Mario Party 7 - Full MiniGame Rankings

[@NintendOscar13]

LET'S GO, FUN RUN IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MINIGAME

[@NickTheEnlightened]

Thanks once again for another great ranking Slim! While I'm personally not big on MP7 and consider it probably the weakest of the first 8 games, it still definitely has some excellent minigames and it was great to see you take this on. Can't wait to see you wrap up the Hudson Soft era (home console wise anyway) next time with 8!

[@starman6477]

Love this game!!! Thanks for doing this Slim

[@Gametoon05]

Mario Party 7 is my personal favorite Mario Party of the ones I've played, and the minigames are one reason why. They took a lot of risks and were very diverse with the types, even having less of the normal ones, and yet the grand majority were still really fun!

[@BigShowGunnoe]

It's an underrated game. The consistent quality of the minigames is very underappreciated, the there are so few "duds" in this game especially if you don't count the mic/Bowser/DK minigames. Honestly if you don't count Flashfright and Royal Rumpus for being slightly broken then the only real complete dud is Cointagious, a coin minigame. That's an INCREDIBLE feat for a Mario Party. So take out coin/DK/Bowser/Mic/slightly broken minigames than there an no duds in this entire game!! And yet, this feat is overshadowed because of Bowser Time, Character Orbs, the Slot of Stupendousness and Mic Spaces. It's a shame! Especially when you consider that Mario Party 6 has around 15 minigames that are definitely around the dud category.

[@samisthebest6991]

Overall Ranking: Abysmal 88. Cointagious 87. Slot-O-Whirl! 86. Balloon Busters 85. Mathemortician Awful 84. Dart Attack 83. Mad Props 82. Spray Anything 81. Be My Chum! 80. Flashfright Terrible 79. Boxing Day 78. Pogo-a-Go-Go 77. Monty’s Revenge 76. Number Crunchers 75. Sphere Factor Bad 74. Air Farce 73. Bob-Ombic Plague 72. Ice Moves 71. Bowser’s Lovely Lift! 70. Spinner Cell Mediocre 69. Bananas Faster 68. La Bomba 67. Funderwall! 66. StratosFEAR! 65. Pokey Pummel 64. Battery Ram Okay 63. Peel Out 62. Vine Country 61. Coin-op Bop 60. Hop-o-Matic 4000 59. Oil Crisis 58. Rope a Dope 57. Bubble Brawl 56. Buzzstormer 55. Helipopper 54. Royal Rumpus Good 53. Synch-Row-Nicity 52. Wingin’ It 51. Weight For It 50. Gimme a Brake 49. Bumper Crop 48. Stump Change 47. A Bridge Too Short 46. Light Speed 45. Tunnel of Lava! 44. Treasure Dome! 43. Bumper to Bumper 42. Hammer Spammer 41. World Piece Great 40. Duct and Cover 39. Fish and Cheeps 38. Hip Hop Drop 37. Think Tank 36. Pyramid Scheme 35. Wheel of Woe 34. Balloonatic 33. Bridge Work 32. Jump, Man! Amazing 31. Warp Pipe Dreams 30. Tile and Error 29. Gimme a Sign 28. Cardinal Rule 27. Shock Absorbers 26. Magmagical Journey! 25. Target Tag 24. Catchy Tunes 23. Spin Off 22. Apes of Wrath 21. Kart Wheeled 20. Stick & Spin 19. Deck Hands Perfect 18. Real Smoothie 17. Easy Lickings 16. Spin Doctor 15. Ghost in the Hall 14. Clock Watchers 13. Snow Ride 12. Picture This 11. The Final Countdown 10. Unhappy Trails 9. Take Me Ohm 8. Big Dripper 7. Track & Yield 6. Funstacle Course! 5. Grin and Bar It 4. Herbicidal Maniac 3. Fun Run 2. Camp Ukiki 1. Spider Stomp

[@samisthebest6991]

New Ranking: 88. Air Farce 87. Balloon Busters 86. Mathemortician 85. Mad Props 84. Dart Attack 83. Boxing Day 82. Flashfright 81. Balloonatic 80. Cointagious 79. Bob-ombic Plague 78. Slot-O-Whirl! 77. Bumper to Bumper 76. Rope a Dope 75. Royal Rumpus 74. Monty’s Revenge 73. Wheel of Woe 72. Spinner Cell 71. Be My Chum! 70. Pogo-a-Go-Go 69. Bowser’s Lovely Lift! 68. Bananas Faster 67. StratosFEAR! 66. Spray Anything 65. Ice Moves 64. Peel Out 63. Treasure Dome! 62. Number Crunchers 61. Pokey Pummel 60. Coin-op Bop 59. Oil Crisis 58. Tunnel of Lava! 57. La Bomba 56. Spin Off 55. Duct & Cover 54. Battery Ram 53. Hop-O-Matic 4000 52. Helipopper 51. Vine Country 50. Synch-row-nicity 49. Weight For It 48. Bubble Brawl 47. Target Tag 46. Think Tank 45. Bumper Crop 44. Real Smoothie 43. Wingin’ It 42. Sphere Factor 41. Funderwall! 40. Buzz Stormer 39. Stump Change 38. Light Speed 37. Gimme a Brake 36. Pyramid Scheme 35. Fish & Cheeps 34. A Bridge Too Short 33. Hammer Spammer 32. Bridge Work 31. Hip Hop Drop 30. Warp Pipe Dreams 29. Cardinal Rule 28. Spin Doctor 27. Ghost in the Hall 26. Magmagical Journey! 25. Tile and Error 24. Gimme a Sign 23. Kart Wheeled 22. Stick and Spin 21. Snow Ride 20. Deck Hands 19. Catchy Tunes 18. Shock Absorbers 17. Jump, Man 16. Clock Watchers 15. World Piece 14. Big Dripper 13. Unhappy Trails 12. Apes of Wrath 11. Herbicidal Maniac 10. Picture This 9. Grin and Bar It 8. Easy Pickings 7. Track & Yield 6. The Final Countdown 5. Take Me Ohm 4. Funstacle Course! 3. Camp Ukiki 2. Spider Stomp 1. Fun Run

[@turboshazed7370]

Love your rankings. Cointagious is awful.

[@samisthebest6991]

@@turboshazed7370 thanks, and yeah, it is.

[@samisthebest6991]

@@turboshazed7370 I’ve been cutting that minigame a bit of slack though, because at least it’s 100% playable and you’re guaranteed some coins since it’s not a battle minigame. It’s still a very boring minigame though.

[@christopheredwards788]

Yay another one!

[@evanwilliams6406]

Track and Yield is a more deadly version of Run Rattata, Run.

[@Flash33c]

Balloon Busters: Though it is random how many blows it takes (sometimes as low as 17, other times as high as 22) it usually takes more than 15 to pop it, so you can plan around that at the very least. Herbicial Maniac: Something else to watch out for is accidentally hitting your teammates shot as that'll cancel both out. It's rare but it can happen. Bubble Brawl: This was actually the first MP minigame I ever played as MP7 was my first MP game. Also I'm assuming you mean the bubble brawl in the Grand Magic Games arc in Fairy Tail (yes I have seen that show and enjoy it). Mad Props: In my first playthroughs of this I thought you had to keep mashing L/R to move. It wasn't until much later I found out that you only need to hold them down to move. Flashfright: If you run around the bridges then it's apparently pretty easy for the team to win, whereas the statues apparently are traps that the 1 can exploit for easy captures. Fun Run: Never been the biggest fan of this game honestly. It's not bad and I can see why people like it, but I feel there are better minigames than this one.

[@Imirui]

31:18 You are correct, there are at least 2 paths out of the house at all times. Most traps (all except 2) are mutually exclusive with another trap on a different route with a hallway between them before the trap spots, allowing you to easily switch to the new route. Theres always a left path and a right path.

[@wiphi245]

I knew Fun Run would be #1! As for Balloon Busters, that game gives me the heebie-jeebies more than Bowser's Big Blast and Bigger Blast. I never liked how two additional people are eliminated at the expense of one person. In one other video, there was that car accident simile I explained which is why it's the worst MP7 game. Good thing they fixed that in the Top 100, but at the end of the day, Balloon Busters is a game I just can't get behind.

[@BigShowGunnoe]

#13, #10, #4, #3, and #1 absolutely deserve the respect they have, but #5 I'd have to disagree. the game is definitely slightly weighted for the side of 3 to beat the 1.

[@brickadventures]

This is definitely my favorite Mario party along with 4 & 6

[@turboshazed7370]

5 is definitely the weakest out of the four GameCube entries.

[@devinwillbey6422]

SlimKirby's 1st worst list of this game was quite controversial. Also another returning worst minigame candidate returned: Balloon Busters. This is the 3rd game in a row that has happened. Also I am so glad that Fun Run is his number 1 favorite minigame! The music is in that minigame is really great and the best music for his number 1 game in a Mario Party game!

[@Imirui]

Oil Crisis is one of those weird minigames that suffers from motion control syndrome, a term I just made up named after how a lot of mario party 8 could’ve used a controller and been just fine, but had to use motion controls instead. Oil Crisis would’ve been perfectly fine with just a controller and normal controls, but instead it’s now a mic minigame with a delay on everything you do.

[@FromElsewhear]

Minigames in The Top 100: Balloon Busters Dart Attack Deck Hands Jump, Man Sphere Factor Track and Yeild Vine Country Minigames in Superstars: Spin Doctor Minigames in both: The Final Countdown Monty's Revenge Pogo-A-Go-Go Pokey Pummel Stick & Spin

[@phanpyken986]

Finally someone who dislikes air farce as well. That minigame has poor controls and I have no clue how the AI do so well at it. Whenever I see anyone play 7, they never pick this as a battle game and for good reason.

[@quackbob334]

In my opinion it takes time to get used to and its easy for me because I have played It so many times I get used to it

[@NickTheEnlightened]

Yeah Air Farce completely sucks. It's a minigame that I feel often gets looked over when discussing crappy minigames in MP, which is a shame because I truly believe it is up there with the likes of Right Oar Left, Submarathon, Trap Ease Artist etc. For downright awful minigames.

[@EBTheOriginalMaster]

Great video as always Slim!

[@quackbob334]

Mario Party 7 is my favorite Mario party I love it so much this is great 😊😊

[@NintendoFan021]

I love MP7! Maybe because it was my 1st one why it'll probably forever be my favourite. If I had to pick my one least favourite minigame it'd probably be Warp Pipe Dreams. I don't mind some minigames that are a little more luck-based, but since this is a Duel minigame, I hate that I could lose a star or all my coins because of bad luck. Whenever this minigame gets selected I instantly get annoyed.

[@DrasticFox2004]

23:00 Should have been #3. :(

[@Mariokemon]

43:30 until RIGHT NOW, I was thinking the pun was "take me on". Prob cuz when I last played this game, i didn't know that song.

[@dimitribottjen2495]

It's interesting how much your top and bottom 10 changed since the old days

[@turboshazed7370]

Apes of Wrath was hilarious as a kid. 😂 Not gonna lie the duel mini games here are better than most of Mario Party 6's. I have a soft spot for 6 and 7 for the being the first two I owned.

[@ShyRanger]

#41, oh it's that minigame where Bowser asks you to get him coffee, and whoever ges it to him first wins.

[@BigShowGunnoe]

SlimKirby, I've watched a few of your videos now. You do a pretty solid job at ranking the minigames based on what's simple, fun and what makes sense for you. However I would just like to add, I feel like a lot of these rankings are pretty subjective, and come from a place of playing the game a few times and evaluating how you feel. I feel like some of the minigames that are ranked in low positions on your list would be higher if you played them more or gave them more of a chance. Note to Self that low in Mario Party 6 in insane to me. And with Air Farce, yeah this one is really difficult, so it sucks to play with new friends. It's actually kind of fun if you try it a bunch of times though, you'll improve! I don't know I just get this vibe that a lot of these lists are based on how fun the minigame is to play the first time you play it or with new friends, which is certainly part of it, but I also think there can be classic minigames that aren't as easy or simple the first time. And to me Monty's Revenge is easily one of the best overall minigames in this game which is why it was included in the Top 100 and Superstars. So seeing minigames like Spinner Cell (weighted), Easy Pickings and Buzzstomer ranked higher than Monty's Revenge really throws me for insane loop. I'm also curious about automatically putting luck minigames very low. I'm also curious why you have games like Flashfright, (which many consider broken but I actually like right in the middle of the list). I'd love to hear your response or and explanation defending your choices. I'm still waiting for a response from SlimKirby!

[@SlimKirby]

First and foremost, there is a reason why the rankings feel subjective....it's because they ARE subjective. That's kind of the point of these types of lists/videos. They're never supposed to be the definitive rankings for everybody because this is all based on only my opinion and thoughts, and I make that pretty clear in every single video, even if it should be obvious by now. If I wanted to actually make the definitive mini-game rankings, I'd survey a bunch of people on what their entire rankings would be and then develop a scoring system that would determine then rankings based on those results. Two, with all due respect, ranking a giant list of items (minigames in this case) is ridiculously hard to do. Even Mario Party 1, which had the least amount of minigames, was still a challenge, because you will easily run into situations where, for example, you're like "Ok, I really love these 10 minigames. I really hate these 10 minigames, and then 30 others exist that are right in between with barely any major separating them," so I'm literally splitting the smallest of hairs between some of the rankings, which is another reason why the "it's a button masher" joke came into existence, because I could literally put them all in a row with nothing unique to say about them because they are all literally the type of game with only the slightest of differences between them. Three (kinda more like 2.5 as it's somewhat related to the previous point, but whatever), games that I personally don't care for, will more likely appear lower than games that I consider ok. Games like Note to Self for example, while the idea of the game isn't really that bad in concept, I don't enjoy playing that game over other games because it just feels like a giant cluster*fudge* of randomness in how the note balls act and react and then the other players just kind of get in the way and just kind of makes the game irritating to deal with and as a result, if it came down to a simple decision of "Would I rather play this game, or this game?" Games that I would choose will generally be ranked higher. In fact, this "theoretical match-up" idea is a big indicator of what ultimately determines the rankings for these videos, as I use an online bias sorter when I'm trying to figure out what the rankings will be and when I write the script. I might make a few adjustments after the sorting if I think it needs to be done, but if I do, it's only for a couple of placements (2-3 on average). I'm also not a huge fan of luck-based minigames (or games that don't have strategy) or games that involve button mashing, because those games usually are kind of limited in terms of what kind of skill they can provide or just limited in terms of conceptuality, where you can literally lose without having any control over it, and I think that's pretty lame. However, games like Honeycomb Havoc and Triple Jump (the former being luck-based, latter being a button-masher) I like more and cut them slack, because they at least had factors that made the games not one-dimensional and actually offered an additional layer of challenge and skill, which made them way more enjoyable to me. Four, as far as experience is concerned....at the point of me making this comment, I've done full playthroughs of every Mario Party game on both my KZbin and Twitch channels (technically I've done 1-3 on KZbin twice now....), and beyond those playthroughs, I've obtained every single Mario Party game on it's day of release (and if not, it was at least close to the release window) and been playing a number of them for many, many years, so I'm no stranger to the series, and my approach to these videos is making them as a Mario Party veteran, or perhaps even an expert of the series. I may not be the best or most competitive player of the series, but again, that is also objective. I feel like I can at least define myself as an expert because I have been playing these games very regularly since they first released in 1999, 24 years ago. So when making these videos, I'm approaching them just as a person who loves the series and wants to share my personal opinion of the minigames in this series with others. I'm not looking to have people agree with me or believe my word as law or anything like that. It's just my list and my content, and that's really all it is. I think I've addressed as much as I think I can. Thanks for the comment, and I hope my response answered your personal questions and curiosities! Have a good day!

[@BigShowGunnoe]

@@SlimKirby Hi SlimKirby! Thank you for taking the time out of your day to answer this! I've watched some of your videos a long time ago, so I didn't recall if you stated exactly that these were subjective only. I just rewatched the start of the Mario Party 6 ranking, and I hear you say it. And for not taking that more into account, I apologize. For me when I rank minigames, I kind of cave my opinion to the majority a lot besides my strongest opinions, but I try to make it somewhat similar to the consensus, but there's no reason others should feel the need to do that! I will try to recognize that making list of minigames before is challenging, I've ranked them in tier lists for each game, but I've never made any videos, so I'll acknowledge that it's not easy and I've gone back and forth (splitting hairs) several times while making them. I can tell that you aren't a stranger to the series, I've seen segments of plenty of your videos before! I don't care for luck minigames or button mashers either, I just feel a sense of obligation to not put them automatically last if I think they're made well. Perhaps I should do the matchup method like you do! I actually HATE repetitive button masher minigames because it's not good for your hands, fingers or the controllers (this is one of my qualms with 5 and 6). Hopefully my rebuttal helped you understand where I'm coming from and that I appreciate your content, but I do have one more question that I'd love to hear an answer from you at somepoint, because this is one of the most confusing things I don't get about the conventional wisdom of fans. As I watch your Mario Party 6 video, I hear you say that Mario Party 6 had a stepup in minigame quality from 5. I don't have an opinion on that but one thing I'm consistently blown away by is how much credit Mario Party 6 gets for it's minigames and how frequently it's put at the top, and then in turn why nobody discusses how 7 upped the ante a bit from 6. I'm not debating which game has a better top 10 list, I'm talking about duds. Mario Party 6 plenty of them, while Mario Party 7 has few. It feels borderline objective to me, like it's so obvious but nobody acknowledges it. Let's just say for a second, we're going to count complete "duds" in the games from my opinion, which I'd love to hear your rebutal on. Since the microphone minigames are all wierd and they don't have to be a part of the game, I'm not going to include the, and I'm skipping 8 player minigames because they're not usually part of the game and there's non in 6. And then for the DK/Bowser/Luck/Button Masher/Coin minigames, I will only include them if I think they are horrendous, since all of these minigames as a whole are worse than the regular one's. Take a look at my opinion and discern your thoughts: Complete duds in Mario Party 6 for prince747: Treasure Trawlers, Gondola Glide, Cash Flow, Odd Card Out (broken), Pop Star (button mashing/unfair), Crate and Peril, Ray of Fright (absolutely horrendous minigame), Garden Grab, Wrasslin' Rapid (waaaayyy too long at times), Body Builder, Light Breeze, Pitifall (worst luck minigame), Mass Meteor, Rocky Road (sorry but the CPU's screw this up way to much for me, and I'm not a fan of this one), and Banana Shake (absolutely horrendous minigame) Now let's see at the complete duds for Mario Party 7 for Prince747: Cointagious....that's it. There's a few more that could be debatably considered a dud but I don't think of it as a dud automatically. Flashfright and Royal Rumpus are both a bit broken but they don't bother me, and then Air Farce is just too hard to expect people to know how to play right away so I could see it as a dud. Even if I'm slightly biased, the degree to which 6 has dud minigames in comparision to 7 is very large. I'm confused #1 why everyone says Mario Party 6 has the best minigames, and #2 why nobody seems to acknowledge how many duds 5 and 6 have in comparison to how few 7 has. If you could give me your perspective that would be really helpful, because I feel like a lot of people are missing something here.

[@Shadowwolf-1337]

putting easy pickings at number 6 is definitely the most outrageous take in this video

[@Supersayainpikmin]

I really like a lot of the minigames in this game, but I really wish the eight player games had 2 Vs. 2 and 4 Player variants, since I feel like there's not a lot in those categories during a standard battle royale.

[@metallife365]

"if I somehow don't hit the one hour mark in this video I will be absolutely stunned" mark 51:29 I wonder if he is absolutely stunned xP

[@ianp1745]

One time I somehow stopped my clock in clock watchers at 00”01, I have only done that once, and I have yet to get a perfect on that game

[@DrasticFox2004]

Track & Yield deserved at least #5! >:(

[@nn17fi99]

I find the computer always cheats at Deck Hands. They end up with 20+ totals every time.

[@legendarywiimaster]

Out of apl the gamecube games, I haven’t played much of four and five but the first three gamecube games have WAY WAY too many button mashing minigames which I suck at. 7 fixes that issue for me

[@budewashere]

The only reason i like la bomba is because of the music and design

[@nn17fi99]

Air Farce is good! in the same vein as mario speedwagons

[@ninjagregshow9423]

11:34, I got it!

[@TheStickCollector]

The only GameCube mp I have

[@Ldspade]

Sucks at minigames= bad minigame😭😭💀💀

[@mrpiccionedivino5598]

Don't know man,most of these seems fair arguements to me.

[@franciscotapia9682]

[🖤]I'M TELLING YOU BIG DRIPPER IS THE WORST MINIGAME EVER MADE BECAUSE BEES ARE THE MOST EVIL ANIMALS IN THE WORLD AND IT'S AN EXTREME SAFETY VIOLATION HAVING MINIGAMES WHERE PLAYERS RISK DYING FROM ALLERGIC REACTION TO STINGERS!!!

[@mrpiccionedivino5598]

I can't believe a wacky party series where basically all of the minigames are cartoonish(and most of them feature cartoonish deaths)doesn't feature warnings to not try these things in real life 😱😠🤬. No seriously,this comment doesn't make any sense, why a cartoonish party game of all things should have a warning for an allergy than the majority of people don't have, if you really have the need to test allergies, you should go to a professional source.

[@smoke.spriite]

as much as i (dis)respect ur opinion, WARP PIPE DREAMS DESERVES SM BETTER 🥲

[@SlimKirby]

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