I don't care. I'm just glad it's finally here.

@@pinksheep752 nit picking just a bit😂😂😂

DUDE DON'T SWEAT IT!!! THIS IS AN AMAZING SERIES THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY FOR GIVING US THESE TOOLS!!!

Welcome back ZoomZike! I've missed this series!

You forgot to mention difficulty for boards is in this game as well.

We love to support you

thank YOU for these, these are works of art, seriously dude, thanks a LOT!!

thanks to you too!! you made me want to play these games again!

Best video for the quarantine

Dw dude we wouldnt watch if we wasnt interested i personally have never played a single mario party game from 1 to 7 only playing 8 to 10 not including handheld versions or games and i generally love this series i love analysis game mechanics and system i will most likely never play any of these games and if i did i wouldnt remember these tactics but its fun to watch i usually watch them 1 time as an actual watch then when i am wanting to go to sleep i will re watch them to fall asleep probably watch the ones on mp1 and 2 like 10 to 30 times each

If only the latter had a ring to it.

@@zoomzike there's another series very similar to this one called "chance time". It also analyzes each of the Mario Party games and the most recent episode is 3, just like this series.

Sam Shiffer to be fair people say Mario Party is all luck anyways so I think the name fits.

@@dimentiorules Oh yeah, King K's Chance Time. I'd classify my series as strategy guide and his as a retrospective (which is what he calls them, fittingly)

@@dimentiorules Chance Time seems to be more for filthy casuals while Identifying Luck is for the master race Mario Party players.

"Fair enough I guess"

Its not like either nerd can really judge the other

Priorities

At least this one can be useful if you play this game.

“Understandable have a good day”

Imagine spending multiple turns to get to what you think is the star just to be told "no."

@@zoomzike “Finally! I made it to the star!” “no.”

Imagine wanting to go to heaven, but God said...

@@SomeFreakingCactusBut god said:imagine wanting to go to heaven but god said...

I just imagine the Gru or Bugs Bunny memes 'no'

Wish all minigames could have a transition that smooth, haha

Don't forget "Unlike your messy memory."

@@zoomzike ye

He caught me too.

>these tips won't apply for every hole you encounter

(2:37:43)

*my maturity to these jokes is like, 11 years old*

Which is bound to be run through the Super Crown if it hasn't already.

OH IT'S SEXY BOWSER

I KNEW I MISSED SOMETHING! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I am actually curious what the odds are of getting sexy bowser

Draw me like one of your French girls.

I had absolutely no clue what you were talking about when I read this comment, but now I know, HA!

Yup!!

Had this in a pinch early in the game -- very easy to drain coins with early Bank spaces and item shops that calling for Bowser so you can have coins to buy a Star is smart.

zjzr08 There’s also using it on yourself as insurance for failing a Game Guy minigame.

Bowser sure likes underdogs.

I literally call the Bowser Phone "The Bowser Insurance Plan" when I'm playing with friends.

Being my first and favorite Mario Party I've played, I can't wait

Yeah I just realized the hours (if you round down the numbers) of each "Identifying Luck" videos is directly linked to which Mario Party he's talking about lol.

MP7 is going be a monstet. It has the normal boards, the "solo" boards that has slightly different layouts and can be play with 2 people, and the 8 player mode that mess with dice blocks. Then you have board spefific goals and items, and finally you have character specific items. Luckily there not to many mini games.

If that's true, then just wait till 5, 6, and 7 arrive on the scene.

I doubt it will be that long. It has less minigames to go over in that one compared to Mario Party 3. Sure there are new board events in that one including board unique ones but they could all only take up so much time even factoring in the item lineup.

Oh yeah, that was a last minute edit. I wanted to do something special for that item!

*Is it possible to ban an item in mario party???*

I used to abuse the hell out fo that mushroom even at 7 years old, good old times :´)

@@poyo6191 But why tho: it makes MP3 have some of the most active, and deepest, macrogame in the series among other QoL improvements and such.

@@audiosurfarchive 20:56

Door bouncing is VERY good. Just watch the last 5 turns of TRG's playthrough in Woody Woods.

Easily my favourite Mario Party game.

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 And the most underrated one. I still don't see why only 2 was put on Virtual Console. 1, I get, but there's no reason 3 got excluded as well.

@@espurrseyes42 Why can't we have all 3 games on virtual console? I'm not a big fan of the first game, but that's mainly because some minigames could have used some polish. We don't use rock hard N64 analog sticks anymore. I can't even begin to tell you how difficult it was to get a copy of Mario Party 3 on an actual N64. I managed to get one last year for £75. I was only able to do that thanks to my homemade comics making decent money at my college. I'm glad I did because alongside the second game, it's easily the peak of N64 multiplayer gaming, and still holds up really well which is something I can't say about most Nintendo 64 games. I'm not sure if I would call it the most underrated though. It's generally considered a high point by those who played it (most at least). That and 6 and 7 are arguably just as good and don't get as much attention.

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 MP1 not being ported is because of that N64 lawsuit. Nintendo doesn't want to risk it again. That being said, Gamepad and Classic Controller C-sticks don't have the same issue the N64 stick did, and worst case scenario, control stick spinners can be changed to AB Alternative Mashers.

I love the Skeleton Gate item.

@@zoomzike that sounds almost as broken as the reverse mushroom, you just place a skeleton gate behind your space and block that until someone opens it.

@@littlemrdoom5997 dude, place a skeleton gate, roll a 1, reverse mushroom next round, profit

One of the funniest moments of the video. 😁

If you have the Skeleton Gay...

That sounds like an absolute NIGHTMARE.

That video won't even be a full hour long lmaooo

I can't wait until the super hour long Identifying Luck: Super Mario Party

@@theguyman256 I can't wait for the Island Tour hour long Identifying Luck: Mario Party Island Tour

I cant wait for the Advance hour long Identifying luck: Mario Party Advance

Well, it hasn't appeared since 3. I'd bet the playtesters didn't like the reverse shroom lol

I still think the star pipe is the most op item but yeah reverse mushroom is good too.

If I was playing a competitive game with 3 experts, I'd deff ban it, it's not fun watching ppl deliberately position themselves around boo to game the system.

@@ShiftyGuy777 star pipe is broken in super but besides that it's ok

@@ShiftyGuy777 *Gets PTSD from you mentioning the "Star Pipe".* Specifically, the version from MPDS.

I can think of some more: - G&W bucket in every Smash game, and up-B out of shield in Ultimate - T-Spin Double Mini in Tetris Ultimate before that patch that may or may not have come out yet (I haven't checked) - see kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pqqJrc5n29nZon0.html - Mario Maker 2 versus in general edit: fixed the link, because www.youtu.be doesn't exist

@@meta04 G&W Mains: We have the best Up B out of shield. *Bowser Mains: ahem*

- Pac-Man's red trampoline ledgetrap

I loved working on that part, glad you liked it dude!!

If I feel like there's not many options game-wise to help one win, then I turn to what one can do in real-life in order to increase one's chances. Subtle comments can go a long way!

It feels a bit immoral imo

@@calemmontiel338 are you new to mario party? it's not a game to be taken seriously lol

@@calemmontiel338 It's like Survivor -- cutthroat isn't personal (mostly).

You missed the best option if you do not care about being seen as a crazy madman: punch 'em

Jayden Martin yeah I remember that, it’s nice continuity.

Damn the MPILCU is getting _thicc_ yet resonant and earnest in its spergitude.

Thanks! Also nice WR

Bismuth, you're a legend

Glad someone did it, haha.

Us: do you know the legendary mario party guy? Bismuth: of course I know him, he's me

There's definitely some straight-up luck elements in Mario Party, but over the course of game, usually the player knows what they're doing will win. Usually... Thank you!

@@zoomzike It is quite interesting, I mean, look at The Runaway Guys' performances, it's usually one guy winning due to how good he is in minigames and board strategy at times.

It’s all a numbers game. There’s ways to increase your odds of success but you’re never safe from being absolutely decimated.

Yeah but it seems like the boo repellant and the boo bells are rivals.

had the same reaaction

I do my best! Thanks!!

It's almost like quality videos are more fun to watch then any of the random nonsense the algorithm recommends.

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@@zoomzike yes

MHSchonberg The SMP default die block goes up to 6 and getting an ally is not the easiest thing in the world

@@WillieRayPR then why not just... make the die block be able to roll higher numbers???? That way big stages ain't a problem?

they’re talking about the least total spaces out of every mario party from 1-7, not every mario party in general

@@pinksheep752 OP's statement isn't a correction, it's a statement on the state of the series from OP's opinion.

Autobot Starscream Bingo. My problem is that in reducing the board size, they limit what each board is capable of showing off. Even if the dice roll is reduced (which is hardly a fix since getting extra dice from allies is as easy as walking forward, plus several characters able to reach up to 10 on their custom dice anyway), there’s still 40 fewer spaces for... anything. Events, visual spectacle, special spaces, alternative routes... and 56 spaces is the size of three of the boards, while the final unlockable board is around 26 instead, and that’s just ridiculously small even if you don’t have partner dice.

Yeah this is the play for someone who is truly evil. I won't lie I've done this before, but I did not feel good about it 😂 the friendship was well on the rocks after that

It happens to the best of us...including myself ;-;

@@zoomzike I just found the timing of it kind of funny.

I see you comment in Toycat all the time, are edgelords drawn to one another?

Ever since I watched his first Identifying luck, I was so excited for the others. He does an incredible job making these.

Why do I keep on finding you everywhere

Thanks!

Huh, two KZfaqrs I like right there. Pretty funny. I like how you both tend to leave in bloopers (either in scripts or voicing)

*insert youngster Joey joke here*

Thats his thing

Bismuth don’t know what that means. I haven’t played this game before. I’m watching cuz it’s in my feed.

Is that legit according to the code or according to what you see straight-up?

@@zoomzike it could possibly be the fact of a misplacement of the bowser doll since Waluigi is tall, and probably makes it awkward to squat his legs and make it look realistic enough to spin. so he doesnt go down far enough to be at the same height as the other characters. but thats just my guess on why that might be.

My record on that minigame is 95.7 with waluigi, and I never do as well with anyone else so I’m sure he’s right

@@zoomzike Sorry I never saw your question. I think MrMariosonicman might be right, he appears to be throwing from higher up. I found 0.50y empirically but it really seemed to line up. One might have to TAS it to find what distance every character gets with identical inputs.

aww, that's a really cute way to look at it cx

It's very wholesome, ye.

He also says you are special, That's cute

Gimme some.

Hey that's a sick strat! Wish I included it in the video!

Dennis Mann Thoren nothing strange... Why just settle with a star when you can also screw someone else while getting it??

Yeah, stealing a Star is better than buying one, because it is +2 than +1 advantage, and if you only have 50-69 coins you're probably better off declining that Star Space.

My wife asked me why you would ever skip buying a star. What you just said is exactly why you would, if it's late game and you need that star steal (a 2-star difference vs 1-star), you may need to skip buying a star to win the game

Smart!

I don't find Creepy Cavern to be the most enjoyable board to play through either, haha

WOO!

A pleasure to relieve the pain, Cane.

I don't plan on any video of mine being longer than this one!

@@zoomzike Except for that 4 hour Mario party 4 one. And the Mario party five one. And every game after this one.

End game is like .(am i a joke to u.

@@alex_tbh hahhahahhaha this aged well

I took a break in-between maps, but otherwise, yeah I'm pretty sure I did each map in one take, save for a couple screw-ups. Thanks!!

Yeah i have no idea why but it cracked me up too. Wasn't this the original thumbnail for the video?

Lenny Toad

“You like kissing Toads, don’t you”

I should've learned sprite animation in software that was actually made for it, but naaaaah I just _had_ to be stubborn with Sony Vegas! Glad you enjoyed it!!

Glad you enjoyed it and I'm happy I could help you relax!

Glad you like them!

aww. that's adorable ♥

Listening to it right now to try and sleep.

EVIL.

@@zoomzike That's what happens when one person (me) is just so much better than the others (my younger brother and my neighbors), the less skilled players find creative ways to win. Needless to say I eventually got good enough to win even with the pause/unpause trick being used against me

No problem! Glad you enjoy!!

Could I see how you arrived at those %'s? I think I understand the point you're trying to make, but I'd like the data set to be sure.

​@@zoomzike drive.google.com/open?id=1TVJ6OOp466MKTxnrYqKRBaO7uvvwTYVk Here's an excel spreadsheet with possibly way too much information, including probabilities for each player to finish in each place. I guess a more convincing argument for why the probabilities aren't equal is this: think about last place instead of first. If the order didn't matter, then each player should have a 25% chance of coming in last, but the first player has a 33% (4/12) chance of getting Baby Bowser on the first card and coming in 4th without the other players doing anything. In fact, the first player has an overall ~41% chance of coming in last, more likely than them placing 1st or 2nd combined.

The main reason Bowser's Big Blast is fair and Stacked Deck isn't is simple: when every player's picked a plunger in BBB, the plungers reset and re-randomize. In SD, the cards never re-randomize. In BBB, if two players remain, every bomb has a 1/3 chance of eliminating the first player, a 1/3 chance of eliminating the second player, and a 1/3 chance of eliminating nobody and being replaced with another bomb. Without the latter mechanic, the first player would lose 2/3 of the time.

@@ruwisc_ Can’t the fourth player still potentially go after the third player if shuffled by Boo. If so, then the odds of them staying in aren’t 100%.

The fact that competitive Mario Party is even a thing is hilarious to me.

There are definitely a good chunk of KZfaqrs that put a ton of work in. The problem is that some of them are getting buried by the algorithm. Gotta find them! Thanks!!

I love the Mario Party series and want to give it my all for these videos. I'm very appreciative of everyone's support nad I'll make sure to not burn out. You've gotta remember that I don't make these videos _just_ for others, but for myself too! They're fun to make! Thank you for the support and kind words!

Oh crap someone noticed.

ZoomZike very stealthy I see u zoom

A lot of this info's been gathered from other people, which I'm very thankful of. I appreciate your kind words!

That's a good point! Changes my perspective on the dueling glove a little.

@@zoomzike To be fair, I usually didn't go out of my way to get the glove, but if I happened to get it, that's what I would use it for. Even if I was at say 90 coins and the next highest person was at 45. 45 coins in one go is a lot, that's two Boos' worth of coins at once. The other time I'd use it was if someone was close to the star and I wanted to keep them from it but I wasn't near enough to Boo. Or if one person couldn't play I would use it to destroy the computer. It was embarrassing to allow the computer to win so the three of us left would band together to defeat them at all costs. This usually resulted in the computer finishing the game with 0 stars, no bonus stars, and around 10 coins.

@@ryanharo9552 LOL

Very interesting method of memorization. Someone else that commented mentioned that they memorized the caps and everything around them as well. Must be due to how their shapes are all very familiar and similar to one another. Cool stuff!

I appreciate your kind words. My voice has some mystical powers apparently! Glad you liked it!

Can you add me on switch i got nso expansion

WHICH ONE?

@@zoomzike I FORGOT why am i 4 years late omg im rewatching

On KZfaq? Dang that'd be quite impressive. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Awwwww yeah.

THOSE ARE STUPID.

Or "How many times was *insert board name here* played?"

I hope to reach my goal of making content creation my main source of income, just thinking about it can get a bit much for me sometimes, haha. I'm really happy to hear your kind words, thank you a bunch!!

Around an hour and a half, I imagine. I WON'T LET THAT MARIO PARTY 4 VIDEO SURPASS THIS ONE IN LENGTH. NOPE. NOT ON MY WATCH.

Thanks Ultimate Yakuza!

That ain’t even a joke though

Er… What in the world are you talking about?

I learned my lesson.

Wo lost a good solder to- oh wait 5 months ago for the lava bubble clan

I do a lot of little tricks like these, and I always smile whenever I see someone catch 'em, like you just did. THANK YOU!!

Check out my community tab and vote on the poll, it seems like with how it's going that a Story Mode playthrough will be the case though!

Glad you're excited!

2's minigames are absolutely solid.