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litokraziegrl's Mario Party (N64)
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| [January 30, 2007 07:42:44 PM]
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Session II
Mario Party
I really enjoy playing this game because the payer does not have to concentrate in the gameplay. They can talk and interact with others while playing, thus making this game really sociable and relaxing. Certain games like starfox or super Mario requires the players 100% attention because anything can happen the second you shift your eyes, but for Mario party, you can get up and have a drink and nothing will happen, unless a mini game is about to begin. I give this game thumbs up for this feature.
As the game continued, it got more and more competitive for me because pressure started to hit when the game is half way through and you don’t want to lose your stars. We set the game for 20 rounds, meaning each person rolls only 20 times and the person with the most stars is the winner. This is my first time playing Mario Party, so I didn’t know much about the mini games. I lost quite a lot but won a few because I got lucky. My favorite mini game was the one where all four of us compete in drumming on an island. This game is similar to the Clefairy mini game in Pokemon Stadium. What you basically had to do was memorize the arrows and the pattern gets longer everytime. Even though I wasn’t the winner, it was still fun for the few minutes I was playing.
I noticed that this game creates a lot of trash talking to each other, but that’s okay because that’s what makes it funny and enjoyable. I was pretty lucky overall with the game because I landed on the star twice and I was actually only one star behind my friend, although I was blown away a few times .. and I was really close to the star. The most enjoyable moment of this game was when my friend lost to a mini game and he had to give up one of his star. It was like a slot machine and the person it stops on will be the person he will give his star to … and that person was me. That moment was pretty hilarious. The game was taking too long to finish, so we all just gave up and stopped playing, therefore we couldn’t finish the game.
This game was very fun overall and can definitely bring a lot of enjoyment and pleasure to everyone. It is definitely more enjoyable than monopoly because there are varieties of possibilities out there and you never know what you will get … or find.
This entry has been edited 1 time. It was last edited on Jan 30th, 2007 at 19:44:14.
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| [January 30, 2007 07:41:50 PM]
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Gamelog #3 - Classics
Session I
Mario Party is one of the first board game style video game for the Nintendo platforms. It has a three dimensional cardinality. The game was popular and fun enough to have sequels for other platforms and the most recent one was Mario Party 8 for the new Nintendo Wii. The whole game revolves around a game board and the person with the most coins or stars in the end takes the champion title. This game is designed in a way so that up to four players can play the game. You can also play this game alone, but it wouldn’t be much of a party if you don’t have your friends around, right?
The rules for this game are really straightforward. You basically just roll the dice when it’s your turn and the number you rolled is the number of spaces you will move. When you get to an intersection, you can choose to take one of the two or three roads. Although it sounds easy, this game can be hard to master (especially in mini games). After each round (after each person has rolled the dice and moved), a mini game will happen and they are usually very short and simple, but still challenging in some way. The games can be a puzzle one, a racing one, a fighting one, basically anything you can think of. They can be 2vs2 (two people cooperating to win) or 1vs3 (one random person competing against three others) or just single player (only by yourself). You never know what games are coming, so this game really keeps the players excited for what is to come. At the end of the mini games, the winning person or team will receive coins and depending on the game, the losers might have to give up coins to the winners.
As I mentioned earlier, the goal of this game is to collect the stars that appears randomly on the board and it will stay there until someone gets it. Each star costs 20 coins and you can purchase it from Toad if you have enough coins. Winning the mini games, landing on the blue squares or passing the starting point earns coins. Another way of getting a star, besides purchasing it or landing on the square the star is at, is to pay Boo (if you land on his square where he resides) 50 coins to perform a special service that steals stars from other players. This game seems fun right? But be careful, different squares have different consequences, but some can be good. Sometimes the square you land on might blow you away to somewhere else and you have to go from there. Also, some squares will steal a few of your coins and some are “?” ones, which are usually pre-determined for what is going to happen. In the beginning, there will be a small game that determines which player gets to go first, but don’t worry, going first doesn’t necessarily mean winning. The game is very fair and everyone has a chance of winning.
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litokraziegrl's Mario Party (N64)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Monday 29 January, 2007
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