Are The N64 Mario Party Games Worth Playing?

[@SchaffrillasProductions]

I was today years old when I learned that Lakitu serves as a timer in the MP2 version of Shy Guy Says

[@RoyalKingOliver]

Holy crap it’s Schaff

[@kieranstark7213]

Do you watch AntDude? Because I can’t wait to see you make a list of “Top 10 Best Games of 2002” at some point possibly starring either him or PhantomStrider) at some point! *Predictions* 10. Sonic Advance 9. Mario Party 4 8. Kingdom Hearts (original)/Final Fantasy XI 7. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past + Four Swords Adventures/The Wind Waker (original) 6. Super Mario Advance 2 & 3 (the Super Mario World duology for the GBA) 5. Super Monkey Ball 2 4. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3. Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem 2. Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion *Honourable Mentions* • Super Mario Sunshine • Sly Cooper and the Thievus Raccoonus • Resident Evil Zero • Mafia • Spyro: Season of Flame • Ratchet & Clank (original) 1. Pac-Man World 2

[@oscarzxn4067]

That was your mistake

[@CodenameBolts]

Gotta watch more Identifying Luck and get on the level of all us Mario Party freaks bro

[@zomb_rei]

same

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

My mom swears by the original Mario Party. Part of it is nostalgia, since it was the first video game the family ever owned, but it's also one she's still pretty good at twenty-some years later. I can't surpass her when it comes to spinning the Control Stick, and she has a timing for Balloon Burst that I just can't emulate. It's honestly kinda nice, having a game where even though it can all come down to luck, she's able to use some skills I never got to come out on top now and again.

[@JamesGamesTreasureHunting]

Bruh you really getting cooked by mama in video games? 😮 Lol

[@asprinjuice425]

@@JamesGamesTreasureHunting the real Cooking Mama

[@DREAMSQU33ZE]

This has to be one of my favorite youtube comments ever 🥹

[@BadgerCheese94]

Damn I am really that old that some kid old enough to use KZbin is talking about how his mom grew up playing a game that I did as well

[@wang22]

Hate to do this to you kid, but that's not the only stick your mom is good at spinning on.

[@Krampy2]

"We'll be taking this series one console at a time" Me still waiting for the next epsiode:

[@MarioMasterProductions]

Same here

[@bluetoyguy2022]

1 year later:

[@theivoryguy2476]

:(

[@sahaprocks7751]

Still waiting

[@MarioMastar]

Mario Party 4 was just THAT mid....broke the bro. XD XD

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

I had a friend who literally had a chunk of skin missing on the palm of his hand because of Mario Party. I guess so many layers of skin was eroded it formed a dent which lasted a good while. Was gross really.

[@VerdeMorte]

Did he get an official Nintendo issued Mario glove for his trouble?

[@adamgingibbins2751]

Jesus christ1

[@naejimba]

Haha... I remember having a friend who would play the OG a lot and he always had a callous on the middle of his palm. XD

[@skeletorthebest7204]

For the Waluigi spinner, no matter how fast it spins, the direction it points to the moment you press A is the direction you go in, so you don’t need to factor in travel time

[@meta527II]

For a second I read your comment as Waluigi Spadinner

[@willlauzon3744]

I figured this out and drove my ex nuts with this feat of wisdom. Also I mastered the middle part of the three part race. The one with the water spider which was up A down A up B down B. Easy

[@MaplejuiceVideos]

I still look at the mario party cover art at glance think its the third one because of the block.

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@georgecheliotis418]

Yeah people always complain but I always controlled what direction I wanted to go with no issues.

[@zackblade3856]

Mario Party 3 will always be my personal favorite, for the strategic value of the items, the absolute wrench throw of Game Guy and the duel mode is very fun

[@StrikerSML]

Cool pfp

[@dolphin2.0.]

Me too.

[@zackblade3856]

@@StrikerSML thanks mate 😅

[@t-acejuice2077]

Mario Party 3 is my favorite as well. the Green Mushroom used to be very broken back then, and I loved it

[@dolphin2.0.]

@@t-acejuice2077 reverse mushroom was indeed amazing. It's definitely op but I'd say bring it back as an option (and another option to make it 5 coins again). You know what? Nintendo, just give us full control over itemtables

[@TacetTheTerror]

Mario Party 3's 1 vs 1 mode still one of my favorite games within a game in any game I have played. Surprised more indie devs haven't really recreated such a thing, as the biggest indie version I can think of something similar is 100% Orange Juice.

[@SirMalorak]

Well to be fair 100% orange juice is fantastic

[@BahuschBahusch]

How is it a game within a game? Isn't it just part of this game?

[@BananaReidy]

Not a fan of the eye candy spam in that game.

[@DrakenStark]

Have you checked out Pummel Party?

[@ashanark5782]

It had such a great amount of variety with the companions' stats and abilities. I'd love to see a version of it brought back sometime, maybe with options for more HP/damage and naturally more companion choices (Hammer Bros, Magikoopas, etc.), and maybe even 2v2 or 4-player FFA.

[@megasoniczxx]

I used to wake up early in the morning just to play 50 turn games with the CPU in pretty much all of these games and I still had a lot of fun with those personally, there's just something really comfy about just popping in a game of Mario Party, listening to the music and sucking in all the bright visuals on screen that put me in a happy mood and no game's ever really replicated that for me outside of Kirby Air Ride.

[@zjzr08]

It is kinda funny when someone says "single player Mario Party isn't fun" when that's how I basically play them - Easy and Normal CPU is your way if you just want a chill experience, while Hard and Brutal CPU feel like there is some challenge but still easy if you're already experienced.

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@MarioMastar]

@@zjzr08 Just kids with zero tastes who want to bash on Mario Party Advance, which I felt was the perfect way to handle a single player Mario party game and really fun. Yeah plus it's actually a good challenge to see how many stars you can get against the CPUs, like maxing out all the hotels in Koopa's tycoon town.

[@KingKP96]

Despite the fact that 3 has some stinker boards and a few REALLY bad mini-games, it's still my favorite of the N64 trio. I think the variety of items allow for it to be one of the most strategic games in the series and you can pull off some seriously big brain moves if you get creative enough with your combination of items. I value that aspect of the game a lot.

[@DirtyDan77]

Hey it's my boy King K! how's the Glitz Pit goin?

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@llmkursk8254]

All I can think of is The Runaway Guys and how Jon lost literally every board in 3, but then went on to win the most boards in 4 and 5.

[@Magic_Ice]

I don’t think he lost every board as they said MP DS was the only time Jon was shut out of every board.

[@defnotjam]

I think he won Waluigi Island and the Snow board (might've been Emile, idk) and that's it. NCS kinda dominated MP3

[@DangoUnchained8649]

@@defnotjam the order was Chilly Waters: Emile, Deep Bloober Sea: Tim, Spiny Desert: Tim, Woody Woods: Tim, Creepy Cavern: Jon, Waluigi's Island: Emile Tim won 3 Emile won 2 Jon won 1

[@diabeticman2194]

That was my introduction to TRG, I loved that playthrough (even if they think it’s the weakest LP they’ve done)

[@defnotjam]

@@DangoUnchained8649 I swear Jon won more in MP3, I guess not

[@BDP2013]

13:57 I much prefer MP1's version of this mini-game for two reasons. The 1st reason is that I like the aesthetics of admittedly delicious-looking mushrooms over a body of water than drab metal platforms in unusually dark lava. The 2nd reason is that I have mild colorblindness and if Toad holds up a white, teal, or pink flag in MP2's version, I cannot discern the difference between them and I'm at a disadvantage. The colors from MP1 are way more distinct from each other.

[@egon3705]

of course the colorblindness issue does get completely fixed in top 100, except it's made unplayable by being in the top 100

[@ludexia5338]

@@egon3705 As for Superstars, well you can watch his ranking video for that one.

[@meadowshrub846]

Fun fact: in Mario party 2, in bowsers board if you go to the bank and don’t have any coins but you have a star they will steal it from you

[@MarioMastar]

I miss when losing a star was something really rare and like a SERIOUS f8ck up you did. Kind of hate how they give out and take away stars like candy in later games. That's what I miss most about the first 3 Mario Parties. No matter how good you were at coins and items and minigames, STARS were still what you had to earn to win. it just gave you more tools to secure them, but you still had to EARN them. they weren't just given out by being lucky and landing on DK spaces or farming Golden pipes or just warping to where an opponent is right behind a star and swiping it cause you got a warp pipe item in the free item space.... (the ONLY thing Bullsh8t about Mario Party 6...SO close but that d8mn free item space ruined all future strategies)

[@JermTheSigma]

My favorite Mario Party’s are the GameCube ones. But that’s mainly because I didn’t grow up with the N64. Can’t wait for you to cover them!

[@davidjackson9680]

7 was my shit

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@viviblue7277]

Something nice to mention is 3 actually shows you where the star spaces are (and even if it doesn’t explain what a star space is)

[@cha0tix581]

I kinda thought that the new mario party would add a stamina system to those rotating minigames as to avoid injuries

[@StrikerSML]

That's actually not a bad idea but it would probably be too much effort for a remade mini game

[@fruitloops2058]

Or just make them mashing minigames

[@Josuh]

that sounds equally frustrating

[@polocatfan]

all they needed to do was just add a disclaimer. They're not liable at that point.

[@StrikerSML]

@@polocatfan Duh. Nobody here denied that.

[@luke6784]

Great video as per usual! The skeleton door on the left of Waluigi Island is for avoiding the bomb in the middle of the board. Also, for the spinning junction in the same map (assuming the tv's input doesn't ruin you), you just press A when the direction you want to travel in is lit up. This works regardless of how fast it's spinning. So it's less luck-based than it appears.

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@iLoveBread260]

5:36 MP the top 100 actually did have tug o war on the minigame selection, so basically there has been 19 years that a rotating controll stick minigame wasnt made since MP1

[@ashanark5782]

"Lower lows, but higher highs" perfectly sums up 3. I like its QoL improvements over 2 (like more items) but I prefer 2 since it has fewer things that bug me. I gotta disagree on one thing, though: MP1's still got the best soundtrack of the series, done by the great Yasunori Mitsuda himself. Warp Pipe, Rainbow Castle, Engine Room, Eternal Star, minigame rules, victory music, most minigame tracks... it's a beautiful game to listen to, and I wish later games kept its soundtrack.

[@Angel-db3un]

Me and the lads still play MP2 and 3 when we can all get together. S tier memories everytime. It'll never get old to me.

[@ZeldaNerd45]

I really hope he continues this series with Mario party and stuff.

[@turtleswimminglayingfrench]

"But if you want a better designed experience, that's where this next one comes in." **Domino's Pizza ad**

[@creativename_]

This video is great but you got one tiny detail wrong. The rotating-the-stick (TM) minigames actually first reappeared in the 2019 3ds game "Mario Party: The Top 100". I don't blame you for getting this wrong, I think I'm one of the, like, 3 people that knows that game even exists lol.

[@MarioMastar]

I can only IMAGINE playing those games on the circle pad was like beating the hard computers in Sonic Shuffle. XD For those who don't know.... every time a mini game plays, if it's not Psychic Sonic, put the controller down and just take a break. XD (Psychic Sonic if you know the trick gets you like 160 rings easy!)

[@info-overload]

I think mario party is a very underrated Nintendo series. They are perfect multiplayer fun. I am so glad that they returned to being um.. not being horrible with superstars

[@livinlikeeli6785]

Super Mario Party is not only in the Top 10 best selling Switch games of all time, but the in the Top 10 best selling Mario games of ALL TIME. Hardly an underrated series!

[@livinlikeeli6785]

@ZenoSSBU I'm not speaking of the *quality* I'm speaking of the *popularity* , but on that note, Mario Party Superstars is approaching 6 million sales. If you want to speak of a real underrated Nintendo series, look no further than Rhythm Heaven. Mario Party Superstars alone sold better than every Rhythm Heaven game combined

[@ryanfield4926]

I got superstars and played for a bit but its still still not as good as mario party 2-7. They somehow recreated maps and minigames with better graphics and software and made them worse

[@JigsawFlex]

Short answer: Yes 🎉

[@Mitchell31]

YES ANOTHER RETROSPECTIVE EPISODE!!! I LOVED THE NSMB RETROSPECTIVE!

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@MDMcNugget]

You mean to tell me there are people out there who cannot time the wheel on Waluigi’s Island? Apart from that one ludicrously fast speed, all of the others have never been a problem for my friends or I.

[@krubbington]

As someone who never played the original trilogy, thank you for this video! It was very informative, and it's always a pleasure to see new content from you. Looking forward to the GameCube entries!

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@TrollXD6]

I've played the N64 Mario Party games and I'll have to admit that they were very solid, the first one while brutal it's that what it makes them special, I would say is the kaizo of the saga. MP2 I really like that, especially the rollercoaster game mode, a great sequel but, for me, my favourite of the N64 is the third, is so fun and it has some things that are so creative that it makes one of my favourite MP of my life. (My favourite it will be always DS)

[@LITTLE1994]

They're definitely worth playing if you grew up with them or want to know the origins of the series. I can still play N64 Mario Parties to this day.

[@gucci-stephano]

SliokHawk thank you for making one of the best videos I have seen on KZbin in a long while! This was a freaking dream and like I really admire they way you put this whole video together. I love Mario party with all of my soul and I love the points you made and seeing your prospective on each game. I appreciate the hard work and dedication you put in to making this video and I look forward to seeing the next Mario party video!!!

[@dolphin2.0.]

Silok you did so well with the presentation of this video. You nailed it here, this video is better presented than any other video you have made.

[@clinto32]

The editing in this is really good!! The intro montage to each game and the way you transitioned from one game to another 👨‍🍳💋

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@StrawberryDreemurr]

Just realized you had almost 190k subs. Feels like yesterday that you were sitting a bit below 20,000. Glad you’ve made it so far!

[@savemybeans]

Great video, I’m excited to see the rest of this video series. Keep up the good work

[@Drayton226]

Mario Party 2 is definitely my favorite!

[@wiggly3440]

That blooper wheel THAT BLOOPER WHEEL sent shivers down my spine

[@misterzygarde6431]

If you could get DLC for Mario Party Superstars. What boards would you want? Also I would love to see any of the tracks from 3 be remixed in future spin-offs

[@zjzr08]

If I had a choice make it Waluigi's Island but improved, although Chilly Waters can be done, as I don't think there's an ice themed level in MPS.

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Luigi's Engine Room or Wario's Battle Canyon from MP1, Pirate or Western Land from MP2. The Duel Board system from MP3

[@GreenBayPayton]

Mario Party 1 will forever be my favorite. You can steal coins for free, you can lose coins in minigames, it has the most maps, Wario’s Battle Canyon exists, you earn your victories with the palm minigames, and of course Chance Time. So much bs happens and it’s an absolute blast

[@dolphin2.0.]

Fair honestly

[@NinetyLegos]

Mario Party 9 was my first and I can't go back ever since I played Mario Party 3 at my cousin's house a year ago. It was so much better than what I'd thought was good

[@AxeToday]

Before the video even starts Mario Party: no Mario Party 2: YES Mario Party 3: HELL yes

[@InjusticeCombos]

I am so glad I found your channel - Not only do you cover games that I am passionate about, but I love your point of view and the ways you structure your videos. It's a guaranteed subscribe and like in every video for me. Wish you the best!

[@livecoilarchive1458]

I only ever really played Mario Party 1, 3, 4, and DS growing up, with some rentals of the others here and there. 4 was always my favorite, but if we're talking the N64 trilogy, 1 obviously doesn't hold up just because of the minigames where you rotate/break your analog stick. I played half a board of 3 a couple months ago, and besides the randomness, I think the game is still a lot of fun and deserves more credit. Great minigames. Always heard great things about 2 over the years, but I don't think I ever played it.

[@vini64]

It's good to see someone praising the duel mode in MP3, for some reason most videos about this game on KZbin all dog on that mode even though it's just a side mode and pretty in-depth for one! I also LOVE the Game Guy games, sometimes when playing with friends I purposefully avoid the star route just to try to land on a Game Guy space, the adrenaline of betting a ton of money in it is unrivalled. But yeah, amazing video! I pretty much share the same opinion as you on everything you said here. 3 is my favorite one for sure, but I also love 2, while I rarely ever play 1, even though I loved renting it when I was young. Looking forward to the GameCube video!

[@PikminBak]

Hell yeah, always a good day when a new SilokHawk video drops!

[@DarkMarxSoul]

Very good video, I like how you gave each game the credit they were due instead of saying one is flatly better than another. Mario Party 3 was one of my childhood games so it was nice to see it again. Looking forward to the Gamecube video.

[@BoomingInfernape]

The arrow spinner in Waluigi's Island is not luck based. You need to press A when the direction you want is lit up. If you slow down this footage, you'll see the frame when A is pressed and the player is always sent in the direction of the lit up arrow.

[@danielcm4237]

I've only played Mario Party 2 and 3 and this is my board ranking: 1 - Space Land (MP2) 2 - Spiny Desert (MP3) 3 - Horror Land (MP2) 4 - Waluigi's Island (MP3) 5 - Bowser Land (MP2) 6 - Western Land (MP2) 7 - Creepy Caverns (MP3) 8 - Mystery Land (MP2) 9 - Pirate Land (MP2) 10 - Chilly Waters (MP3) 11 - Woody Woods (MP3) 12 - Deep Bloober Sea (MP3)

[@rtyuik7]

5:40 - to be fair, a Switch ProCon's left analog stick is a LOT 'softer' than the diamond-tipped drill that was the N64's stick...i feel like that little warning is a bit Over-Cautious (which is fair, i guess, Nintendo feels its better than not being cautious enough)

[@Womoisreal]

hey man do you plan to make that gamecube parties video soon?

[@HedgehogFan64]

I love your videos, they always manage to put a smile on my face :)

[@Nightcaat]

Solid review! I grew up on GameCube but I think it’s finally time for me to visit the N64 entries

[@MarMaxGaming]

Before even watching - YES they are

[@DiGi-i9o]

15:48 KZbin, bite me but i'm only 9 and my two favorite consoles are they gamecube and N64! I love the graphics! I was born in the wrong generation!

[@jessicamacdougall7249]

I’ve been playing bc Mario party a lot with my friend recently and it seems like which ever one you grew up with is your fave. Mp2 for me

[@terraceavery4125]

The first THREE Mario Party games are definitely worth playing.

[@calebdelaney1162]

I need 4 through 7!

[@Mickelraven]

I actually love Mario Party 1 for the reason for how brutal and unforgiving it is. It's still my least favorite of the N64 entries, but it is unique, and there will never be another Mario Party game like MP1, and I love it!

[@BraxtonKovary]

The newer ones don't have the charm that the N64 and even the GameCube ones had, so in my eyes, 1-7 will always be the best

[@Isaac0110]

22:20 Uh... it's been 10 months

[@Squiddy-go1du]

This vid has made me realise that I’ve only ever played 2 Mario party games in my life and they are Mario party DS and Mario party 10…. My childhood was just Mario karts, 2D Marios, 3D Marios and Mario power tennis (Wii). I never really got into the spin-offs.

[@samuraiturtle.2637]

14:59 “YOU FINA-” “OK THE-”

[@YesPlatinum]

Hello Silokhawk! I have recently become a big fan of your videos, and just want to say they are very good👍🙂

[@DylanYoshi]

I've never understood those who say the N64 Mario Parties look bad, I still swear by them being among the best looking games in the series (even if some concessions have to be made for it). The pre-rendered backgrounds used for the board maps are SO detailed, there's not an inch of wasted space in them. You can really tell the shift away from pre-rendered was a struggle, too, since Mario Party 4's boards are all just metal beams floating above a pretty generic background. 5, 6, and 7 managed to make boards that were more detailed than 4 (with the advantage of added verticality that the 64 games couldn't have), but even then there's nowhere near as many details as 64's boards. The only game that I think comes close is Superstars, but even there it's missing a good deal of things that the 64 boads had- Superstars Horror Land, for example, has no leaking ketchup bottle or highway full of ghosts. As far as Mario Party 2 vs Mario Party 3 goes, I definitely liked 3 more as a kid due to all of its added features, but when going back to play them, 2 absolutely reigns supreme. Aside from what was mentioned in the video, it's just a much more balanced game. There aren't any absurd broken items in 2, and it has the most balanced 1v3 minigames in the series. 2's boards, aside from Mystery Land, are designed in such a way that you can make pretty extreme comebacks via a tight strategy, rather than just having to rely on luck. 3 just doesn't hit those notes much at all.

[@johnnymind4151]

Love the Mario Party series so I'm happy to see you talk about them with this series! 1: Worth at least checking out (definitely not as your first one) to see where it all started, but unless you feel like playing a more brutal if not straight up unfair game you'd better leave it alone after that. 2: Fantastic game for anyone, especially newcomers considering the simpler gameplay compared to later instalments, thanks to how fun and charming it is! 3: My favorite of the N64 games, best for expert players thanks to the revised item mechanic and item pool, new spaces etc., plus Duel Mode is exclusive to it (also shoutout to it having the first actual Story Mode in the series)!

[@kirbythingys]

The reason these games are still worth playing is cuz the newer ones can’t even compare in the slightest

[@Driggsdamonstah]

*cough cough* Mario Party 9 through Super *cough cough*

[@ForrestFox626]

🤣

[@Isaac0110]

As someone who has played every home console title and most of the handheld titles, I'm curious as to how no other title is anywhere close to the n64.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@Isaac0110 Pretty sure "newer" means Modern (9 and after/once ND Cube took over from Hudson Soft).

[@Isaac0110]

@@autobotstarscream765 That's a fair statement. Aside from the switch games, I'd say there's no debate.

[@Wirybird88]

Mario party 2 is my all time favorite game. Seeing it and hearing the game sounds makes me happy every time

[@DarkSim64]

The perfect Mario Party game IMO would be a rom hack that puts all 1-2-3 in the same game. You could choose any board from MP1-2-3, all minigames from 1-2-3 are in, and the item system from MP3

[@CeMi7]

it's been over a year and we still don't know if the GCN MPs are worth playing

[@dimitri4888]

Even though the first Mario party has many problems, at least the economy wasn't broken like in SMP and Superstars were you get coins by breathing.

[@Jixer95]

3 is my favorite, notice the bowser pose as my picture. Been like that for years. Anyhow, 2 & 3 are both amazing, but it seems I have better memories surrounding 3.

[@Imirui]

I think the reason people complained about MP2 and not smash ultimate was because of the way it was marketed. In Ultimate, you know damn well it is a compilation of all of the previous smash games. This game is all the previous content with a few additions. You know exactly that older content re-hashed is what’s in store and *that* is why you got it. However, MP2 lists itself as a brand spanking new entry in the series. The back of the box lists “64 new and updated mini-games” so people would probably expect mostly new with around 5-10 returning ones. However, a little under a third returned from the previous game, it feels like they got ripped off from how the back of the box understated how many would be returning. (Even though it never listed how many would return)

[@dennis07reyes]

Without having watched the video I can wholeheartedly say yes! Specially MP2, it holds up excellently. MP3 is pretty good too. MP1 is simpler and doesn't hold up as well as the others, but it can still be a good time.

[@roundearth4024]

LEBOMBELGU!!! LESELMAMU!!!

[@kianamcclain1046]

I’ve only played 4 and then we lost our system in a house fire caused by my neighbors. That’s a longer tragic story in its self. But this was a great backstory in what I missed before my earlier gaming days.

[@makon4406]

First time actually seeing any of your videos, the N64 Mario Party games are actually a huge nostalgia thing for me, especially when you touched on the MP3 duel gamemode where you collect baddie partners. I loved that mode so much. I cannot WAIT for you to touch on Mario Party 5's car garage mode. I LOVED that mode as a kid, and making all the different combinations was so fun.

[@slimypickle19]

Anybody ever just say f*ck it & bet the house on baby Chomp getting you that 64X multiplier eating that damn cake?

[@Bas_Brand]

it's kinda wild to me this question is even posed because to me and everyone my age Mario Party 2 is the go-to title at any house party and such, it's a no brainer. The same goes for all other Mario related sports games. Golf, Tennis, Kart, you name it. The N64 versions are the most purist of them. No stupid gimmicks, no overbearing luck factor, just straight up, easy to learn, hard to master gameplay. No frills or bullshit. guess it's easy to forget we're already in our 30s and we are not the target audience for videos like that

[@chadwellington2524]

born 91 and ya

[@Goatman_Gamer]

Mario Party 8 is my absolute favorite. I'm kind of worried for the review on that...

[@ArtimisArcher]

Out of all of them Mario Party 3 is probably the one I’d play more since it touched upon the games

[@StoryTeller796]

Mario Party 1's incredibly brutal. Honestly, I can't blame my family for not wanting to play it. Mario Party 2 sounds like a whole load of fun. Mario Party 3's baddies thingy needs to come back, and overall, it seems like a major step forward from the first 2 games. Oh wait, it's inconsistent, yet great.

[@AccursedHawk]

I’m tired of the younger kids bashing these games. I grew up on the first 3 Mario parties and while the first one is eh the 2nd and 3rd one truly still are the best of the bunch till this day. Sure the graphics are old but who cares man they I can still plug my N64 in and play these for hours. If you weren’t there you wouldn’t know

[@BadgerCheese94]

Right? These kids dont know shit

[@Isaac0110]

Hey... um... so... it's been a year?

[@andrzej8144]

A year of what

[@Isaac0110]

@@andrzej8144 Waiting for the GameCube reviews

[@andrzej8144]

@@Isaac0110 ok👍

[@cinnamondan4984]

We crave more

[@DanDan-pm7dh]

mario party 2 has the best music, best games, best maps, but what really makes it the best is the cosplay

[@Vidiocity92]

"Welcome to Mario Party! F#$% YOU: The Game!" XD

[@cosmiclikesminecraft]

“Boom that’s it that’s all you need” instant sequalitis flashbacks

[@gokstar4847]

11:24 There are 7 boards, you forgot Rules Land ;)

[@sackerlacker5399]

I like the fact that in Marioparty 3, the characters scream the title in Dutch. This is because they pronounce 3 like dree. And with a Dutch accent.

[@cecillewolters1995]

Man I still play the Gamecube titles, especially 4 and 6. I wish I could have experienced these games in their prime... Which I could, live just had other plans, still have very fond memories of 1 tho ^^

[@Jordan-0307]

Please make this for all the games in the series, That'd be really cool (assuming this video does well enough) Kinda like: "Are the Gamecube Mario Party Games Worth Playing" or "Are the Handheld Mario Party Games Worth Playing" If there're games you've already covered, you can either quickly gloss over them, or completely skip them

[@GreenBayPayton]

He said that’s what he’s going to do.

[@Jordan-0307]

@@GreenBayPayton really? dang ig im the dumbass then

[@jakieboi1117]

I just wanna say, your editing on the intros for the games are really nice

[@ShadowDragon-cw7wb]

1 I tried and got pretty bored in fast, also its control stick spinning did give me a torn blister as a kid. 2 Is amazing I love the upgrades as you said. 3 is where they got it almost perfect because you gotta strategize for several things that might happen and there's so many video games it doesn't get boring. Then they dropped the ball with 4 and 5 and improved on 6 and 7 but no return to the quality and charm of 3. The cool thing about the Wii is you can emulate 1 2 and 3 almost perfectly and play 4-8 natively, only one game in 3 is rendered luck based because of a graphical glitch.

[@Joker22593]

Didn't MP3 have a Wii VC release? That should be glitch-less...

[@premiumgarbage5129]

4 was a let down, but 5 is fantastic (pushy penguins bruv!) 6 and 7 are okay but there is a severe lack of good boards and too many luck based mini games in those ones sadly, and the rest are pretty bad up until super mario party and mario party superstars

[@the3dluxe53]

Mario Party 3 will always be my favorite. I think it mostly comes down to the huge power plays you can make with the right combination of luck and strategy... and abusing the reverse mushroom. Such a good item that allows for so many stupid, friendship shattering moments. Especially when you use it to triple dip boo and someone tosses their controller through your TV screen.

[@HandheldGamer1991]

I remember mario party after dark by screwattack Those sesions they had made me want to play this game so bad XD

[@DADA-yt1pt]

14:59 Caught me off-guard. Good job.

[@zjzr08]

I'm now at the Waluigi's Island part, and some of your gripes are actually solvable. The roulette is predictable (I think by pressing to where it would land), the westward Skeleton Key route is mostly to avoid the death circle when the coutdown is close to 0, the other Skeleton Gate is for Chance Time (which to be fair a lot of gates in these games are mostly for these), although I agree maybe they could've added a more space variation in the path. I think 3 is great if you Solo play...which frankly I do as I play in an emulator and I don't have others actually playing it with me, hehe.

[@shay4232]

its instant. no matter the speed the roulette in the center is press the buttion on where you wanna go

[@geethekey1852]

17:45 The internet in a nutshell

[@luliby2309]

Thank you for praising the battle mode in Mario Party 3! I loved that mode and would try to encourage friends and my brother to play it because I liked it so much. It tracks pretty well with me though because I would later go on to become a fan of games like Magic (shame that Magic is a dumpster fire now thanks to Wizards). You can see the similar elements with how you try to deplete your opponent's life total using creatures you summon with different stats. You even have creatures "blocking" attacks on you much like how you block attacks in Magic using your creatures. There's also a random element of what creature you get to summon mirroring the randomness of which cards you draw in a game. It's good stuff.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

Mario Party 1 just sounds like hell to play!

[@Kenzie-Soup.n.Squash]

I’ve always been a Mario party 3 gal I love daisy too much and the boards and mini games and soundtrack just do it for me. Love the battle mode and the models. 2 just doesn’t have enough for me. I always fired up the N64 when people came over it’s like a rite of passage for my friends

[@HerculesMays]

Ohh I hear you! Whenever I had friends over for my birthday, you bet I was firing up my N64 and some Mario party, Smash bros or Pokemon Stadium, still have it actually :D

[@JacekDeMelo]

I strongly disagree with your take on Waluigi Island. The roulette in the middle is not hard to time at all and even if you go the wrong way because you get the light speed roulette, it can be easily corrected with a reverse mushroom which literally only costs 5 coins.

[@JacekDeMelo]

“Any map where you need to stock up on lamps to even get stars isn’t that good of a map” Bro that’s literally every board in Mario party 4. I can tell you’re going to have fun with that one.