Finished watching the Mario Party 9 TNT and...well that does not look good. I have a good collection on Nintendo games from every console but I am missing some Mario Party games. So Giant Bomb, what is the best party? Should I stick with N64 games or the early GameCube? Is it worth getting one for each console or are the N64 games different enough to justify two games for my collection?

EDIT: I counted the posts and ended up with this. Mario Party 2 wins...Fatality.

The one with the wild west board, and hootenannies. I think it was 2

2 or 3

@killacam said:

The one with the wild west board, and hootenannies. I think it was 2

Yup 2.

Mario Party 2. It's the Empire Strikes Back of Mario Parties.

@MooseyMcMan said:

Mario Party 2. It's the Empire Strikes Back of Mario Parties.

I like the sound of that.

Mario Party 2. It's the Empire Strikes Back of Mario Parties.

Which is the one that had me rip skin off my hand to win?

Thanks for asking this as I was wondering about it too.

So far, it seems like 2 wins.

Mario Party 2, remembering all the great times I had with friends.

2.

I think I remembered loving 2 or 3 quite a lot.

I just looked up the Mario Party franchise page. It seems Mario Party 3 was the first with Story Mode. 
 
Which one had the best Story Mode? I wouldn't mind playing a little Mario Party by myself. Unless they all suck.

You're all wrong. It is 5, you assholes! FIVE!

Agreed with everyone else here, 2 was the best. 3 was good too.

2 was the best, 3 is a close second.

I'm just curious, why is 2 the best? What makes it better than the others?

The depth of 6 would blow you away. Those tech trees...

Uther Party.

The best part bout Mario Party 2 is how they recycle mini games from the first game.

2 or 3

3 was my favorite.

Mario Party 3 was the best, with 2 following closely behind it.

2 for me, I liked the wild west board.

The correct answer is none of them, cause they suck.

Either 1 or 4

2 is the best, 4 is the worst.

I'd say 2 but 3 did have that funky rpg thing...

@killacam said:

The one with the wild west board, and hootenannies. I think it was 2

The dark second act.

The best Mario Party was Fuzion Frenzy. Anyone? No?

I absolutely loved 2 when I was younger

It's all about 3.

Lol I have no idea how you guess can tell those games apart, it's been a really long time since I've played any of them and they're all the same basically. Anyways, I do like some mario party, fun times

@evanbower said:

The best Mario Party was Fuzion Frenzy. Anyone? No?

Well it is Bill Gates's favorite game

2 or 4/5 (Whatever the first GameCube one was)

Mario Party 2 was the best. Night and day cycles and that one map with the huge cannon in the middle of it.

I'll go with 3 because that was my first Mario Party and I loved it as a kid. I never played 2 but I wish I did.

Does anyone remember that Sonic the Hedgehog Mario Party rip off? I can't remember what it was called though.

@mrcraggle said:

Does anyone remember that Sonic the Hedgehog Mario Party rip off? I can't remember what it was called though.

Sonic Shuffle!

Oh man was MP9 hard to look at. I'm all for changes to the format, but there's only so much foam you can put on that nerf bat until you can't swing it anymore. I don't know how they made it more boring that Fortune Street.

But yea, it was either MP2 or 3 that was the best. I think MP2 had a legitimately interesting story mode to it that they never really touched upon again.

MP1 was just the death of all our palms, still great though for the time.

Probably not the first one, that one burned of my palms. Most memorable, though!

Dudes, the first Mario Party is the best Mario Party.

The only Mario Party I played was 4, so I'll have to go with that one.

How has no one said Fortune Street yet?

I'm glad people here have the right idea, 2 is definitely the one to go with.

2 or 4

They are all essentially the same, so I don't know how anybody could pick which one is best.

3 or 4

I've only played 1 and 8. So I guess my favorite out of those two is 1.

I remember 5 or 6 had a really cool minigame (outside of the board game) that was car-combat esque and had unlockables and stuff. Also if 8 is cheap it's not very good but there's a Monopoly type board that's really cool.