Game," both as standalone software and as an included feature in their other titles. It just so happens that among those, there was *another* Hudson-developed, Mario-themed Same Game; "UNDAKE30 Same Game." This one was released on Super Famicom "physically" *and* digitally via the Satellaview service in 1995, though the cartridges were apparently intended for promotional use, not for standard retail distribution.

[@GioGioFN]

I’ve been watching these videos literally since I was in 4th grade, now I’m a UGC game developer. Thank you for continuing with these videos man, they’ve always fueled my love for Video game development 🙏

[@BOTCHI272]

These videos helped my through my parents divorce.

[@danimallover01]

HES BACK

[@PuppyFromTheAlt]

Everyone: "NOOOO, MARIO PARTY RUINS FRIENDSHIPS!!!" This silly goose: *"Yes… HAHAHAHA, YES!!!"*

[@ModderOfGames]

3:02 it's interesting knowing that any new minigames we're getting now could've been on the backburner for like 26 or so years

[@ruiter96]

0:25 my reaction to this video

[@cinos361]

That scrapped limit for stars you mentioned at 15:03 appears to have been reused for Sonic shuffle as they worked on that game.

[@oprazebb]

Literally was about to comment that, glad someone else thought of this

[@PikaPhantomVG]

To be fair, a quick look at MobyGames suggests there was very little overlap between the Mario Party team and the Sonic Shuffle team

[@AlyCatVR]

I love that the question mark dot for DK's missing portrait is a banana. That was a cute touch.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

14:05 I wished they kept the minigame because the baby wigglers look so cute

[@KingPBJames]

Didn't they reuse it in another Mario Party? Could have sworn I played it and it was BS of course

[@mariotapawan5521]

I hope they bring back that minigame in another Mario party game

[@Buzz.co2]

They made a furry oc for the Nintendo Museum dvd that like 30 people know exist.

[@chaptap8376]

Two furry ocs, at that

[@ComicTail64]

We are so back lads. One of my faaaaaav channels. Genuinely fills me with glee. Happy to have been watching from back then and seeing your channel grow as you experiment with your video style. I love it! Rock on Beta!! Also walking up tall yellow towers and falling through the top is my new favorite Mario Party game mechanic.

[@Cooky_LP]

17:17 Maybe he was planned as an unlockable character. Like Daisy & Waluigi in MP3

[@MysticNinTorres]

I’mma Mario Party all over the place until the end of time, because it’s the one party game series where it’s fun to mess around with friends and family.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

It's speculated the reason why Donkey Kong's portrait is a question mark within the debug menu may be because the developers weren't sure if they could use the Donkey Kong Country design for DK since it was created by Rare, so they had it as a placeholder until they were sure. It may also be the reason why Kamek originally replaced DK in early versions of Mario Kart 64.

[@DaCameraBeard]

I fucking love Beta64. Thank you for making this wonderful night even better bud. Much love

[@SlushRush77]

2:16 OH.... That's why it's called the millennium star... I guess it would have made more sense if it was in Mario Party 2 though, the one that actually came out right before 2000.

[@madyonboi72]

i think the reason why dk was blank with a ? in the debug menu is because rare was being sold off and they were unsure about the copyright with donkey kong design maybe

[@dustymcwari4468]

Maybe they needed a DK model for the renders, since Rare had the DKC ones, and probably couldn't be easily provided to other devs like the rest of the cast, which were readily available at Nintendo I also remember Rare helped Intelligent System with DK's prerrendered sprites for Super Circuits

[@piratebear3126]

4:10 don’t forget the best Rainbow Road theme to date too

[@zinkpopovitch9519]

2:27 I'm sorry is that BTS from the legendary smash 64 commercial?!

[@gamingwithahandicapreviews]

Mario Party 4 commercial

[@Christiansback2025]

We're so back!

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Glad to see you're still posting dude! Looking forward to one video a month, but definitely take a break when you need it! We don't want you getting burned out!

[@kawaii801]

I’m kind of mad that they removed the happiness feature when you get a star cause obviously I think it’s later games there’s something similar towards that but come on. They could’ve at least brought it back in Mario party three

[@caoistico669]

there is no such better thing then beta 64 beeing back, its a good time to be alive

[@ebridgewater]

07:04 It's? 😮 How dare you disrespect Mr. Toad!

[@leo.neato61]

OH WE'RE SO BACK BABY!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 genuinely so happy to watch you dude ^^

[@Hisho30]

Honestly, with a lot of those scrap features for Mario Party, it could've been a competitive game and we love to see that. Imagine the pure and utter chaos this game unleashed with these scrap modes. It's why Mario Party has an infamous title of "The Game That Ruins Friendships" and it's like Uno but on a higher scale. The option to limit star captures and you have to start using dirty tactics to get them, what could've been the most toxic competitive game ever. Let's bring that madness back.

[@dozer1323]

just what the hell were they thinking with the analog stick minigame you have to do it frequently and it burns a hole in your hand

[@dustymcwari4468]

They probably expected people to just use their thumbs or hold the control stick with their fingers to crank it

[@ripscort1896]

@@dustymcwari4468 the commercial shown on the video shows that that would be false

[@dustymcwari4468]

@@ripscort1896 oh yeah you're right!, they didn't test that well enough xd

[@Malory-Malicious]

It’s glorious It’s magnificent It’s beta64, the next generation

[@lsdo65239]

I always missed you, Beta64, and I'm so happy that you're making content again! Thank you!

[@Luigi_bros4321]

"yes" try again! "Yes" try again! "Yes"

[@nialldonnelly7217]

I was going to go to sleep until I saw not only beta 64 uploaded but it was about the first game in my favourite video game series

[@jemilumanzor7049]

Another great Beta64 video! I always enjoyed the backstory of each game, its pre-release renders and showcasing that differs from the final game. Also, this is one of my favorite games of the N64, even if it caused me physical pain.

[@eimaghostvods]

Finally! A new Beta64 video, I never played the old mario parties really but it is always fun to know facts about it's development.

[@I-See-In-The-Dark]

Bro came back with a glow up looking like young Steve jobs

[@CrossfacePanda]

Mario Party 1 is probably one of my favourite games of my childhood, together with Smash 64. So many hundreds of hours playing this with my brother. The battles would be so intense we used to have literal bloody flesh pits in our palms from playing Tug-O-War. We had to eventually make house rules against using our palms because it got too painful to play otherwise lol (not to mentioned it ruined the joysticks).

[@emmastarr5242]

@18:13 - That is certainly a shocking revelation there...and personally, I don't believe you on that. :^)

[@Bowlore]

Wait, isn't this the guy who said "Luigi's Mansion is one of those rare Nintendo games that no one seems to know about."

[@Lugmillord]

Mario Party 1 was the first game I ever bought from my own money as a kid. So many great memories! I love the whole series and have all main titles. Thanks for the video :)

[@tookool5616]

This will go down in N64 history!

[@KingMorgan6]

We are so back baby!!

[@KristenHaggerty-r5k]

we are all superstars together

[@GamingKingdom91]

Andrew really looks different with long hair...i was almost like 'ok..who is this guy?' for a second 😂

[@fishwarrior06]

HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CKestus2187]

The Return of the King.

[@VotexRBLX]

Love the videos Andrew keep it up man!

[@4xzx4]

15:18 It could also be that the Stars were hidden in hidden blocks on random spaces, or that there were X amount of Stars spread across the board from the beginning that the players had to collect.

[@abapaper7416]

Good to see you back

[@TheObsessiveGamer]

Man it's a crazy time to see Beta64 just back again on the regular.

[@expedited_healer]

Oh god im older than mario party? They should've kept the 'happiness' thing. That wouldve been cute. Double yoshi exploshi

[@Beta64]

The happiness thing is so cute, I dunno why they removed it tbh

[@glacialphoenix_720]

They may have removed it, but fun fact! In Mario Party 5's "Card Party" side mode, they actually have a similar idea as a feature! Where the character portraits would shift to a happier state based on who was leading in the game. And if you were losing? They also had you covered in including the wonderful feature of Depression! Maybe this is also featured elsewhere?? But I cannot seem to find any evidence that suggests so. Fun that they decided to revisit this old idea to some extent though I guess?

[@zonimc]

I'm soo happy they added back the Beta64 feature on KZbin!

[@MinkSoup]

Thank you for posting these it’s nice to hear this stuff while driving to work

[@pokemontrainerspencer6090]

What a wonderful video!

[@Beta64]

Thank you so much!

[@pokemontrainerspencer6090]

@Beta64 You're welcome!

[@fannpann]

this channel makes my brain tingle in a good way

[@roux4833]

Love to see your notifications

[@Photo0021]

Welcome back! Thanks for making 2025 better.

[@nialldonnelly7217]

He made a video a month ago

[@Absolute_LUNA-C]

one of my favorite mario party facts is that one year before mario party 1 hudson released a party game for the n64 based on tamagotchi that just so happens to also be a board game with minigames sprinkled in. makes me wonder if they saw what the mario party team was doing and wanted to take a crack at it.

[@AnimateCYT]

The king has returned👑

[@EldrichPotatoGod]

First you see a Beta 64 video in your home page; then you mourn; then you realize WHAT THE FUCK THIS WAS RELEASED TEN HOURS AGO AND IS NOT FOUR YEARS OLD (I missed the Brain Age one a month ago but probably going to watch it later)??? There isn't anything akin to a fall off either; if anything this is one of the best Beta 64 videos imo, shorter and sweeter but that does still make it sweeter.

[@Maxx-to9yd]

The pure happiness I got when seeing this notification is unexplainable

[@MiaGaudette]

HE SUFFERED TWINK DEATH NOOOOOOO

[@lilrobestn8953]

Say you're gay without saying you're gay

[@AquaTwist_]

What a perfect start to the new year! Can’t wait for the return of one of my favorite channels!!!

[@chandlerfox7759]

Bro swinging those hands around like it’s a Ted Talk

[@DXRdev]

It's been a little bit since ive seen Beta64 but...seems like its been some...years😅 Glad to see you back in action Andrew!!

[@Mariomikester]

a new beta64 video in the big 25 is like jesus getting rebooted

[@AronTW]

Babe wake up, new Beta64 just dropped-

[@EvanStreblow]

I think Beta would be extremely good at those spot-the-differences games after all his practice with beta screenshots over the years 😂

[@AlexanderGreensmith]

So glad you’re back mate the Kawashima one was amazing but this one was even better

[@THEFIZZLERGOESCRAZY]

Bro finally resurrected

[@SplatzicYT]

It's awesome to see you back! Love the videos!

[@zinkpopovitch9519]

We missed you buddy. Nice beard 👊

[@Aardie_Aardwolf]

Mate looks like he was trapped in the Nintendo backrooms.

[@TomGreen99]

Good, I was almost going to go to work today.

[@Sir_Scarlet]

We… we don’t talk about the Wii U era of Mario party…

[@juliannocartagena2007]

Don’t you mean 3DS? The Wii U only got one!

[@Sir_Scarlet]

@@juliannocartagena2007 they are both pretty… not great

[@AaronL0905]

"they wanted the games to be played with family" and they created a game that makes everyone end mad at each other because of how competitive everyone gets

[@1st]

im so glad bro is back

[@Beta64]

Glad to be back!

[@that1plays550]

i’ve been watching your videos since i was little and i’m so glad you’re back i love your videos so much

[@MediachatYT]

The Return of the King!

[@smb64275]

Hi, Beta64, love the history and unused stuff in Mario Party that was an awesome video. However, I wanna ask you this besides Mario Party: I watched your old video about the first Super Smash bros 64 game and Final Smashes had to be removed due to the limitations of the Nintendo 64. Then why final smashes were not appeared in Super Smash bros Melee for the Gamecube? I am very curious why final smashes had to be waited until Super Smash bros brawl came for the Wii

[@BobberWCC]

He's so back Gaming will be real in 2025

[@majintween]

your profile photo is now the beta version of your face

[@LuigianoMariano]

Skeptics and Trolls would've had a decades-long era of intentionally saying "Mario Bored".

[@Budder645]

6:33 “you’ll also be able to see a removed feature of the game, happiness”. Please, every Mario party game doesn’t have that feature, no one is happy playing the game. It’s the ender of all friendships

[@OrdinaryMarioBros]

Awesoooome! New Beta64! And it’s even a Mario themed one!

[@teaoftraffic]

16:12 Yellow IS used outside of No Game, it appears for a spilt second during Bowser Revolution.

[@Joseph-s]

Beta64 we love you