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Best Mario Party Games Of All Time

October 28, 2023

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Update: With Mario Party 3 now available on Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack, we’re republishing this list to celebrate. Let’s-a-go!

If you had a Nintendo 64, there’s no doubt you managed to wrangle your family (or friends) in for a few games of a few multiplayer games featuring the Italian plumber at Christmas. But, of all of them, Mario Party may have spawned a few too many arguments that have spawned an amusing life-long legacy of familial rivalries and blistered hands.

There have been 17 main Mario Party games since the series debuted in 1998, and with that many titles out there, how on earth do you choose which Party to pack to your next school (or family) reunion? Well, we’re counting on you lovely lot for that. No, we don’t want any bickering — it’s our (your) job to give the stars out, not win them this time around. We asked you to rank every single Mario Party game that you’ve played, and below, you’ll be able to find out which one is the prime party candidate, and what should be left in their gift wrap and returned.

We’ve excluded the Japan-only arcade games and that rather odd GBA e-Reader title from the rankings — mostly because we’re old and we can’t afford to go to Japan to seek these gems out, or because the e-Reader is a fickle beast and never showed its face on European shores…

You can rank the Mario party games going forward. The order below is updated in real-time, and changed depending on the overall User Rating in our secret little database. Things might be very different the next time you look at this list. So, if you haven’t had the chance to hand out some stars, simply click the star by the game you want to rate below, and assign a score right now.

So, line up at the start, roll your dice, and move the appropriate number of spaces forward to see who comes out on top with the most stars:

Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Nd Cube

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017 (USA) / 22nd Dec 2017 (UK/EU)

Nd Cube’s decision to bring back 100 beloved minigames from the Mario Party series is admirable, but Mario Party: The Top 100 falls short as a package in the way it delivers those bite-sized delights. While it may hold the record for the most minigames, The Top 100 certainly has the least amount of content and the lowest replayability.

The game set out to compile a collection of the best minigames from the ten console games, and in some ways, Nd Cube has accomplished that with great results. The minigames have been revamped for the 3DS, which makes the initial time spent with the game an awesome walk through nostalgia lane. But after one or two playthroughs, you’ll start to see that this feels like a rushed project that is hugely limited by the hardware with that in mind it fails to live up to its full potential.