"Since the beginning of the 80s, when Super Mario Bros. was released for the NES, Mario became the Nintendo mascot, appearing in numerous games since then in various genres. One of the first spin-off of this series is Mario Party, a series of focused multiplayer games in place in order to join the family around the screen to very lively game sessions."
Grab your friends for more anarchic boardgame madness in Mario's second party release
Mario Party 1 has been regarded as one of the worst Mario titles ever: Nintendo did a better job with Mario Party 2.
The greatest "drinking beer with your friends and like 1 of their kids is there too" series of all time deserves more respect.
This week, Game Informer published their review for Super Mario Party. They described the game as something that’s fun to play.
What you may not know is 18 years ago, when Game Informer reviewed Mario Party and Mario Party 2, they gave both games very negative reviews.
How did Nintendo respond to these negative reviews? They sent a framed poster to Game Informer.
Eh i really enjoyed the first game on the 64, but as with everything else.. each to his own. I'm not fussed on Smash brothers or Pokemon either but plenty seem to like them.
People just love to bash at the end of the day. I don't pay attention to game reviews all that much unless they are all rated low, like in the 4-5 range, same with films.
The first two were the best ones, at least in my opinion. The first was an interesting, and skin losing, experience. The second outing really expanded on the formula and delivered some fun mini games. Nevertheless, I appreciate Nintendo's humor, or Howard Lincoln's rather, and Game Informer's "glowing" opinion.