Mario Party 2

Owners of the original Mario Party will be comfortable with this game from the get-go. Each player rolls a virtual die to advance through various board games, including pirate land, western land, space land, mystery land, and horror land. Several hidden adventure boards can be unlocked as players advance through the game. Each player aims to gain the most stars and become a superstar at the end of the game. Various mini-game challenges and booby traps await gamers as they land on some strategically placed spaces on the board.

While Mario Party 2 can be played as a single-player game (against three computer opponents), this title really shines in social situations. This is the perfect game to pull out at parties--assuming you have a few extra controllers in the house. --Brett Atwood

Pros:

• Perfect party game (up to 4 players can play simultaneously)
• High replay value

• Solo play suffers
• Multiplayer games can take a long time to complete

By far the best Nintendo game to date.


Mario Party 2 is the BEST party game ever!   January 29, 2000
14 out of 15 found this review helpful

I highly enjoyed Mario Party 2. The minigames are addictive, the boards are interesting, and the minigames you dislike don't turn up a lot. There are also items you can buy, which can help or hinder. There are battle minigames, where you have to put a certain number of coins in a pot, and whoever wins gets those coins, and item minigames, where you can win items. The only bad point is the one player game. It gets boring after a while. I would recommend this game to anyone.


Great game to play with family   May 25, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I love nintendo and the great games such as Zelda, Madden 2000, WWF Attitide, etc., but my wife hates those games. So we got this game. She loves it because it is not hard and you don't have to memorize some complicated button combination to be good. As a result, this game lets us spend time together and have fun. I agree that this game is not by itself all that great, but the fact that I can enjoy the game with my family makes it a top choice for me.

My son, who is 4, also can play as well and again its a game that the whole family can play together.

In this day and age of advanced games that are often one player and have incredibly complicated button combinations moves, etc, this game brings back the simplicity and excitement that many of us felt when we first played Ataria in the 80s.

If you have young kids ( age 5- 12) and you want to play games with them, this game is a good choice.


Not quite as good as the first one   September 21, 2000
retrowens (Alabama, USA)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful

The original Mario Party game is one of my favorites, so I couldn't wait to play "Mario Party 2." In my opinion, "Mario Party 2" is great, but it's not as good as the first one was. In this game, you play with the same characters and you have 5 worlds to beat. Unlike the original, in this one, when you play 2-player, everybody's (even the computer's) stars count in your favor. The game is too easy to beat, me and my brother beat it in one night when we rented it.

There are some new things about "Mario Party 2" that stand out from the original. The graphics are better and you can do more things along the way in this one, such as set traps and take warps. Also, you can gain items such as mushrooms and skeleton keys to really help you out along the way.

Finally, the biggest plus about "Mario Party 2" is that it has some new mini-games. Most of the new ones such as Bobsled Run and Rakin' Them In are pretty fun. However, I think the ones who made the game could've made some better selections as to which games they should've kept from the original Mario Party game. You won't find some of the funnest games from the original on here, such as Cast Away, where you fish for treasure boxes and coins. Also, when you beat the game and want to buy some of the mini-games, you'll find out that you can't buy all of them.

Overall, I recommend anybody who has a Nintendo 64 to either rent or buy "Mario Party 2," I just didn't think that it was as good as the first Mario Party.


You won't be disappointed   February 2, 2000
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

When the first MP came out it really looked corny, but because I rent alot of video games I decided to give it a shot. From the first moment, I was hooked. When MP2 came out, I rushed to buy it. It is definetly the best party game out. I have had hours of enjoyment already. The rule that sequels are not as good as the first does not apply here. Now if they could only follow up Goldeneye with as good an effort!