All the Mario Party games on the Gamecube are just as good as one another. If you are looking to play one of them, you cannot go wrong with any of them. With that said, I personally like this one the most for its more in-depth, albeit repetitive, story mode and its high-quality maps and minigames.

As this is the first Mario Party game on the console, there isn't anything for this game to set itself apart from the others. Its boards are basic, the minigames are simple, and the character selection is just right.

The negatives are pretty far and few between. While I like playing through the story mode, to unlock everything you have to play through it with every single character. That is super repetitive for completionists, and the payout isn't very interesting. Then there is the obvious issue, if you don't like the story mode and don't have friends to play this with then you won't get much mileage out of this game.

I still like this game and all the others in this series on the console. I think it's one of the best party games out there, so if you have the opportunity to play it I highly recommend it.