Mario Party Recommendations

Which Mario Party games do you most recommend?

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Hello all,

I grew up on Mario Party 9 and I have always loved it. I ranked it as tenth on my TheTopTens remix. I played Mario Party 8 once at a friend's house and it was great as well.

As I got older and began to take my love for Mario to the internet, I learned that MP9 was actually quite hated and I didn't understand why. Sure it had its flaws but I never really disliked the car mechanic which people seemed to despise.

Well anyway I would like to try the rest of the series to see if MP9 really is that bad in comparison, but because there are so many I don't know where to start. Could I have some recommendations please?

For reference, I have a Gamecube, a Wii, a Wii U, a 3DS and a DS Lite, the last of which is only just playable because the D-pad is so worn out. Thankfully I don't miss any MP games for that since MPA is on the Wii U VC. But I don't have access to MP1, MP3, or SMP. And no, I'm not counting Mario Party-e.

(Edit: Please note I'm not hugely into the multiplayer mode since I don't have many friends or family who would be interested in playing these games with me.)

Please vote in the poll above for me!

Thanks a bunch,
MiracleDinner
 
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4, 5, 6, Island Tour, and 10 are probably my top picks.
 
If Mario Party 3 were a choice, that would be my pick, but I presume you got that one since you excluded it from your options.

Mario Party 6 is the best of the Gamecube Parties for having a balance of items that felt just right, since it's got consumable items or traps placed on the board. This along with the Day/Night changing makes the boards a lot more varied in its happening. Overall great minigames are also a plus. Mario Party 7 is pretty similar to 6, with the added 8 player mode.

Mario Party 10 is only recommended because it's similar to Mario Party 9, which is something you said you like.

Mario Party DS is a very nice Mario Party for translating the classic Mario Party gameplay to the handheld and utilising the touch screen in nice ways. Note that it's pretty much single player unless you have other people to play with. At least it's a single-cart game, which is a standard for Mario Party games for DS and 3DS.

Thank you for reading.
 
winstein said:
If Mario Party 3 were a choice, that would be my pick, but I presume you got that one since you excluded it from your options.

Mario Party 6 is the best of the Gamecube Parties for having a balance of items that felt just right, since it's got consumable items or traps placed on the board. This along with the Day/Night changing makes the boards a lot more varied in its happening. Overall great minigames are also a plus. Mario Party 7 is pretty similar to 6, with the added 8 player mode.

Mario Party 10 is only recommended because it's similar to Mario Party 9, which is something you said you like.

Mario Party DS is a very nice Mario Party for translating the classic Mario Party gameplay to the handheld and utilising the touch screen in nice ways. Note that it's pretty much single player unless you have other people to play with. At least it's a single-cart game, which is a standard for Mario Party games for DS and 3DS.

Thank you for reading.
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As stated in the OP, I didn't include Mario Party 1 or 3 or Super Mario Party as I don't own the hardware to play them. Mario Party 9 is the only one I have right now.
 
fantanoice said:
MP9 isn't bad. People don't like change.
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Fully agreed. I personally feel that 9's style is inferior, but it is by no means bad and it's still miles better than the handheld trio of Advance, Star Rush, and Top 100.

Say what you will about "change for the sake of change", but 9 came at a time when Mario Party was literally just a yearly rehash. A change was 100% necessary.
 
I don't like change when I find that said change to be a severely botched execution of a new idea.
 
I think that Mario Party Top 100 is NOT recommended solely because it's basically older content without much new in the way. They recycled 100 minigames from 10 Mario Parties, which is a good thing, but that's basically the draw of that game. The minigame quest is good but it seems to be over quickly, and after that, there aren't much. The board lacks variety and the simultaneous movement meant that it's a little too complex. Perhaps if the game has returning boards then it would be better, but alas, it doesn't.

Thank you for reading.