A controversial one, but as the household's first Mario Party game (that we got four years after it came out), this was a big hit, even when we had mostly stopped playing the Wii as much.

Not knowing there was any better way to play Mario party than stuck in a car together, the maps and choosing the paths forward were interesting. A different style of Mario Party, focused on strategically collecting the stars on the way (and avoiding the purple stars) rather than getting to a Super star somewhere on the board. Honestly, looking at gameplay, it would be fun to return to this as a mode in a new Mario Party, sort of like the River Raft mode in Super Mario Party.

Had good fun with this as a group, would be down to return in the future and explore the different maps more, especially the Solo Mode (don't think we ever did that). Also having 7 maps was a solid amount, and makes me sad at having only 4 and 5 in the two Switch Mario parties (Super and Superstars). Magma Mine and Bowser Station were both really cool.

I also like how the 1-10 die is an actual d10 and not just a d6 like it is in Superstars. That's all I'll say.