Mario Party is still alive and kicking after nine main entries and a handful of offshoots. Regrettably, it’s now accompanied by increasingly vocal disappointment. Many feel the mini-game quality has degenerated and that the gameplay has become far too focused on chance rather than ability. For those who feel this way, Mario Party 2 might be your best shot. Sure, luck is as present as ever (most irksomely in the single player), but its role is downplayed in multiplayer and most of the mini-games are high-quality.
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Haha, you're right into these retro reviews at the moment, Clark!
Great review as always. Must completely agree with you, Mario Party 2 is by far the best of the series. Perfectly balanced game, just like Mario Party, but without the hand-wounding minigames (which is why I assume the first still isn't on Virtual Console)
Very cool – I never actually got to play this one. I played the first, 3rd… whatever the first one was for the Wii.