Mario Party 7 Review
First introduced to the Nintendo GameCube in 2005, Mario Party arrives again for a seventh year of eccentric gaming. The game features a variety of popular Nintendo characters and features two new characters that await to be unlocked. The game features a new host, Toadsworth, and is packed with a set of 86 mini-games to play in. The game also comes with a microphone which can be used in mini-games that solely use this feature.
The story being presented in the game is quite in fact cheesy as it seems. The reason why I say this is that all there to it is that Mario and his friends are invited to a deluxe cruise which is hosted by Toadsworth, but in the meanwhile, you can already guess that Bowser wasn’t invited. Due to him not being invited, he asserts revenge and turns the game into a struggle between Mario and himself, and the only way to turn things back to normal is to collect stars.
The game itself allows a total of 8 players to play the game, meaning that you have to share the controller with another. In the game you are given the option to choose either a Party Cruise or a Deluxe Cruise. The game features a variety of well-made board game areas that add on more enthusiasm as you play in each map. The game is initially made into a board game style videogame, allowing players to roll a dice and allow their player to bob their head on the dice in order to slow down the count to pick how many steps you take on the overall board game. There are also a variety of items that you can use in order to attack you opponents into going back further into the board game or ruin their overall experience. The game also uses currency in order to buy items; each player is given 10 coins. Playable characters in the game include; Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Toad, Toadette, Wario, Waluigi, Boo, and the two unlockable players; Birdo, and Drybones. The game comes with 6 boards that correspond with landmarks that are well known these include, Pagoda Peak which resembles China, Grand Canal which resembles Venice, Pyramid Park which resembles Egypt, Neon Heights which resembles New York City, Windmillville which resembles the Netherlands, and finally an unlockable board, Bowsers Enchanted Inferno.
Mario Party 7 also features a variety of mini-games, 86 mini-games to be exact. The game features old mini-games from past Mario party games, but rather refurbished to look new. Each mini-game has its own rules and regulations as well as a mix of other things that make the game itself rather unique. Mini-games that players can pick from come in different types which include; 4-player, 2 vs. 2, 1 vs. 3, Battle mini-games, Duel mini-games, Bowser mini-games, DK mini-games, Rare mini-games, and finally, 8-player mini-games.
Overall the game displays, a variety of beautifully made board game areas, as well as having two new unlockable characters, and loads of mini-games. Although the story was cheesy, and the thing that ruins most of the game is Bowsers, “Bowser Time”, but that would be basically it.
Overall
- Story: 5/10
- Gameplay: 6/10
- Graphics:7/10
- Overall: 6/10
