Original Mario Party: HARD MODE

This game injured children. So it's safe to say it's decimating us.
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[@safebox36]

One of these days they'll learn that the older the Mario Party game, the more insane the hard mode is.

[@yuramushi]

Learning? In the grumpy channel? Absurd.

[@stellaluna4692]

That was my first thought. I was like oh no they're gonna get demolished

[@blakewhite3131]

​@@yuramushi they learn how it feels to kiss your dad's sweet, succulent lips.

[@yuramushi]

@@blakewhite3131 hell yeah

[@chrisihrke1021]

Let's consider it escort mode. At this point I would be disappointed if Arin didn't stick to the bit

[@MomotheToothless]

"This board sucks! There's no gimmick or anything!" I mean... it's literally the FIRST BOARD of the FIRST GAME of the series.

[@pmdmakesmecri2]

Well, for some strange reason, it's more of a final easy board aside from the unlockables. Dunno why.

[@BrazenRain]

This board sucks. I can't get any gimmickage

[@GuitarOfTime0116]

​@@BrazenRain gimmickage feels like an old time word with a very specific definition.

[@StripesZB]

It's one of the 6 boards available from the start, at least. If you're looking from left to right, it's the 6th one.

[@zynux8252]

It's one of the easier boards but it's not the first at all. The first is DK's Jungle Adventure, Rainbow Castle is the sixth

[@Uncle_T]

"Me and two hard guys, your dream." Made me LOL for real. 🤣🤣

[@literallywhy6162]

We’ll be seeing that one in fan complications for sure

[@timmyjones4218]

Dan, Cillian Murphy, and Jason Momoa.

[@literallywhy6162]

@@timmyjones4218 oh that is Exactly Correct

[@choujiakamichi]

Good ol' Arin "sets computer to hard and immediately gets pissed" Hanson

[@robintst]

Wouldn't have it any other way.

[@grimsleydrake8641]

Usually it's one cp but this time it was 2

[@CrazeeAdam]

"This is the hardest Mario Party there ever was" man.. Wonder why that is

[@echoesactzero5131]

In his defense as someone else whose played this mario party. Dk and Wario are always bastards even if they are set to easy

[@velfaern1716]

My #1 reason to watch them play these ❤

[@MysticJem2016]

imagine being surprised that Toad would sound like a small child, instead of Gollum on his deathbed

[@Penquinn14]

wait until they learn Goku was voiced by an elderly woman

[@WeWereTheStorm]

Mario Party 1 was before Toad smoked 5 packs a day.

[@terric8501]

Gamegrumps 2017: "No, we are tooootally using real hardware to play these games." Gamegrumps 2024: "The screen is stretched because of emulation and we are using Xbox controllers."

[@MaplewoodStreet]

i miss when they played on original consoles 😢

[@Sip_Dhit]

​@@MaplewoodStreet yea true, but I imagine as the hardware ages it may not work as well, especially for recording

[@MaplewoodStreet]

@@Sip_Dhit Recording original hardware is definitely more complicated and expensive due to hurdles with converting analog video to digital and refresh rates not being exactly 60 Hz. It's definitely something that takes a lot more effort to get right. Then you have to set up every console before recording or you have to have everything set up with switchers, maybe have two televisions. I don't know what their setup is like or what their new(er) office looks like, so maybe they just decided to go with the easier solution of using emulators on PC and Xbox. Still, I miss when the video looked like it came from the original console. It felt, like, more warm and cozy imo.

[@skullghost3]

It’s a good day when we get a new Mario party episode and a good powerhour

[@tisdue]

i love power hour so much.

[@howellkatz2063]

Yasunori Mitsuda, who wrote the music for Xenosaga, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, as well as some of the music for Another Eden and Sea of Stars, also worked on the music for this game! He said it wasn't fun to work on. :)

[@andrewjenkins9965]

Doesn't look fun for them to play, either.

[@gboogie3257]

Arin: All hard obviously Dan: *okay* He didn’t even fight it this time, he just accepted it It is the last Mario party they’re playing so…I guess times hav truly come Until Mario Party 9

[@digitalgamer457]

Last one? My dude, Jamboree was announce at the direct (which I cannot wait for em to play XD)

[@gboogie3257]

@@digitalgamer457talking more specifics of old Mario parties, Plus Jamboree literally got recently announced

[@Darthquackius]

Mario Party 79, Jam it up ya pee hole

[@washambiswimp714]

RIP mario party DS, i'll always love you even though everyone else forgets you (unless the grumps have played it but i dont think they have)

[@sks220]

@@washambiswimp714 forgot it? that was the first game I downloaded when I put custom firmware on my 3ds, I got you bro.

[@ashe_irl]

absolutely floored by arin performing a candid and pitch-perfect wilhelm scream and then popping a blood vessel in his eye.

[@tammyrn1661]

25:04

[@MysticJem2016]

and he FELT it????

[@resileaf9501]

I didn't think it was possible. I didn't think they'd hurt themselves to this point. I underestimated Arin's resolve to injure himself on camera.

[@LFGaming2501]

10:20 new difficulty “ Dans undeniable rage and new found power to pause the game whenever it suits to screw over arin and the npcs” lol

[@greedyProphet]

His master of fact way of saying that killed me.

[@nithyanair1906]

Arin telling Dan how to do the balloon mini game only for him to be the worst at it is just so Grump

[@chrisr3788]

No joke, I still have a callus on the palm of my hand from playing this game 25 years ago because I used my palm to quickly rotate the N64 joystick in the mini games.

[@cheeseisgood17]

Nintendo owes you. You should pirate their entire library as a means of compensation.

[@frostytunak9054]

It was a palm burner for sure. Not many games could cause real injuries like Mario Party

[@ZachGatesHere]

Iirc they even said to do it that way in the manual lol

[@riqueoak7256]

Same, my friend, same, Paddle Battle and Tug'o War were palm destroyers.

[@Desgaroth]

i remember the pain of playing this game with my friends. We had way too many days, where we stopped because one of us started to feel pain at the center of the palm. You can toughen it out, but it'll only end with a bloody circle the size of an N64 joystick.

[@analogicparadox]

It's always hard mode when kitten and daddy are playing

[@neighandwhinnymchorse2100]

This is the best comment

[@LordBigSlime]

17:48 "Just me and two hard guys... Your dream"

[@mysticgem4797]

Fucking A man. So excited

[@hwells64]

commas, bro

[@HarryLLC]

Good for you man

[@Jason0binladen]

Buy the man some dinner first

[@corgiherd]

How did it go?

[@invexes]

I'm so happy for you

[@johnnyandtheinsatiablevoid]

It's not an authentic N64 experience until you _ANNIHILATE_ the palm of your hand by rotating the primitive, sadistically-designed analog stick.

[@senatorsparky]

Arin, what are you talking about? You've never played Mario Party 9 either!

[@wormpielars979]

maybe that's just for the better tbh

[@ItsOvern4U]

They played 10 so i understand the mixup

[@itsmanfred]

I knew they must’ve missed a game. They haven’t played 9 yet.

[@ItsOvern4U]

@@itsmanfred Besides the handhelds which they did mention 9 is the only mainline one they haven't played

[@ItsOvern4U]

I also hope they play Jamboree when it comes out

[@thelegendarygitarooman8833]

30:55 that is the most visceral what Arin ever said

[@PixelGem7]

Arin, in my 10 years of being a dental hygienist, I have never heard of anyone calling that a "zinger"

[@josh.0220]

Arin’s Toad voice is Jennifer Tilly if she smoked 10 packs a day

[@SabrinaRina]

He sure plays it with the horniness of many of her roles too. 😂

[@rynabuns]

Or Kat Von D doing an impression of Arin's normal Toad voice

[@Londrino]

I like that Dan hurt himself playing Nintendo Sports Golf and Arin hurt himself playing og Mario Party

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

This Mario Party was my life. It was the only one I had for like... 10 years. I went from Mario Party 1, to Mario Party 8. I did eventually get the ones in between. But I played Mario Party 1 so much that I didn't feel like I needed another for all that time. Me and my family still go back to it sometimes.

[@JohnGraves1985]

My friend who owned this game had a sleepover every weekend, so a bunch of us would stay up all weekend playing Mario Party 1. Fun times.

[@atomhearts]

13:04 dan's 'wow, wario, it's not worth it, man' killed me, i wasn't expecting it

[@DeadMoon1986]

Arin: *Reads instructions in a silly voice* Also Arin: I wasn't reading what we're suppose to do... And the cycle continues

[@Rkay421]

Yes I was like “you don’t know what to do? Did you not just read it?”

[@bekss3]

30:54 Another perfect moment in the history of Game Grumps

[@psycless]

HE WAS JUST ONE COIN OFF

[@MNGoldenEagle]

I still miss the old Toad voice. The new Yoshi voice I've grown to appreciate, but old Toad voice was leagues better.

[@niccoolnic]

Finally the first Mario Party! The origin of all childhood conflict.

[@darknessunknown4384]

@@niccoolnic and also origin of the callus/scar on the palms of every kid whoever played it.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

depends how old the person is.

[@senatorsparky]

Dan: This is killing me, I wish was dead Arin: This is absolutely the worst Mario Party ever And there were still 29 rounds to go!

[@isabelsmith3775]

25:05 is almost a perfect wilhelm scream

[@Mario583a]

Arin: This time~~~oh it's just Wario. Dan: Skip it. Me: Funnily enough, there is a setting to skip CPU minigames.

[@TheAdorelis]

"THAT'S WHAT TOAD USED TOSOUND LIKE??" Arin... it's the same voice than Mario Party 2... you know, A GAME YOU ALREADY PLAYED!!

[@Crazyhead432]

He literally talked about this when he played it. He talked about it as if he knew that lmao Arin is one of a kind😂

[@linksstruepower7443]

Arin loses his memory every time he goes to the bathroom. It's why he can never remember anything.

[@jackmuscadmium]

​@@linksstruepower7443It's why he loves poopin so much

[@jaden7f]

You okay hun?

[@sillylady5558]

Love how somewhere over the last ten years Dan went from calling Arin “Big Cat” to “Daddy” and it seems like it was such a seamless transition

[@Cherroxx]

Me seeing you have chosen to play Mario Party 1 from my tall obisdian tower: "So you have chosen - death"

[@azerlox]

I love the first Mario Party. The only Mario Party that makes your opponents lose coins when you win a 1v3 or 2v2. Also, one of the most infamous for ruining people's hands rotating the control stick like mad folks. Lmao. Thank you for the content, and I can't wait to see how this ends.

[@ShadyDoorags]

"Mario's Rainbow Castle sounds fun." Dan, you fool!

[@surblechev278]

11:54 Waiter, my *liquid Game Grumps* here has grown *stale,* is that normal?

[@marylara1609]

Ah, yes, time for another round of Arin "Hard Mode Only" Hanson and Dan "Arin..." Avidan in a good old-fashioned Mario Party beatdown!

[@alicehansen9870]

Dan saying "I wish I was dead" is exactly how you feel when you play Cast Aways.

[@user-mr3kj4qv2v]

haven't started the video yet, but I can't wait for Dan to disappointedly and with a hint of exasperation, say: "sigh, Arin"

[@justinleach4775]

Glad to see the legacy of Please Retweet lives on in my heart, each time someone references Toad in a Diaper

[@darnchacha1632]

Me and my little brothers used to play the first Mario party and we basically would always team up against the hard computer cuz they were so hard that a bunch of elementary school kids couldn't win unless they all ganged up

[@skippythealien9627]

man...i have so many fond memories of playing this game AGES ago. just hearing the music was enough to make me feel happy about good memories

[@xF3arl]

"I don't know what the controls are! If only there was some way to practice before the game!" - Arin Hanson

[@Kenzamaka]

Whenever Dan refers to the coins as dollars, it cracks me up so much.

[@DennisBillington]

There are two unlockable boards. Bowser's Magma Mountain and Eternal Star. I hope you'll play em. And don't forget about Minigame Island.

[@BattleTanxs]

You need to collect 100 stars total to get the last board. I don't think this is happening without a game shark. Lol

[@matthewrobb186]

You can also unlock different dice blocks too in the shop

[@Darklight65583]

I forgot how amazing the music slaps in Mario Party. What a nostalgia trip it is to hear it again. To see the Grumps get one loss after another from this game is too accurate for this game!

[@clarence9593]

Watching this directly after the ten minute sour hour makes this episode feel like the extra long directors cut

[@Vrikrar]

I think Arin turning difficulties up, then whining and complaining about how difficult things are is one of the main things I dislike him for. I would have loved a fun round of mario party to watch, them doing bits and tangents, but instead it's mostly just Arin making ape noises.

[@vexaria7939]

Ah Mario Party. Such sweet memories. The you shouldn’t set npc to hard mode. The games that would punish you if you lose. The games that young me said to use the palm of my hand and get injured. The desire to press restart when my siblings were winning. Good times…

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Listen, son. Some dads make you pretend it's the liquor, but I'll get angry and shouty without drinking this family into debt. It's the fun part. In this family we can have fun without resorting to alcohol. Now, fetch me my belt. - Dumbledore asked calmly

[@Jaggernaut]

Arin: *Never scrolls to the advice tab of mini game Arin: *Doesn't understand how to play minigame Arin: This is the worst mario party ever

[@Desgaroth]

oh yes. hard mode in the first mario party. what a frustrating experience that was. Not a single one of my friends was able to win a whole Game when there was a Hard enemy in there. We all tried to fight for the second place instead, because there was just no way of beating them. Their rolls were always what they needed to get to the star as fast as possible.

[@gboogie3257]

As someone who played every board with Hard CPU’s and 50 turns for the first time I can already guess how much hell they’re gonna go through

[@jrightly]

all the new mario parties are for actual babies where everyone gets 50+ stars and 3 helpers and nobody loses everything. the first two are the true form of the party where every game ends with blisters and broken friendships

[@sauvagess]

I'm sorry, did you see that Crane Game? Literally not even a game.

[@jrightly]

@@sauvagess there are quite a few "gimmie" games in the 1 and 1v3 slots, but that only goes to emphasize how quickly things can escalate to being lopsided

[@DavimonVtube]

7 and 6 are the best for me. Nothing beats or items.

[@MovieMonster9]

I’m kind of surprised that they didn’t run into games that you had to use the palm of your hand to rotate the control stick. They made a specific safety glove specifically for that because it was so bad.

[@BattleTanxs]

And yet they brought that stupid Tug o War minigame back in MP Top 100 AND Superstar. F all those minigames that made you rotate the control stick. >:(

[@BrandyBuizel]

looks like that kitten/daddy compilation that dropped yesterday is about to double in length

[@samuelcollinsmonstermovies6637]

Sometimes KZbin autoplay does right by you and transitions perfectly from The Grumps to Game Grumps like this. Those times are good times.

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Arin "wait, hard mode is hard?" handson, lol

[@mannkidama8007]

I love that I can come back to these guys after so long. They're like old friends

[@Aaerox90]

26:42 "preparing to catch... 1 coin" oh poor innocent Dan

[@splubber99]

5:51 anyone else hear that super buzzy and resonant harmony??? Like a a P5, then Dan slid down to a P4 it was really bright and pingy haha

[@ellatroy]

Yeah, it sounds like how those vibrating massagers feel! Probably because of the vibrato in the eardrums since sound IS vibrations ………anyhoo~ 😅

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

14:48 I see Arin is using the Pearl Harbor logic...

[@someguyinahotdogsuit9641]

Yo grumps it's my birthday thank you for this gift. The Mario party series from y'all is some of my favorite grumpy content, especially when it's still Danny vs arin. I hope this is a sign that the grumps will play the new Mario party this year on release!!!

[@VGReader]

Man, episodes like this feel so at home and nostalgic even though they are literally brand new.

[@ofanichan]

25:05 The Windhelm scream

[@ofanichan]

I appreciate that even if I've kind of fallen off the Game Grumps videos lately, youtube still recommends me the Mario Party videos so I can get back in it

[@asdafrak]

complains about wide-screen emulation stretching doesn't just play the switch online version (which would also allow them to have slightly more accurate button prompts)

[@wartygourd]

the first moment Arin is already exasperated lol

[@realkb21]

I love the old Mario party Yoshi winning animation, it's so silly and when donkey dad loses he has the greatest photo animation it looks like he's ripping his face off or please no pictures no pictures

[@billybob2183]

I remember I got to the end of mini-game island. That last mini-game being a super hard slot car derby that I couldn't beat. Loved that game, until my older brother traded it without my knowledge for a copy of NFL Quarterback Club '98

[@thunderstorminblack]

Really bringing back some nostalgia with this one. I used to play this all the time with my family. Especially when I'd have to spend nights at my step grandparents. I remember doing a 50 turn play with my mom stepdad and little sister, having to keep the N64 running overnight to finish the game because it was like 3 and and we were just barely half way through. Have fun boys. Have fun going insane at how hard and how stupid the rng is in this.

[@squinch4181]

Cool Mario party! Supermarket simulator though? Right, market super sim. Simmy Supers Sack Shack? Grumpmart Inc.? Big Juicy’s department of juices?

[@tjswanson7577]

I can't think of a single time they've regretted hard mode, this will go great.

[@dandaman4393]

"This is definitely like, a game that you would invite your friends over after you've mastered it by yourself, and you'd just ruin their whole evening." I've done this many, many times. And still do!

[@tominator999]

I think you guys need to team up with Smosh to have a game of “Try not to Win” Mario Party

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

1:56 Mario Kart 64 Toad was even further from what it is today

[@AndyKusanagi86]

times like these i would cheat by pausing the game, changing my controlled character to the CPU closest to the Star while they were moving, choosing "No", then pausing again and changing back to my character.

[@looppooper2306]

I played this game so much while tripping balls on edibles in my late teens. Mario is unforgiving.

[@Scrofar]

30:56 I drink to the sweet, sweet despair of Arin's anger

[@elsiebartlett6808]

That intro brings me life. These graphics bring me death. Let the circle be complete….let’s go Mario Party!! 🎊

[@SlenderHugger]

I love that I watched the grumps video before this one, the continuity is awesome

[@inkomi2142]

31:13 Dan screaming NOOO as Donkey Kong stole his star had me crying

[@alexp.4902]

I was 1 year old when this game came out, 2 when I had it. I still remember clearly the day I was given it by my mom. My favorite mario party to date while Mario party 6 coming close second. Looking forward to the new mario party coming this October

[@joelruiz1152]

5:50 got no business being such a hard-hitting harmony.

[@KopaXTani]

People have probably notice this before, but I love how the Shy Guy Says, and some other mini games, music syncs perfectly up with Take Me Out To the Ball Game after the intro.

[@eriscxa]

this brings the nostalgia i felt playing this with my cousins way way back. we used to get so mad at the npc.

[@DarkfireTaimatsu]

"This stage sucks, it has no gimmick" - And yet, they're bringing it back for Jamboree~

[@bswest5]

This version of Aron’s Toad sounds just like HIS ghost Toad from TTYD and it’s randomly cracking my shit up

[@LegendofKal]

Doesn't Arin have the NSO N64 thing on his switch? That way he wouldn't have to emulate it with an Xbox controller

[@shadowkittycat97]

"Thats what toad used to sound like!?" That voice just unlocked a core memory for me, anyone else?

[@Lumiirac]

This and Mario Party 2 were my childhood lmao. Just straight up suffering 😂 Now these games only get picked up when my brother and I are drinking and decide to ruin our night with the good ol classics LOL.

[@logana479]

Love seeing daddy (arin) and kitten (dan) getting along so well

[@A-AronX]

Speaking of nintendo 64.. Arin's "Toad voice" sounds like the witch in Banjo & Kazooie

[@abegosum]

"Yo, I wish I was dead." That's such a Mario Party mood.

[@BlindTomoe]

Arins toad voice has me in tears “it’s a diaper!” “will my wife forgive me for what I have done”

[@Yanerd.]

Oh, this game brings back so many memories. So nostalgic

[@voidvisual]

these are def my fav grump videos these days

[@vlamm676]

I remember playing this all the time as a kid. It is ABSOLUTELY brutal. The best Mario Party ever. I can't wait to see if they come even close to winning.