Many thanks to Raycon for their continued support! If you'd like to go back and watch any of the epic chapters you've missed, here's a playlist for you. kzfaq.info/sun/PLGoWEw3Bg2QG-STp7_H_NOYjLMJer5oqE

can we please talk about how unexpected it is for the online to be actually functional? if you’re playing a board online and someone disconnects, they get replaced by a CPU. if they restart their game and now have a good connection, they can rejoin the same game with you, taking over the CPU at the start of the next turn. i was super surprised by this! i’ve played 20 hours and it’s been great :) looking forward (hopefully) to DLC with more boards, minigames, and CHARACTERS

It’s nice to see a mario party that everyone seems to enjoy.

It’s interesting and even refreshing to hear a non Mario Party lover’s perspective as someone who loves this series.

I really hope they listen to the demands for DLC that were ignored last game. I'd love to see Western Land remixed, heck throw in Chilly Waters too.

I'm not one to buy too many new games right out of the gate, but I have to get my hands on this game. No Shy Guy is an absolute outrage though. I'm very upset about it

Of course more boards would be great, especially since it's technically content we've seen before, but it seems like an extremely polished and fun game, and it's awesome that everyone likes it.

That last clip where Yoshi passed the star without having 20 coins...and then got a star from a hidden block. That was amazing.

The Raycon cinematic universe is getting so expansive, I'm worried Raycon is gonna poach you from KZfaq to run their PR.

I love this game so much. I am so glad ND Cube FINALLY delievered us a quality MP product!

I'm strangely invested in the Arlo Rayconverse...(Eagerly waiting for the next podcast)

Your sponsor ads are the only ones that I don't skip. They're gold.

To a MP fan this game gives off the same "return to form" feeling that Odyssey and other Switch games have given off.

I like Super Mario Party decent enough, but I can’t imagine going back to it after getting a truly fleshed out Mario Party like this.

Arlo enjoyed this game although he: -never played an old good mario party before -didnt mention the achievements even once -didnt mention the amazing music (i think) this proves that it really is a great game.

I really hope that they add online leaderboards to this game, that will really make this game more competitive for no reason

1:53 God-like entity restores the multiverse, bestows Arlo with the ability to return to his life and passions 2:08 "ramberp"

When Mario Party gets experience before Paper Mario.

I wished they used the party 6 mechanic of night and day so we have technically double the minigames when playing the horror board

When Mario Party has more RPG elements than Paper Mario

I legit love how Arlo is advertising Raycon by talking about a "Raycon Universe." 🤣

I love how each Raycon ad keeps getting more and more unique, this is probably the most unique sponsor segment I've ever seen

I'm waiting until a sale, as appealing as this is, I'm not sure I can justify buying this at full price with only 5 boards, I get the older Mario Parties didn't have too many boards, but its 2021, and i think its fair to want at least 9, especially since its not an annual series anymore, but still good to hear the content that is there is high quality. I will say the minigame selection is great though.

An underrated part of this game is how it respects the player’s time. The game moves FAST if you want it to and you can make the NPCs move really quickly.

Missed opportunity to call this video "A smarty, hearty party from the starty"

I'm so upset that Nintendo didn't hype up this game at all compared to skyward sword and metroid dread 😢

I really hope they make updates and dlc for this game specifically for the minigames and boards

You can tell Arlo is a newcomer to the series, the Hub world characteristics it’s a nice reminiscence of early Mario Party titles. And for what I see they really really put the best minigames of the series. Man, now I’m seriously thinking about getting this I’ve declined of getting into new Mario Parties since the 8th and haven’t heard anything good from the successors. This one might do it

- Mario Party Superstar is a good game; - I didn't buy Super Mario Party; - It's the first first-party Nintendo game supported in Brazilian Portuguese (and the first Nintendo game in portuguese in general since the Wii U times, last time was European Portuguese); Its gonna give me a good party game, not giving me a redundant experience, and I'm supporting the possibility of more games in my native language? Sign me up.

The farther we get from Arlo's Metroid Dread review, the longer it gets.... I'm expecting an entire essay at this point

The raycon sponsorships are just so much fun to watch! Arlo is the only one that gets me to want to watch the sponsor spots. I just love em!

That's not fair, Arlo. You can't just drop an "I love ya, see ya later, goodbye!" without giving us enough time to say we love ya back!

I’m glad Arlo noticed how the games intro feels so reverent of the past games. As if there is some Mario Party timeline lol. It’s rare that Nintendo makes actual acknowledgments of an old game coming back, like the way the dialogue talks about the parties long ago. Instead we get a port that basically acts like the events are happening again and there is no memory of them happening before. This stuff isn’t important but it makes the experience feel bigger than just a board game

Honestly, I think it's *nearly* perfect. If only they added some GCN boards, then it'd be perfect. But as is, it's the best Mario Party we've had in a long, long while. Since the Hudson days, I'd say.

As one of those who has been, as you say, "into Mario Party" throughout the entire good half of the series (and sporting the palm scars to prove it), I can say this is _absolutely everything_ I had imagined and wanted and _begged_ Mario Party to be. I'm so glad they played it safe by not doing any new hit-or-miss gimmicks, yet also had the boldness to make the game all the fans had been clamoring for. Heck, I'd have been satisfied even if they'd just directly ported all the minigames right in, crappy graphics and all. But _noooo..._ they went full throttle on it and painstakingly re-did and remastered and rebuilt everything from the ground up, in full, detailed 3D. They remastered the music, and filled the whole game with throwbacks to Mario Party 1, which always held that "brand new adventure" feel to it, where anything could happen, and it wasn't just about the multiplayer. It's easy to remember Mario's masterpieces of the 3D era like Mario 64 and Mario Kart, while totally forgetting all the genius ways Mario Party 1 (and 2 and 3) experimented and pioneered in that space alongside them. I've always held the series in high regard, hoping against hope with every passing Nintendo Direct that some dev _somewhere_ would make a game that was a true return to form. And I can hardly believe it's here. The only thing that could possibly make it better in my mind would be DLC. If they just kept expanding on it with new maps, characters, minigame remasters, whatever they want... I'd pay out the nose for it. Even some of the stuff from Super Mario Party, like partners and co-op maps, were pretty great, and my kids and I would welcome them for sure! But even as it is, I am truly, finally satisfied.

I'm also new to Mario Party. I remember I enjoyed Mario Party 10 when I bought it years ago, but I was never really into the series until a few years ago. On the night before Halloween, I met up with 2 close friends to play the game. (I was Mario, and my two friends were Link and Peach.) This game is so much fun, and it was so fun to play it with friends, and I don't even own it yet! I definitely will when the time comes! To anyone who reads this, I hope you're doing great, and happy holidays!

Hot take: 10 characters is actually perfectly fine bc the average roster across the entire series is 9 characters. Smp's 20 characters wasnt a rule or standard it was the exception bc of its ally system and character dice blocks

You and Internet Historian are the only people I don’t skip the ads

That joke at the end really was perfect.

Just watched all of the ads in the raycon saga. Gonna go back and actually watch the videos next

I don’t have the game yet, but this is like, a dream game for me. A Mario Party that draws from all the older games? It’s the Sonic Generations for Mario Party. It feels like what The Top 100 wanted to do, but actually also being what fans wanted- a best of game that lovingly pays homage to the older games it draws from. I really hope for DLC just because I would be over the moon to get more old boards revisited in glorious HD. Also, this game’s not even that light on boards, as an aside and in my opinion. Mario Party typically has 6 boards, but they have done 5 in the past with titles like Party DS.

My mom loved this game SO much when she played it on my switch that she bought her very own switch, her first console just for herself, so she could play.

I loved watching you and Vinny play with Shesez and Ross. You sounded out of your comfort zone around Vinny and Ross tho which kinda saddens me. They may use colorful language but they're awesome dudes and I know Vinny loves your content and I got excited to see he was playing a game with you. Glad you like the game Arlo. I wish I had the funds to grab it but money has been tight on my end.

I like to think that Raycon is just sponsoring Arlo at this point to see what wacky crap he does with their ad next. He's the Old Spice of KZfaq for them.

Looking forward to more of your thoughts on Metroid dread, Arlo! Keep up the great videos!

My body is ready for that Metroid Dread review

Imagine a fall guys esque minigame battle game mode, something like a 64 man single elim bracket where everyone plays the same minigames at the same time, split into groups of 4, winners progress to the next group. Maybe a battle minigame for the finals, maybe a losers bracket. I'd play that.

Alrlo officially has as good of marketing tactics as Phil Swift and Billy Mays themselves. He makes me want to watch his promotions.

only arlo can have a two minute long commercial that i actually enjoy and watch, so glad you got rid of those other arlos, originals always best!

Between this, Warioware, and Metroid Dread, it's nice to hear us Nintendo fans not have to complain about something for once. The big dogs are on a roll

Arlo, I just want to compliment you on your advertising skills. When any other KZfaqr starts advertising a product, I immediately fast forward. But your Raycon ads are so funny that I listen to the whole thing.

You're doing ads right. Best one yet.

That's one Smexy looking Game, after enjoying Super Mario Party so much - I'm all down for playing this one with friends : D Fingers crossed they actually add more boards down the road this time : )

Superstars is definitely a better "Mario Party package" with the huge boards and 1-10 die, though I do wish they kept all the extra modes and such from Super

Whoah, in the background gameplay, the editor got a hidden block with a star right at the end!

Good point about the name actually. A lot of confused parents are gonna end up their kids a second copy of Super Mario party for Christmas.

Props to Yoshiller for getting footage of a game with each of the TRG members

Manage to get this game yesterday and I really like it. It's nice to see a game to showcase the history of the Mario Party Games. Although in my opinion, I wish there could be some more characters and maybe 5 more boards added in this game. For the boards, here's the ones I think should fit in my opinion. Chilly Waters (Mario Party 3) Toad's Midway Madness (Mario Party 4) Pirate Dream (Mario Party 5) Towering Treetop (Mario Party 6) Grand Canel (Mario Party 7)

Best commercial ever. That's how you do an ad!!

Mario Party is a game that me and my family love to play and so I hope they either add DLC or a free content update to add new boards, namely from 8 like Koopa’s Tycoon Town or the Shy Guy Express since me and my family are big fans of 8 and we still go back to it. Superstars is still really fun and I’m glad we have it

Mario Party is finally getting better

No one else seems to be pointing out the 7-1 soccer game at 9:42 that's a reference to the 2014 FIFA World Cup

That raycon intro was literally everything.

My one complaint about the gane is it is 99% old stuff. I would love to see stuff Super did great return as well as more MP 8-10 love. Not everything in 8-10 was divise. Like co-op, rhythm minigames, playable enemies, boss battles, custom dice block, etc.

Any time a Mario Party comes out, I always think "Surely the Mario Party fan base will like this one!" But it never works out that way. I do wonder what they think of this new one, though.

I wish that Chomp Whistle Mini-Game from Mario Party 5 returned. It was always fun to watch the Chomp ram stuff.

As a brazillian I couldn't simple ignore the 7-1 at 9:42 I don't know if this was an easter egg or something, but well played editor...well played.

Hry Arlo, when can we be expecting a Metroid Dread review?

I want this game sooooooo bad!

havent played it yet but rn i feel like this shoulda been just dlc for _super_ mario party, adding all these new maps & minigames, instead of having 2 stylistically identical games, both w/ a very small number of maps

a smarty hearty party right from the starty

Arlo learning the brilliance of Mario Party 1.

An Arlo review to listen to on my Birthday? What a president!

I am DANGEROUSLY addicted to Mario Party and this is all I could have asked for from this aside from more boards. The items, the boards, most minigames (and the amount too) and the collectibles are all awesome and meet or even surpass what past games had imo. And the stickers, oh god the stickers bring everything up a notch too

Surprised that Arlo hasn’t made a video on Pikmin Bloom yet being how obsessed with the series as he is

I sit on my hand until its blue then perform the friendly stranger, in honour of Arlo.

I got burned by the last mario party. there is no reason that game was left to die.

I honestly hope they add more gameboards and characters. For a while before the release, I honestly thought it was the Mario Party Super boards plus these remastered classic boards, so realizing it was just the like 5 boards is, well I wouldn't say disappointing because I am excited to see these boards again in full HD this time, but underwhelming I guess. I would pick one of the boards from Mario 4, those seem the most memorable to me with all the boards themed after characters like Goomba and Koopa and Shy Guy and they have little outfits to host each board, and it was the last game to have DK as a playable character until 10 brought him back; my first pick would be Goomba's Greedy Gala, but since it's based on a casino I don't know how Nintendo would feel about that now (the ESRB is weird; that's why the Pokemon games had to get rid of or modify the Game Corners to keep an E rating), Toad's Midway Madness would be my second choice. If I had the choice to add new characters, Diddy Kong and Funky Kong are definitely up there; also they might be the easiest to add, port Diddy from Super and modify DK's model and assets a bit. I haven't been this excited for a game in quite a while, especially a multiplayer party game.

When Raycon comes out Arlo headphones I'll buy 3, 1 for me, 1 to support Arlo and 1 for that heavenly voice

Arlo. One of the only youtubers that make enjoyable sponsorship segments.

I love the continuity of the ads

Arlo, when you finish this Raycon storyline, please please please edit them together into one huge video. Seriously. I frankly don't care that it would simply be a 20-minute long or so ad, it'd just be great to be able to binge the whole series at once. Sincerely, -a fan

I completely agree about the coop mode! Honestly it was the best part about the last Mario Party and I was sad to see it not included in this one. My girlfriend and I exclusively play the coop mode. It's a lot of fun!

Waluigi=Bandy= Nathaniel Scuttlebug Bandy everytime?

Normally I skip sponsored talks but yours are so creative and funny, I watch them anytime :D

That was the funniest 2 minute ad I ever watched. You must truly be blessed to keep attention that long. Praise be to Raycon.

I love this saga of Arlo Raycon ads 😂

Somehow I want the Title to be "A Smarty, Hearty Party From the Starty"

Why haven’t we gotten any dlc for this game is beyond me

Those matches with Vinny and company were amazing.

I like hub worlds too Arlo

Imagine being happy and surprised about a Nintendo game having decent online mode… it’s like being proud of a 7 year old dog for not shitting into the living room. Such things should just work.. for ages

I usually don't pay too much attention to sponsorship segments (sometimes I'll even skip them outright), but something about Arlo's sponsorship segments just keeps my attention every time.

i had no idea about this until now but it looks like fun. it seems a lot more like the mario party games i grew up with compared to the other recent entries i've seen

From one Raycon ad to another geez

As a long time Mario Party Player, I do miss Partner Party from Super.

man this is just new level of rambling from you arlo

This game put Mario Party back in the spotlight. When Super Mario Party came out a lot of people didn’t play it and it didn’t catch on. Part of that is because Smash was right around the corner, part of it was because of the lack of online at the time but in general the game wasn’t very well received and many people didn’t play it. When the game got online it helped a bit but it didn’t encourage people who didn’t already play it much to play it more. This game on the other hand has caught on in the best way possible and I’m so happy for that. So many people are playing it on live streams and everyone is having a great time with it. It helps that this game had full online at launch and to a lesser extant Smash DLC being done. But the biggest reason for the game catching on so well is because this game is the perfect gateway for newcomers and at the same time a fantastic experience for veteran players. I heavily commend the devs for making the experience fantastic for both extremes seamlessly. This game is just pure essence of how magical the Mario Party series is and I’m sure it will become of biggest multiplayer/party games on the switch in the coming months.

I could watch arlo videos solely for the sponsored content :D

That commercial was very good.