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    Mario Party

    Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Dec 18, 1998

    Mario Party is the first game in Nintendo's party game franchise. The game was well-received for its pick up and play gameplay.

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    3.3 stars

    Average score of 3 user reviews

    The stepping stones of a friendship ruiner. 0

    The first Mario Party game has its bumps, but for the first game of the series they team at Hudson managed to create an enjoyable game with friends and create enemies for life.The story is basic for a Mario game. Just the gang arguing over who should be the "Superstar" and Toad telling them they should battle in order to figure out who the superstar should be. While the story is very generic that's not what Mario Party is about, not story, but gameplay.The game offers a nice variety of boards to...

    2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

    Use your favorite Nintendo character in this multiplayer bliss 0

     Mario Party is pretty much a basic board game with characters from the Nintendo universe thrown in, and with the addition of mini games.     Mario Party was released well into the Nintendo 64's life cycle, and really utilized the 4 controller slots on the system, making it a nice party game, as most games intended to be on the N64. If you are familiar with the usual type of board game, or even right down to the basic board game, you'll easily be able to jump right into Mario Party. Each game ha...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    The originator of the 'party game' isn't the best, but still fun with a group 0

    Mario Party is the game that not only kickstarted one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, but in some ways also the entire 'party game' genre. For good or bad, it's often forgotten that it was actually a seminal release. Of course, it was by no means a perfect game but it still has some merit even playing it two decades later.The original Mario Party was an acclaimed release for the Japanese company in 1999 and was an absolute blast as a multiplayer game. It was the first in what would bec...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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