Mario Party
Every game in the main series has a standard Party Mode in which up to four players play through a board, trying to collect as many stars as possible. In every turn, each player rolls a die and progresses on…
Mario Party is a card & board game developed by CAProductions, released 18 December 1998 on Nintendo 64. The main story takes about 28 hrs to finish.
What Mario Party is
Mario Party is a card & board game game developed by CAProductions and released in 1998. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story begins with Mario and his friends standing around and arguing over who is the Super Star, the superior one among them. To sort things out amongst members of the gang, Wario theorizes that a Super Star must be strong. Donkey Kong abruptly agrees, while bragging about his strength. An argument and fight ensue between the two, with Luigi finding himself quite literally stuck in the middle. It is also suggested that Mario would make a good superstar, or Princess Peach, or even the energetic Yoshi. The gang begins to close in on Toad, who jumps and shouts out that he has an idea of what they should do. Arguing that being a Super Star takes not only strength, but also courage, wisdom…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and party. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Mario Party is the 20th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. It arrived 9 months after Wario Land II. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. in 1999. Its critic score of 72 is 2 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Party holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 185 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 28 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 42 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Mario Party launched on 18 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Thief: The Dark Project and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Thief: The Dark Project, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Party yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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