Abstract: "Another Mario Party? Good grief. Is there really any way this game could give us something we haven't already gotten from the Mario Party series? Is there going to be any reason to buy this game over the seven other Mario Party titles available on t...
Published: 2012-03-25, Author: Ryan , review by: gotgame.com
Abstract: Mario Party! Even the name sounds like fun… Mario… PARTY! Most gamers agree, no matter which system you're loyal to, if you stick in a Mario Party title and gather up some friends and some controllers… you're in for a good time.Yeah, they said the same th...
Abstract: Long time Mario Party developer, Hudson is no more, finally absorbed by Konami, headquartered in the U.S. in Los Angeles, CA. In a similar mode of consolidation Mario Party 9 is now a product of Nintendo’s in-house ND Cube. Though many from the devel...
Abstract: If Mario Party 9 were an actual party, it'd be a high school reunion. You turn up, look around, see all your old friends, and think "Hey, you guys have changed!" But within five minutes, you realize that beneath the flashy clothes or new facial hair, t...
Abstract: Almost five years ago, the Wii got its first Mario Party game, Mario Party 8. While many fans enjoyed the entry, some felt the series had reached its lowest point. Many hoped the next game would successfully improve on the standard formula. But while 8...
Abstract: I've always viewed the Mario Party series as the house party of video games -- something that nearly all of us have attended at least once throughout our lives at various levels of inebriation. When the series first started, it had a certain mystique a...
Abstract: When you get to the ninth iteration of any video game franchise, it's bound to be a little boring unless the developers change things up. Nintendo knows this, and they've designed Mario Party 9 to be unlike anything you have seen in the Mario Party ser...
Abstract: WiiIt's time to smash controllers once again. Mario Party 9 busts on to the Wii, five years after the last main installment. This is the first game in the series to be made by Nd Cube Co. instead of Hudson Soft. The game feels very familiar as soon as ...
The Mario Party games are meant to be played with a room of friends (and the total lack of online play reflects this). But every party will always be subverted by this entry's reliance on randomness to "shake things up," as Bowser puts it when he is ab...
