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Mario Party 2 is a good game. But after some times has gone by, oh boy did I notice a lot of flaws with the game.

I will go ahead and say that the minigames are super nostalgic and can be really fun, the boards are also really cool, although there was only really one board I didn't enjoy that much, I particularly love that they give the characters matching outfits to fit with the theme of the board in question. However one of the things that bogs the game down a lot is the friggin' enemy AI. Regardless of difficulty there's going to be a lot of times where the AI are dumb as rocks and yet other times where it's impossible to beat them. Mecha Marathon being a prime example seeing as how it feels like they have super-human strength and you can't even get close to beating the AI. Of course some of the minigames are also not that great either, but not every minigame can be good. But I'd still say it's worth playing this game. Miles better than Mario Party 1 that's for sure.

Definitely a decent Mario Party game, especially for N64 standards.

I'm spoiled with things like CPUs skipping their item minigames now and all that, so it's kind of dreadful to play this game nowadays, but for back then it was great.
The minigames are pretty good, it introduced classic features and the soundtrack isn't bad.

I really like western land, i think that's all i wanted to say. Jokes aside, its one of my favorite MPs!

My favorite Mario Party; Most memorable boards, music, minigames, and even sound effects.


this is the best mario party that i've ever played (i didnt have a game cube :( )
the costumes matching de scenarios really enchanted me, and the minigames are incredible

Un excelente juego para su tiempo, hoy en día no es muy variado, pero era muy divertido.

El peak de Mario Party (solo jugué los primeros 3)

i wish there were more characters :(

the best mario party. yeehaw cowboy.

This is the spiritual predecessor to dark souls, and you can really see it through it's creative decisions. Hidetaka Miyazati from FromSoftware actually a part of the development team during it's early stages before leaving the company to start FromSoftware.

All of this stuff is really hit and miss, but again it really doesn't matter in the multiplayer prime time.

The absolute peak of party games, still breaking it out 20 years later. Best way to push lifelong friendships to the brink, nothing beats a final turn chance time to flip the table and reward mediocrity.

Nostalgic experience in which you pretend that you aren't about to cry when you're not the winner

Mario Party if it was slightly more refined and had a few extra decent games on top of the shit ones from before. Sorry but your cute costume gimmick doesn't reward you the honor of one of the best in the series.

Left the game on so the CPU's can unlock everything for me, 11/10, easiest "100%" of my life.

Mario Party games are the peak of party games.

You can choose to play with AI or your friends locally!

Played on a real Nintendo 64 during VGM Con 2023, with a friend from Counterpoint class. Joined in during an ongoing game on Mystery Land, but did not finish it.

The best Mario Party game on the system for me and one of my favorite Mario Party games in the franchise! It has some of the best minigames, charm, and soundtrack! The only thing holding this game back is modern Mario Party games have the QoL improvements, but it is still a solid title, especially on the Nintendo 64.


Actually spent entire playing this with my brother and other family members

doesn't get much better than this for a party game plus im unbeatable so that's pretty sick too

I think what your favorite Mario Party is the one you grew up with. To the point I think you could chart fans ages based on that opinion pretty accurately. Mario Party 2 is often one of the most praised titles in the series. Its easy to see why, great miningames, some cool boards, COSTUMES? HAVE YOU SEEN OUTLAW BOWSER I MEAN COME ON. But for me the balance here isnt quite right, the boards, especially the later ones, are often too big for their own good. Gameplay is pretty slow and its hard to imagine picking this over Superstars these days. Having to watch CPU's duel is excruciating. Novel to play in 2024 but Im picking another Mario Party every time. MARIO PARTY 6 IS THE GOAT DONT @ME - YES I WAS BORN IN THE LATE 90's WHY DO YOU AKS?