Original Mario Party: HARD MODE

[@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

[@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

[@tonyjones1]

Dan, Cillian Murphy, and Jason Momoa.

[@literallywhy6162]

@@tonyjones1 oh that is Exactly Correct

[@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

[@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.

[@L33PL4Y]

@@Penquinn14 Arin would be insulted that you insinuated he doesn't know that.

[@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.

[@StormyTalks]

It's how I used to do it on my old gaming channel, and I'd playfully tell the viewer I'm definitely not using an emulator!

[@StormyTalks]

​@@MaplewoodStreetIt's VERY expensive to buy a custom recording rig for old systems, or systems like the 3DS that don't have an HDMI port.

[@johnnyandtheinsatiablevoid]

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

[@spoiledvamp27]

If you have not made an ACTUAL hole in your skin and have to build a callous to protect it, you just haven't had that true experience 😂

[@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????

[@lxckystars__]

@@tammyrn1661 THANK YOU THIS HAS MADE MY DAY

[@L33PL4Y]

That wasn't even close to the Wilhelm scream lol what?

[@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.

[@MarioEpstein]

did not know that. he's one of my favorite vgm composers!

[@howellkatz2063]

@@MarioEpstein Mine too! I think you can really hear his particular flair in the music for this board, as well as in Bowser's theme. I'm rewatching Xenogears right now because the grumps added this video series!

[@L33PL4Y]

Holy SHIT, no way! I legitimately just had a Chrono piece stuck in my head after watching this video because some piece of music in it reminded me of it. It all makes so much sense now.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@HonkeyKongLive]

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

[@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.

[@nithyanair1906]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@thelegendarygitarooman8833]

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

[@atomhearts]

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

[@LordBigSlime]

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

[@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?”

[@PixelGem7]

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

[@mysticgem547]

Fucking A man. So excited

[@hwells64]

commas, bro

[@Jason0binladen]

Buy the man some dinner first

[@corgiherd]

How did it go?

[@Rachel98246]

Nice reference ;)

[@Abe-JPG]

happy pride to @mysticgem4797 only

[@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?

[@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.

[@jaymiranda2443]

Me too! I still play it once in a while!

[@sethswheelhouse]

Same here, but for Mario party 5. It was my whole childhood along with Kirby airride.

[@Londrino]

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

[@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!

[@bekss3]

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

[@psycless]

HE WAS JUST ONE COIN OFF

[@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.

[@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

[@manfredvkv]

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

[@ItsOvern4U]

@@manfredvkv 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

[@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.

[@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!

[@chamisame]

1:00 Now knowing how the rest of this gameplay goes, this feels like an ominous foreshadowing

[@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

[@isabelsmith3775]

25:05 is almost a perfect wilhelm scream

[@MNGoldenEagle]

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

[@micahphilson]

As soon as I saw it was Mario Party 1, I was waiting for the moments like 25:04. Those are the only reactions that can summarize this game.

[@micahphilson]

31:03 through 31:37 is the best. This game is brutal!

[@ShadyDoorags]

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

[@Cherroxx]

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

[@psyencefiction6974]

I will always love that, after so many years, they still get confused by core game mechanics of this series.

[@Mario583a]

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

[@Bluechief6]

My favorite GG line from a Mario Party game episode was; Dan: "I like when Peach crossed her eyes... ahegao style."

[@BrandyBuizel]

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

[@tominator999]

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

[@Kenzamaka]

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

[@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

[@surblechev278]

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

[@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

[@alicehansen9870]

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

[@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!

[@justinleach4775]

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

[@Nikkiflausch]

Fun fact: The first Mario Party game is the only one in which all 4 players' die rolls are decided at the beginning of each round, meaning during the turn bell after the end of each mini game round, as opposed to during any player's actual turn. It's decided during the actual die roll in all following games.

[@Aaerox90]

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

[@xF3arl]

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

[@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

[@Scrofar]

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

[@clarence9593]

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

[@GianaLuna]

"That's what Toad used to sound like?!?!" It is the only true Toad voice for me haha

[@ofanichan]

25:05 The Windhelm scream

[@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.

[@Sawyer-n8e]

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

[@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

[@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

[@puppykens]

I just realized that the KZbinr Ice cream Sandwich uses Mario Party 1 music for his videos lol

[@the7saviors276]

Can't help but think of Ice Cream Sandwich's ad sections when I hear that minigame explanation screen music...

[@Kritigri]

My brain was working overtime trying to figure out where I'd heard it before lol

[@Anthony1l]

23:52. Wario's Boss exit.😮

[@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

[@johnandsoon6081]

Are they really so sadistic to make the AI's harder difficulty give better rolls? That's not about difficulty anymore, it's just about whether you want to have any kind of chance or not.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

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

[@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~ 😅

[@covereye5731]

Arin: "We played all Mario Party games" Also Arin: "what the hell does a Star Swap mean?"

[@Phryxil]

9:37 we had a house rule, "Shy Guy Says smoke more". Whenever that mini game came up we had to pause to reload the bong.

[@samuelcollinsmonstermovies6637]

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

[@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

[@DJGamingSmash]

Saving the best for last, Mario Party 9.

[@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)

[@sprightlyoaf9583]

Dan stealing $9 from Arin and going "all right now go get your whoopin' from Bowser" is great

[@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!!!

[@VGPreserve]

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

[@tjswanson7577]

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

[@Jesterclown17]

30:49 I don't know what hurts more, the dead silence from Arin or Danny legitimately feeling bad him after Bowser screwed him over.

[@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

[@JLucas-hz4vh]

Dude i love that dan is immediately singing the boards theme, this theme is really great

[@nautisquid]

Fun fact: Starfish's stomachs come out of their mouths to digest their food. Basically turning themselves inside out to eat! Have a good day you gorgeous creatures! :P

[@inkomi2142]

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

[@KBXband]

Doing Toads currently voice shreds my vocal cords after like two phrases. You guys killed it.

[@hanneman4509]

Dan is now saying "dope". Arin was saying "dope", what, 5 years ago? Dan is in time with his generation.

[@micahphilson]

Mario Party 1? Oh boy... All hard NPC's? Oh... oh no..... This is gonna be an adventure.

[@squinch4181]

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

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

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

[@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.

[@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. >:(

[@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

[@wartygourd]

the first moment Arin is already exasperated lol

[@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.

[@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!

[@nandimoozle703]

23:12 not only did I also start beat boxing but I was definitely thinking a little bit before this about how my friends won’t play Mario party with me because I used to play them singleplayer a lot growing up, I was an only child so i never had other players and when I did they always hated playing it so it was a rare occurrence 😂

[@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.