What Makes a Good Mario Party Board?

We've all been there: bored to death and not even close to the end of the game. What's it take for a Mario Party board to keep us engaged? Let's crunch it out.
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[@phorchybug3286]

Okay, so freedom of choice, interesting level design, balance, and special advantages to shake things up a bit. Gotcha.

[@superilikeeggsyo]

For a super deep dive on Mario Party, its minigames and its boards, I'd recommend checking out Zoom Zike's playlist, found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g365hnWYedGbepY Also; Bowser Land (MP2) for life. The ultimate troll map.

[@roy_mezz-awake2470]

The baby bowser combo on the top right is such a devious lick 😈

[@AyanoULTRA]

Oh man I love your channel! Literally everything i could ever want to listen to. Found you because digimon tcg but seeing this channel be a variety of content with the same level of care is perfect. Keep up the brilliant work!

[@mack_r-s]

I swear, I would KILL for a rerelease of The Landlord's Game (or whatever you called it). It sounds way more fun then Monopoly.

[@lost-worlds]

Well, the game's patent is long expired and everything about it is in the public domain, so practically anyone can rerelease it. Unfortunately the last commercial release performed pretty badly, I suspect for cultural reasons--TLG is a game where everybody inevitably wins at the end so long as they commit to the anti-monopolist ruleset, and most games from the last hundred years are designed to create clear losers with a lot of uncertainty right up until the last second.

[@mack_r-s]

@@lost-worlds I guess this new generation is too stupid to understand this kind of game. Have fun playing Mouse Trap I guess.

[@Nintendotron64]

@@lost-worlds Yeah, see that kinda creates the opposite problem now doesn't it? Knowing you're going to win no matter what you do is no more fun than knowing you're going to lose no matter what you do. If everyone wins so long as they play by the rules, doesn't that make victory meaningless? It's the same situation, just reversed. You may as well stop playing because you know how the game is going to turn out. I mean, why waste the time?

[@SuperCaleb283]

I think it's meant to be about the temptation: we could all play nice and win equally, but if I start to put my finger on the scale a little bit I can turn the whole game over in my favor. And while I'm thinking of doing it, I'm likely to become paranoid that the other players are planning to do the same. It's a Prisoner's Dilemma.

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Two uploads in a row? A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@fernando98322]

Still haven't finished the video but I just want to say this video has a very solid introduction to it

[@Stephen-Fox]

"Not requiring a cumbersome multitap accessory to work with" [for four-player local multiplayer] We're just going to ignore the existence of the J-Cart, huh?

[@CastawayRY]

You did a fantastic job explaining the board types. I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the upload :)

[@kingkirby1394]

As someone who’s analyzed tons of MP stuff (on discord I’m not skilled enough to make YT vids) this was nice to see, it’s always cool to see someone breakdown the structure of what makes mario party fun especially it’s boards with my personal top 5 being #5. Horror Land (MP2/MPSS) #4. Western Land (MP2 shoulda been in MPSS you linear board loving pricks at NDCUBE 😠) #3. Faire Square (MP6) #2. Waluigi’s Island (MP3) #1. E. Gadds Garage (MP6)

[@braydenb1581]

If you do card games and like mario party you should make a video on the greatest digital board game ever.. Culdcept

[@StoryTeller796]

I would love to play all the other games trying to base themselves off of Mario Party and then study the original Mario Party in order to make my own version of it. Though, if you want to ask me about specific stuff about the video then you can reply to me or I can just look at something and then edit.

[@jonlevidalkvistagustsson6134]

I am sad he didn't mention Anticipation at the beginning, a game that's definatley more similair to Mario Party than the others he mentioned.

[@cronch9136]

Here before this video gets favored by the algorithm

[@lost-worlds]

It had about 800 views before this month, so I'm hoping it's happening now 😅

[@azasterid]

I think it's happening!!

[@tannerthunell6228]

Idk man, I’d say Sonic and the secret rings party is the best party ever made. Just sayin😅

[@BackwardsHat]

The first space is red on Waluigi Island because it's Waluigi Island. It's a double whammy that is akin to a big WAH HEH HEH in your face.

[@braydenb1581]

I really wish Nintendo went back to having good boards. They feel so lazy nowadays.

[@Joaking91]

Well.. we got remakes

[@Joaking91]

@Filippo Contigiani I agree. It's bullshit.

[@DR---]

I would have given you a like if you didn't bring up politics.

[@lost-worlds]

All life is political life, whether we like it or not.

[@JoJoboiWav]

Everything can be political. The only difference lies in if whether or not you dare care to about it