This animation is something else. Peach and Daisy hopping around, Mario's awkward hopping motion, and Luigi's """turning""" animation... was there just no budget left for the intro cutscene or something?
My bro told me that when I was young I would replay the intro so many times he said that I loved it so much but when I come to watch it now I don’t remember what I loved about it 😂😂
The intro of Mario Party 4 already made me remember that it continues after the events of Mario Party 3, since at the end of the credits of 3 all the characters were happily calm in the castle garden.
Came here from TV Tropes, I can't believe this is actually an offical cutscene! Nintendo usually is known for polishing their games and having Pixar-level charm, but these animations and character models for this ram straight into the Uncanny Valley for me! Everyone looks so stiff and moves strangely, them being in a realistic background with their janky movements make things look more unnerving. The only character who doesn't look creepy is Donkey Kong. Good thing the character models are much better in-game! Also, were they just standing and hopping around in the fields like bipedal rabbits the entire time until Toad and the others showed up?
In my opinion, this isn't incredibly shoddy an intro. I mean, it was 2002, so things were obviously different, especially for a Mario spinoff game. Although I'm fairly biased, given this is easily my favorite Mario Party game EVER!! One of my very first video game experiences ever and probably my most influential exposure to all things Mario when I was a 4 year old girl. I'll always love this game with all my heart and soul.
@@julianx2rl The sad thing about it is that Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion came out before this, and those games had beautiful cutscenes and quality to them. This is very lackluster in comparison.
Axel A. He's right, Daisy's was voiced by Jen Taylor from Mario Party 3-5. Not only she voiced Daisy, she also did Peach, Toad (like in this game), and Toadette, who are all now voiced by Samantha Kelly, and Daisy is now voiced by Deanna Mustard. You may be familiar with Jen's voice as Cortana in the Halo series.
0:13 Princess Peach: Follow me, Daisy. Will you look at this weather. Princess Daisy: I know pretty nice. Waluigi: (gently stamping) I don't like this time of day. Donkey Kong: (looking around) Wow! This is nice. Wario: (gently pushing Luigi with his hand) Luigi: Would you please stop pushing me with your hand? Yoshi: This is amazing. All things bright and peaceful. Mario: (skips into the scene) Hey, guys.
Okay, I understand, it’s a weirdly animated cutscene. Everything about it is wrong. Wario can’t close his mouth and is tilting his head like he’s Michael Myers. Donkey Kong looks like he’s getting off in public and nobody notices. Luigi’s lower lip is quivering like he’s looking at the love of his life. Koopa and Goomba are shuffling around like they’re slipping on ice, and Koopa’s arms are outstretched in a vaguely threatening manner. I get all that and I know I won’t get any answers for them beyond “It’s badly animated.” But putting all that aside, I have to ask, who put that tie around Goomba’s neck? What sick bastard put something on there knowing full well the armless mushroom won’t be able to remove by himself when this is all over?
Everyone's talking about the hilariously bad animation, but can we talk about the location of Peach's Castle real quick? Peach's castle lives in the Mushroom Kingdom, and yet there's no Mushrooms or a Kingdom on site. Just a plain empty field, lmao.
That was also the case for every other depiction of Peach's Castle, but at least with, say, Mario Party 3, there was actual terrain beyond a field of bland trees.
It sure looks like it, doesn't it? And the sad thing about it is that Super Mario Sunshine came out before this, and that game had beautiful top-quality cutscenes. Maybe Sunshine had more budget put in for the cutscenes. This is really lazily done.
It's such a bombastic transition, and then it's just the Mario crew jankily doing idle animations as Mario himself awkwardly skips over from halfway across the planet.
I remember seeing a video at McDonalds when I was a kid showing Mario and co in a green area and a flying object appeared. Is this it? It looks way different than I remember. Yoshi was more prominent.
I think this intro would have been less weird if it used n64 models, cause the animation quality is like the animation they used to have on the n64 games
Do you see the modern 3D Mario renders at 0:16? Luigi's Mansion was the first to use modern render graphics for Mario and Luigi, but the modern 3D models for Mario, Luigi, Toads, Princess Peach, Bowser, Yoshi and Wario didn't became mostly used before Mario Party 4 game. Starting Mario Party 4, the modern 3D model graphics from Nintendo GameCube era have becomed mostly used.
It’s like they applied 64 animations to GameCube graphics. Also the voice clips are poorly done. Why are Waluigi and Daisy going “awwww...” like they’re disappointed? They should be sounding surprised or worried. Luigi seemed to be the only one with an appropriate and original voice clip chattering his teeth.
this is some top quality animation right here
Yea
Definitely
Yeah they must’ve had a huge budget with this
For real, it's not real bad at all for being a game from 2002
@@emilyannthevioletghost715it looks bad, the animation looks unfinished
1:12 That Koopa shuffling his feet while t posing is the funniest thing
I didn't even know he was T-posing and then I saw he wasn't blinking his eyes...
@Energytainment T-Posing has existed since the 90s. Most games use it. It's not just a meme.
He’s not even T posing
He scoot
Love how this is cut like there's supposed to be an ad break at 0:43
This animation is something else. Peach and Daisy hopping around, Mario's awkward hopping motion, and Luigi's """turning""" animation... was there just no budget left for the intro cutscene or something?
And damn, I mean, LOOK AT 64'S ANIMATIONS!
Waluigi’s walk lmao
The fact that the trees and their texture don’t belong in the same universe as Mario
OH GOD I JUST NOTICED HIS TURNING ANIMATION! 😂
@@junkiiramen the whole ENVIRONMENT doesn’t belong in the same universe as the Mario cast lmao
Mario stiffly hopping in at 0:13 gets me every time
Let's not forget Luigi's disregard for gravity at 0:15.
Or Peach and Daisy hopping around.
@@prestige8477 well luigi gravity was in smash bros as a atack
How can he be Jumpman if he has a bad case of arthritis going on?
Nintendo finally hired this man
1:03 T-Pose squad
This intro aged very well
It certainly did age well... into the Uncanny Valley incredibly well...
it still has a charm
@@jclkaytwohave you ever heard of different animators? The same animator doesn’t animate different games
@@jclkaytwostill doesn’t deny that animators don’t animate different games
I LOVE HOW, AT 1:15 EVERYONE HAS A FACE OF "Woaaah" AND LUIGI AT THE END IS LIKE "I've seen Satan"
HJJSKQKAKKS
AJSHSKA
luigis mansion came out a year before
Something that has been kinda funny to me is how polished they look... Also when the only audible sound Toad makes is "LET'S PARTY!"
this is pre rendered
great models, awful animation. honestly an incredible combo
Ah yes THIS is the Nintendo seal of approval
1:20 lmaoo. Look at Luigi. He's the only one not in shock.
He's used to this
Maybe he thought it sequel of Luigi Mansion 2 or he thought for second Professor Elvin Gadd
1:14 “Get a load of MC Hammer over here”
It looks like someone messing around on Garry's Mod.
My thoughts exactly lmao!!
SMG4’s first ever animation lol
This is a masterpiece in badness. Everytime i watch it there is always something new too appreciate about it
0:22 Now witness the contrast between voice acting and stock free ape noises.
That made me laugh
"Oh"
"HéÆ HéÆ"(monkey sounds)
My bro told me that when I was young I would replay the intro so many times he said that I loved it so much but when I come to watch it now I don’t remember what I loved about it 😂😂
Same. I thought it looked so good. xD
I do think the shading is really good though.
Compared to "Mario Party 3" ITS VERY good! 5 didnt even have an Intro!
0:50 marios reaction is so cute
0:20 Peach's reaction is cute.
I know right
The intro of Mario Party 4 already made me remember that it continues after the events of Mario Party 3, since at the end of the credits of 3 all the characters were happily calm in the castle garden.
I looked this up because I remembered it being so cool as a child. Now I see that I was completely right to think that.
I love the beginning shot for some reason it’s so jarring. That pan down from the sky to Mario hopping into frame
Walugi's walk is immensely powerful, too.
Mass Effect Andromeda (2017)
0:31 luigi's mouth lol
XDDDDD I thought he was gonna say wowie zowie
@@paulinaruiz3611this aged well, kind of
Came here from TV Tropes, I can't believe this is actually an offical cutscene! Nintendo usually is known for polishing their games and having Pixar-level charm, but these animations and character models for this ram straight into the Uncanny Valley for me! Everyone looks so stiff and moves strangely, them being in a realistic background with their janky movements make things look more unnerving. The only character who doesn't look creepy is Donkey Kong. Good thing the character models are much better in-game! Also, were they just standing and hopping around in the fields like bipedal rabbits the entire time until Toad and the others showed up?
I don't know look at Donkey Kong's legs in this ending.
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Garry’s Mod and Source Filmmaker styled animations made by Nintendo were a thing before those programs existed
@@raidomegnuo2868 What i mean is that wonky animation style seen in this video predicted gmod & sfm animations
which trope did you find this in?
Toad at 1:13: "Party Cube" (end air quotes)
damn i remember this looked amazing back then haha
I remember getting a GameCube on my 8th birthday and Mario Party 4, NBA 2K3, and Harry Potter 2. I miss those days more than anything.
the best part about this game is the dancing koopa, not saying the rest of the game is bad just saying the koopa is great
1:17 "This thins is just chock-full of Fun and Fancy Free!
I totally forgot about the Eldritch horror known as the Party Cube.
I played this all the time as a kid, how did I never see this as weird
Koopa got some moves tho
*Nintendo approved this.*
I actually forgot I was playing Mario party and was watching a fan animation the first time I played this game
Nintendo hired that man
How do I not remember this being so bad, this looks like a Garry's Mod video from 2009
I feel so old. I remember playing this with my cousin at my grandma’s. Now we barely speak.
In my opinion, this isn't incredibly shoddy an intro. I mean, it was 2002, so things were obviously different, especially for a Mario spinoff game.
Although I'm fairly biased, given this is easily my favorite Mario Party game EVER!! One of my very first video game experiences ever and probably my most influential exposure to all things Mario when I was a 4 year old girl. I'll always love this game with all my heart and soul.
you ARE biased
@@SuperM789LMAOOO
@@SuperM789yeah, I know 😂 I grew up playing these games with my sisters and cousins. Good times
Geez, the N64 games had better animated intros than this.
Actually, they didn't, its just that the quality of the animations matched the quality of the models, but here... there's a huge disproportion.
@@julianx2rl The sad thing about it is that Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion came out before this, and those games had beautiful cutscenes and quality to them. This is very lackluster in comparison.
@@briannawilson8845 I mean I loved it
@@julianx2rl The N64 games had some janky animation, sure. But it wasn't anywhere near this bad.
@@Kirbmannah fam this intro was the best
daisy has the same voice as from mario party 3
PeachApricorn's #1 Biggest Fan! Where did you read that?
Axel A. He's right, Daisy's was voiced by Jen Taylor from Mario Party 3-5. Not only she voiced Daisy, she also did Peach, Toad (like in this game), and Toadette, who are all now voiced by Samantha Kelly, and Daisy is now voiced by Deanna Mustard.
You may be familiar with Jen's voice as Cortana in the Halo series.
I really missed old voice actors like Leslie Swan and Scott Burn
I laughted the shit out of me! Greatest intro ever!!!
Imagine if the Mario movie was just an hour and a half of this.
Man, I Missed This Game! I Played It On Gamecube When I Was A Kid!
Mario Party's growing pains from the transition between N64 to GC flared up the most in this opening scene.
Yo that koopa is schmoovin
It looks pretty good for the time, the animation makes it hilarious haha
how is it that the pre-rendered cutscenes look worse than the actual game
Made with Unreal Engine
when that long break from adventuring makes your bones go numb
Baby's first animation
0:13
Princess Peach: Follow me, Daisy. Will you look at this weather.
Princess Daisy: I know pretty nice.
Waluigi: (gently stamping) I don't like this time of day.
Donkey Kong: (looking around) Wow! This is nice.
Wario: (gently pushing Luigi with his hand)
Luigi: Would you please stop pushing me with your hand?
Yoshi: This is amazing. All things bright and peaceful.
Mario: (skips into the scene) Hey, guys.
The music randomly got stuck into my head and here I am lol
nintendo went all out with this cutscene huh
Koopa: *_“STOP HAMMER TIME!”_*
This thing choreographed like a DHMIS video
Okay, I understand, it’s a weirdly animated cutscene. Everything about it is wrong. Wario can’t close his mouth and is tilting his head like he’s Michael Myers. Donkey Kong looks like he’s getting off in public and nobody notices. Luigi’s lower lip is quivering like he’s looking at the love of his life. Koopa and Goomba are shuffling around like they’re slipping on ice, and Koopa’s arms are outstretched in a vaguely threatening manner. I get all that and I know I won’t get any answers for them beyond “It’s badly animated.” But putting all that aside, I have to ask, who put that tie around Goomba’s neck? What sick bastard put something on there knowing full well the armless mushroom won’t be able to remove by himself when this is all over?
Everyone's talking about the hilariously bad animation, but can we talk about the location of Peach's Castle real quick? Peach's castle lives in the Mushroom Kingdom, and yet there's no Mushrooms or a Kingdom on site. Just a plain empty field, lmao.
That was also the case for every other depiction of Peach's Castle, but at least with, say, Mario Party 3, there was actual terrain beyond a field of bland trees.
No wonder it took 2 more games to get an intro again lmao they could NOT figure how to make a proper animation.
0:43 Sounds like a washing machine slowing down after the final spin cycle and turning off because it finished!
Or an vcr on rewind
Nintendo *approved* this?
If those same animations were used on N64 models it wouldn't look out of place... but because they are Gamecube models, yikes!
Was this animated in Gmod or something?
LMFAO
It sure looks like it, doesn't it? And the sad thing about it is that Super Mario Sunshine came out before this, and that game had beautiful top-quality cutscenes. Maybe Sunshine had more budget put in for the cutscenes. This is really lazily done.
*throws a trash bag into the sky*
SHY GUY! BOO! KOOPA! GOOMBA! TOAD! I SUMMON THEE! SHOWER US WITH THY GLORIOUS MINI-GAMES!
This has the be one of the most rough looking animatics in Nintendo history. Why is it trying to look hyper realistic or something?
0:43 scared me
Mario looks so spaced out in this intro lmao wtf
Boy, this sequence hasn’t aged well.
I literally thought this was a shitpost
This quality is spot on for a GameCube game
It also remind me Nintendo Wii too
0:38 That's what Mario 64 could look like if it was remade on GameCube instead of DS.
I got this game today... this intro kinda made me regret my life decisions.
Games good though.
You sure you haven't just turned the game for the intro only and ignored all the rest? :)
The game is pretty great.
Can we talk about how weird and random the space part in the beginning was
It's such a bombastic transition, and then it's just the Mario crew jankily doing idle animations as Mario himself awkwardly skips over from halfway across the planet.
this sucks so fucking much it's incredible
I remember seeing a video at McDonalds when I was a kid showing Mario and co in a green area and a flying object appeared. Is this it? It looks way different than I remember. Yoshi was more prominent.
God i miss being a kid in the early 2000s
I think this intro would have been less weird if it used n64 models, cause the animation quality is like the animation they used to have on the n64 games
The animation looks like a early 2010s sfm
I love the 6th gen so much😍😍😍
this looks like pre viz for the actual cutscene
You just know the part at 0:55 was them bragging about how many polygons the GameCube has
this is pre-rendered, it's a movie file, the gamecube isn't processing any of this. the animation was made in some other software.
Good god. How was this approved?
To be fair, the in-game animations are competent enough.
But diss... diss is less competent.
How Waluigi takes like 5 steps to turn XD
for a game from 2002, this is the best animation
Este fue mi primer Mario party la verdad un sin fin de emociones, se que mi hijo jugará estás joyas de juego porque es lo mejor del mundo
Oops wrong voice Yoshi lost his whistle voice because he had whistle sounds from mario party 1 2 3 on N64
I love this intro, for real, koopa dancing tho that was cool
yeah it looks shoty, but that's why I love it
Can't believe that Nintendo approved of that shoddy intro cutscene.
1:10 Um... When did this letter come from?
Mario's overall has big pockets😊
@DanyRobertHunselar-sq3kp Well maybe that but uh... It looked like he already had the letter BEFORE the Party Cube appeared.
@@NintendoGirl49 yes, that's his invitation
This is cursed, beyond uncanny, is like a gmod parody with higher budget but not higher animation skill.
Something about this feels off but I can't put my fingers on it.
Maybe is the bad animation and the very empty place
Happy Birthday Daisy!
1:07 Shy Guy is a cowboy from Texas. He is tilting his head like Michael Myers.
A mascot who is tilting his head is Shy Guy.
Happy Birthday Peach!
Do you see the modern 3D Mario renders at 0:16? Luigi's Mansion was the first to use modern render graphics for Mario and Luigi, but the modern 3D models for Mario, Luigi, Toads, Princess Peach, Bowser, Yoshi and Wario didn't became mostly used before Mario Party 4 game. Starting Mario Party 4, the modern 3D model graphics from Nintendo GameCube era have becomed mostly used.
Luigi was like doing an army salute at the beginning of this intro lol
oh my god, the nostalgia...
It’s like they applied 64 animations to GameCube graphics. Also the voice clips are poorly done. Why are Waluigi and Daisy going “awwww...” like they’re disappointed? They should be sounding surprised or worried. Luigi seemed to be the only one with an appropriate and original voice clip chattering his teeth.
The sarcasm is strong within these comments.
1:09 Mario joins the smash
Finally I can play as Mario in smash
1:16 Mchammer over here
When animators get payed for 5 bucks
I really missed SD quality mario characters and old voice actors like Jen Taylor and Scott Burn from old system without DLC than HD nowadays