Identifying Luck: Mario Party 3

One's company, two's a crowd, but Mario Party 3 is a party! Glad you're here! Let's get going!!
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〖Timestamps〗
0:00 - Opening
0:28 - Bonus Stars
1:02 - Spaces
2:09 - Bowser Roulette
5:58 - Chance Time
7:56 - Spaces continued
11;00 - Introduction to Items ★
11:27 - Item Shop
12:39 - Mushroom
13:06 - Warp Block
14:01 - Cellular Shopper
14:37 - Dueling Glove
15:11 - Golden Mushroom
15:44 - Boo Repellent
17:17 - Magic Lamp
18:09 - Reverse Mushroom
21:00 - Poison Mushroom
21:44 - Bowser Phone
22:26 - Bowser Suit
22:59 - Lucky Lamp
23:34 - Plunder Chest
24:28 - Boo Bell
25:38 - Skeleton Key
26:07 - Item Bag
27:38 - Rare Items
27 : 38 - Wacky Watch
28 : 17 - Barter Box
29 : 32 - Koopa Kard
30 : 00 - Lucky Charm
31:48 - Last Five Turns Event
32;28 - Introduction to Boards ★
32:29 - Chilly Waters
39:46 - Deep Bloober Sea
46:19 - Spiny Desert
54:25 - Woody Woods
1:00:29 - Creepy Cavern
1:06:06 - Waluigi's Island
1;13;16 - Introduction to Minigames ★
1;13;33 - 4P minigames ☆
1:13:35 - Aces High
1:16:37 - Awful Tower
1:18:02 - Bounce 'n' Trounce
1:19:30 - Cheep Cheep Chase
1:20:43 - Chip Shot Challenge
1:22:32 - Curtain Call
1:23:52 - Frigid Bridges
1:25:45 - Ice Rink Risk
1:28:32 - Mario's Puzzle Party
1:30:50 - Messy Memory
1:33:33 - M.P.I.Q.
1:35:20 - Parasol Plummet
1:36:43 - Picture Imperfect
1:37:58 - Pipe Cleaners
1:39:09 - Rockin' Raceway
1:40:45 - Snowball Summit
1:42:19 - The Beat Goes On
1:44:17 - Toadstool Titan
1:47:01 - Treadmill Grill
1:48:53 - Water Whirled
1;49;27 - 1-Vs.-3 minigames ☆
1:49:28 - Boulder Ball
1:50:37 - Coconut Conk
1:52:30 - Crazy Cogs
1:53:25 - Hand, Line and Sinker
1:54:41 - Hide and Sneak
1:56:10 - Ridiculous Relay
1:58:02 - River Raiders
1:59:27 - Spotlight Swim
2:00:32 - Thwomp Pull
2:01:57 - Tidal Toss
2;03;34 - 2-Vs.-2 minigames ☆
2:03:35 - Baby Bowser Broadside
2:04:17 - Cosmic Coaster
2:05:21 - Eatsa Pizza
2:06:23 - Etch 'n' Catch
2:07:15 - Hyper Hydrants
2:08:04 - Log Jam
2:09:35 - Picking Panic
2:11:33 - Puddle Paddle
2:12:32 - Pump, Pump and Away
2:13:24 - Slot Synch
2;14;42 - Battle minigames ☆
2:14:44 - All Fired Up
2:16:52 - Eye Sore
2:17:37 - Locked Out
2:20:49 - Merry-Go-Chomp
2:21:07 - Slap Down
2:21:50 - Stacked Deck
2:23:30 - Storm Chasers
2:24:37 - Three Door Monty
2;26;22 - Duel minigames ☆
2:26:24 - Baby Bowser Bonkers
2:28:09 - Bowser Toss
2:28:59 - Crowd Cover
2:31:12 - End of the Line
2:32:31 - Fowl Play
2:33:40 - Motor Rooter
2:36:12 - Popgun Pick-Off
2:37:23 - Silly Screws
2:38:19 - Tick Tock Hop
2:39:53 - Vine With Me
2;41;18 - Item minigames ☆
2:41:20 - Bobbing Bow-loons
2:43:07 - Dorrie Dip
2:43:42 - Hey, Batter, Batter!
2:44:44 - Swing 'n' Swipe
2:45:13 - Swinging with Sharks
2:46:45 - Winner's Wheel
2;47;24 - Game Guy minigames ☆
2:47:26 - Game Guy's Lucky 7
2:48:53 - Game Guy's Magic Boxes
2:50:23 - Game Guy's Roulette
2:51:18 - Game Guy's Sweet Surprise
2:54:00 - Ending
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GameSaver64's Twitter - GameSaver64 (Not a ZoomZike link, but his Twitter will be linked nonetheless because of the work he's put in on ALL of my profile icons, banners, and tier images!)
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⦁ Sources ⦁
MarioWiki - www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Party
(I quoted this site many times when introducing minigames and other mechanics as they found the exact words I was looking for, a LOT of credit given here)
Mario Party Discord server - discord.gg/KmPpAgd
Airsola (Created the original tables; they were the one that learned about how these events worked, I simply remastered their already existing tables; they also pointed out the star space indicators on the board to me as well as being able to stop the Bowser roulette on what you want) - imgur.com/a/BmCnd7p (Their item bag testing)
MKDasher - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5amioZ_h7NjaZo (Pump, Pump, and Away equal pumps footage)
Mario Party Legacy - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z32oo2qQfcyop6s
(Game Guy's Sweet Surprise statistics and analysis footage)
BrawlgamemusicPlus - kzbin.info/door/gBhYviYDnKr0gkl8e-SpJQ
(Music)
mariopartylegacyosts - kzbin.info/door/-XIOCqE_hS2dGLWbt1hOqg
(Music)
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♪ Music ♪
(All Mario Party 3 OSTs)
0;00 - Title Screen
0;13 - Select a File
1;00 - Castle Grounds
2;09 - Bowser Event
5;58 - Chance Time
7;56 - Starlift
18;29 - Rules Map
21;00 - Free Play Room
31;48 - Still Going
32;29 - Chilly Waters
39;46 - Deep Bloober Sea
46;19 - Spiny Desert
54;25 - Woody Woods
1;00;29 - Creepy Cavern
1;06;07 - Waluigi's Island
2;54;00 - Credits

[@zoomzike]

CORRECTIONS: I'm bound to make a few mistakes with a video of this much length. If you find any issues then feel free to let me know and I'll correct them down below, along with giving you credit! Any "broken" timestamps were done on purpose. 11:27 - The chances of getting each shop is actually 66/33 in Toad's favor. (Airsola) 11:39 - The item shop table is only consistent for 20 turn games. (MetaKnight EX) 1:49:28 - I accidentally said "Boulder Bash" instead of "Boulder Ball"! Woops! (George Niblett) 1:58:02 - I neglected to say "a coin minigame" for River Raiders. (Sir Chasm)

[@MrGOOMBAGUY]

I don't care. I'm just glad it's finally here.

[@sultanahmed-vj1mj]

@@pinksheep752 nit picking just a bit😂😂😂

[@25mbros]

DUDE DON'T SWEAT IT!!! THIS IS AN AMAZING SERIES THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY FOR GIVING US THESE TOOLS!!!

[@ForrestFox626]

Welcome back ZoomZike! I've missed this series!

[@llamason7044]

You forgot to mention difficulty for boards is in this game as well.

[@zoomzike]

Seeing all these notifications pop up a mere minute after I published this gave me all sorts of positive feelings inside. Thanks everyone, it really means a lot!

[@tanglelover]

We love to support you

[@RaFaReAcH]

thank YOU for these, these are works of art, seriously dude, thanks a LOT!!

[@Lmaster800]

thanks to you too!! you made me want to play these games again!

[@ElZamo92]

Best video for the quarantine

[@sultanahmed-vj1mj]

Dw dude we wouldnt watch if we wasnt interested i personally have never played a single mario party game from 1 to 7 only playing 8 to 10 not including handheld versions or games and i generally love this series i love analysis game mechanics and system i will most likely never play any of these games and if i did i wouldnt remember these tactics but its fun to watch i usually watch them 1 time as an actual watch then when i am wanting to go to sleep i will re watch them to fall asleep probably watch the ones on mp1 and 2 like 10 to 30 times each

[@Jor__DS]

I just noticed with Waluigi's Islands that there are Luigi things on it that are getting destroyed which makes you think that it used to be Luigi's Island, but that Waluigi just put "Wa" in front of "Luigi's Island". They even destroyed Luigi's house to make Waluigi's house! Also Mario bonks his head on the ground if he loses.

[@theawesomepanda1lance241]

46:56 “If you end up visiting a mirage, the ‘no’ text will pop up...” I know what you mean, but at first I thought you go to a mirage and you just see a text box that says “no.” and the mirage vanishes

[@zoomzike]

Imagine spending multiple turns to get to what you think is the star just to be told "no."

[@theawesomepanda1lance241]

@@zoomzike “Finally! I made it to the star!” “no.”

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Imagine wanting to go to heaven, but God said...

[@NotASovietSpy1]

@@SomeFreakingCactusBut god said:imagine wanting to go to heaven but god said...

[@abczyx4815]

I just imagine the Gru or Bugs Bunny memes 'no'

[@NimonoSolenze]

2:48:30 I actually had that happen to me once. Exactly once. Game Guy rolled a 2, I rolled a 1. Game Guy rolled again, hit a 6 and fell off- his dialogue actually changes in that situation! Normally when he falls, he mentions you can roll again, but if you go higher than 7, he keeps your coins. In the extremely rare scenario this happens when you're on 1, he instead changes that part to pointing out that there's literally zero risk in rolling again since there's no way you can fall off, so you may as well try for the x10- worst that'll happen is you get x2 instead! I like that the devs actually considered that.

[@shiffpup2529]

I like how the series is called "Identifying Luck" when it's really "Dissecting Mario Party"

[@zoomzike]

If only the latter had a ring to it.

[@dimentiorules]

@@zoomzike there's another series very similar to this one called "chance time". It also analyzes each of the Mario Party games and the most recent episode is 3, just like this series.

[@marcar9marcar972]

Sam Shiffer to be fair people say Mario Party is all luck anyways so I think the name fits.

[@zoomzike]

@@dimentiorules Oh yeah, King K's Chance Time. I'd classify my series as strategy guide and his as a retrospective (which is what he calls them, fittingly)

[@oneheckofabanana2016]

@@dimentiorules Chance Time seems to be more for filthy casuals while Identifying Luck is for the master race Mario Party players.

[@archmagemc3561]

You forgot 1 random thing, the best part of Mario party 3. The chance for Bowser to pose like he wants you to sketch him when entering a Bowser event.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Which is bound to be run through the Super Crown if it hasn't already.

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

OH IT'S SEXY BOWSER

[@zoomzike]

I KNEW I MISSED SOMETHING! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@NXeta]

I am actually curious what the odds are of getting sexy bowser

[@MountainMemelord]

Draw me like one of your French girls.

[@CloudySkies17695]

Can’t wait for the eventual 4 hour behemoth that is Identifying Luck: Mario Party 4

[@Kctian]

Being my first and favorite Mario Party I've played, I can't wait

[@t00nbink]

Yeah I just realized the hours (if you round down the numbers) of each "Identifying Luck" videos is directly linked to which Mario Party he's talking about lol.

[@dancorps1388]

MP7 is going be a monstet. It has the normal boards, the "solo" boards that has slightly different layouts and can be play with 2 people, and the 8 player mode that mess with dice blocks. Then you have board spefific goals and items, and finally you have character specific items. Luckily there not to many mini games.

[@Feltzer342]

If that's true, then just wait till 5, 6, and 7 arrive on the scene.

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

I doubt it will be that long. It has less minigames to go over in that one compared to Mario Party 3. Sure there are new board events in that one including board unique ones but they could all only take up so much time even factoring in the item lineup.

[@Cute___E]

1:33:34 "If you have to cheat... Then your MPIQ is probably pretty low" Damn, that was a good transition, Zoom.

[@zoomzike]

Wish all minigames could have a transition that smooth, haha

[@SuperMario.1]

Don't forget "Unlike your messy memory."

[@floppa_gamer1111]

@@zoomzike ye

[@CrashingThunder]

"Hey, you wanna watch the extended version of Lord of the Rings for a few hours?" "Nah, I'm gonna watch this video about Mario Party instead"

[@zoomzike]

"Fair enough I guess"

[@PointsofData]

Its not like either nerd can really judge the other

[@JMartini810]

Priorities

[@davisranger]

At least this one can be useful if you play this game.

[@happyboy7860]

“Understandable have a good day”

[@KennyKakes1]

0:18 - The y and f in "Identiyfing" swap positions, a reference to Identifying Luck: Mario Party 2, where "Identifying" was misspelled. Not sure if anyone has pointed this one out yet.

[@Jmanclub-vd7mg]

Jayden Martin yeah I remember that, it’s nice continuity.

[@audiosurfarchive]

Damn the MPILCU is getting _thicc_ yet resonant and earnest in its spergitude.

[@Remolizzo]

Mario Party 3 is by far the most enticing for strategic play with added item slots and items. As well as the skeleton key door bouncing you mentioned. Glad to hear a lot of other people adore this game!

[@espurrseyes42]

Door bouncing is VERY good. Just watch the last 5 turns of TRG's playthrough in Woody Woods.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Easily my favourite Mario Party game.

[@espurrseyes42]

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 And the most underrated one. I still don't see why only 2 was put on Virtual Console. 1, I get, but there's no reason 3 got excluded as well.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

@@espurrseyes42 Why can't we have all 3 games on virtual console? I'm not a big fan of the first game, but that's mainly because some minigames could have used some polish. We don't use rock hard N64 analog sticks anymore. I can't even begin to tell you how difficult it was to get a copy of Mario Party 3 on an actual N64. I managed to get one last year for £75. I was only able to do that thanks to my homemade comics making decent money at my college. I'm glad I did because alongside the second game, it's easily the peak of N64 multiplayer gaming, and still holds up really well which is something I can't say about most Nintendo 64 games. I'm not sure if I would call it the most underrated though. It's generally considered a high point by those who played it (most at least). That and 6 and 7 are arguably just as good and don't get as much attention.

[@espurrseyes42]

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 MP1 not being ported is because of that N64 lawsuit. Nintendo doesn't want to risk it again. That being said, Gamepad and Classic Controller C-sticks don't have the same issue the N64 stick did, and worst case scenario, control stick spinners can be changed to AB Alternative Mashers.

[@user-wf7uf2jp8x]

I can't wait until the 10 hour long Identifying Luck: Mario Party 10

[@zoomzike]

That sounds like an absolute NIGHTMARE.

[@awesomeguy2009]

That video won't even be a full hour long lmaooo

[@theguyman256]

I can't wait until the super hour long Identifying Luck: Super Mario Party

[@Kai4life4]

@@theguyman256 I can't wait for the Island Tour hour long Identifying Luck: Mario Party Island Tour

[@theguyman256]

I cant wait for the Advance hour long Identifying luck: Mario Party Advance

[@WillieRayPR]

18:10 idk if this was intentional or not, but having no music in the background when explaining the reverse mushroom intensified your point on how powerful of an item it is, and was a nice touch

[@zoomzike]

Oh yeah, that was a last minute edit. I wanted to do something special for that item!

[@poyo6191]

*Is it possible to ban an item in mario party???*

[@champofhorde9479]

I used to abuse the hell out fo that mushroom even at 7 years old, good old times :´)

[@audiosurfarchive]

@@poyo6191 But why tho: it makes MP3 have some of the most active, and deepest, macrogame in the series among other QoL improvements and such.

[@poyo6191]

@@audiosurfarchive 20:56

[@Bismuth9]

2:13:05 "Don't worry, I'm not about to tell you the beats per minute to this minigame" Well, I can, it's 192 BPM. I have the world record (611y).

[@spyshark_5002]

Thanks! Also nice WR

[@TheSpoonman00]

Bismuth, you're a legend

[@zoomzike]

Glad someone did it, haha.

[@abczyx4815]

Us: do you know the legendary mario party guy? Bismuth: of course I know him, he's me

[@Maddyislicious]

3's always been my fave. Gotta love the sheer nonsense that is mechanics like Game Guy and rare items, and you gotta appreciate the game that introduced the concept of three items in one inventory. Some really neat boards too, particularly Spiny Desert and Waluigi Island. Truly the unsung champion of the n64 trilogy.

[@12poulet21]

zike- "intensely watching for both nuts to align with one another" me- " THAT WHAT SHE SAID *chuckle*" zike- "i heard that... i know one of you just chuckled right now, let's be mature."

[@GeneralCane]

He caught me too.

[@Interesting_Failure]

>these tips won't apply for every hole you encounter

[@meta04]

(2:37:43)

[@snowgrave2475]

*my maturity to these jokes is like, 11 years old*

[@curtiscantbmxwell4897]

Call bowser on yourself whenever you have 0 coins, instant money boost!

[@zoomzike]

Yup!!

[@zjzr08]

Had this in a pinch early in the game -- very easy to drain coins with early Bank spaces and item shops that calling for Bowser so you can have coins to buy a Star is smart.

[@beta511ee4]

zjzr08 There’s also using it on yourself as insurance for failing a Game Guy minigame.

[@castperthewolf3426]

Bowser sure likes underdogs.

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

I literally call the Bowser Phone "The Bowser Insurance Plan" when I'm playing with friends.

[@cadenmyers1982]

1:32:40 I just imagined Mario staring at Luigi with a very confused expression, while Luigi's just casually shoving an entire Yoshi egg in his mouth

[@zoomzike]

I had absolutely no clue what you were talking about when I read this comment, but now I know, HA!

[@MrMariosonicman]

11:22 its minor... but I REALLY love how the items interact with each other in such a short amount of time when trasitioning. your edits are fantastic.

[@zoomzike]

I loved working on that part, glad you liked it dude!!

[@autobotstarscream765]

I notice that a surprising amount of your strategies involve the interaction between the real-life people on the couch rather then relying entirely on the game mechanics, which I'm guessing is the desire of party game designers and the mark of a good party game, fostering interaction between the players in the room. 🙂 Specifically, your solution to a lot of the elements out of each player's control basically boils down to asking the other players to please target someone else. I'm sure that's easy for *you,* Mr. Sexy Voice...

[@zoomzike]

If I feel like there's not many options game-wise to help one win, then I turn to what one can do in real-life in order to increase one's chances. Subtle comments can go a long way!

[@calemmontiel338]

It feels a bit immoral imo

[@theSato]

@@calemmontiel338 are you new to mario party? it's not a game to be taken seriously lol

[@zjzr08]

@@calemmontiel338 It's like Survivor -- cutthroat isn't personal (mostly).

[@luigifan001]

You missed the best option if you do not care about being seen as a crazy madman: punch 'em

[@Namadu7]

11:20 I had to watch this part several times. There's so much effort put into giving these items each their own personality!

[@theburnetmarshmallowtoad3909]

Yeah but it seems like the boo repellant and the boo bells are rivals.

[@codydh3]

That Backwards Mushroom segment. My god! I honestly didnt believe you at first when you mentioned it was broken but after showing it. Yeah I think it should be banned permanently in future Mario Party games.

[@awesomeguy2009]

Well, it hasn't appeared since 3. I'd bet the playtesters didn't like the reverse shroom lol

[@ShiftyGuy777]

I still think the star pipe is the most op item but yeah reverse mushroom is good too.

[@abczyx4815]

If I was playing a competitive game with 3 experts, I'd deff ban it, it's not fun watching ppl deliberately position themselves around boo to game the system.

[@tallboiedd2846]

@@ShiftyGuy777 star pipe is broken in super but besides that it's ok

[@mottdropsie]

@@ShiftyGuy777 *Gets PTSD from you mentioning the "Star Pipe".* Specifically, the version from MPDS.

[@duskbunny2823]

Whenever anybody says "Mario Party is just random luck, there's no way to win!", I'll show them your videos. Great analysis, these are incredibly helpful!

[@zoomzike]

There's definitely some straight-up luck elements in Mario Party, but over the course of game, usually the player knows what they're doing will win. Usually... Thank you!

[@zjzr08]

@@zoomzike It is quite interesting, I mean, look at The Runaway Guys' performances, it's usually one guy winning due to how good he is in minigames and board strategy at times.

[@the3dluxe53]

It’s all a numbers game. There’s ways to increase your odds of success but you’re never safe from being absolutely decimated.

[@clonefighter1996]

44:07 "If you have a Skeleton Gate, thoug-" "..." "Did I just say "if you have a Skeleton Gate"?" *"Yes, IF YOU HAVE THE sKELETON gATE ITEM-"* "no" "If you have an Skeleton Key, though, ..."

[@zoomzike]

I love the Skeleton Gate item.

[@littlemrdoom5997]

@@zoomzike that sounds almost as broken as the reverse mushroom, you just place a skeleton gate behind your space and block that until someone opens it.

[@MakenaForest]

@@littlemrdoom5997 dude, place a skeleton gate, roll a 1, reverse mushroom next round, profit

[@TwilightFirefly_]

One of the funniest moments of the video. 😁

[@k-leb4671]

If you have the Skeleton Gay...

[@johncolon4461]

Can we all appreciate that, flying in the face of the YT algorithm, this man, and his microscopic youtube channel, managed to rope in over a million views on 3 videos that can be longer than the Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

[@zoomzike]

I do my best! Thanks!!

[@Paradoxical_96]

It's almost like quality videos are more fun to watch then any of the random nonsense the algorithm recommends.

[@shybandit521]

I was just watching "Spaces" slowly scroll in the background, wondering what it is before it came to the foreground and I realized ZoomZike is an editing genius

[@zoomzike]

4

[@valenfraux]

@@zoomzike yes

[@Hamanuna]

Mario Party 3 is always going to be my favorite one of all time, the new boards, duel boards, lots a fun minigames, 8 characters to have fun with.

[@Wizbill1012]

*Sees this video in my feed* "YES! YES!"

[@daigoroxyojimbo8615]

had the same reaaction

[@soundtestmenu]

18:01 "You could also warp to the star and not purchase it" i've actually had that happen to me once, my brother and i were playing mario party 4 and the star was positioned just before a boo house. he had a lamp and more than 50 coins but not more than 70 (enough to buy and steal a star), so he used the lamp to warp to the star, did *not* purchase the star, and instead used his coins to steal one from me. words can't express how i felt after that and i'm certain i'll never see a play like it again

[@ownagenoobs1]

Yeah this is the play for someone who is truly evil. I won't lie I've done this before, but I did not feel good about it 😂 the friendship was well on the rocks after that

[@Bismuth9]

Fun Fact: Waluigi has a 0.50y advantage in Bowser Toss.

[@cruzikin3116]

Bismuth don’t know what that means. I haven’t played this game before. I’m watching cuz it’s in my feed.

[@zoomzike]

Is that legit according to the code or according to what you see straight-up?

[@MrMariosonicman]

@@zoomzike it could possibly be the fact of a misplacement of the bowser doll since Waluigi is tall, and probably makes it awkward to squat his legs and make it look realistic enough to spin. so he doesnt go down far enough to be at the same height as the other characters. but thats just my guess on why that might be.

[@stretch3744]

My record on that minigame is 95.7 with waluigi, and I never do as well with anyone else so I’m sure he’s right

[@Bismuth9]

@@zoomzike Sorry I never saw your question. I think MrMariosonicman might be right, he appears to be throwing from higher up. I found 0.50y empirically but it really seemed to line up. One might have to TAS it to find what distance every character gets with identical inputs.

[@supermaiofroge]

This is gonna be a great movie over here! If it doesn't win the Oscars we riot!

[@mariomario761]

Chernobyl: I'm the most toxic thing alive Me, Pausing during Tick Tock Hop: I'm gonna do what's called a pro-gamer move

[@meta04]

I can think of some more: - G&W bucket in every Smash game, and up-B out of shield in Ultimate - T-Spin Double Mini in Tetris Ultimate before that patch that may or may not have come out yet (I haven't checked) - see kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnW8q55sq9ioqKs - Mario Maker 2 versus in general edit: fixed the link, because www.youtu.be doesn't exist

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@meta04 G&W Mains: We have the best Up B out of shield. *Bowser Mains: ahem*

[@meta04]

- Pac-Man's red trampoline ledgetrap

[@DeltaFrazzle]

Yes......... YES. YYYEESSSS!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. Mario party 3 is hands down my favorite. With the inclusion of game guy minigames, more minigames in general, more unique items, events, duel maps, etc. etc. There's so much to dissect about this and I'm excited. This will be a wonderful watch once I'm done.

[@MadJackLightning]

Dude, the reverse mushroom bit was hilarious! "ARE YOU SERIOUS!?"

[@autographedshaggy6687]

2:17:00 "I doubt you'd make this mistake, but just incase, make sure you're going around clockwise circles, not counter-clockwise" Ha, ya, what kind of idiot would ever do that, especially just 5 minutes before reaching this part of the video. ...

[@zoomzike]

It happens to the best of us...including myself ;-;

[@autographedshaggy6687]

@@zoomzike I just found the timing of it kind of funny.

[@OrpheusMC]

So you’re telling me when I mess up from being shy and indecisive, this lovely tree reassures me and gives me an item anyway? This tree in a video game is a nicer person than most people I know.

[@goddesscarrie767]

aww, that's a really cute way to look at it cx

[@zoomzike]

It's very wholesome, ye.

[@thecriticalghost4626]

He also says you are special, That's cute

[@edgelord8337]

The game where friendships are ruined. I've got my popcorn and I'm ready to eat through this thing. If there's anybody in to come to about things I don't know about Mario party it's zoomzike. Oscar worthy videos.

[@mudkipz3405]

I see you comment in Toycat all the time, are edgelords drawn to one another?

[@DeltaFrazzle]

Ever since I watched his first Identifying luck, I was so excited for the others. He does an incredible job making these.

[@theaveragemushroom6474]

Why do I keep on finding you everywhere

[@MHSchonberg]

40:00 “And the least total spaces out of them all at 93” >Super Mario Party’s biggest board has 56 spaces Man, I miss big boards. Alright, back to sinking into a chair and listening to 3 and a half hours of Luck Analysis for a 20+ year old game! Informative and entertaining as always!

[@WillieRayPR]

MHSchonberg The SMP default die block goes up to 6 and getting an ally is not the easiest thing in the world

[@XaiEia]

@@WillieRayPR then why not just... make the die block be able to roll higher numbers???? That way big stages ain't a problem?

[@pinksheep752]

they’re talking about the least total spaces out of every mario party from 1-7, not every mario party in general

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@pinksheep752 OP's statement isn't a correction, it's a statement on the state of the series from OP's opinion.

[@MHSchonberg]

Autobot Starscream Bingo. My problem is that in reducing the board size, they limit what each board is capable of showing off. Even if the dice roll is reduced (which is hardly a fix since getting extra dice from allies is as easy as walking forward, plus several characters able to reach up to 10 on their custom dice anyway), there’s still 40 fewer spaces for... anything. Events, visual spectacle, special spaces, alternative routes... and 56 spaces is the size of three of the boards, while the final unlockable board is around 26 instead, and that’s just ridiculously small even if you don’t have partner dice.

[@skthreesoyea8720]

This man is a professional at ending friendships.

[@pyromanic8]

I can't wait to do a literal day long binge of the last episode of this series

[@zoomzike]

WOO!

[@dennan7537]

I actually refused to buy a star in the boo board in MP4, I was last on the last turn, and used the magic lamp. I was 1stars bellow the first player (everyone else were out of the picture), and He had more coins (the bonus stars were of). Now, I didn’t buy the star, but took a risk of hitting a good roll to get to the boo, who I couldn’t afford alongside the star. I actually got to the boo stole a star, and won, that was litteraly the only time O hav not bought a star

[@SEELE-ONE]

Dennis Mann Thoren nothing strange... Why just settle with a star when you can also screw someone else while getting it??

[@zjzr08]

Yeah, stealing a Star is better than buying one, because it is +2 than +1 advantage, and if you only have 50-69 coins you're probably better off declining that Star Space.

[@abczyx4815]

My wife asked me why you would ever skip buying a star. What you just said is exactly why you would, if it's late game and you need that star steal (a 2-star difference vs 1-star), you may need to skip buying a star to win the game

[@NoriMori1992]

Smart!

[@ryaquaza3offical]

Wait, is this another 3 hour video about luck I’m mario party? Count me in! I’ll get the popcorn

[@zoomzike]

Gimme some.

[@RenzyTheGreat]

Mario Party 3 is my favorite game out of the series, every Sunday and bunch of my friends and family gather to play this amazing game but goddamn do we all pretty much hate Creepy Cavern. It’s so annoying to navigate through, at certain points we all just use the genie to move the star since the mine-carts and Thwomp always screw us over lol

[@zoomzike]

I don't find Creepy Cavern to be the most enjoyable board to play through either, haha

[@NovaStorm93]

Just know that this single video is longer than most feature-length films.

[@zoomzike]

I don't plan on any video of mine being longer than this one!

[@alex_tbh]

@@zoomzike Except for that 4 hour Mario party 4 one. And the Mario party five one. And every game after this one.

[@komlat253]

End game is like .(am i a joke to u.

[@tallboiedd2846]

@@alex_tbh hahhahahhaha this aged well

[@sonicaspeed1237]

Mario Party at this guy's house: Statistics class Mario Party at my house: Psychological warfare

[@Cute___E]

Your little "Maaario Paarrrtyyy" at the beginning killed me

[@GeneralCane]

Seeing this video on my subscriptions turned one of the most stressful days ever into something much more tolerable. Thanks Zike.

[@zoomzike]

A pleasure to relieve the pain, Cane.

[@eatari02]

Having watched over 50 hours of competitive Mario Party 3 and breaking the game open, the Chain Chomp Game Guy Minigame operates with each chomp having a 1/multiplier chance of eating a piece of cake each bite. If the multipliers were 2x and 64x, then the 2x chomp has a 50% chance to eat a piece with each bite, while the 64x chomp has a 0.015625% chance to eat a piece with each bite. As it takes 3-4 bites to finish the cake, the odds multiply against themselves. It's nigh impossible for the 16x, 32x, or 64x, to win. I always take the 2x chomp, with only the 4x swaying me in situations where I don't have many coins to lose.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

The fact that competitive Mario Party is even a thing is hilarious to me.

[@noahjakobovits7921]

The transitions into the next mini games are flawless.

[@zoomzike]

Glad you like them!

[@castperthewolf3426]

59:09 Oh, why thank you. I'm fine with not getting anything or getting something that doesn't help me that much.

[@GamingProsAdventure]

Good god did you record each map in 1 take?? If so that’s insanely impressive cause you barely messed up for 10+ minute clips and that’s a lot of nonstop talking, currently at around the 45 min mark and it’s a great, insanely high quality video, like always, amazing job!!

[@zoomzike]

I took a break in-between maps, but otherwise, yeah I'm pretty sure I did each map in one take, save for a couple screw-ups. Thanks!!

[@fernando98322]

The boards were so cool... that's the most important aspect in a Mario Party tbh. The newer games just don't have good boards.

[@robinthejoker8446]

I just dropped everything for this

[@MahDryBread]

Man, you know your stuff!

[@zoomzike]

Thanks!

[@Xsor.]

Huh, two KZbinrs I like right there. Pretty funny. I like how you both tend to leave in bloopers (either in scripts or voicing)

[@awesomeboyz255]

*insert youngster Joey joke here*

[@masonbooh5941]

Thats his thing

[@ryanharo9552]

"no one expects anyone to be that toxic." Excuse me, I'll have you know that growing up we would pull the pause/unpause trick on platform peril, hexagon heat, and tick toc clock. Probably others as well, but those are the only ones that come to mind

[@zoomzike]

EVIL.

[@ryanharo9552]

@@zoomzike That's what happens when one person (me) is just so much better than the others (my younger brother and my neighbors), the less skilled players find creative ways to win. Needless to say I eventually got good enough to win even with the pause/unpause trick being used against me

[@AizakkuAnalysis]

It's finally here! I can't wait to spend my whole night staying up to watch this.

[@Snooplax]

This video was amazing. I was so impressed by the editing and all the things I learned about Mario Party 3. I looked at the behind the scenes video of Identifying luck in Mario Party 2 and found it super interesting how you do your animations in Sony Vegas. I use Sony Vegas also and I definitely might have to become a patreon to see the rest of your behind the scenes videos!

[@zoomzike]

I should've learned sprite animation in software that was actually made for it, but naaaaah I just _had_ to be stubborn with Sony Vegas! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@NoArtisticLimitation]

This is why I subscribed, for longer content I can have in the background of things I’m supposed to be doing, and will most likely ignore in favour of the video XD

[@JMGO1999EternalMajorKakoEscoby]

You forgot to mention that in Spiny Desert, if you Drawn a 8 at the beginning of a game, you can buy a item worth then coins, take the upper path to Skeleton Key Game, land on the Bowser Space and Gain 30 coins.

[@zoomzike]

Oh yeah, that's an amazing move. Good point!

[@mimikinsy]

Thank you so much. I was just playing with my brother and I got 2 wacky watches and 1 lucky charm on the same turn, we were joking on how lucky I got for that to happen and we suddenly had the urge to calculate the probability of that, so this video came really handy. So again thank you!

[@jackasplat]

I watched this very sincerely the first time and have enjoyed every episode so far and look forward to subsequent entries. That being said I put these videos on repeat to help me fall asleep on rough nights ✌ Thank you for fueling both my weird fascination with this franchise and for that very soothing voice of yours

[@zoomzike]

Glad you enjoyed it and I'm happy I could help you relax!

[@Zeruk]

'easiest minigame' ME LOSING THE WHOLE THING CUZ I WANTED BOO BELL CRYING

[@zoomzike]

WHICH ONE?

[@Zeruk]

@@zoomzike I FORGOT why am i 4 years late omg im rewatching

[@sashiboop]

this might sounds weird but... i use this series to fall asleep a lot of the time it works better than a lot of asmr and for some reason your nice low voice along with these cool mario party facts just puts me to sleep so well 😌

[@goddesscarrie767]

aww. that's adorable ♥

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

Listening to it right now to try and sleep.

[@MarioFan587YT]

1:37:56 I laughed so hard at this zoom in. Very nicely done

[@IHeliosI]

Yeah i have no idea why but it cracked me up too. Wasn't this the original thumbnail for the video?

[@ethanrose9682]

Lenny Toad

[@illusionist1872]

“You like kissing Toads, don’t you”

[@hamnerheads6770]

I absolutely adore the time and care put into this series and I cant help but watch them over and over again while doing other things thank you for giving us the knowledge to be mario party gods!

[@zoomzike]

No problem! Glad you enjoy!!

[@trashhole7376]

A new one just after I rewatched the last two earlier this week. Sweet

[@HiroiSekai]

My favourite MP game arrives! Thanks for your hard work on these, they’re always worth the wait.

[@div4676]

Incredible! I'm honestly guffawed at the work you put into this, it's honestly great how there are still youtubers out there who are willing to put everything they can into a video just for the viewer's sake. It gives me a lot of hope for future youtube and this kind of analysis is something I wish I could be doing someday. I'm still super impressed, you should be very proud.

[@zoomzike]

There are definitely a good chunk of KZbinrs that put a ton of work in. The problem is that some of them are getting buried by the algorithm. Gotta find them! Thanks!!

[@GMKGoji01]

You forgot to point out the most crucial thing about Chilly Waters: The fact that the TCNation has enslaved the snowmen. On the bottom where the start and bank space are, snowmen are rising from the ground, hoping to start a new life, only for some penguins to rip the first snowman’s head off because they wanna play soccer with it. Behind the item shop, one penguin is catching a tan while a snowman is dying, with another penguin calling the source of the light causing said snowman to die. Above the happening space, about 5 penguins are skiing on the snowmen’s corpses (at least I think it’s their corpses). And finally, in the icy 5-way junction, that breaks when two people are on it, 4 penguins forced a snowman to catch their dinner! TL;DR, TCNick3 has invaded and conqured Montana! With penguins as the oppressors!

[@lilvomitcomet]

man... a 3 hour study on mario party 3 in a so far +6 hour trilogy study of this game series, i give you some mad respect.

[@skullhouse5886]

Well well well... I never thought I'd see the day. It's good to be back, Mr. Zike

[@meta04]

1:34:20 Can't believe you didn't mention the ones that were literally "What is the current record for $MINIGAME?"

[@zoomzike]

THOSE ARE STUPID.

[@yoshimallow]

Or "How many times was *insert board name here* played?"

[@ruwisc_]

2:23:00 FYI, Stacked Deck is not the same situation as Bowser's Big Blast - the initial order DOES matter. Several years ago I worked out the (approximate) probabilities of winning from each starting position: 1st: 19.8% 2nd: 23.1% 3rd: 26.5% 4th: 30.6% The reason why this is different is fairly straightforward, actually: the Boos. Once a Boo is drawn, every player still in has an equal probability of winning because they're shuffled into a random order. If, for example, player 3 picks a Boo on their first turn, then player 4 is guaranteed to still be in, while players 1 and 2 did have to risk it. It adds up to a pretty significant advantage for the players who go later.

[@zoomzike]

Could I see how you arrived at those %'s? I think I understand the point you're trying to make, but I'd like the data set to be sure.

[@ruwisc_]

​@@zoomzike drive.google.com/open?id=1TVJ6OOp466MKTxnrYqKRBaO7uvvwTYVk Here's an excel spreadsheet with possibly way too much information, including probabilities for each player to finish in each place. I guess a more convincing argument for why the probabilities aren't equal is this: think about last place instead of first. If the order didn't matter, then each player should have a 25% chance of coming in last, but the first player has a 33% (4/12) chance of getting Baby Bowser on the first card and coming in 4th without the other players doing anything. In fact, the first player has an overall ~41% chance of coming in last, more likely than them placing 1st or 2nd combined.

[@glmathgrant]

The main reason Bowser's Big Blast is fair and Stacked Deck isn't is simple: when every player's picked a plunger in BBB, the plungers reset and re-randomize. In SD, the cards never re-randomize. In BBB, if two players remain, every bomb has a 1/3 chance of eliminating the first player, a 1/3 chance of eliminating the second player, and a 1/3 chance of eliminating nobody and being replaced with another bomb. Without the latter mechanic, the first player would lose 2/3 of the time.

[@beta511ee4]

@@ruwisc_ Can’t the fourth player still potentially go after the third player if shuffled by Boo. If so, then the odds of them staying in aren’t 100%.

[@aurachanneler8396]

I can't believe I just watched a 3-hour video that is effectively just a list of every bit of RNG in MP3. Great job.

[@zoomzike]

Yup!

[@PhirePhlame]

I remember, on Chilly Waters, there was a Star Space that activated soon after the goal, which made the ice safety space really close to it. Seeing as I had >20 coins and the opponent on the ice didn't, I pullei the kamikaze tactic for a win-win!

[@ryanharo9552]

I always used the dueling glove when another player was fighting me for the coin star. If we both had 80-90 coins I would duel them for everything they had, usually taking them for all they were worth and setting the coin star bar so high it was impossible for anyone else to ever hope to reach it even if I lost all my coins somehow.

[@zoomzike]

That's a good point! Changes my perspective on the dueling glove a little.

[@ryanharo9552]

@@zoomzike To be fair, I usually didn't go out of my way to get the glove, but if I happened to get it, that's what I would use it for. Even if I was at say 90 coins and the next highest person was at 45. 45 coins in one go is a lot, that's two Boos' worth of coins at once. The other time I'd use it was if someone was close to the star and I wanted to keep them from it but I wasn't near enough to Boo. Or if one person couldn't play I would use it to destroy the computer. It was embarrassing to allow the computer to win so the three of us left would band together to defeat them at all costs. This usually resulted in the computer finishing the game with 0 stars, no bonus stars, and around 10 coins.

[@alecrutz956]

@@ryanharo9552 LOL

[@g.bonnie4496]

This is the type of video the King of skill watches before every gaming session for the Party Crashers

[@jude_illusion]

Had to split it across 3 days - but man the series just keeps getting better! Keep it up!

[@zoomzike]

Thanks Ultimate Yakuza!

[@SacredFireGaming]

If I'm honest I think the bonus stars were the best balancing factor in this version. Made the game feel quite a bit more skill based both on decision making and the minigames.

[@velvetbutterfly]

I want to say I can appreciate the amount of editing work that went into the Waluigi Island intro just for a short joke

[@theguyman256]

If you have the skeleton gate item, use it on the skeleton key

[@zoomzike]

Awwwww yeah.

[@CountMonsparkle]

Great job, I love these videos! One advice you could elaborate on in future videos is probability distribution when using a red or golden mushroom: When you roll two dice, it's much more likely to get a number around 10 while on a 3-dice-roll, you are more likely to get a result around 15. It's something you can keep in mind if there is a specific space you are aiming for certain spaces that are exactly 10/15 spaces away.

[@munchrai6396]

The timing for the Thwomps has always been the most finicky board mechanic in this game since the timing is surprisingly tight. Also, Waluigi Island's random left island is one of the few times where grinding chance times is an option especially with 2 star spaces on this island you could easily spend most of the game on this island and it would still work out for you. Especially considering how easy it is to manipulate Bowser, the only bad outcome is Game Guy and Red Spaces

[@zoomzike]

Yeah, action time can be weird at times...

[@testsubjection8448]

A fun change in mario party superstars is how the trees work, instead of giving you the movement based fruits every time it is now woody giving you neither and evil woody (the wiki calls them evil woody and I don't know how to spell what you called them) will give you BOTH.

[@camwoodstock]

Holy actual cow. Every episode of this gets even more high quality, this is incredible! Kudos to you for getting all this information compiled.

[@erlendvageskar3356]

18:09 why the reverse-shroom might be the most OP MP item

[@zoomzike]

We'll see if there's one in the future that tops it, I doubt it though.

[@erlendvageskar3356]

@@zoomzike How long does it usually take for you to research each game? Example: do you play 1 minigame like 10 times until you know the strategy? Just curious (greetings from Norway btw).

[@Matt913]

I had a two-part method for Messy Memory that seemed to be fairly consistent whenever I played the game: caps and colors. First, since there's always a Mario cap, a Luigi cap, and a Wario cap, and they were readily recognizable, I always memorized where they were from the get. I then used those as primary markers in my head, and used my "background memory" to notice the colors around them. This game uses three dominant colors: RED (Mario's cap, DK's tie, the mushroom, and the Fly Guy), YELLOW (Wario's cap, the banana bunch, Peach's crown, and the hammer), and GREEN (Luigi's cap and Yoshi's egg). There's no way around the fact that these colors tend to bunch up - there will always be a red or yellow cluster somewhere on the board, and since there are only two green items, you can use the egg as a marker as well.

[@zoomzike]

Very interesting method of memorization. Someone else that commented mentioned that they memorized the caps and everything around them as well. Must be due to how their shapes are all very familiar and similar to one another. Cool stuff!

[@NotK41]

Probably the one time I would say it's worth staying up until 3am to watch a video... Nice work! I've always been curious about which mechanics of Mario Party are truly random, glad to see someone's figuring all of this out!

[@zoomzike]

A lot of this info's been gathered from other people, which I'm very thankful of. I appreciate your kind words!

[@gabe4031]

I didn’t know this series until I found it. I’m not even a big fan of Mario party but it’s so cool to see it in such a way that breaks it apart to make it make sense. Plus high key like your voice it’s soothing. Downside/upside is it puts me to sleep part way into the vid. I thank you and commend you for your hard work🖤

[@zoomzike]

I appreciate your kind words. My voice has some mystical powers apparently! Glad you liked it!

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

MP3 is my favorite of the Mario Party N64 trilogy.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Easily. 2 is a close second though.

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 How true.

[@erikagaming1439]

Personally im a Bowserist with Toadstool Characteristics.

[@ivanzoneBR24]

2:15:05 After talking Lava Bubble multiple times, he finally started saying Podoboo

[@zoomzike]

I learned my lesson.

[@videogamahagain]

Wo lost a good solder to- oh wait 5 months ago for the lava bubble clan

[@LunarBraixen]

Still can't believe you're putting this much effort into a single video. I mean, 200 minutes straight, explaining a single game? That takes a level of dedication that is very hard to come by. And all of it's entertaining too! Not many videos I am able to watch the whole thing, even if they're short. I've watched the entirity of Identifying Luck 1 and 2, multiple times. Hopefully you don't burn yourself out trying to complete this series though. Take your time and make sure you still enjoy making these for us, okay?

[@zoomzike]

I love the Mario Party series and want to give it my all for these videos. I'm very appreciative of everyone's support nad I'll make sure to not burn out. You've gotta remember that I don't make these videos _just_ for others, but for myself too! They're fun to make! Thank you for the support and kind words!

[@omnisel]

hi just wanted to say that the diagonal moving pattern you use for non-game-footage visuals is perfect in such a way that when i was daydreaming and my eyes were looking past the screen no longer focusing on it the image of the background didn't blur and it made it look like it with further in the background than the visuals in the foreground and it was like the 3DS 3D effect i am also sleep deprived

[@Sirus7009]

HOLY POYO IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Heck yeah!

[@ztmackin]

You should do this for Dokapon Kingdom, that would be an interesting video to watch

[@Jinanwoys]

That would be cool but that game is way to huge for just 1 video.

[@shiffpup2529]

Here after MP3 FINALLY made it to NSO

[@crabwaluigi]

Can you add me on switch i got nso expansion

[@SnugglyDashie]

Well here we are in 2023 and you have your wish! It's back baby! Are you happy with the return with the switch? Loving these by the way! First time viewer here and on to the Mario Party 4 video I go! Side note: for Aces high, my strategy is follow behind people and shoot them normally, that tends to win me the minigame so fast that bullet bills are not even a problem for me... Try that out! (I have other strats for other minigames but that is the one at the top of my head after watching this whole thing)

[@ruben.worthington2249]

I've been following and adoring this series since the start. Thank you so much for finally covering my personal favorite entry in the series, and generally being awesome. Keep up the amazing work, your subscribers are well earned.