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Overall 9    Graphics 8.4    Sound 8.6    Addictive 9    Story 7.1    Depth 9.3    Difficulty 5.9


Who Wants to Party?   kramer4077

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 8
      Review Rating: 5/5     Submitted: 08-21-13     Review Replies: 5


This party is just getting started!   RedHotToddy

  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 8   Story 7   Depth 9   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 5/5     Submitted: 09-01-13     Review Replies: 4


Party like it's the Year 2020   Slyshiyoshi
This game honestly is one of the N64 Games that is so near and dear to my heart, the many memories I used to have playing with my family to the insane luck I'd used to have and everyone thought I was cheating, this is that game. It feels weird knowing that I grew up with this game and to thank it for everything it's given me I want to try and give it a really good swing at the review block and try my best to explain why I think this is possibly one of the best Mario Party games, however at the same time being a bit critical of what it did and analyzing it as a whole instead of just giving a flat out straight answer. For this review I'll be doing the same as I did with the Mario Party review I did earlier in 2019 and giving you the good, bad, and ugly. But first here's a bit of history about this game to give a better look at what made it what it is. Originally this game released nearly a year after it's previous entry, and ironically releasing only 9 months after it's initial launch in the US. It's crazy to think this is initially what would nip Hudson Soft in the ass after releasing game after game because for a while nobody really seemed to notice that. One of the things that this game does is reuse a lot of Mini-games and Assets from the first game, while not entirely it does have a feeling of DejaVu and really starts to become apparent after you notice that a whopping 21 games were re-used from the first game either albeit not entirely or completely the same with a bit of minor tweaking. It's not inherently a bad thing to reuse assets but I'll explain a bit of my quarrel with it as I go into the actual review aspect. This game would nearly go on to sell as much as the prior entry and in fans eyes see to be the definitive game on the N64. While now and days I believe 3 is the best of the N64 Trilogy (Which I know tons of people will argue about that on me.) I still do hold this game near and dear to my heart. With that, here's my full review of the 2nd Coming of Christ aka. Mario Party 2 Graphic One of the things I will give credit to this game is that while still sticking to the per-rendered style for boards and 3D Backgrounds for things such as Minigames and Hub Areas of the sort, I think there was something done this time around that made the texture work look much nicer and when you compare it to 1 it can be a bit hard to notice. There is one problem I have with this however because the same models from 1 are reused again for 2. Not a totally bad thing, plus the give them outfits for each of the boards they're in which I personally think is a feature that should actually come back one of these days, legitimately wasted potential. However that's besides the point, there is a lot of re-using of same assets in this game and it'll become more clear this was built completely entirely of the first game only having a year release. Other then that, I'm quite good with how everything looks personally. Sound I think it's a bit controversial of a statement but I absolutely think that 2 nails it in the park, even more so then 1. Not meaning to discredit the first game because I still love that game's OST but there's something much more nostalgic and charming about this OST. Albeit it may be a bit of bias from my perspective. I played a absolute ton of 2 growing up and it's what I think of when I think of "Mario Party." It all comes down to perspective on this one. Weather you think MP1 has the better OST is really up to you, but 2 just nails it and is what I'd call the definitive OST for the most part. It's hard to literally critique any part of this review so personally I think that just means I have to move on and say it's probably going to get the highest regards from me. Addictive While Mario Party 1 tended to waver in it's addictiveness, I think 2's more streamlined approach really helps it out in this case. Sadly there's only 6 boards, one of them being unlockable by playing on all 5 boards, but I think this has to be the best lineup of them. All the boards including the ones I'm not too fond of have something going for them when I'd say really only half of the boards in the original Game could be what I called great. Again, there's a single player mode for you to go into but this time there's way more to do which is helped by the fact that there are now Battle Minigames and Item Minigames. There's also Duel Minigames, however they aren't really the same as the other two as they're more in line with what the boards are. One of the bigger bummers is they did remove 1 Player Minigames, however I think it was for the better in the end. While some of them can be nice, a lot of them were just really easy and didn't really add much to the Gameplay. I'll talk more about how this kinda effects the Depth of the Gameplay in the end. Story Pffftttttttttttttt what? You're here for the "story" of Mario Party? Of all things you want you want to look at this section? To be honest the story factor "did" get better in my opinion but it's literally the same as 1's except some small modifications that this isn't an actual event that's happening to them more so that this is just a play. I think it's pretty silly, but none the less there's literally nothing to talk about here. Depth This is where I get into the juicy bits of the gameplay. The changed quite a bit from their previous outing and I got to say it turned out for the better. The game now adds in Items for the first time in the series, though you can only hold one which a lot of people think is archaic in design though I think it was more they were testing the waters with the new system. I think it payed off in the end, but the later games have much better Item Systems overall and I'll be sure to take a look into that when we get to MP3. There's now no Koopa at the start of the board, however the Boo and Bowser events are still there but they're altered quite differently. Instead of how Boo was in MP1, he now costs money to steal coins. Due to that, you can get much more out of a player which I think helps people think more about decision making. Bowser also changed, however in his place is one of the Koopa Kids from the original Mario Party which they'd take 5 of your coins. While it's a much less big of a threat, he can still change to Boswer with the use of a Bowser Bomb from Item Minigames which brings me into... ...That! They're basically small event games that usually change through each board like Duel Minigames, however unlike Duel Minigames you aren't really risking anything except maybe a turn at the worst. Usually a lot of these are based on Memory, Timing, or Precision. These are quite nice, though sometimes it's really easy to get an item from one of these. Usually thinking about the Pirate Land Item Game, they're practically so slow that it's hard to ever lose track of it. Unlike that of the Horror Land one which tests your eyes much more and I think it's way more rewarding that way. Included with the Item Minigames are also the new Dueling Minigames which you can get by landing on the same space as somebody in the last 5 turns or using the new Dueling Glove. Basically each one of these tests one of your types of physical or mental reflexes and I think they all can be pretty alright, though a tad too short and later fixed in the later entries when they have actual Minigames to replace them. They can be a nice Distraction and even game changing, but you cannot earn any stars from them and only coins so there isn't too much a point in them unless you want the Coin Star at the end to be secured. Now as I mentioned, the actual Minigames. I will give credit and say a lot of the Minigames they made specifically for this game are usually pretty great! There's only really a few Minigames in here I don't like out of the bunch which now leads me into the ones they copied from Mario Party 1. One of the things I'll say is that I don't think this really ruins the game, in fact none of the games anymore take coins from the players which is a plus, and they removed all traces of stick rotating Minigames which also gets a thumbs up from me, but it's apparent that this game really did take liberties in this department only being released 9 months after the first one. It is a shame since I actually like quite a few of the reused Minigames but I do wish the came up with some original ones instead. I won't go on too much longer with this section. While there are a ton of really great aspects there are a few of them that keep this game from being absolutely perfect in it's depth which isn't really a fault of the game itself but more due to the time constricts they put themselves under while making this game which I gotta respect must of been a massive undertaking. Difficulty I think I don't really need to repeat what I said in the last review, but I will mention they did add a higher difficulty to the game for CPUs if that fancies you. Usually I don't really like to mention the CPU difficulties as they can be anything from Easy to something extremely ridiculous and it's really up to the player to weather or not it really changes how they see it. Final Verdict Once again I'm at the end of a review for one of my favorite franchises and I can easily see why people adore this game and I'm in that same boat with a bit of minor disregards to some of the games qualities. Would I say this is the best in the series by far? Maybe, but I wouldn't say it's efforts are in vain. Growing up in the early 2000's as a kid who used to have a pretty tight knit family only really makes the memories of this game all the more heartfelt for me and which I still wish we could recreate, but as I grow older I still hold this game to be one of the greats of the N64 and well worth the party.
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 9   Story 5   Depth 9   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 5/5     Submitted: 01-04-20     Review Replies: 1


Mario Party 2: A Test of True Friendship Part 2!   ghostfishy
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Vizzed Community,

This will be my first game review so

hopefully the readers of this review will be able to cooperate with me and to leave any suggestions or comments in order for me to improve on my future game reviews. 

My first game review will be focused on Mario Party 2:

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*For those of you who have not played any game from the

Mario Party series, the Mario Party game series is basically a virtual board game in a video game except it is more interactive and more fun especially with friends. The goal is to win as many stars as you end by the end of the game. Why play a boring game of plain old Monopoly that can go on for 8 hours when you can play a Mario Party game that can last for a half an hour, an hour, or much more with all of the fun, whackiness, rage, and laughter that it has to offer? The Mario Party game series has been known to be the series to put friendships to the test. Use a chance to test out your friendships; you either gain some friendships or you lose them after a game or two. Trust me, I still haven’t forgiven my friends for robbing some of my stars and coins in the past. 

Mario Party 2 is known to be the sequel or second game of

the original Mario Party from the Nintendo 64. In general, sequels don’t normally match up to the original games but does Mario Party 2 have what it takes to out shine the original?

Now before I talk about my review on Mario Party 2, let’s

start with comparing and contrasting the first Mario Party and the sequel Mario Party 2. There have been some good changes and bad changes when jumping between these two games. 

Differences:

Mario Party:

-It provides single player games in order to give players

a chance to receive more coins but however, it required more time to finish a game round.

-Some mini-games involve rotating the analog stick with

the palm of your hand that led to complaints due to development of blisters and skin peels (I was one of the unlucky ones who experienced this) but luckily, Nintendo provided gloves for those were experiencing this problem.

-There were about 50 mini-games in this game consisting

of twenty-five 4 player mini-games, ten 1vs3 mini-games, five 2vs2 mini-games, and ten 1 player mini-games.

-For every game in the end for party mode, coins and

stars (converted to coins) are needed to buy items and mini-game. Brought mini-games give players a chance to play mini-games during free play without the hassle of going through party mode.

-Players can win and lose coins depending on the

mini-game.

-Each character has their own board in party mode (there

are 7 in total) that created each unique quality of each and every one of them (Examples: Luigi’s Engine Room and Wario’s Battle Canyon).

-The board layouts are smaller.

-There is a mushroom space (red mushroom to move forward

or poison mushroom to lose a turn during that same turn) 

Mario Party 2:

-Removed single player games in order to save time and

keep the game going as quickly as it can.

-Players aren’t able to lose coins anymore in mini-games,

usually the winner(s) of a mini-game receive the usual 10 coins each mini-game.

-Dueling games which involve 2 people to bet and play a

mini-game against each other if they land on the same space during the last 5 turns, have been added.

-For every game in the end for party mode, coins and

stars (converted to coins) are needed to buy mini-games only

-The boards for party mode are more general based

(Examples: Western Land and Space Land) and each playable character dressed up in costumes according the appropriate theme except for Bowser Land (there are 6 boards in total)

- The boards are bigger.

-Items are in the game in which players can either land

on an item space or buy an item from the item shop

-There are battle spaces that involve players forced to

battle each other based on the amount of coins on the line.

-There are bank spaces hosted by Koopas. If you walk by

this space, you are forced to spend 5 coins or lower if you don’t have 5 coins but if you land exactly on this space, you can receive all of the coins from players who passed by this space.

-There are Baby Bowser/Bowser Jr./Koopa Kid spaces in the

boards and then they tend to replace the previous star space due to a player buying a star. When you pass by this space, you are usually forced to pay 5 coins but if you get lucky, he will reward you 5 coins sometimes.

Similarities:

-Same basis spaces like the blue spaces (gaining 3 coins

each time you land on one), the red spaces (losing 3 coins each time you land on one), chance time (a luck opportunity to win or lose coins or stars or help out another player in the palm of your hands), and etc. The game layout still basically stayed the game except for a few changes.

-Star spaces = 20 coins to buy one star

-Bowser spaces and Bowser = always trying to create havoc

or advantages for players depending on the stipulation chosen

-Single player modes where it only takes one player to

play and complete them (example: mini-game stadium). This feature is used for people who wouldn’t play party mode with 3 computers, out of boredom or challenge, and other reasons.

-Same characters with Mario, Luigi, Peach, Donkey Kong,

Wario, and Yoshi.

-Same goal and concept of the game: collect as many stars

as you can

-In the end of each game, bonus stars (only 3 are given)

are given to a player who has accomplished the most in a certain goal and gets an extra star added to their score which may turn the tides to get a winner. 

Now, let’s get this party of this review started, shall

we?

Story (4/10): This story starts off Toad introducing and

narrating the story in a play stage setting with everyone is living in Mario Land. However, Wario is the only one who didn’t approve of the name so then this ends up in a big argument between Mario and Wario. Luigi, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong try their best to settle the situation and calm down Mario and Wario. Suddenly, Peach says that she has an idea to resolve the whole situation and everyone stops to hear on what Peach has to say. She suggests that it would be better if the land was called Peach Land as she puts her hands on her chin in the most lovey dovey way which eventually led to everyone falling and dying off digust thinking of the idea of Peach Land. More ruckus and anger suddenly continues to rise with nobody stopping the argument. So Toad proposes that whoever beats Bowser and becomes superstar, will be the one to name the land. If you played every board at least once, you will see a scene of Toad getting kidnapped by a group of Koopa Kids, leading to his replacement by a Koopa Kid who won’t let you play other board maps besides Bowser Land. Once you beat Bowser Land, Bowser has been destroyed by Mario and the gang which brings back the peace and harmony back in Mario Land. Afterwards, Toad announces the “actors” (and Peach) of the play who have casted a well done show.

I would give the story a 4/10 because the story was a

lackluster and it didn’t make sense to me with everyone living happily ever after ending despite of Bowser being the main villain most of the time. Heroes and villains don’t just randomly be happy and work together in the end but that is Mario Party logic for you. 

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Graphics (9/10): The graphics were pretty good during its

time and I have not encountered any problems or glitches in this game. There are very colorful three dimensional models that fit the characters that we know and love. The Nintendo 64 was designed to put three dimensional characters in its games and it has done a job well done with its progress and success during its time. What could be better than lots of colors and three dimensional models to top it off? 

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Soundtrack (10/10): I really love the soundtrack in this

game especially due to the nostalgia that it brings. It is very smooth and charming to me. The soundtracks are in sync of whatever setting, board map, event, or mini-game that is playing at that moment. Some are catchy, some are smooth, some are very upbeat, some are terrifying, and so forth that Mario Party 2 can give you lots of emotions while playing the game. I have listened to the full soundtrack a couple of times and it never grows old on me.

Here is a link of the full soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBZ6c9R0298

Gameplay (9.5/10): After the first Mario Party, Mario

Party 2 has lots of good changes, improvements, and challenges that it has to offer. The additions of duel mode, battle mode, items, and other little details have made this game so much fun for me to play especially with friends. Not to mention that mini-games are much more fun as well and most of the mini-games are quite fun to play. Some of the mini-games have debuted from Mario Party and made another appearance in Mario Party with its own improvements, recreations, and classic-ness such as Bumper Balls, Bobsled Racing, and Handcar Havoc. This game has the best mini-games in overall in my opinion. 

For no doubt, Mario Party 2 is one of the few sequels

that has done better than the original game itself with its improvements and additional gameplay details and options. The mini-games are much more fun than the previous game as well. It has brought lots of opportunities with its options like battle mode, Boo, and Bowser in order to give every player a chance to turn the tides in the game. Not to mention the removal of single player games to reduce the time to create more fun and suspense to the games in party mode which means more multiplayer fun for everyone.

There is no reason in doubt that Mario Party 2 is my

second favorite Mario Party game in the whole series despite of the bad storyline that it offers. Party mode games are insanely fun when playing with friends and I highly recommend this game to whoever wants to play a good Mario Party game in the series. For those who really want to test their friendship with friends, try out this game whenever you can! Be the superstar out of all of your friends! 

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  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 9   Story 4   Depth 8   Difficulty 4
      Review Rating: 4.8/5     Submitted: 10-08-14     Updated: 10-09-14     Review Replies: 16


Mario Party 2 review   patar4097
Mario Party 2 for the Nintendo 64 is a great multi player game, as all Mario Party games are. Graphics - 8
The graphics aren't great, but Mario Party is not known for graphics and they didn't match up to what the N64 could hold.

Sound - 8 Some of the music was really good, but the mini game result screen and when the Goomba comes down, the music is barely music. There still is very good music on this game. Addictiveness - 9
Mario Party 2 can be played over and over, and even more than that if you have a friend to play with. However, some mini games from the first installment in the series, but most of those have been new and improved with the exception of Crane Game, which is personally my least favorite game, when trying to wiggle free. Story - 10
The story itself is normal, but to see why I rated it a ten, watch the intro movie. This game has lots of new boards, which includes parades, Ruins, and Wizard worlds. New mini game modes, which includes a race track like board and the only way to get coins is to win mini games. Difficulty - 6
Mario Party has not always had the best CPU difficulty on the board. They can be hard to beat in mini games, but the make some bad decisions, especially on the board.Overall - 9.5
In my opinion, Mario Party 2 may not be the best in some ways, but the suits that Mario and his friends (and Wario) wear are just cool, or something, not sure what it is about that, but makes the game better. I love Baby Bowser telling you where he is on Bowser Land, and this game has some things that you can somehow like. Mario Party 2 has more comedy than most in the series. I would highly recommend this game, as well as all games in the Mario Party series.
  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 9   Story 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 4.5/5     Submitted: 06-10-11     Updated: 10-01-12     Review Replies: 0


ok   naco26withcheese
OK, Mario party 64 is good overall, I have played it and it has good items and good potential. However, back then, I understand how difficult it was to super pack the graphics but really, in my opinion, Nintendo could have done much better with the graphics. After this Mario party, they took out some of the good features like the parades and just plain traps but hey, that's how me move on. Overall, I give this game a 7.5. Very nice work overall Nintendo, nice work. After all, any Mario fan would be crazy to not get this game, a true one of a kind to all of its brothers, the other Mario party games.
  Graphics 5   Sound 6   Addictive 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3.2/5     Submitted: 11-13-11     Review Replies: 1

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