Mario Party 1 has been regarded as one of the worst Mario titles ever: Nintendo did a better job with Mario Party 2.
Grab your friends for more anarchic boardgame madness in Mario's second party release
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.
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Not sure about the OG Mario Parties. I did play, 5 (?) on the Gamecube and it was definitely a blast. An interesting and fun take on a video game/board game. Best with friends but even alone it had it's value for being fun; albeit limited.
1 to 3 are the best Mario Party games. 4 was good but they started to fall off from that game going forward. 5 was good to though
Mario Party 1,2,3 are classics......I can't recall anybody we played with back in the day not liking these games.
Some critics think it's their job to be negative.
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.
It is my opinion too. To be honest I have not played all Mario Party games but almost all 1 to 9. I dodn't have Wii U, so I don't play the 10th of the series. So, 1 and 2 were the best.
The only problem with those games was the N64 control stick fatigue of the controller. I had to repair it very often.
"With the Nintendo online service launching later this year, I can’t help but think about what future games will become a part of the subscription plan. As you know, a selection of NES games will have added online play for the first time. This new feature excites me greatly. This will allow some classic gems to relive their glory days and/or find a new audience of younger gamers. Today, I want to talk about seven classic games that I would love to play online." -- Nintendo Enthusiast
The greatest "drinking beer with your friends and like 1 of their kids is there too" series of all time deserves more respect.
Mario Party 1 still my favorite.
2 comes close.