Mario Party 2 takes everything great about the first Mario Party, fixes nearly every flaw, and adds a fantastic selection of minigames, great boards, and tons of charm that is unique to it which makes it hold up great to this day as it carved out the formula Mario Party's are using 20 years later. While later Mario Party's have outdone it an complexity and strategic balance, Mario Party 2's simple charm and great selection of minigames and side modes still puts in on par with entries much later in the series.