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noobkilla's Mario Party (N64)
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| [February 23, 2007 02:17:19 PM]
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In my second hour of playing, I have definitely improved. I still have to read the directions to each mini-game, as my fellow players refuse to offer any helpful hints because they want to win. And thats alright, I just hope I have some luck. Yet during the game I was sent all the wrong places, and did not collect any stars. But despite my lack of good stars, I was still enjoying the game. Even amongst the trash talking that was not directed to me, I still got a good laugh. Mario Party gives players interaction not only in the make believe world of dice and mini games, but in the real one as well.
As far as this game goes, its simple puzzles built in one major one. It encourages players to practice constantly, and understand each of the mini games. This require hours of practice, and although I find it a waste of time, this does improve a players ability. This is the best game I have ever played, and theres nothing more that can be said except to definitely try the game yourself.
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| [February 23, 2007 02:08:44 PM]
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Mario Party represents the array of characters that Nintendo has produced over the years, to duke it out in one final battle. Well perhaps not to the death, but certainly the winner of a board game. Where the player must roll a dice, move along, collect some stars, and the party of it all is play the mini-games. And like all board games there are strategic ways to collect more stars, and send other players to lose some. Yet the game creates a magical circle in which all the players are captivated to continue playing, even though a new player may have not much of a clue of what is going on.
What is great about Mario Party is that it is able to include all four players in one big screen, as opposed to the little corner area to yourself. Not only that, the array of games test different skills, besides just pressing A and B. Perhaps the only game I would not want to play is the one where many people have had blisters on their hands. In my first hour of playing, I was already last compared to those experienced friends of mine. And despite the score disparity, I was enjoying myself because I knew I was getting better after each game. Even though the first game had ended with a winner, and that person not being me, everyone was up for another round. And each time there are more games to play, and more things to learn. This is exciting, because the game creates certain dynamics not only as the game progresses, but amongst the players as well. Like I mentioned earlier, some games require good time reactions, while others encourage the player to rapidly press a combination of buttons, its safe to say nobody is quiet during the game. And that’s what creates the great chemistry of this game, the ability for the players to trash talk before the game, and duke it out on the mini-game. This is also showing in the characters they pick, which one made an impact on them as a child. As Toad perhaps was the cutest, Toad was funny, and Mario was simply the symbol of the Nintendo era.
No matter what this game reaches across to all audiences, even to those who are unfamiliar with the Nintendo series.
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noobkilla's Mario Party (N64)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Friday 23 February, 2007
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