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The Bizarre Stories of Mario Party Games

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The Mario Party series of course mostly has multiplayer fun to thank for it's popularity and sales numbers, but plenty of titles in the series also feature a decent chunk of single player content. In fact, especially the older titles, has their own stories, complete with original characters. With Super Mario Party Jamboree coming up, I figured why not take a look back at the Mario Party stories of the past, only to find out the plots tend to be...quite something.

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@lilwartank1 2 years ago

Fun fact: Mario Party 1's canonical SuperStar was Wario since he begins Mario Party 2 adamant that it should be WarioLand since "he was the superstar" in the opening cutscene

Similarly Mario Party 2 was won by Mario since its called MarioLand canonically

And Mario Party 3 was won by Luigi though thats the only one not outright said but strongly implied. During the story Luigi takes the place of any character you're playing as but if you choose Luigi all the characters are in their natural spots and he is the best candidate that fits most of the stickers you collect

After 3 though its a lot less noticeable who might have won the previous Mario Party but I always thought it was neat the 64 games had canonical winners and losers (also I find it hilarious wario won the first game)

@Piggamer-oq7fu 2 years ago

6:05 " it's fashionable but not very functional. Like Luigi!" THIS GAME IS BRUTAL.

@andytekampe8748 2 years ago (edited)

Lol I’ll never get over the way Bowser just punts the star space in Superstars after Toad is just whisked away by the Cheep Chomp.

@runningoncylinders3829 2 years ago

I like when the one Koopa Kid in the middle introduces himself as “the handsome one” causing the other two to slap the back of his face. XD

@theboyfromla3781 2 years ago

Mario party DS had such a good overarching theme like all the mini games being mini versions was behond creative

@zeospark9715 2 years ago

Funny that Mario Party 5 does have a plot twist of sorts: Bowser's dream is that he wanted to face a strong opponent and he got it after you beat him (which is weird considering how much he fights Mario lol)

@ranpan6082 2 years ago

As weird as this sounds, the story modes in this series were always a highlight for me. I loved the Bowser fights in 4, 5, and 7, and getting to battle the Millennium Star in 3 was a lot of fun. And I loved how the GameCube entries in particular handled the story, as well as introducing original and returning characters. I even have a soft spot for 9, love the boss battles.

I'm really hoping that Jamboree will have a proper story mode.

@CalamitasCalliope 1 year ago

Coming back later, but i absolutely love the way Jamboree does its story mode. Conforming that these boards exist within physical space, and that this party is being run by a lot of workers in the background is so cool

@topdog23100 2 years ago

Considering how many Mario Party games have Mario and his “friends” arguing, and how many minigames have them punch and/or kick each other off platforms, I begin to question if Mario really has friends at this point. If he did, he wouldn’t be arguing with them in so many games, and punching and kicking them for no reason in minigames, right?

@Imirui 1 year ago

One thing I thought was really funny was that in DS bowser is both the bad guy and the good guy at the same time. He hosts bowser spaces, the obvious bad space to land on, but he also hosts the final five turns event. He literally feels bad for the person in last place with 5 turns left so he gives them something to help them.

@SpectroliteDS 2 years ago

4:41
Correction: Tumble is HIDING the true millennium star in his head, Tumble and the Millennium Star are two separate entities.

@bendonovan9244 1 year ago

7:32 Mario Party 6 is my favorite.

@ivanzoneBR 2 years ago

Wow no love at all for Mario Party 9 Story Mode? This is one of my favorites, It has Shy Guy and Kamek as rivals, you have to beat at all costs, the funny cutscenes of Bowser and Bowser Jr talking and revealing the bosses, the actual boss battles and even has a ranking system for each time you beat the story.

@oldred890 2 years ago

Tumble is not the melinium star, he just held it in his head.

@OrbitalFrog_ 2 years ago

Fun fact: bowsers enchanted inferno is actually based on a location as well! Just head down to Florida to see what I mean.

@knux333jw 2 years ago

Even though Mario Party Superstars doesn't have a Story Mode, I like how it references the past stories of Mario Party games as canon to it. Through that book in the bonus section listing the past games. Although I wish it remembered the handheld games... if only so MP DS could get love.

@olivia6252 2 years ago

Love seeing Mario Party DS get the love it deserves!! Those little boss battles were so hard when I was a kid

@Acacius1992 1 year ago

Funfact: In german Brighten and Twila are genderswapped

Sonnja (Brigthen) and Raymond (Twila)

@goldenyoshistar1 2 years ago

10:01 Oh lets not forget about King Bob-omb and the fact that Bowser just creates Naval Piranha for science reasons

@hotaruishere2133 1 year ago

3:40
I was really blown away by the voice acting for the Millenium Star!!! I don't know why, but I just loved it!!! He sounded so wise, comforting, and fantastical! I could listen to him speak forever! 😆💖😭💖