Identifying Luck: Mario Party 5

Let's take a dive into Mario Party 5!!
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Expand this description to view timestamps for parts of the video along with other details!
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〖Timestamps〗
0:00 - Opening
0:31 - Bonus Stars
1:06 - Spaces
2:50 - Bowser Events
5:08 - DK Events
6:48 - Battle Event
7:59 - Introduction to Items ★
8:15 - Capsule Machine Buckets
11:48 - The Ten Space Rule
14:06 - Move Event Capsules
22:43 - Coin Event Capsules
30:15 - Capsule Event Capsules
36:19 - Special Event Capsules
44:16 - Chance Time
49:23 - Capsule Icons
53:03 - Last 5 Turns Event
56:16 - Introduction to Boards ★
56:53 - Toy Dream
1:03:47 - Rainbow Dream
1:11:00 - Pirate Dream
1:16:15 - Undersea Dream
1:21:11 - Future Dream
1:25:31 - Sweet Dream
1:30:37 - Bowser Nightmare
1:36:25 - Introduction to Minigames ★
1;36;43 - 4P minigames ☆
1:36:45 - Chimp Chase
1:38:03 - Chomp Romp
1:40:09 - Coin Cache
1:42:06 - Coney Island
1:43:05 - Dinger Derby
1:44:16 - Dodge Bomb
1:46:05 - Fish Sticks
1:47:15 - Fish Upon a Star
1:48:56 - Flower Shower
1:49:56 - Frozen Frenzy
1:51:32 - Ground Pound Down
1:52:45 - Hotel Goomba
1:54:38 - Hydrostars
1:55:27 - Later Skater
1:56:04 - Leaf Leap
1:58:44 - Mazed & Confused
1:59:18 - Night Light Fright
2:00:30 - Pop-Star Piranhas
2:01:02 - Pushy Penguins
2:02:25 - Rumble Fumble
2:04:20 - Triple Jump
2:04:50 - Vicious Vending
2:05:15 - Will Flower
2;05;40 - 1-Vs.-3 minigames ☆
2:05:42 - Beam Team
2:06:48 - Big Top Drop
2:07:48 - Curvy Curbs
2:09:34 - Fight Cards
2:11:35 - Flatiator
2:12:27 - Heat Stroke
2:13:30 - Mario Mechs
2:16:29 - Mathletes
2:16:47 - Quilt for Speed
2:18:26 - Revolving Fire
2:19:52 - Squared Away
2:21:09 - Tube It or Lose It
2;22;45 - 2-Vs.-2 minigames ☆
2:22:47 - Banking Coins
2:23:43 - Berry Basket
2:24:53 - Bus Buffer
2:25:29 - Clock Stoppers
2:26:52 - Defuse or Lose
2:27:45 - Handy Hoppers
2:28:32 - ID UFO
2:29:30 - Manic Mallets
2:30:05 - Mario Can-Can
2:30:46 - Panic Pinball
2:32:19 - Rumble Ready
2:32:47 - Submarathon
2;33;35 - Battle minigames ☆
2:33:50 - Astro-Logical
2:35:51 - Bill Blasters
2:36:56 - Lucky Lineup
2:37:36 - Random Ride
2:39:15 - Tug-o-Dorrie
2:39:42 - Twist 'n' Out
2;40;44 - Duel minigames ☆
2:40:45 - Blown Away
2:41:59 - Bound of Music
2:43:02 - Button Mashers
2:44:13 - Countdown Pound
2:45:00 - Get a Rope
2:45:17 - Head Waiter
2:48:59 - Merry Poppings
2:49:34 - Piece Out
2:51:07 - Pound Peril
2:52:26 - Pump 'n' Jump
2:52:49 - Shock Absorbers
2:53:46 - Shy Guy Showdown
2:55:03 - Sky Survivor
2:56:05 - Whomp Maze
2:57:11 - Wind Wavers
2;57;34 - Bowser minigames ☆
2:57:35 - Cage-in Cookin'
2:57:56 - Rain of Fire
2:58:41 - Scaldin' Cauldron
2;59;17 - DK minigames ☆
2:59:24 - Banana Punch
2:59:55 - Da Vine Climb
3:00:17 - Mass A-peel
3:00:50 - Ending
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⦁ Sources ⦁
MarioWiki - www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Party
(I quoted this site many times when introducing minigames and other mechanics as they found the exact words I was looking for, a LOT of credit given here)
Game Speedrunner - kzbin.info/door/S7A_vBzCyGOvV8K4H7DcJw
(Revealed to me some great minigame tips through their TAS video)
Kaitosage - github.com/NicholasMoser/MarioParty5_RNG
gist.github.com/NicholasMoser/a7a8ebceed9759926a73d7a785cc970f
(Provided info on the item system for this title)
Mario Party Legacy - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z32oo2qQfcyop6s
(Hidden Block, Miracle Capsule Event, and Donkey Kong Punching Bowser Event footage)
NintendoMovies - kzbin.info/door/WkvUWeJiP2laYO1bDjkoqA
(Credits footage)
Mario Party Discord server - discord.gg/KmPpAgd
(Great supplemental info)
Official VGM, BogleDominic1, Superstar 64, Craig Maywell
(Music)
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♪ Music ♪
(Mario Party 5 OSTs)
(Timestamps intentionally broken as to not trigger KZbin's chapter feature)
00;00 - Title Screen
00;15 - Start of the Dream
02;50 - Bowser Appears
05;08 - Please, DK!
06;48 - Battle Minigame
07;59 - Inside the Dream
44;13 - Doubtful Chance
49;23 - Tell Me How To Play!
53;03 - Last Five Turns!
56;53 - Lots of Toys
1;03;47 - Sky Presents
1;11;00 - An Adventurer
1;16;15 - Happy Seafloor
1;21;11 - Space Match
1;25;31 - In a Strange Land
1;30;38 - Bowser's Dream
1;36;24 - Tournament Minigame
1;53;24 - Bustling Noisily
3;00;50 - Credits

[@zoomzike]

The longest Identifying Luck yet! Hope you enjoy!! Any "broken" timestamps are intentional so KZbin's chapter system doesn't count them. *THERE IS NO STAR CYCLE; PLEASE DISREGARD THAT PORTION OF THE VIDEO* (Phanpy Ken) CORRECTIONS: I'm bound to make a few mistakes with a video of this much length. If you find any issues then feel free to let me know and I'll correct them down below, along with giving you credit! 50:07 - The Bubble and Wiggler Capsules should've been grouped here with the Movement Capsule Icon (IceGrill _) 1:13:35 - When a player is on the same space that the cannon sends to, they lose 5 coins (YoshiYay!) 1:22:20 - Should've mentioned that the Taxi will still take you to the other side even if you don't have 10 coins, in which case you'll lose everything you have (BöseJörgeli) 1:46:17 - Gold Cheep Cheeps are actually worth 3 points! The game's advice screen incorrectly states 2!! (GoldMario777) 1:53:55 - "Hotel Goomba Level Three's Top Right solution has a redundant input"; input number 2 is not necessary, you are free to make input number 1, followed by number 3 and 4, clearing the puzzle! (Gaming_Bigfoot) 2:37:36 - The statistics on the screen aren't meant to be 100% accurate; Fate's Decision _can_ win, it's just that in all of Spongyoshi's testing, it _never_ did, meaning it's a pretty bad vehicle to choose! (Trisbit) 2:52:10 - "For Pound Peril the buttons that have already been hit have the star on the center stop lighting up. It’s a small difference but it’s noticeable." The best example is at the timestamp shown, where the leftmost button is the only one that hasn't been pressed; you can see it has a faint glow when compared to the others! (Vibe Master) 2:56:37 - "You accidentally said 'Thwomp' instead of 'Whomp'" (PAWPatrolFanatic)

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@UBvtuber]

*looks at time* 3 HOURS Jeez, you weren't kidding.

[@JL608.]

Great video ZoomZike.

[@TwilightFirefly_]

Great job, looking forward to knowing about it. However, wasn't I.L MP3 initially 3 Hours 21 Mins.

[@emmastarr5242]

Oooof, I see you managed to finally reach the bad Mario Parties... I'm sorry for your suffering in advance. :(

[@Hawlo]

Somewhere out there are VERY lucky groups of four people watching these videos, and then immediately jumping into the games with all the info they learned, and I envy them.

[@hollyhugh4240]

@@tylermabry6881 I can’t find what you’re talking about, do you have a link maybe?

[@outofideasexe]

@@tylermabry6881 im well aware but my "gamecube" can't handle some minigames.

[@oneheckofabanana2016]

@@outofideasexe Can your "Nintendo 64" handle them? The first few Mario Parties where good too.

[@Mahamaru]

These guys using quotes are cracking me up way more than they should be

[@MarioPartyTV]

Our group is coming up on a decade of playing together this month. Very lucky indeed.

[@InterstellarVulpine]

"Draw your last pathetic capsule so I can end this board, Koopa Kid!" "Eldstar's Capsule Machine has no pathetic capsules, Waluigi. But it does contain... the unstoppable Miracle Capsule!"

[@espurrseyes42]

"IMPOSSIBLE! No one's ever been able to activate those Capsules before!"

[@JinTGC]

"Miracle Capsule, obliterate!"

[@PlutoTheSecond]

"I've collected all three Miracle Capsules, all three pieces of the puzzle!"

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Mario: *wins by one coin*

[@adissentingopinion848]

@Checkers Well you got your reference half right. The actual reference is based off of a parody video called "The Purity of the Cards". It provides a scathing commentary over extremely questionable card balancing done in the online trading card game Hearthstone. Both the comment and the parody video reference Yugioh's often memed Exodia card setup where one must obtain 5 body parts of Exodia to win instantly. Side note, the parody video is 4 years old, so the contemporary commentary about power creep and cards from previous Hearthstone expansions seems extremely quaint now, and deserves a rewatch.

[@Whom_]

“Who’s gonna watch a 3 hour long video about a child’s party game?” “*OH BOY A NEW MARIO PARTY LUCK EXPLAINED VIDEO*”

[@superzigzagoon]

We do, we do

[@goon5665]

Why sleep

[@AlittleTooClose]

It's worse when most of us aren't gonna use this information since we don't actually play Mario Party.

[@goonerbear8659]

"This is no child's party game. This is the fire in which friendships are forged or finished."

[@10meisterballe]

@@AlittleTooClose imagine watching this without playing Mario Party

[@deadshroob007]

1:28:30 absolutely classic. My favorite moment of this whole series. The sweet dream mental breakdown will undoubtedly be one of the best things on zoomzike on 2021.

[@OswaldAurelia]

My favourite moment is the Reverse Mushroom talk in MP3

[@ianchandler4649]

We had it happen to us last month, no joke. We won’t play Sweet Dream again.

[@SenkaPress]

Did you forget about Reversal of Fortune?

[@MenwithHill]

I absolutely love how the music keeps getting louder, and it ends so climatically

[@yumithehunter6292]

FINALLLLLLLLY Edit: zoom you don’t understand how much these videos help me, I watch one almost every week either to fall asleep or just to learn something

[@zoomzike]

Happy to help out!

[@DarkRijin]

yep, exactly this

[@loulou3676]

These videos make folding laundry and washing dishes less tedious too!

[@bluekirby6120]

Same

[@MrRyanroberson1]

"It's free, this really is the future!" "They take your money and yeet you to the other side... this really is the future." I'm dead

[@andrewbravo6152]

1:01:48 The closest star spaces in Mario Party history are actually in Bowser’s Enchanted Inferno in Mario Party 7. On the right island, the star spaces have zero spaces between them, meaning you can get two stars in one turn by simply rolling a one. Truly the peak of board design.

[@OriginalGameteer]

I remember seeing those two spaces and finding it incredibly weird

[@awesomeboyz255]

I now must wonder if this was intentional or unintentional

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Is game design👍

[@heszedjim9699]

But you have to roll a 1. That's not just the chances of getting a 1. It's the chances of two singular specific rolls back to back, and it's even worse if you need more than one die to get to the first one. Obviously items can change that, but thats also mostly luck to have the right item in that situation. Honestly, not a bad idea.

[@s4ad0wpi]

Ah yes! The first of the "Capsule Mario Parties" When we were younger, my step brother and sisters and I made a few house rules when playing MP5... "No using ANY Capsules on yourself, and no covering already placed capsules until EVERY space was covered! Furthermore, you must place a capsule the first turn you can, unless there are no blank spaces to cover up" Lemme just say, it turns the entire board into a MINEFIELD by the end, ESPECIALLY on 50 turn games!! 10/10, would HIGHLY recommend!

[@theburnetmarshmallowtoad3909]

OH GOD that just means that it's even more luck based since you can't use your capsules on yourself and you can't keep them for later turns

[@s4ad0wpi]

@@theburnetmarshmallowtoad3909 Oh, it's UTTER CHAOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And we LOVED IT!!

[@329link]

Those are some neat house rules. Sounds like they really changed things up.

[@pikaperry1238]

I love how he just breaks down when talking about Sweet Dream's party Happening space

[@cowboyluigi5275]

and rainbow dream’s center happening space

[@GamingTopTen]

It sounds like he's voice acting for a cartoon dog.

[@Jakegh7]

I couldn’t stop laughing at that part! Lol!

[@castperthewolf3426]

This is Bull! This is Absolute Bull! You stole my Star! You stole my Star and were rewarded for it! 😫 *Leaves to go cry and sulk in a corner somewhere*

[@Jorvalt]

The drink spitting really got me.

[@MisterSatanZ]

I had to rewatch all the previous "Identifying Luck" waiting for this one to be released.

[@v4n1tyy]

I think we all had to

[@Bdog-qr3uf]

Ya

[@patiencedvrx]

Oh same. This is the one my family had when I was younger. It's pretty nostalgic to me.

[@Lorddrago_69]

@@v4n1tyy same

[@notyourbox]

I didn't have to but I definitely wanted to so I did

[@franbh94]

I love how in every intro the "Mario Party" sounds like a mix of drunk and dead inside.

[@zoomzike]

I worked very hard on that delivery aha

[@calebsawyer0719]

@@zoomzike 1:52:48 Did you just use that old and stale Mario game, where he says. "Ah! Here's the problem: Too many toasters" or in this game, "Too many Goombas"?

[@warionumbahone7642]

Can we just give this guy credit due to the fact that there were no ads whatsoever?

[@mcNopeFace]

@@Varooooooom you guys use the internet without ublock ?

[@conkcreet1344]

@@mcNopeFace yeah sometimes you wanna support creators you like

[@zoomzike]

I actually do have monetization set for this video, just no midroll ads

[@MusicandGamesandStuf]

@@J05TI it's still a pittance.

[@gardfelt8137]

@@zoomzike I love you so much for this. Thank you.

[@smeleleh7995]

Faire Square sounds like a nightmare when doing your “Identifying Luck: Mario Party 6” video.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Probably the best board in the series, though my personal favourite would be Waluigi Island.

[@chamadaflamers4174]

Mine is koppa tycoon town form Mario party 8

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

@@chamadaflamers4174 That was a great one. I also loved Shy Guy's Perplex Express. :)

[@jamieyakimets839]

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 I can agree with both of you - those are my two favorite MP8 boards as well!

[@DeisFortuna]

The entire overview of faire square will just be him saying "fuck you, god is dead. Okay! Next board!"

[@MrGojira95]

I am so glad you’re giving the Mario Party series the attention it deserves. Despite Battle mini games happen 20% of the time, whenever I play Mario Party 5 with my family, we get them almost every time.

[@illusionist1872]

I mean, 20% is a 1 in 5 chance, and isn't that far from a 1 in 4 chance. It's not completely unheard of for something like that to happen.

[@majordonut4022]

Are you a Waluigi or Wario main?

[@zacharylandrum4789]

Me: "Mom, can we go watch the Mario movie?" Mom: "No, we have the Mario movie at home." The Mario Movie at Home:

[@GoldDragon20]

But this Mario movie is better?.....

[@frayzard]

I dont think you understand the format... the thing at home is supposed to be worse

[@rageldith9600]

stay. at. home.

[@nickcostanza8730]

@@frayzard or this is just a wholesome meme where mother actually knows best :-)

[@hbk3620]

e

[@haydenlovinfosse9373]

I like how Mario will float up ladders while his ass is burning to a crisp

[@fruitlion8]

This is gonna be interesting. 5 is such a mess of luck and weird mechanics.

[@owenwagner2108]

*crushes someone* “All capsules are lost.” *melts into nothingness*

[@pineapplejane]

I would like to give you a strange shout out: Thank you for this series for it's original purposes, but your even cadence/ speaking tone crossed my mind while I was sleep deprived socializing and taming a group of kittens I caught, I needed someone/something to keep talking in a conversational tone while I dozed off to keep getting these guys used to TVs and people. So I popped you on my desktop and let the playlist play all night. So thank you very much for being a part of socializing these babies for their future homes :]

[@KyoakuNaKira]

1:46:15 Gold Cheep-Cheeps are worth 3 points not 2 points.

[@zoomzike]

The game says 2 points for some reason aha

[@candiedCoder]

@@sethxenofightersofficialx no ads

[@Tippex_Official]

Didn’t you mean 1:46:00 or something like that?

[@sethxenofightersofficialx]

@@candiedCoder this is a talk between me and zoomzike I want to be friends with him he is a nice guy I'm just letting him know what happening with my channel

[@samuelalphabet5360]

@@sethxenofightersofficialx then private message him instead of posting a public comment. Or actually, dont do that, because advertising your game to a complete stranger is obnoxious.

[@frickinfrick8488]

These videos are of ridiculously high quality. We’re blessed to have these.

[@Pedropapt]

It's a tiny detail but I absolutely love the way ZoomZike says "this one!" while explaining the Star Spaces. Seems to be a running joke and it's small but it's my favorite.

[@alexstrigle5599]

Ah yes, the first Mario Party game where DK can’t pummel you. I’m sure you’d love this one

[@benjulc9271]

After identifying my luck I discovered that I'm very lucky for having found this series. I don't even play mario party besides DS, but I love your narration.

[@directorkrennic9019]

Same I grew up on Mario party da Edit: ds

[@Lizuma]

@@directorkrennic9019 Me too! But im really trying hard to get the ones that came before, especially Mario Party 5

[@KurtisBlack]

Identifying Luck as a series is now over 12 hours long, so I can officially sleep half the day, ZoomZike the rest, aaaand repeat.

[@yomireal7570]

Now that the series is over you can watch him the entire day and listen to his smooth voice to go to sleep with no downtime

[@Jakegh7]

Any one else hoping that there is something really broken in Mario Party 6 so we can see ZoomZike freak out again?

[@bryanguegan6937]

I mean, there is ALWAYS a broken thing in every single Mario Party game.

[@Window_seatspotter]

Round of Miracles

[@nelpski]

I absolutely adore these videos I can't explain why. I've only ever played Mario Party 7 as a kid and some of the most recent ones while drunk. I have no reason to need or want to know about the old Mario Party games in excruciating detail and yet here I am again watching the same 3 hour video for like the 9th time this month.

[@Oscargoo]

"Maybe you're playing with honest folks. Or maybe you're playing with people who have watched this video" I feel so... dirty

[@Ninetale3z]

I have to say their is one more random occurrence that can happen during browser bonus. I haven't seen the whole video so this might have been addressed. When Bowser hands you the ztar in bowser bonus. Their is a chance that the ztar will rip apart to reveal it was actually a real star. Earning you a star rather than taking a star. Browser laments at this and asks where the ztar went. When this happens. There is also a small chance of any star in play till it's revealed could actually be the ztar and you end up paying 20 coins to LOSE YOUR STAR. Turning the entire star gathering principle on its entire head where saying no could mean the difference between a major setback or not and one of the few methods that make a negative star count possible in the game since a hidden ztar can be purchased by anyone.

[@hyperfairy7779]

I think you may have mixed up the main game and card party mode

[@SuperMario.1]

@@hyperfairy7779 Bowser doesn't appear in card party. Edit: turns out he does.

[@MG-mq3zf]

@@SuperMario.1 I don't think stars can become ztars in the party mode. Source: Mario party 5 was my childhood mario party and it's still my go to mario party. Stars can become ztars in the card party mode though.

[@SenkaPress]

@@MG-mq3zf I do remember a Ztar becoming a Star in Card Party mode. But that bring a very, very rare thing to happen. Even more than a Star becoming a Ztar.

[@jacklogansmith7646]

Yeah, you are thinking of Card Party. Not Party Mode.

[@jay7568]

Time to find out how to ruin my friendships even more

[@illusionist1872]

"He's finally here, performing for you, It's the-" That activated my fight-or-flight response. I'm not even joking, I thought he was just going to start singing for a second

[@anubeia]

After watching this video, I was inspired to go back to Mario Party 5 for the first time in 10 years, and the very first game I played after the long hiatus resulted in me having 0 stars for three quarters of the game, and somehow managing to accumulate over 200 coins up until the second to last turn, where Bowser's last 5 turn gimmick resulted in Chance popping out in a drunken stupor, reeming out the leader; an Intense Mario CPU, to cheese a win for me. It's at this point where I realised that Mario Party is likely even more wack if you have friends.

[@throwawaydetective9080]

MP5 is the most luck based Mario party

[@Lakitu1134]

Fantastic video! Mario Party 5 was my favorite growing up, even as someone that was horrible at button mashing! Also, I’m fairly certain the idea behind DK Mini-Games is that DK is paying the players for all the bananas they collected for him.

[@MelodyMix]

Seriously such an underrated and amazing series of videos! Everytime an Identifying Luck video appears in my recommended or sub feed, I instantly want to watch the whole video to learn about these awesome tips and tricks for the Mario Party games I grew up with. So much effort is shown on these videos and I really hope more and more people see that. Keep it up ZoomZike :D

[@munchrai6396]

Dang this was a good one. Not much to add here as you represented the balancing issues with both the Minigames and the boards really well. this is probably my favorite Identifying Luck since MP 1

[@Subpar1224]

HE HITS US WITH THE MARIO PARTY 5 OUT OF NO WHERE WOOOOOO Also it isn't 5 hours ahhhhh 🥴

[@Lukecario1216]

I can only imagine the headache he’ll have trying to do Mario Party 6, with all the different board mechanics and all. And I can’t wait.

[@staryknight4279]

SAME

[@llamason7044]

Yesssssss, you finally said Mario party in the intro again.

[@zoomzike]

This title deserves it :)

[@timgoldberg3333]

I love how ZZ makes mario party seem like crusader kings in terms of strategy 🤣

[@inoariusu]

Idk why but I always come back to this series whenever I go to sleep. I feel like ive listen to this series for 50+ hours now without me knowing since I'm asleep and I've been doing this for months lmao. But man just watching the videos with visuals feels much better and it made me realize how much effort really went to this series so kudos to that!!!

[@Bismuth83X]

Something cool about this game I just noticed: This is the first Mario Party game to have Toad as a playable character, so you could have a game where the four players are Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad, the same four playable characters as in Super Mario Bros. 2, and both of these games are dream-themed.

[@TheIronGiant13]

Man I hadn't heard of this channel before but a random KZbin recommend and now I'm binging the whole series... love these videos, you've earned a new sub!

[@nivdy]

It feels very fast for 5 to be out! Absolutely amazing quality and wonderful editing as always

[@zoomzike]

Thank you!

[@markymark443]

"The most useless button in a Mario Party mini-game" The B, X, and Y buttons in that very same mini-game and many others: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@MahDryBread]

Man, thanks for these videos! It's crazy how much I learn every time I watch one

[@ownagenoobs1]

Doctor: You have 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 38 seconds left to live. Me: Opens up Identifying Luck - Mario Party 5

[@noahsmith1978]

hey i just want to say i appreciate this series so much, i’m getting my friend group back into mario party right now (even have my girlfriend playing with me) and these videos have been a treat. you’re basically making 2 full length movies on each game and i just wanted you to know they’re very much appreciated! keep up the good work and can’t wait for the next identify luck video.

[@DragonZene]

Something to keep me entertained while I workout, clean around the house, AND crochet!? Bruh, thats a lot of hard work.

[@endymallorn]

It's funny - I've only played Mario Party Advance. But every time I see a new Identifying Luck video, I sit through a feature-film length investigation of a game I've never played, and, probably, will never play. Thank you for making these, and thank you for sharing your passion and energy with us. Here's hoping for a better 2021.

[@studiedport5]

2:38:36 "On the disaster side of things, Dont choose Fate's Decision" proceeds to choose Fates Decision anyways

[@twiceineverymoment]

I just discovered these and have watched almost all of them over the course of the day. Mario Party 6 is my favorite one out of the whole series, can't wait for it!

[@ssbk65]

This Mario Party was always my favorite because of it's dream theme and the fact that the Star Spirits host the modes. I know it's hated because of the Capsules being random traps that can help or hurt anyone and the Orbs are superior but I adore Mario Party 5 as it is a special childhood game to me and seeing a detailed analysis of it is a dream come true!

[@brendanintheuniverse1910]

To me, I'm more of the opposite. Mario Parties 6 and 7 may often have orbs with coins inside of them, while Mario Party 5 has nothing! Well, except for the coin block capsule. I was thinking that Mario Party 5 and Mario Parties 6 and 7 (even separate) can be pretty unbalanced with the coin values. Because I was fond of the coin fee (capsule used on yourself) and capsules being tossed onto a space, the orbs in Mario Parties 6 and 7 made me pretty uncomfortable, even though I imagined Mario Party Koopaling Journey with the returned orbs.

[@DesignFrameCaseStudies]

FANTASTIC JOB with this, man. That's some amazing dedication right there. One thing I also don't like about 5 is how obvious it was that they didn't have enough 1v3 ideas so they crammed what should've been 2v2 minigames into a 1v3 format. For example, it's laughable how obvious it is that Curvy Curbs should've been 2v2.

[@Redeem_Honor]

ZoomZike has blessed us with another bombshell of a video. These videos are incredibly detailed and very useful! I'll even fall asleep to these videos sometimes so they're useful in more ways than one!

[@25thEffect]

omg mario party 5 was your first one too?? not gonna lie, i've been looking forward to this video since you uploaded the first introductory video to the identifying luck series. absolutely phenomenal work! also, card party really is the best mode in the game. the music slaps so hard as well.

[@hanfan26]

The sentimental feeling you tell us about at the end, that's what I feel for 6, so I'm super excited for the next one! 5 is also extremely special in my heart too, those two are the main ones I grew up on. my very first one was 2 tho :)

[@wonderguardstalker]

Finally getting around to these after expressing great interest in yer intro video from what feels like an eternity ago now. Caught up to 5 which is my favorite so I’m loving the deep dive here. You are an actual hero for making these

[@6AZNPRIDE]

New year is starting off well seeing this in my feed!

[@ryroller9394]

I love the Identifying Luck videos so much! They are just perfect for me to fall asleep too! (That's supposed to be a compliment) The tone and pacing is really nice and consistent, and the content is that perfect level of interesting where my brain doesn't think about other stuff because it isn't engaging enough and doesn't extrapolate tons because it is too engaging. These are just the perfect videos and I'm super grateful for them.

[@benjulc9271]

As an April fools joke you should do a chapter on the 3ds games, it's fun to see how they demolish most if not all of the strategy these games are well know for.

[@ToaderTheToad]

Star Rush at least contains some strategy in it's Toad Scramble mode, at least compared to the other 3DS games.

[@SuperMario.1]

As an April fools joke, he should do mario parties 9 and 10. They demolish even more strategy.

[@l0rdghirahim258]

I was so hyped for this and basically shrieked when I saw it on my feed. Never thought I’d be watching like 3 hour long videos about freaking Mario Party and actually get hyped for them. Boy do I love how you do these videos. Can’t wait for my favorite Mario Party of all time, MP6 next!

[@mattluxton6999]

The Identifying Luck series is one of my favourite on youtube. Thanks for the hours of informative entertainment!

[@sagacious03]

47:47 Man, Chance Time has always been crazy, but only in Mario Party 5 is it where being Right is the wrong idea! 58:10 Pffft, that reference. Finally finished watching this! What an examplary video! Love that you upload this! Happy Holidays, a late Merry Christmas, & Happy New Year, everyone! I can't wait for the next video!

[@Wyshes]

As someone who has been a part of the DDR community for about 15 years, seeing piguy's name being mentioned for something that isn't Stealth AAA's is so cool. Let's go piguy!

[@BooBoy456]

Fantastic video as always! Mario Party 5 was the first video game I ever got to play, let alone my first Mario Party. Despite it's flaws, this game means a lot to me. It's aesthetic is the best in the series (imo), I love the Star Spirits despite not playing Paper Mario yet. This game is also a big contributer as to why I associate myself with the Boos on the internet. Not to mention all the countless memories I have playing this game with my family, which I still do to this day. Thanks to anyone who read my silly comment all they way to the end :)

[@EmilyTheOtakuofficial]

This is partially why I kind of like Mario Party 5. The capsule system is just so interesting. It really makes me want to buy the game instead of just emulating it with my bro occasionally.

[@CaptainFalcon333]

I have played these games during my childhood and teenage years so much that I feel like just listening to the videos explaining luck is the same experience. You have a really nice voice to listen to.

[@Odyssey_Central]

Been binging the series lately, really happy to see a brand new episode!!

[@djroscurro9859]

Didn’t know you watched zoomzike

[@TheNerdyGinger]

Hi, Zoomzike! Big fan of these videos. I’m one of the developers of a Minecraft Mario Party clone called Super Voxel Party. I was wondering if you’d be cool with me creating my own “Identifying Luck” videos on Super Voxel Party? Of course I’d credit you for the idea.

[@zoomzike]

Go for it man!

[@MountainMemelord]

@@zoomzike Hey, gimme a call for Identifying Luck MP8.

[@naomihowie]

5 and 2 have always been my favorite mario party games, nice to see an identifying luck video for my favorite.

[@callisid]

My roommates played this game with me once. Exactly once about a year ago. They mentioned a few days ago trying it again. This video could not have come at a better time. Thank you, ZoomZike. Time to ruin some friendships armed with new knowledge.

[@happyboy7860]

I watched this at least twice start to end and I didn’t realize all the maps ended in dream until looking at all the time stamps 😂 Except for Bowser’s nightmare. How funny would it be if that was dream too? “Oh yeah I’ma play Bowser’s Dream!”

[@Mail-chan]

I was really hype for this, and I relate to Zoomzike's summary of Mario Party 5 a lot. Mario Party 5 was my first Mario party game, hell, my first game that wasn't on the Game Boy. I had never seen a real 3D game up until that point, and I was stunned with awe when I first started to play it. I also really liked the Star Spirits, and only a few years ago I learned they were from Paper Mario, which is a really cool game in itself. The game was really fun and I saw nothing wrong with it too, even though I hated some of the mini-games and boards (cough *Sweet Dream* cough) I was still having fun. And now that I know all of its flaws and overlooks, I'm shocked how I didn't notice them when I was playing. The extra modes were also really cool, the vehicle one in Skolar's garage is where I spent most of my time. Alright, thank you for coming to my TED Talk, gift bags are in the lobby next to the main doors. Have a good night everybody!

[@LimeGreenTeknii]

"The more positive names actually do better" **So-So, I Suppose favored to beat Almost Guaranteed Victory** **Totally Terrible favored to beat Feeling Good**

[@algotkristoffersson15]

but that makes sense, pepole usualy say the two later of those things sarcasticaly, as in when they mean the oposite and are bad.

[@EvilApple567]

I'm not even a big fan of this entry (besides the neat Paper Mario references), but you're a legend for making these. So in depth and technical, each one more impressive than the last. Also, 2:33:30 O"fish"ially. Very nice.

[@BoltyLive]

On Sunday will be the 1 year anniversary of this video, and a year of waiting for my favorite Mario Party to be thoroughly analyzed. The longer I have to wait the more excited I am. I can't wait to see if you've discovered the same quirks that I have, to see things I've yet to know, or to maybe even see you state something counteractive to a fact that I know, causing me to retest things. Please oh Please hurry Mr. ZZ

[@cecillewolters1995]

Oh how I have been waiting for this! This is kinda my first Mario party too! :D Protip: Watch the leaves, rotation and speed of the dancing Piranha Plants ;D I also always tried to figure out if the wind told me a thing by Pull a rope. Can't wait for 6, but this one has a special place in my... dreams... Thank you for making this and all other video's and best wishes! :)

[@markymark443]

"Astro-logical, one of my favourites!" Ah, a man of culture :)

[@Prince_Echo]

2:19:52 for squared away, if one of the three is in the lead and one or multiple of the team o' three dont want them to win at ANY cost,they can work to actively hinder that larger player. whether by blocking the path to the single player or by just generally being in their way. if the single player is in last or wont have the coins to buy a star or use one of their better orb's after the minigame, it's a worthwhile idea.

[@IAmTheEg7]

I've been thinking about doing an identifying luck video for Mario Party DS, though it would be scary trying to get footage for all of it. That said, I think that doing it in the style of the videos you've been doing for these other games would be a huge fun project to do!

[@Commander-peepers]

Kinda sad you didn’t make the video

[@IAmTheEg7]

@@Commander-peepers it takes a lot. I'm only a beginner at KZbin, so my editing skills aren't exactly the best. I might have to use an emulator just so I can get footage, and it would be a nightmare writing a long script for the whole thing, let alone breaking everything down. It would be cool to collaborate with someone to make something like this.

[@Commander-peepers]

@@IAmTheEg7 wish you luck in those times.

[@meganbarineau3290]

I've always wondered if youtubers find it to be a compliment or an insult if people fall asleep to their videos. Anyways, these are GREAT sleeping fodder, your voice is super relaxing.

[@TheSalltt]

Third time rewatching this series right now, excited for Identifying Luck in Mario Party 6!

[@staryknight4279]

i’ve binged watched this entire series 5 times while waiting for the next one i try to watch them all between installments

[@GanonAutumn777]

As a long time mario party fan, the fact that you kept this series rolling gives me so much joy and i loved each and every part ^_^

[@BobbyFluffy]

1:21:57 Interesting to note that near the top of the upper two stations, there are teleporters with blue bases, but the one on the left is broken, causing the one on the right to be offline. This seems suggestive that at one point in Future Dream (in terms of lore, not necessarily development), it used to be possible to travel between the upper two stations more easily. 1:53:56 In the top-right puzzle, input 2 is completely unnecessary. Also, the bottom-right puzzle is missing an input; if the inputs given are followed exactly, then the Goomba of input 7 will be inaccessible. Instead, after input 6, the Goomba from input 5 needs to be pushed to the right in order to open up access to the final input.

[@EnwardHiggins]

This is my favorite mario party. I personally felt the amount of content in it when I was a kid was insane. This and 3 are the GOATs imo.

[@DerGeileGangster]

This game wasnt my first Mario Party, but it is still my most beloved one. I cant understand how i can still remember almost all maps and Minigames years after i played it as a kid and have been on a decline on playin Mario Party games after they introduced the cart.

[@PhantomAarantula]

These are gripping to watch. Can't wait for Mario Party 6! That was my favorite by a longshot and I would love to see how much there is to discover

[@mogg4243]

Listening to you describe the almost pixel differences between 3 rainbows is probably the highlight of my day.

[@okayokay7533]

This is cool and all, but when are we going to get ''Identifying Luck: Card Party''?

[@zoomzike]

I'll stream it this month!

[@writer-anon-69]

wait wHAT

[@cranktherider4302]

YOOOOOOO as dumb as it can be, Card Party is literally my favorite MP5 mode, this is great to hear

[@EFB57]

How about Super Duel? I found that to be one of my favorite modes in Mario Party 5

[@zachmccoy4376]

It took me a day and a half, but I finally finished this all the way through. Excellent & hilarious work as always, ZoomZike! See you in the livestream! ✌

[@ianchandler4649]

Me and 3 others have been playing this game many times in the past month or two. Huge nostalgia, and I’m glad we’ve found a way to replay it again... and then this shows up. Hahahaha!

[@moosecannibal8224]

Literally emulated this to play with some friends recently and realised it was one you hadn't done yet and as such I had no way to help my friends understand certain things. Perfectly timed video my dude.

[@moosecannibal8224]

for reference, we played with three of us and one hardest difficulty CPU, and the CPU destroyed us all :l

[@facemcshooty6602]

"bowser takes everyone coins and distributes them equaly" bowser is a comunist confirmed

[@ItsTheVioletQueen]

He’s been a communist since the first game.

[@KopperNeoman]

Real Communism would have Bowser steal all of everyone's coins and stars then remove 1st from the game permanently. But that's not as funny.

[@emblemwarrior11]

That Sweet Dream rant was gold! I never realized how busted that was.

[@Choolio94]

Wait...what when he said "on a Saturday at 3:24 PM was it 3:14 PM on a Saturday...spooky (1:28:40)

[@abigscarybug3514]

I was just rewatching all of you're previous Identifying Luck videos over the last few days! Happy to see this in my feed today!

[@Roman-ck5wf]

The "MARIO PARTY !!" in the openning is finally back !

[@CaptainLily742]

As someone who grew up with MP5 and recently started getting into the endless, yawning abyss of competitive Mario Party thanks to this series, that ending really resonated with me. It was easy for me to tell why I didn't like 4 when I was younger, with the boards actively taking agency away from you, random mushrooms flooding your inventory, the clunkiness of things like mini mushroom gates, but all the flaws of 5 went totally over my head, and was what sold me on the series ever since. It's the only game in the series that, upon revisiting, I had a total opinion 180 on in regards to the title's Party Mode (SWEET DREAM IS SO AWFUL OH MY GOODNESS), and it really was a shame to see, but at the same time, it helped me remember that it was definitely the aesthetic and side content of this game that I had the most nostalgia for, and I still enjoyed both in equal measure, even as a jaded, grown up, Mario Party tryhard. Another fantastic video nonetheless, ZoomZike, and I definitely can't wait to see the deep dive into 6!

[@auxityne]

I think I left the Head Waiter section with some kind of psychology degree.