Worlds Worst Mario Game #1 - Page 2

Jace VK · 08-20-2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by BOTVGH Fan

Actually, my least favorite is Mario Teaches Typing. It only sold a few games. Bad news that it was educational.

Also, your image entering didn't work,ahuambachano.

Are you crazy? I loved Mario Teaches Typing when I was a kid! It teached you how to type, and is prety fun. Plus, in Mario Teaches Typing 2, I think that was Charles Martinet, the current voice actor of Mario, made his debut. Don't quote me on that, but I think it may be true.

Metal Man · 08-20-2009, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Metal Mario

Somehow developers like EA are able to release one football clone after another for every year of the decade, and critics always heap praise upon their efforts. Nintendo does the same with Mario Party, though, and they get panned.

Football stadiums, rosters, players, and tactics evolve and change;

Mario doesn't. (Well, not at the same pace, at least.)

Also, the goal of Football games is to emulate football... Mario can't escape criticism by going 'But it's emulating a real world event!'

That said, Mario Party isn't the worst. Mario's Time Machine and Mario's Hotel are easily the worst.

Metal Mario · 08-20-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Metal Man

Football stadiums, rosters, players, and tactics evolve and change;

Mario doesn't. (Well, not at the same pace, at least.)

Each Mario Party game has different boards, different mini-games, and usually a couple of new playable characters.

Robotazy · 08-20-2009, 08:58 AM

And no Real Gameplay changes.

Microphone_Kirby · 08-20-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Tazy Ten

And no Real Gameplay changes.

Go on... *sharpens his knife*

**X-3** · 08-20-2009, 11:55 AM

No one praises Madden games just for being the same. I've seen many jokes about developers changing the box cover and then finishing production. The games, I assume, are good and thus get praise.

Also, many mini-games are usually the same ideas, just with a different skin. The characters have no real differences from each other, excluding appearance and voice.

I found the Mario Parties after 3 to be pretty lame.

Microphone_Kirby · 08-20-2009, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LAVALAMPOS

No one praises Madden games just for being the same. I've seen many jokes about developers changing the box cover and then finishing production. The games, I assume, are good and thus get praise.

Granted. Personally, I don't like the Madden series since what I dub "the no late hit" era. I.E: the time where in Madden games you can't late hit someone (and get a penalty). Late hitting someone was great for venting frustrations.

But there's got to be a reason EA bought the sole rights to produce NFL Games... I think ESPN 2K3 (I think... it's the one with T.O on the cover) was better than the Madden at the time and EA got scared. Makes you wonder about the Madden series in general after that...

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Originally Posted by LAVALAMPOS

Also, many mini-games are usually the same ideas, just with a different skin. The characters have no real differences from each other, excluding appearance and voice.

The mini-games? Granted, but you have to run out of unique ideas sometime... :\

The characters? Considering there's usually fights on who gets the Car or the Jockey or (insert favorite token) in Monopoly... this isn't surprising, especially if they add more "tokens".
Plus, in MP7, you're wrong. There are special items that only certain characters can use (Blue Orbs).

**X-3** · 08-20-2009, 12:32 PM

Obviously they wanted money. You're going to get a lot from producing NFL games.

Didn't know about the Blue Orbs. Was that just in 7, or something?

side question: why did they drop 3's Duel Mode and 5's Car Battling? I thought those were fun. It'd be nice to see them return with new additions and such.

Microphone_Kirby · 08-20-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LAVALAMPOS

Obviously they wanted money. You're going to get a lot from producing NFL games.

Didn't know about the Blue Orbs. Was that just in 7, or something?

side question: why did they drop 3's Duel Mode and 5's Car Battling? I thought those were fun. It'd be nice to see them return with new additions and such.

No surprise they wanted money and no surprise they'll get a lot from producing NFL games, but to get rid of their competition completely? Sounds... monopolistic to me. Maybe even desperate. I don't like it...... but what am I going to do?

Yeah. Just in 7... but note I've never played the handheld MPs.

... Honestly, that's what I'd like to know. 3's Duel mode was easily (IMO) the best of all MP's games (including the main board games), and MP5's Car Battling and the card board game were great fun! And ditto on them returning! >:[

Metal Man · 08-20-2009, 02:32 PM

Clearly, we need Mario Party 9: Car Duelling Mode

Microphone_Kirby · 08-20-2009, 02:38 PM

... Clearly, you've never played MP5. All car battles (in MP5) are 1-on-1.

**X-3** · 08-20-2009, 02:59 PM

Make it bigger, badder, stronger.

...nope, never going to happen.

**Valigarmander** · 08-20-2009, 03:20 PM

I thought the car-battling in MP5 was pretty cool, but overall sluggish and unbalanced. Could've been done better.

Robotazy · 08-20-2009, 09:47 PM

I have been thinking about this, especially since I've been watching Mario Party Videos recently...

I never played Mario Party 6 or 7, but they both had a gimmicky ideas (6 had the Day Night Mechanic, and 7 has 8-player mode), but for the most part, 4 through 7 were all find the star with 20 coins and get it, avoid Bowser in some form or another, and they had the same old same old feel.

8 appears to have remedied this to a point, still I'm not too sure.

Jailbreaker · 08-21-2009, 01:02 PM

My friends have mentioned the game "Hotel Mario" sometimes... It was for the CD-I, I think.

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Originally Posted by Nathaniel

Nintendo Rule #1: Hotel Mario was never made.

I am nobody · 08-21-2009, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Microphone_Kirby

No surprise they wanted money and no surprise they'll get a lot from producing NFL games, but to get rid of their competition completely? Sounds... monopolistic to me. Maybe even desperate. I don't like it...... but what am I going to do?

I'm almost positive it was the NFL that made the initial offer (bidding contest, obviously), and 2K and the others just lost out in that.

As far as the worst Mario game, I'm going to have to go with the Party series. I've never been a fan of games (video or otherwise) that rely mostly on luck. The Monopoly boards help with that a little, but it's still entirely possible to lose based on a few bad rolls.

***Cosmonautical*** · 08-23-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Metal Mario

The early Mario Party games are awesome. And yes, the series has blunted its edge over time, but that's only because Nintendo hasn't done anything to innovate the series over the years. That doesn't mean that the games themselves are inherently bad. It just means that we personally have seen so much of the same go before that we've come to regard the formula as stale. If someone who's never played a Mario Party game before picked up Mario Party 8 and started to play it, they'd probably think it was freakin' shweet, especially if they were already a Mario fan in general.

Somehow developers like EA are able to release one football clone after another for every year of the decade, and critics always heap praise upon their efforts. Nintendo does the same with Mario Party, though, and they get panned.

No, I just hate the concept and execution. Nothing to do with getting worse over time, even the graphics were done in a mediocre fashion at the launch of the series. If it gives you any insight, I also rather dislike Warioware, albeit for slightly different reasons.

08-20-2009, 11:55 AM	#26
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I got the Chef title today No one praises Madden games just for being the same. I've seen many jokes about developers changing the box cover and then finishing production. The games, I assume, are good and thus get praise. Also, many mini-games are usually the same ideas, just with a different skin. The characters have no real differences from each other, excluding appearance and voice. I found the Mario Parties after 3 to be pretty lame. Last edited by X-3; 08-20-2009 at 12:01 PM.

08-20-2009, 08:58 AM	#24
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	And no Real Gameplay changes.

08-20-2009, 12:32 PM	#28
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Obviously they wanted money. You're going to get a lot from producing NFL games. Didn't know about the Blue Orbs. Was that just in 7, or something? side question: why did they drop 3's Duel Mode and 5's Car Battling? I thought those were fun. It'd be nice to see them return with new additions and such.

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Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Clearly, we need Mario Party 9: Car Duelling Mode

08-20-2009, 02:38 PM	#31
Microphone_Kirby Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: None of your business. Gender: Posts: 7,155 Thanks: 559 Thanked 225 Times in 181 Posts Blog Entries: 6	... Clearly, you've never played MP5. All car battles (in MP5) are 1-on-1.

08-20-2009, 02:59 PM	#32
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Make it bigger, badder, stronger. ...nope, never going to happen.

08-20-2009, 03:20 PM	#33
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I thought the car-battling in MP5 was pretty cool, but overall sluggish and unbalanced. Could've been done better.

08-20-2009, 09:47 PM	#34
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	I have been thinking about this, especially since I've been watching Mario Party Videos recently... I never played Mario Party 6 or 7, but they both had a gimmicky ideas (6 had the Day Night Mechanic, and 7 has 8-player mode), but for the most part, 4 through 7 were all find the star with 20 coins and get it, avoid Bowser in some form or another, and they had the same old same old feel. 8 appears to have remedied this to a point, still I'm not too sure.