my personal bad nintendo take is that mario party 9 is actually pretty good when it's 1am and none of your friends are conscious enough to fully get it

The big thing about the modern Mario party games that many people fail to realize is that NDcube are former Hudson devs. The director of Mario party 6 is the same director of 9 and 10. It almost puts the modern Mario parties in a depressing light since it’s clear the devs wanted to make something different, but didn’t know how to properly evolve the series until they basically just put their hands up and brought back the old formula.

Mario Party 2's main draw is that characters get cute costumes unique to each stage and there's a nice sense of narrative on each board. I don't know why they didn't bring this back in later games

Its amazing how Mario Party DS despite being on a underpowered handheld has more content than the Switch versions

Most staff from NDCube left in 2006, and the reason for the lack of Mario Party's for 5 years was likely because many Hudson Soft employees left the company and moved to NDCube, especially those who developed Mario Party. In that sense, the core staff behind Mario Party hasn't changed as much as it seems like, which should be something to note.

It's pretty clear Scott didn't know this, but despite the formal announcement of acquisition in 2012, Konami has been buying Hudson Soft's stocks for years and even makes a partnership agreement back in the early 2000s. So it was more like a long time coming that Konami would just buy and discard the Hudson Soft brand eventually. And it's not like the Mario Party staff at Hudson has a disagreement with Nintendo, if anything, quite the opposite! Around 2009-2010, many former Hudson Soft employees who worked on Mario Party leave the company, including former president Hidetoshi Endo, to join NDCube, which at the time hasn't made anything in years. Basically, Nintendo bought stocks in the company to become the majority shareholder and began restructuring to house former Hudson Soft staffs, most likely because people at Hudson saw the writing on the wall and ask Nintendo for help.

Mario Party has always been dark. Mario is there. As long as he is there, there's no light

19:46 "All the boards go in a straight line" That's a circle, Scott.

All of the good Mario Party games run in 4:3, whereas all of the bad ones run in 16:9. Clearly the aspect ratio is what's causing them to be bad.

I remember playing Mario Party 8 and thinking "this is what THE FUTURE looks like." The graphics blew my mind.

You completely neglected to mention Island Tour’s Bowser Tower Mode. When I was a little kid, I’d spent god knows how many hours trying to beat all 30 floors, and I always got stuck at Dry Bowser. I would find out a few years later that if you beat the Bowser Bossfight on the top floor, Bowser would get right back up and kick you off the tower and you’d get to do it all over again, absolutely nothing for your troubles. Mario Party Island Tour is such a waste of your time, don’t even think of playing it, you’ll regret every second of it.

I love getting home from work, reading scott’s video titles and being like “what the hell,” and then enjoying the video with some dinner

Say about Mario Party 9 what you want, but it has one of the best minigame selection in the entire series

If I can give Mario Party 10 any credit, I actually think it works better than 9. The Bowser board of this game, Chaos Castle, is a genuinely intense experience at times because you've gotta save all your low movement options for the final stretch lest you be burnt to a crisp and lose half your ministars. Genuinely the most fun I've had being stuck in a car with 4 other people

Mario Party DS was so damn good. I absolutely loved that download play was just straight the full game, you only needed one copy to play everything with 4 friends.

scott will never talk about mario party: the top one hundred

fun fact: mario party includes mario

“You’re not supposed to take it seriouslu” ZoomZike didn’t get the memo

What is not mentioned here is that NDCube had a staffing change in 2019, right after Super Mario Party was made. The president of NDcube is know the director of the Mario Party series from the pre NDcube days. I can only imagine when they were asked to make a new Mario Party, he wanted to see if the old style was still something people wanted. Superstars sold 12.31 Million units, so hopefully we see more of this type of mario party.

Nothing will surpass GameCube Mario Parties

I personally didn’t mind Mario Party 9. The minigames were pretty fun and the car concept was alright in it too. But the concept definitely didn’t need to return in Mario Party 10.

I really enjoy Mario Party Superstars but I still think there's room for improvement, mainly the amount of coins the game throws at you, the lucky spaces shower you with too many coins and there's too many lucky spaces on the boards, this in turn makes there less blue spaces on the boards which makes it more likely you get a hidden block with even more coins in it. The item variety isn't super great either and because golden pipes are easy to get and coins are aplenty, the end game of a lot of boards can just be golden pipe spam. I still really enjoy it though, the board design just needs some work (in terms of spaces), NDcube always seem to want the spaces to do something, having an uneventful turn makes the eventful turns all the sweeter.

I know that Super Mario Party isn't the best, but it will always have a special place in my heart, because it was the first thing my wife and mother ever bonded over, after a decade of them not really getting along. My mother never liked her but, honestly she never liked any of the women I dated, Im her only child, and one of few constants in her life. And my wife has issues with her for valid reasons, one being that mother has never been open to her fully. But one day my wife brought her Nintendo switch and set up super Mario party. My mom who hadnt played a video game since pacman first came out, somehow found herself playing too. And it was during a storm that shut things down for a weekend, and they just played all weekend. Ever since then, they have gotten along consistently well for around 4 years, since it happened during the start of the c vid.

I would absolutely KILL to a see “The Dark Age of Mario Party” Scott The Woz video

Hearing Scott talk about how weird the GameCube to early Wii era of Mario Party looks, been something that I’ve thought about for years

Thank God for Mario Party 3! I could finally cry about my inner most feelings AND play Mario Party 3 instead of just crying! Saved my childhood

Dang i remember back when i had Mario Party 9, i remember being so excited to try it out, already at the time played 2 and 3 and completed DS with the whole museum and then this new mechanic with the car was so interesting, the fact that they included a story mode, the music for the boards and the minigames not to mention that you can defeat bosses multiplayer (which remind me so much of me trying to beat the ass off the Mario Party DS ones 😂) was so freshing and so the backtrack with the Mario Party Points to expend for more content in game. I understand people didn't like so much the change from the traditional style that used 8 or DS. And then 10 came out... And.... Oh boi.... No story mode, removed shy guy and kamek when they could be along with toadette and spike, bowser jr minigames was removed entirely... 2 vs 2 minigames came back which i think it was the only good thing they did... And Bowser Party... Gosh i can't describe sometimes how disadvantage this game mode is for some of the players in car, especially at the castle stage.... The minigames are fun tho... The donuts one should have make it to Superstars 🍩 (instead of pointing you should press the button of which shy guy has the more ones) And Love how Scott despises it so much 😂

I remember back when PB & Jeff was a thing with Peanutbuttergamer and SpaceHamster before Jeff moved to streaming and Austin to streaming while still maintaining two other channels, and Peebs was so excited about The Top 100 cause he wanted a minigame compilation like that. It hurt to see him so disappointed about how it ended up being, and I think he referred to it as Nintendo's yearly stinker or something like that. It's weird that I can remember something like that but if you told me which Christmas did my cousin get the closest to beating Sonic 3D Blast in one sitting when he tried to make it a tradition, you got me there.

The story mode in Mario Party Advance sets it apart from all the others in a good way. It works. It's a rougelike with fun characters

I would absolutely say that Mario Party DS actually *is* one of the best Mario Party games. I think it may legitimately have the most side content of any game in the series, plus both the minigames and boards are super solid. Honestly if there were even more good quality minigames, and bigger boards with more crazy events, I think it would've made a bigger splash. I think it definitely deserves more praise than it gets.

Mario Party 7 gave me so many memories. Even though it's considered worse than 5 or 6, I grew up with 7, didn't have the microphone attachment, and didn't care.

Is there anything sadder than playing a Mario Party single-player? Hehehe, yeah, that was me as a kid. Owned the original Mario Party on N64, never had anyone else to play it with.

I feel like the main problem with Mario party 9 and 10 is that the concept for them would have been perfectly fine as a side mode for a Mario Party game, like the battle mode in Mario Party 5.... not _as_ the Mario Party game.

15:26 Well, Monegi, who was the actual developer of the Mario Party, which was actually a joint venture between Nintendo and Hudson Soft and was based in the latter company, disbanded not too long after Mario Party DS' release. Many of the staff that worked there went on to work at ND Cube, which, i assume, was when Wii Party started being developed on. With that game selling really well, I think Nintendo decided to entrust them with the Mario Party series.

Mario Party DS is genuinely one of my favorite childhood games. And thats because of the single player, one of the best DS memories I have.

Mario Party DS was MY Mario Party. such a great game I played it for hours

Mario Party 8 was my obsession as a kid. I would play with family or just on my own for hours. All the boards having different themes and objectives. Loved it

DS is my favourite in the series

Mario Party Advance is honestly pretty cool if you think of it as a standalone title that acts as more of an adaptation of Mario Party concepts as opposed to an actual entry

Some of my bias for 8 comes from the fact it was the first Mario Party game I played, and while I still really loved what they offered, one - building off what Scott critiqued about it, I looked at the GameCube entries and saw them a bit more favorable in terms of visuals (most GameCube games look better than Wii games) and two - 8 was the only GOOD Wii entry in the franchise to where it might as well be considered the only Wii entry, period.

The online mode update in Super was particularly hilarious, because Superstar was announced right after....with online. And not just online, but true online matchmaking, not restricted to Friends.

I think what happened with Mario Party is that Hudson Soft caught lightning in a bottle with the initial formula. If you play, say, Sonic Shuffle, it has a lot of problems that makes it not nearly as good as their Mario Party games. And then, when they tried to do something new with Mario Party (it's my understanding that NDSoft is made up of a lot of former Hudson Soft staff), it wasn't very good, either. It feels like, by complete chance, Hudson got party games right the very first time, and the devs just can't figure out how to replicate that success with something new, no matter how many times they try (unless Disney's Party is some masterpiece of a game that's flown under my radar).

Mario Party DS was my first MP, shame it was the last Hudson game.

Scott, I literally just ran out of Scott the woz content. Thank you for uploading more for my binge watching

I will defend Star Rush. It is actually quite fun. I just wished it had more board theme variety and for a Mario Party that relies on Boss Battle minigames, it has so few of them. Around 10 I believe, so you will see repeats too often. It should at least have 20. But the gameplay was nice, and I also liked the extra modes.

Toad Scramble absolutely puts Star Rush in my Top 2 Mario Party games.

I absolutely adore this genre of Scott videos

I will always maintain that Star Rush is in fact Not That Bad, mainly because of Coinathlon. You and your opponents race around a track, collecting as many coins as you can in minute-long minigames in order to reach the end first. It's skill-based, frantic and hugely competitive, and is insanely fun with friends or alone.

I was looking for a video like this from you yesterday. What a huge coincidence. I got the first game when it came out, and my grandmother and I would stay up until 2-4 in the morning playing it (and Mario Kart, etc) I was looking for a video like this to decide whether I should finally get Mario Party Superstars. I said f**k it and pulled the trigger as soon as I found out how nostalgic it could be considering they had mini games and boards from the first game. Gonna see if my grandmother is still down to game. Lol Her husband (my grandfather) just passed away after suffering from alzheimers and cancer.....so I'm hoping it will help cheer her and I up and be a good time. Anyways. Thanks for the video.

Why does this channel keep getting closer and closer to the main channel content wise. I mean this video could have EASILY been passed as a normal ScottTheWoz video if you couldn’t see the channel’s icon.

it's always a good day when Scott talks about Mario Party, which sadly doesn't happen often. Thanks Scott, and I hope the Mario Party 3 video on the main channel is gonna happen one day :))

Fun story, Mario party 10 made me sell my Wii U. I had saved up and got it because I loved the older ones and it made me so disappointed I just decided I didn’t want the console anymore

As someone who grew up with Mario Party 9 specifically, and thus didn't have the context of the other games in the series for a long time, I think the game is still a lot more fun than most give it credit for. Is it significantly worse than the other games in the series? Maybe, I don't know. But it's a damn fun time nonetheless.

31:55 yes. Yes it was. Especially on the 3DS, watching all other people roll their dice and then watching them walk and the dialogue is boring as hell this is an amazing change actually

Mario Party 7 and DS are my favorites. Great video of the series Plus fzero maximum velocity was goated 😤

"At least mario party 9's different" Yeah, and busting someone's kneecaps when you've been baking them cakes for the last three weeks is different too, doesn’t mean it's good

"Camelot started out making Hot Shots Golf for PS1" I will not stand for Shining Force erasure

I was able to get Mario Party DS through the orange DSi Christmas bundle way back when. Still have that beautiful thing.

Mario party DS is definitely one of the best ones. Especially as someone with siblings who also had DSs, we could play Mario party in the car with download play and I even had a great time playing alone

I hope you cover the Mario RPGs' dark era sometime in the future.

The Mario series amiibo are seriously so great! They’re a huge quality leap from the early Super Smash series. I wish they’d redo some of the early Super Smash characters now that they’re better at making amiibo. I especially want characters who got major redesigns in Ultimate like Zelda.

mario party 8 is phenomenal and i love the strange realistic locations, the carnival bazaar parade with the little toys is a fun reward for getting the little tickets

Mario Party Advance is the one I'm most nostalgic for. I have very find memories of playing the game on road trips with my siblings on our SPs.

MP 8 is my personal favorite and I know a bunch of people that do to. The tycoon town, the pirate beach, the train so many good maps

Where is Mario Party DS?!?

I have a soft spot for 10 because it was my first real introduction to Mario. This era’s high point was definitely the bosses. I hope they bring bosses back in future games

Mario Party 8 got a 5.2?! I have so many memories with that one! Mostly being at parties while drinking

10:17 - I don't know whether it was Sam or Scott that was responsible for the escalating cartoon bonk sound effects per Bonk game appearing, but just know it was greatly appreciated

Mario Party 3 scoring less than the rest is a hot take.

I love board games and Mario party and the randomness is a party of most games card or dice, but the best games give you fun and interesting ways to mitigate the random parts.

mario party DS was the first ever video game that i owned. i was 4 years old and played that thing constantly, i'm so happy its been getting some more love in recent years

I love how when you look at the Mario Party games between 9 and The Top 100, most people are just kinda like “well that wasn’t very good but whatever”, while Mario Party fans are like “complete garbage, some of the worst Nintendo games ever made”. Idk I definitely don’t like them either but I think it’s funny to see the divide between the average gamer and Mario Party fans on the subject. The Top 100 is the most pathetic imo

Mario party 9 was my first Mario party game, I think that's why I don't hate it, I really like that game

Mario party DS is still one of my favourite Mario party games, I like that it has a strong theme that all the boards and mini games are designed around

I still say 9 has the best minigames, bangin music, and some of the best visuals on the Wii. The only downside was the boards were no fun

Scoot i hope u know you're wrong about Mario Party 8

I know I'm in the minority but 7 is still the best Mario party hands down that's the one my family and friends still play to this day (when we can)

I always held Mario Party DS as my favorite. The memories of playing that, and Mario Kart DS, every morning/afternoon on the school bus in elementary school with all the friends are precious to me. :)

I genuinely love 8 the most because of the use of the wii remote, it just felt like they were made for each other. There's frustrating minigames for sure but it's so interactive. My wife and I have been playing it for over 10 years now

And the way I describe Mario party 9 is it’s playable that’s it and I agree the mini games are honestly pretty decent

MARIO PARTY 9 IS AWESOME, STOP THE SLANDER

mario party ds has always been one of my favorites :3

Mario Party has been a staple of my friend group as we grew up. I miss them alot.

9 and 10 were the only ones I've played 💀

I'm glad they went back to the old formula but for someone who still owns all the old games, Superstars just doesn't feel like it's worth the money to me. I'm ready for Nintendo to make a brand new Mario Party and really put their all into it, no more treating it like a b-list series. I want to see a Mario Party with bigger boards and more mini games than ever before. Also, how about something new for the single player mode? A hub world where you could run around and find secrets/solve puzzles to progress would be really cool.

I love mario party 8, always played it with my family. I love the diferent boards that have diferent gimmicks.

Me and my wife absolutely love to play mario party. We get really competitive but like teasing competitive. One of my fav games.

Mario Party went from “man, I should do coke” to “man, this is so boring. I should do coke”

mario party 9 best mario party. but also it was my first mario party so idfk

How to be nintendo, step 1: lower expectations (people buy super mario party) step 2: do the bare minimum (people buy mario party superstars) step 3: make millions

Mario Part 2 is goated specifically for the unique costumes on each board

Hot take: I actually really love Mario Party 9.

I'm not sure why I never suggested this topic. I've ALWAYS been curious about the less-than-stellar titles in the Mario Party series. Like any long time Nintendo property, it's been through the ringer.

Man, I love Super Mario's Party.

you've never really played mario party if you never made a grown man cry.

F zero maximum velocity made me break my switch 😂😭

Mario Party Superstars is the best in my opinion. The ultimate culmination of all the past games.

Mario party 4 and 6 were always my favorites

I remember being pretty young when my family bought Mario party 9 and we were all just like wtf is this? And went back to playing 8 lmao

Mario Party DS is the one I played the most and it's my fav Mario Party, I wish it was talked about more