Introducing the newest variant of Ticktock Clock: Deadly Ticktock Clock!

This is related because I made this Mario Party minigame in another game. Play it now and die…or not, let’s see how good you are.

Are the developers stupid? No. It's been two years since Super Mario Party Jamboree came out, and I know complaining about a character roster might seem petty. Some people argue that the roster is the least important part of a Mario Party game, and that's fair. However, I doubt they'd feel the same way if a beloved character like Rosalina had been relegated to NPC status. Of course, that's not exactly a fair comparison since she's a major character in the franchise.

I've said this several times on this subreddit already, but there were much better choices than Spike. He's honestly a pretty forgettable character. Besides, bringing Dry Bones or Hammer Bro back to Jamboree shouldn't have been that difficult since their animations already existed. Meanwhile, the developers had to create Spike's animations from scratch. At that point, wouldn't it have made more sense to save themselves the extra work and bring back one of those two instead?

Edit:I don't hate Spike; I just find him irrelevant. And you're right, they should've added two more character slots.

What is the absolute best minigame. One from each category, 4 Player, 1v3, 2v2, Duel, Battle, etc

Join Mario and His Friends in the Japanese Kingdom, Meet Mario's Friend Master Leonardo the Ninja Master of the Fire Dragon, Learn How to Master the Arts of Shinobi, Protect the Kingdom of Komodo, And Master the Power of the Fire Dragon. Mario Invited His New Friend Master Leonardo to the New Star Amusement Park, There Are Three New Minigames For Master Leonardo, Learn to Become a Ninja Warrior in the New Mario Party Game!

References:

Super Mario Wiki

Mario Party Legacy

Whats your favorite map in mario party 2? My favorite is western land, it has been my favorite since I first started playing it and that hasn't changed :)

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As we know, some games have boards that are named after a character. Examples being Peach’s Birthday Cake, DK’s Treetop Temple, Boo’s Haunted Bash etc…

But what about the characters who don’t have a board named after them? Which board in the series would you connect with each of them?

I’ve been getting my girlfriend into the series lately and she picks Daisy every time but she doesn’t have a board in any game. So what would you pick for her and everyone else?

EDIT: I think people are getting confused. I’m aware most characters don’t have boards named after them but if each character COULD, which one would it be?

Super Mario Party has a lot of fun minigames that I played the heck out of, so I was wondering what this subreddit thought of them. All seeds are randomized. Whichever minigame gets the most comments will move onto the final round.

Welcome to Round 2!

Without further ado, here are the reminders for how every minigame competing today is played:

Stake Your Claim: Players must select a portion of a rectangle that is divided in 4 uneven ways. Your goal is to pick the largest piece, but once it's selected, you cannot unselect it. Whoever gets the most points after 3 rounds wins.

Slaparazzi: Punch players out of the way to get the optimal photo taken of yourself in 7 rounds. Anyone in the image will be ranked based on their pose and position and be given points.

Please only vote for 1 minigame at a time. I'm curious to hear your opinions.

"Why is the CPU so aggressive at this hour?"

As a kid I thought Bowser farted in this part. Of course he didn't and it was just dust from the floor giving way. I was about 9 or so when I first saw this boss fight on YouTube and was very immature.

It's our final post on Super Duel Mode! This mode has shocked me with just how much content it has hidden away. I went into this mode expecting to throw the best machine together and clear a quick tournament and be done. I had no idea machine building was as in-depth, or that there were multiple kinds of tournaments, or that I'd have to unlock Donkey Kong in such a strange way.

You can imagine my surprise when the Super Duel Mode rabbit hole led me to learn that Vs. Mode even has SEVEN fully designed arenas that aren't used anywhere else in the mode at all for absolutely NO REASON. Instead, all single player formats use arguably the worst, ugliest board in the mode. So let's talk about the oddities of Vs. Battle!

Setup

To start with, let's bring up how Vs. Battle setup works. As I've repeatedly mentioned before, you'll need two controllers to play Vs. Battle, and you'll also need a machine built in Garage A-1 and either Garage A-2, or Garage B. Strangely, there's no Garage B-2 for a fourth player to participate. Though I suppose Garage B can easily swap machines from the other save files.

When you select Vs. Battle, you'll select an opponent, Player 2, whose machine is currently in Garage A-2, or Player 3, whose machine is currently in Garage B. This is the only purpose of Garage B, and for some reason there isn't just an option to select a machine from another save file right here in this menu. You have to back out and go to Garage B every time you want to change machines. You also cannot remotely save machines from A-1 or A-2 to other save files, so there's no way to change machines for all players between games besides just going in, deleting and rebuilding your desired machine. Your friend may not even have all the same parts unlocked as you do, so you may not even be able to accurately recreate your machine away from home.

And at the end of the day, there is no ruleset that allows for three players. It's super duel mode, after all. So why does Garage B require an entire third controller to operate just for Controller 2 to just sit there while the other players duel? Technically, you only need a second controller to use Garage B, you just have to plug it into the third slot. I continue to insist this is all just needlessly convoluted, and they should've just had two or three garages that all have the ability to save and load machines to and from other saves. It would've saved a lot of headache.

Tangent aside, after choosing an opponent, you'll then choose the ruleset. Unlike D1 Tournament, all three rulesets are unlocked from the start here. So you can jump right into Robo-Rabbit Competition if you hate your friends that much.

I've already kind of ranted on this next part, but you'll also seleect your control type between manual control and... CPU control? I've gone on a rant about this in each post, but it's most appropriate here: for some ungodly reason, you cannot participate in a Vs. Battle against an AI opponent even though, for some even ungodier reason, there's a game mode where you gather your friends together to put your controllers down and watch idiot AI play the game for you.

Listen. There's niche entertainment value in switching all control to CPU and having fun watching them all struggle to function, and I won't deny that. But to have an entire menu option just for that when it could so easily be adapted for a single-player version of the most effortlessly enjoyable part of the game mode? I'm genuinely baffled as to how badly thought through this mode was.

It seems clear to me that this mode was initially conceieved as a purely 2-Player mode, and the D1-Tournament was added hastily to make the mode playable alone. But why, oh why, would you not take the obvious direction of just letting the lone player play the multiplayer mode with an CPU opponent? Why not let the player build custom machines in A-2 as personal challenges? I would've loved to design machines for each of the characters myself and fight them all in a self-made tournament all on my own.

Ah... once again, tangent over, my bad...

After you select the arena you'll play in. And before I get caught on another tangent about how cazy it is these stages are also hidden away here instead of being single-player accessible, let's go ahead and talk about the stages, first.

Arenas

There are a total of eight distinct arenas you can choose from in Vs. Battle. Unfortunately, I don't really know much about each arena, but I can speculate based on what it looks like. Just take my explanations with a grain of salt because I have not played this game mode myself.

All the arenas feature hazards, spiny shells and bob-ombs. Spiny shells will damage you if you run into them, which can actually be a beneficial strategy since you'll gain I-frames and potentially evade a more devastating attack from the opponent's weapon, and Bob-ombs start counting down when you bump into them, exploding after a short while and damaging everyone within their range. Mushrooms and Cursed Mushrooms also randomly appear around the map and will speed you up or slow you down respectively.

There seems to be some randomness to their presence, but pipes appear on every stage. They're usually found in the corners and the center of the arena. These pipes serve as obstacles to either hide behind for cover, or lob shots over. Think like the Pipes in Shell Shocked from Mario Party 2. Don't confuse them for some kind of warp mechanic.

Green Meadow

This I assume to be the box standard. This map is a flat arena with nothing but dirt. I don't believe this dirt slows you down at all, so this is a very straightforward no-holds-barred kind of arena.

Moonlit Midnight

A night themed stage in the forest under the full moon. At the center of the arena is a small pond of water which I assume has the same effect as mud, slowing you down if you drive into it.

Quicksand Desert

It looks like this desert-themed arena pressures the fight onto a small central area, with the outer edges of the arena covered in quicksand that will slow you down. Spiny Tires and floating tires will likely have a huge advantage here.

Snowy Slope

Despite being called a "slope," I'm not sure I see much variation in the elevation here. It seems like a flat stage covered in icy terrain, so you'll be slipping around a lot if your tires aren't immune.

Jungle Falls

This also seems like a pretty standard stage, but with a jungle theme! The arena is on a round wooden platform suspended by ropes. There are waterfalls on either side that seem to have gotten the platform wet nearby. Maybe the terrain is slippery like ice here? Whatever the case, I don't think there's any danger of falling off, there should just be an invisible wall along the edge.

Lunar Outpost

A space-themed arena set on the moon! You can see Earth from high above! This is by far the most unique arena, as the edges of the arena are elevated with steep slopes creating a bowl shape. This will likelu affect the range of your attacks and certain weapons might be more or less viable because of it. This would probably be the map I'd be most interested in experimenting on.

Bowser Outpost

A Bowser themes arena that looks exactly how you expect. The battle is mostly focused in a donut-shaped platform between pools of lava on the inside and outside. The lava will damage you if you're not floating above it, so be extra careful! This bord kind of reminds me of Big Donut from Mario Kart 64. I wonder if that's intentional?

Random Ruckus

This is the arena you're intimately familiar with after unlocking everything this mode has to offer. The stage will appear different every time. You're likely to run into slopes, all types of terrain, anything goes, really.

Conclusion

Here's the part where I complain a lot. Well, actually, I think I've gotten most of my complaining out of the way. This mode has so many head-scratching decisions. Things that almost seem like it was more complicated to get wrong than to just do the obvious thing and get it right.

It seems like the devs really wanted to make each garage feel like an intimately personal space, and to sell a sort of illusion that you were actually assembling these large machines and physically moving them from place to place. But it is a case where I think the realism really gets in the way of convenience. It almost feels like this mode is too confusing to set up than it's worth. Which is a shame because the game itself I think is really, really cool.

You get to build your own machine and fine-tune its stats. You try it out and what doesn't work, you try and find adjustments to fix. The game mode itself is a bit clunky, but I honestly think that's fine, it's part of the fun of building these machines. You don't want a machine to handle perfectly, outmaneuver everything, take hits, and deal massive damage all at once, then it's just objectively the best machine and that takes away from the experience of experimenting with everything and seeing what works for you.

I actually really like this mode a lot, that's why it frustrates me so much how inaccessible it is. The machine parts aren't transparent enough in-game, I shouldn't have to open the wiki page to see the exact modifiers each part provides. I don't like that you have to completely delete your machine in order to rename it. I hate that Vs. Battles require a second controller and the only way to play against a CPU opponent is a Trial Battle where you can't use your own machine or a D1 Tournament where only one of the EIGHT STAGES are available.

Oh, and the grind for all the parts is definitely too much. The fact that Battle Minigames are the category you have to grind the most is insane. 4-Player games are definitely the most common. Why not make weapons cost 4P points?? Battle Games aren't nearly as common as the other categories. It's like apples to oranges. Maybe it should take points from all other minigame types including Duels, Bowser, and DK games?

Anyway, I do think I've finally said everything I need to say about this mode. And that's actually the last there is to say. That's it for now, and with that, our days of discussing Mario Party 5 are already coming to a close. Next, all we have left is our conclusion. I guess I've gotta start making those tier lists! See you soon! 💭

References:

Mario Party Legacy

Super Mario Wiki

So MP6 got S tier so I just want to make it clear. I shohld NOT see an S Tier in any posts from here to SMPJ. It will not be an option. Until we have a revote. Next is Mario Party Advanced and I can see where this is going.

Mario and His Friends Returns to Yoshi's Island, Where Yoshi and His Friends Welcomes Them to Have Fun!

Super Mario Party has a lot of fun minigames that I played the heck out of, so I was wondering what this subreddit thought of them. All seeds are randomized. Whichever minigame gets the most comments will move onto the final round.

Welcome to Round 2!

Without further ado, here are the reminders for how every minigame competing today is played:

Looking for Love: Everyone can look in 4 different directions. In a series of 10 rounds, varying suits and of differing colors will appear within windows in any of the 4 directions. The goal is to look at the heart. If you do it before your opponents you get more points.

Gridiron Gauntlet: Dodge Chargin' Chucks in a grid-shaped arena for 30 seconds. You can see the Chucks' attack patterns before they charge into the field. Each player has 3 lives.

Please only vote for 1 minigame at a time. I'm curious to hear your opinions.

Mario party 5 got alot of Bs but no As and a Few Cs. Next is Mario Party Party 6 the 2nd of the Orb trilogy

By the way, they're going to add more.

While there are very few exceptions such as Super Mario Party, let's be honest, it doesn't matter if there's 4 characters or 30. Its the same thing. every single character plays exactly the same. They roll the same dice, move at the same speed, and have the same odds. Luigi has just as good as a chance as Boo

References:

Super Mario Wiki

Mario Party Legacy